What Flooring?

[Beeznitch]

I recently moved into my first house and am currently working on the garage. The walls and ceiling are sorted, but I am unsure of what to do about the floor. 99% of the time my weekend car lives in there, however I have also built a bar in there for parties etc so I would like to do something other than just paint the floor.

I have ruled out ceramic tiles because I work on my own car and I would be worried about jacking the car up on them, and the tiles I would like are out of my budget. I did fancy black and white vinyl self adhesive tiles but they are unfortunately out of my budget too.

So, could I lay carpet in there? I would also lay 2 runs of vinyl tiles where the car wheels run to prevent damage/rot to the carpet. Or even laminate?

If I laid carpet in there I would have to be so careful with spills etc that it may end up pi$$ing me off, that's my biggest concern.

Any opinions?

[anonymous-user]

That's clever, you've created a topic without a subject.

Mike

[Liszt]

Don't think many will post in here

[BoRED S2upid]

Polished concrete. Ive seen it done on a few Grand Design builds looks st for the inside of a house but for a garage could tick all your boxes.

[russ_a]

Just paint it, no amount of money spent on the floor will disguise the fact it's a garage.

A friend had a bar in his double garage (Sky Sports, tiled bar with optics, Fruit Machine etc etc). The last thing we even thought about was the floor.

[Globs]

Beeznitch said:

I have ruled out ceramic tiles because I work on my own car and I would be worried about jacking the car up on them, and the tiles I would like are out of my budget.

I'd use cheap ceramic tiles.
Their strength is in the laying with solid mortar underneath.
If you crack one you can easily replace it.

You can also use a wooden pad under a jack if you are worried.