Garage Floor - Porcelain Tiles - Suppliers

[Adam Kindness]

Hi, I'm looking for some help in recommendations for suppliers of garage floor tiles (porcelain).

I'd of course like them to be fairly slip resistant and hard wearing - BUT it is a light use non-commercial garage so doesn't need to be extremely hard wearing.

Area - 49sqm, and willing to spend about £1000 on tiles, so up to ~£20sqm. I'd aim for 300x300 size but would consider upto 600x600

Pref black and white check with no patterns/speccles.

Anyone fitted something like this in the past, if so - where did you get the tiles?

[Adam Kindness]

Thanks for the replies.

I've seen the dotti r9 tiles or a few sites, but as noted above - they dont come in black/white. Closest is ivory and anthracite. I'd need to see them up close to gauge how they'd look.

One thing is for sure - I want to do this right first time, and not have to live with tiles I'm not 100% happy about LOL

[Adam Kindness]

Emailed these chaps to see what they say - http://solusceramics.com

They seem to have some choice in colour and size in their 'program' range - http://solusceramics.com/shop/collections/floor-ti...

[Adam Kindness]

Impact - yes, they'd survive a decent impact (if they are hard enough wearing and installed without airpockets). If 1 tile gets damaged its easy enough to replace.

I've made my mind up on tiles (porcelain is best option it would seem) - I dont want a painted floor (from past experience) and just dont fancy the interlocking solutions.

The garage wont be used heavily, its more for car storage.

Looking in the projects section for Solus Ceramics, it seems they do offer the type of tile I'm after - just all the colours are a bit gray/beige

http://solusceramics.com/ferrari/
http://solusceramics.com/mclaren/

[Adam Kindness]

jke11y said:

I got samples from direct tile last week of the Dotti in light grey and grey. Think I'm going to go for the darker grey. Coming in at £9ish+Vat a metre which is excellent.

Only thing I'm unsure about is what happens if I got a 2 post lift after it had been tiled.

Just drill through and use correct fixings into concrete below. The top layer of tiles will support a ramp no problem

[Adam Kindness]

some replies from suppliers

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https://www.wallsandfloors.co.uk/solo-anti-slip-ti...

https://www.wallsandfloors.co.uk/solo-anti-slip-ti...

https://www.wallsandfloors.co.uk/titanium-anti-sli...



Would you like to see samples of the tiles, before I arrange a best price quotation?



I look forward to hearing for you.


Regards,
Kym Boyle
Sales Co-Ordinator – Internet Dept.
Ext. 226

www.wallsandfloors.co.uk
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[Adam Kindness]

TA.... So there are some decent options out there.


rough doodles.....

300x300



600x600


Pretty set on a straight pattern rather than diagonal.

[Adam Kindness]

Some samples.

The small tile (sample of 300x300) is the offering from Solus Ceramics - nice flat finish but colours arent white/black... more cream and gray.
The large tile (300x300 sample) is the offering from Aberdeen Tile - bit of a textured finish but the colours seem good. Willing to live with texture.

Prices are roughly similar at ~£25sqm pre haggling

[Adam Kindness]

Didnt update with progress

[Adam Kindness]

a few years on, and no issues!

The garage is used almost daily, has been used with jacks.... had the odd tool dropped here and there and nothing cracked or chipped to date.

A little bit of effort to keep clean if using it for daily cars though LOL