Garage flooring

[JodyKTM]

^^^^^

Winner- thread closed

[Gravel]

MonTheF1sh said:

And then there is the cleaning....it does the garage and I do the car

Is that a floor washing Roomba?

[Gravel]

RSVP911 said:

Very

Thanks for all the advice from everyone who posted in this thread. In the end I went with 7mm MotoLock tiles from Mototile. I've not had time to cut up tiles to fill the edges yet, but so far I'm pretty happy with them - they look nice, are dead easy to fit, and supposedly will take fork-lift trucks Not used them in anger yet, but I've had a good lie down, and walked on them in socks, and they're so,so much nicer than cold dusty concrete! I also tried dropping a spanner on them from 3 feet - not much bounce, and pretty quiet too.

[Lockhouse]

I finally finished my garage after having the tiles for a year. I used Mototiles and skirting. They were very easy to lay indeed.

[Lockhouse]

A couple more. The cabinets were from GaragePride Ltd. The carpet tiles on the walls were cheap and cheerful B&Q specials. That's the missus's Crossfire in the background!

[RegMolehusband]

Very nice - perhaps you should also post the pics and comment in here http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[bertie]

Lockhouse said:

A couple more. The cabinets were from GaragePride Ltd. The carpet tiles on the walls were cheap and cheerful B&Q specials. That's the missus's Crossfire in the background!

And tool chest from Costco? I have same one, great value.

[Lockhouse]

bertie said:

And tool chest from Costco? I have same one, great value.

Yep!

[Klippie]

Great thread, you guys have some beautiful garages...I looked through the whole lot wondering what to lay on my garage floor.

In the end I decided on 2mm thick five bar aluminium tread plate (2500mm x 1250mm sheets)... I'am very pleased how it turned out.

[Eleven]

It amazes me how you guys keep your garages so clean. Don't you have rain and leaves where you live?

As soon as Autumn comes, my garage has either puddles off cars or dried stains where puddles from cars have been. Open the doors and leaves blow in, and around the place.

[gary71]

Key is to take the photo first time you install everything then never let anyone see it again!

I'm currently growing dirty brown salt crystal mountains on the floor where the water drains off the car each night...

[Craikeybaby]

Doesn't a decent garage flooring make it easier to clean up puddles/leaves etc?

[Eleven]

Craikeybaby said:

Doesn't a decent garage flooring make it easier to clean up puddles/leaves etc?

Muddy water leaves brown puddle marks on every floor I've seen, decent or otherwise. Leaves similarly are no respecters of the quality of one's interlocking tiles - they'll blow in and make a mess regardless.

[MGTS]

Lockhouse - looks great! What did you use to stick the carpet tiles to the wall? Presumably they help with opening the car doors in a tight space. Any problems with the carpet tiles yet?

[RegMolehusband]

Eleven said:

Muddy water leaves brown puddle marks on every floor I've seen, decent or otherwise. Leaves similarly are no respecters of the quality of one's interlocking tiles - they'll blow in and make a mess regardless.

On the other hand, perhaps you could lay some nice interlocking floor tiles and buy a £2.99 mop then fit one of these low cost items to your garage door.

www.garagedoorseals.co.uk

[Eleven]

RegMolehusband said:

Eleven said:

Muddy water leaves brown puddle marks on every floor I've seen, decent or otherwise. Leaves similarly are no respecters of the quality of one's interlocking tiles - they'll blow in and make a mess regardless.

On the other hand, perhaps you could lay some nice interlocking floor tiles and buy a £2.99 mop then fit one of these low cost items to your garage door.

www.garagedoorseals.co.uk

We're going to fit one of those strips. But the leaves aren't blowing under the doors, they are blowing in when the doors are open. Yes, we could of course mop the floor but keeping our garage like the ones in the photos above would be a full-time effort (we've got a fairly big garage).

[MonTheF1sh]

Or get the robot onto it while you wash the car 😃

[wotnot]

I fitted Mototile flooring and skirting to my garage also but although I'm happy with them I am a little disappointed how difficult they are to keep clean.
I've tried everything from plain water to WD40 but nothing really cleans it properly. And the discolouration caused by hot tyres never comes off. Mototile themselves admitted that.
Still, nothing's perfect.

[MrChips]

wotnot said:

I fitted Mototile flooring and skirting to my garage also but although I'm happy with them I am a little disappointed how difficult they are to keep clean.
I've tried everything from plain water to WD40 but nothing really cleans it properly. And the discolouration caused by hot tyres never comes off. Mototile themselves admitted that.
Still, nothing's perfect.

Really liking that. What cabinets are they at the back? And presuming that's insulated and plasterboarded.. How much does it take to keep it warm in the winter?

[wotnot]

MrChips said:

wotnot said:

I fitted Mototile flooring and skirting to my garage also but although I'm happy with them I am a little disappointed how difficult they are to keep clean.
I've tried everything from plain water to WD40 but nothing really cleans it properly. And the discolouration caused by hot tyres never comes off. Mototile themselves admitted that.
Still, nothing's perfect.

Really liking that. What cabinets are they at the back? And presuming that's insulated and plasterboarded.. How much does it take to keep it warm in the winter?

Thanks very much.
They're Dura cabinets. They're stupidly expensive but the garage came in under budget so I treated myself to them and the CarVac.
You're correct about the insulation and plasterboard. The glow next to the bike on the ramp is my halogen heater. 10 minutes of that and I'm able to work in jeans and tee shirt, even on really cold nights.
The OCD in me rages against the floor but, overall, it's a nice place to spend a few hours of an evening!