My garage - tips, ideas and recommendations please

[Globulator]

RichB said:

m3jappa said:

Tiled garage floors are 'gangsta'

Jeez this is Pistonheads not the BorapperJango chat forum.

I thought he meant that they are dangerous and may kill you.


No?

[RichB]

I've no idea, it's not a world I live in

[Globulator]

RichB said:

I've no idea, it's not a world I live in

Yes it must be that - a wet tiled floor, a moment of inattention and you're on the floor with a headache like you'd been mugged.

The key here is to go for grippy tiles without polished surfaces I think.

[odyssey2200]

Globulator said:

RichB said:

I've no idea, it's not a world I live in

Yes it must be that - a wet tiled floor, a moment of inattention and you're on the floor with a headache like you'd been mugged.

The key here is to go for grippy tiles without polished surfaces I think.

Certainly not good if you keep motorbikes in your garage.

Wet tiles + front brake + Tears, injury(if only to pride) and expense

[Globulator]

odyssey2200 said:

Globulator said:

RichB said:

I've no idea, it's not a world I live in

Yes it must be that - a wet tiled floor, a moment of inattention and you're on the floor with a headache like you'd been mugged.

The key here is to go for grippy tiles without polished surfaces I think.

Certainly not good if you keep motorbikes in your garage.

Wet tiles + front brake + Tears, injury(if only to pride) and expense

Well I can put a big rubber mat down for those.. easy to clean and move as required!

[S47]

Best/cheapest/easiest to lay, tiles to use for a garage 8x4' sheets of 19mm plywood.
cheap to paint & Warm to work on too
Why use anything else

[GingerWizard]

Has anyone mentioned cheepo carpet tiles throughout? you can just remove/replace stained ones as they happen....

[Globulator]

GingerWizard said:

Has anyone mentioned cheepo carpet tiles throughout? you can just remove/replace stained ones as they happen....

They take _ages_ and _ages_ to dry out when they get wet, plus they trap water underneath for weeks and weeks.

Ask me how I know - go on

[JFReturns]

How do you know?

[youngsyr]

What about these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/96-Sq-Ft-Cushioned-Floor-Til...

I'm considering flooring my garage in these to avoid having to paint it, am I kidding myself that the concrete floor won't kick up dust with these tiles on top of them - will be using the garage for parking the car in and for a bit of working on the car.

[Globulator]

JFReturns said:

How do you know?

Thanks, I needed that

[JFReturns]

Globulator said:

JFReturns said:

How do you know?

Thanks, I needed that

Are you going to tell us??

[JFReturns]

youngsyr said:

What about these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/96-Sq-Ft-Cushioned-Floor-Til...

I'm considering flooring my garage in these to avoid having to paint it, am I kidding myself that the concrete floor won't kick up dust with these tiles on top of them - will be using the garage for parking the car in and for a bit of working on the car.

Could be a good idea, but not sure about how well it would dry out if it got wet underneath.

If you are worried about dust, just coat in a PVA water mix first - it worked brilliantly on my garage, and does not alter the look (i.e. not shiny).

[youngsyr]

JFReturns said:

youngsyr said:

What about these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/96-Sq-Ft-Cushioned-Floor-Til...

I'm considering flooring my garage in these to avoid having to paint it, am I kidding myself that the concrete floor won't kick up dust with these tiles on top of them - will be using the garage for parking the car in and for a bit of working on the car.

Could be a good idea, but not sure about how well it would dry out if it got wet underneath.

If you are worried about dust, just coat in a PVA water mix first - it worked brilliantly on my garage, and does not alter the look (i.e. not shiny).

Ideally I would seal it, but I can't really be bothered (it's 5.5m by 2.7m and I've just spent a weekend trying to get a good coat of paint on the old style breeze block walls with a surface like a honeycomb) and there's a lot of crap in there that needs to be chucked out, so I either have to wait until I get a chance to empty the garage before I seal it, or I can tile in the space that's available and then can shift stuff onto the tiles I've laid and finish the job and get it done in the next week or so.

[JFReturns]

youngsyr said:

Ideally I would seal it, but I can't really be bothered (it's 5.5m by 2.7m and I've just spent a weekend trying to get a good coat of paint on the old style breeze block walls with a surface like a honeycomb) and there's a lot of crap in there that needs to be chucked out, so I either have to wait until I get a chance to empty the garage before I seal it, or I can tile in the space that's available and then can shift stuff onto the tiles I've laid and finish the job and get it done in the next week or so.

I wouldn't worry about the size of the garage as the mixture is so easy to apply, it just slops on and then dries transparent. But yeah, you will need to clear the crap out, and get rid of the existing dust.

[Globulator]

JFReturns said:

Globulator said:

JFReturns said:

How do you know?

Thanks, I needed that

Are you going to tell us??

Well, I had these carpet tiles on the garage floor see, then a load of rain came along and slightly flooded the floor and then receeded. Everything else dried out fine but I had to take every single tile out to dry them in the sun for a couple of days.

It was then I decided never to use carpet tiles on a garage floor again..

[JFReturns]

You know what... I coulda guessed thats what happened

[Globulator]

JFReturns said:

You know what... I coulda guessed thats what happened

After then I noticed that every newish garage/showroom from Porsche to Nissan has a tiled floor.. .. so I thought 'what a great idea'!!

[youngsyr]

Globulator said:

JFReturns said:

You know what... I coulda guessed thats what happened

After then I noticed that every newish garage/showroom from Porsche to Nissan has a tiled floor.. .. so I thought 'what a great idea'!!

There's a difference between a showroom and a garage though - imagine what would happen the first time you dropped a tool on your tiled garage floor.

Personally I'm pretty much decided that I'm going to go with the rubber/foam interlocking floor tiles. Should be relatively easy to put down, quick and cheap to lift or replace and not that expensive at the outset. I won't be driving the car in and out all that often, so shouldn't be too much of a problem on durability.

[Globulator]

youngsyr said:

There's a difference between a showroom and a garage though - imagine what would happen the first time you dropped a tool on your tiled garage floor.

Actually I was describing both - these modern showrooms have the same tile extending into the work area next to the lifts etc. From England, Germany, Russia they all have tiled floors. A well laid tile will not break when you drop something on it, or use a trolley jack on it, at most they chip and you can replace just that tile and carry on. A single tile is far easier to change than a bad epoxy job or a plastic one you have got tired of.

Go into your local Official Porche Centre and ask to look at the workshop floor: it will be tiled. Tiles are hard wearing, easy to clean and simple to fix local damage - the only down side is the cost!