Garage flooring

[RegMolehusband]

A slight thread resurrection but these are amongst the best available http://www.garagepride.co.uk/product/garage-floor-...

[RSVP911]

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[Craikeybaby]

Has anyone at FOS noticed if Mototile have got a 10% off code like they did last year?

[RSVP911]

BogBoy said:

I have just laid the plasfloor tiles at £15sm plus vat and they look really good and pretty much waterproof.

Edited by BogBoy on Thursday 30th January 16:30

This looks great - please can you tell me where the logo was from / cost ? Cheers

[Ray Singh]

After a long time toying with my choices and budget. I have sided with putting in an order for 2 pack epoxy floor paint from Regal Paints.

http://www.regalpaints.co.uk/epoxy-floor-paint.htm...

I have gone for a light grey colour - to reflect as much light as possible and have purchased 2 pack floor sealer and 2 pack high build paint.
Technical advise have told me that the sealer should be applied and left for a couple of hours, but when the main paint is applied, this should be left for about 5 days.
Further more there are two coats of the top coat to go on....

I receieved the paint today - they have sent the wrong stuff.....Groan - they have arranged to ship the correct paint early next week now - I was keen to get started today !!

Some photos of the before and after next !!

[MonTheF1sh]

I ended up tiling it in the end

[Craikeybaby]

That looks really good! How did the costs compare to the interlocking tiles? And did you do it yourself?

[dufctubs]

Heres a recent job I competed for one of my customers, Italian porcelain 600x400, the area tiled at the wall is for a large sink !

Edited by dufctubs on Sunday 10th August 08:57

[MagicalTrevor]

MonTheF1sh said:

I ended up tiling it in the end

That's looks to be exactly what I'm after. Do you have a link and may I ask how much per meter?

[MonTheF1sh]

Craikeybaby said:

That looks really good! How did the costs compare to the interlocking tiles? And did you do it yourself?

£220 for the tiles and £150 for the guy to do it (guy supplying everything else for the job)

[Ray Singh]

This makes my £115 for paint look shameful.....

[Craikeybaby]

MonTheF1sh said:

Craikeybaby said:

That looks really good! How did the costs compare to the interlocking tiles? And did you do it yourself?

£220 for the tiles and £150 for the guy to do it (guy supplying everything else for the job)

Thanks. On that basis there probably isn't that much difference to the interlocking tiles price wise.

[MonTheF1sh]

MonTheF1sh said:

£220 for the tiles and £150 for the guy to do it (guy supplying everything else for the job)

16 SQM VIT036 30x30 Dotti Anthracite @ 9.90* = 158.40*
48 HOUR Economy Delivery @ 25.00* = 25.00* (free for you guys south of the border!!!)
TOTAL (exc VAT) = 183.40
VAT @ 20% = 36.68
TOTAL (inc VAT) = 220.08

http://www.directtilewarehouse.com/dotti-anti-slip...

[MrChips]

MonTheF1sh said:

16 SQM VIT036 30x30 Dotti Anthracite @ 9.90* = 158.40*
48 HOUR Economy Delivery @ 25.00* = 25.00* (free for you guys south of the border!!!)
TOTAL (exc VAT) = 183.40
VAT @ 20% = 36.68
TOTAL (inc VAT) = 220.08

http://www.directtilewarehouse.com/dotti-anti-slip...

Those look great! What condition was the floor in beforehand? I would have thought a garage would need screed first, plus then the adhesive and fitting so £150 to fit sounds too good to be true!

[Podie]

MonTheF1sh said:

I ended up tiling it in the end

Looks fab - but are these suitable for working on? (as in, working on a car)

[bertie]

Podie said:

Looks fab - but are these suitable for working on? (as in, working on a car)

I tiled mine in ceramics, same ones as BMW use in their showrooms apparently, they are fine for working on and look far nicer than anything else IMHO.

[MonTheF1sh]

Podie said:

Looks fab - but are these suitable for working on? (as in, working on a car)

I only get the car in...not enough room to be working on it.

[MonTheF1sh]

MrChips said:

Those look great! What condition was the floor in beforehand? I would have thought a garage would need screed first, plus then the adhesive and fitting so £150 to fit sounds too good to be true!

I'm afraid I don't have any before photo's but it's a new build concrete poured floor. Floor was level and throwing up the usual dust you get from bare concrete. I didn't get the details but he said he had to buy special adhesive because of the type of tiles and the fact I was putting the car on it.

[MGTS]

Those tiles look really good. How did you deal with the threshold at the entrance? Do you have a little ramp up? Any problems with cracked tiles due to car weight?

Thanks

[gary71]

My garage is now finished with porcelin tiles. This is an earlier work in progress picture:



This was also on a new build floor as above (other than three years of use) using normal Bal rapidset flexible floor adhesive (fully bedded rather than dabs) and dark grey grout .

I've done plenty of work on the car since, had it up on axle stands etc and all seems fine. I must admit to being a little concerned that it would just crack the first time I parked on it!

I sorted the threshold with a bevelled chrome edging strip cemented under the tile edge and grouted. It has also survived daily use without damage.