Garage floor tiles

[Guffy]

I'm looking at putting PVC floor tiles down in my garage and have been looking at various available options.

Have now narrowed it down to three companies;

Dynotile

PAF Systems (Tektile)

Eco-tile (either from Eco-tile or Garage Pride)

Price wise they're all in the same ball park so it really comes down to reliability of the joints when subjected to traffic.

Basically looking for any experiences good or bad with either of theses tiles from these companies?

[will_]

Guffy said:

I'm looking at putting PVC floor tiles down in my garage and have been looking at various available options.

Have now narrowed it down to three companies;

Dynotile

PAF Systems (Tektile)

Eco-tile (either from Eco-tile or Garage Pride)

Price wise they're all in the same ball park so it really comes down to reliability of the joints when subjected to traffic.

Basically looking for any experiences good or bad with either of theses tiles from these companies?

I'm in a similar boat, another option is http://evertile.co.uk/index.html

Cost wise they and Eco-tile are cheaper than PAF.

I'd be interested in hearing what you go for in the end.

[furtive]

This stuff looks interesting:

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

It's available at Costco apparently

[drinks]

I have dynotile in my garage, works fine but wouldn't buy it again.
I installed ecotile in the store room at work so no vehicle traffic and it is much better. Feels nicer, dynotile is much more like hard plastic where ecotile is more rubbery. I think the joints are better too though either can be mopped and doesn't appear to allow liquid through to the floor beneath.

Installation is basically the same between the two diferent products.

[felixgogo]

I looked at all the tile suppliers, and ended up choosing 'Eco-tile'. They do a great 'seconds' or 'overstock' section, and I got the deal down to around 15 quid a square meter.

This restricted my choice of colour, and I had to have black or light grey, I chose light grey. This means long term parking on the tiles should have a piece of carpet or something to stop 'leeching' or marking the tile.

I love the floor - way better than floor paint, old carpets or dusty concrete, I can walk out into the garage in just my socks and it's warm and dry. After working out there, I can hoover or sweep up, and it's clean and tidy again.

I can total recommend Eco-tile.

[mattdaniels]

Check the joining mechanism if you want to do a pattern/lines as opposed to a single plain block of colour. THe tiles which visibly interlock with each other will look messy where the two colours join.

And make sure your floor is level. A lot of these tile systems are very intolerant of a floor that has bumps / craters / is generally unlevel.