TexJeep

[QUOTE=67Roadster]I went with the Armstrong floor tiles and this floor has been down about 11 years. I strip it once a year and give it 4 coats of wax. It has seen many full car restorations and engine builds, still look's great!


I don't know much about the floor, but that is one gorgeous '67 vert.

Jeep

Jay13

Yeah, but you know what your garage floor can look like after a winter. I'm afraid all that dirt and silt are going to jam up the drain channels in no time flat. Then I'll just have constantly damp dirt underneath the racedeck, which can't be good.

ProfMoriarty

I'll give it another shot.

Lay one of these over your tiles and forget the drainage issue:


http://www.bltllc.com/g-floor_main.htm

AFVETTE

Sounds like an option for us guys that actually drive our vettes in the winter (even in the snow) and park them all covered in snow and road grime.

I've seen some nice one's in one of catalogs I get. Thanks for the tip.

But since RD tiles just snap together I could always pick up that side of the garage for the winter. I figure it would take me about 30 minutes to pull up the tiles where I park my vette. That's an option others don't have. So I have several ways I can go.

Tom

CROWVETTE

RACE DECK

66dreams

Jay13

Sorry. I saw your post but forgot to reply. If I were going to go that route and cover up my racedeck for 1/3 of the year, I'd probably just buy some mastic and glue the stuff in your picture right to the floor.

Gearhead Jim

Flexible, one-piece roll-flooring has a tendency to move or distort under the wheels of a car, especially if the wife turns the steering wheel while stopped. Any experience with this stuff?

My problem is that i need something that's fairly watertight- we have prestressed concrete slabs/poured topping for the garage floor, with a storage "room" underneath the garage. The topping always has a few cracks, melting slush from the cars leaves big puddles on the garage floor and some of it drips down into the storage room below. If we could make the floor waterproof, then we could finish out the room below.

Any suggestions?

ProfMoriarty

Yes.

You have to drive straight onto it or it will twist under the tires if they are turned.

It will shrink a bit in the winter and expand when exposed to direct sunlight.

Mine has not been stressed much since my sunny day only C6 is driven directly onto tiles. The quad is driven onto the mat which is laid over the tiles in the area that it's parked..

However, if you're concerned with water and fine debris from your vehicle making its way down the cracks of plastic tiling, despite its relatively minor shortcomings, a vinyl automotive mat will eliminate that problem.

As far as waterproofing a slab goes, you might consider the grey latex (I believe) material that is applied to cracked concrete walls as part of basement waterproofing. It's not paint, but rather a thick substance that is troweled on. This would likely seal the cracks in your floor as well and would not be subject to wear if plastic tiles are installed over it.

Gearhead Jim

Thanks for the info.
Waterproofing the slab is pretty tough, it expands/contracts enough from summer to winter that cracks tend to recurr. Perhaps a really good flexible epoxy could work.

ProfMoriarty

That's why I mentioned the "latex" material.

It should maintain some degree of flexibility even when exposed to winter temps and expand adequately in the summer.

Might be worth a call to a basement waterproofer, if for no other reason than to pick his brain for a while.

ProfMoriarty

dbl tap.