I've got to clean out my garage and get it prepped for the new baby. What do you recommend for the garage floor? I've seen in some pics some plastic/rubber tiles that look like they snap together. Any feedback on that? What to use and where to get them? Also, some people roll on a sealant to the floor but I didn't know how durable that was.

Any suggestions?

 

Funny, I was just researching garage floors and hour ago. Sounds like the tiles are very hard to clean. If you use epoxy use a good high end product and prep is the key to a good job. Let's see what other have to say.

 

Sealant is less expensive and if prepped well should last 2-4 years before wet tires etc., make it start pealing in places. The tiles can last forever and just snap in place. Depending on exact measurements some may/will have to be trimmed. For instance was 20x20ft but not exactly. I had to trim the tiles on one side to fit. What I liked also was you can design and build your floor on their websites. Than just figure the price. Don't just pay the price shown. You can bargain with them, I did.

 

I put down race deck flooring. If you are going to use them, join http://www.garagejournal.com/. You can join for free and Race Deck will give you a good discount off the flooring.

 

Same here, 20x24, needed to cut 20 tiles on one side. Simple with a tablesaw.



Jorgen (The CEO@ RaceDeck) posts there and can connect you with the right people to get a discount. It removed a good sized part of my projected cost.

 

I sealed the floor when the garage was brand new. As said before, prep is the key. If your garage has been used for a while, any oil stains, dirt, etc must be thoroughly cleaned off before sealing the concrete. I painted mine grey. I doesn't show the dirt and is easy to hose down.

 

Diverdown we have the same TPW and I was out cleaning the garage and shopping for flooring today :thumbs I didn't find any at the local home stores. But I did look at rubber flooring inc. online and might look into that.

 

Race Deck Flooring is topnotch.

 

The cool thing about Race Deck is if you move, you can pull it up and take it with you.

 

Not really, bare feet and an old moist towel will do for most cleanup. Plus, they're much more fun to install than epoxy.

 

I bought my tile flooring from Snap Lock out of Salt Lake City. It looks like they may be the same company as RaceDeck now from looking at their site. In 2010 I had researched the Snap Lock tiles and found them to be a little less expensive than Race Deck and others gave them high regards. May have been the same manufacturer all along. As someone who has gone both the ways of prepping and painting the garage floor and tiles I would not use paint or epoxy. The tiles are great 4 years later. Easy to clean and would highly recommend tiles over any other floor coating as others have also recommended. No signs of tile wear anywhere in my garage.

My son was 11 yrs old at the time i installed my floor. I armed him with a rubber mallet and he installed 70-80% of our floor tiles. He just wasnt heavy enough to use his foot to stand on the tiles get them to snap.....plus it made him have more fun with the mallet. Once you set two walls in the "L" pattern it moves very fast across your garage. I did use a jigsaw to trim some pieces along the final wall area when we were finishing the job.

TIPS:
You do want to leave about 1/4-1/2" gap along the walls to allow for the floor tiles to expand during summer temperatures based on where you live. Also you want to go to HD or Lowes and get some thin floor tile laminate foam sheets to lay on your concrete before you lay the tiles. This makes your tiles remain quiet whenever you walk or drive on it. A great tip I learned from another forum member before I did my install.

The RaceDeck site lets you play with patterns, colors, etc to see what fits your style best.

Good luck in your decision.

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I've got the Race Deck as well and have been very satisfied. This is the first Winter it's been installed on the side of the garage with our 'drivers' and it has cleaned up very well. I bought the style with the flow-through tiles so they can drain. I have them over my 1' X 12' floor drain and that has worked out great. If you click on my pictures you can the C7 parked on them.

 

You're partially correct. When I was pricing, I went 1st to Racedeck, then Snaplock. Snaplock buys from Racedeck and normally does a better 1st quote discount. I went back to Racedeck and just told her I was also pricing from Snaplock. That's when it got serious and she said "I can get well below them, we sell to them". Ha, then I said I wanted to wait till my accountant gave me tax figures. She said if I could swing it, she'd go $xxx.xx which ever tiles I chose. I finished the online 'build your floor' and placed the order . I had to use my neighbor's help for the far wall, he had the saw horse's & clamps to hold the tiles while I cut them. You'll need to get a fine tooth blade from Home Depot to keep a neat cut and not melt the tile when cutting. With the trimming there's probably 7-8 hours of total labor in mine. I sweep it daily and mop it once a week. You can not hurt it !

Side note: I really like your garage, I've actually had thoughts of selling and moving just for a bigger garage. I won't but .....

 

I considered rack deck and also epoxy. The race deck is pricey and does not seal the floor from dust and the epoxy never seems to last with hot tires, etc.

I choose to install commercial grade VCT tiles. About $1.00 each glued down was less than $500.00 bucks. Great seal on the floor so no dust, clean up is easy with mop and glow or a buffer, you can vary the colors (mine are black and white) and mine still look great after eight years. I also have a four post lift on mine with no problems. Just another option.

See pic.

 

They are the same company, at least now.

Here's some of my boxes from a couple weeks ago as they arrived from RaceDeck:

 

I don't have your garage. We have the exact same cars

 

Had different types of stains and epoxies over the years but for some reason they always seem to eventually lift up. Last year anticipating the arrival of my new vette I tried something different. Like others I used a locking tile from racedeck.com. The cost came out to about three dollars a square with a 10% discount and free shipping! Almost a year later and still absolutely loving it. The only con would be the hollow sound it makes when walking over it. Here is a picture of what I was dealing with and the solution I came up with.

 

Guess I need to figure out how to post multiple pics!

 

I use the Rust-olium epoxy you can buy at Home Depot. I did it five years ago, no lifting. Yes it's cheap, yes it doesn't look as good as tile or race deck but it's sealed and I don't have a problem with it. I wish I would've put on clear coat or higher quality epoxy.

I personally like the fact epoxy is smooth with no gaps which small parts or chemicals get trapped with other products.

 

SwissTrax… same flooring Jay Leno uses in his garage and same flooring Barett jackson uses at their auctions… The best out there…I had Race deck send me a sample Tile and it is not as good as the swissTrax… Glad i went with it…Looks out of this world when layer down in a nice pattern… cheers!