Garage flooring
Discussion
Darkeeboy said:
Question for you guys. I have a double garage where I park the car one side and I have the normal garage stuff the other side. I don’t want to tile the entire double garage space so was thinking of just tiling one section of it front to back around about one third of the way into the garage will these tiles stay in place if I am not tiling from edge to edge of the brick walls? I was thinking of running the edging strips around the whole section.
Will be fine, many of these tiles are used at events in such a way to create an even floor surface. You may want a non slip bit of mat underneath, many people us the thinnest foam carpet underlay, what is sometimes used under laminate flooring and sometimes sold by the plastic tile vendors.A cautionary tale … I’ve got the Plasfloor plastic tiles in the garage, I posted before/during/after pics many pages ago (quite a lot of folks didn’t seem to like it if I remember correctly 
). I put the car away wet a couple of weeks ago and then left it until today (I’d normally move it after it dried if I wasn’t going to use it for a while … but I forgot). As I tried to pull out of the garage it was all revs and no forward motion … obviously a brake binding on … normally a few more revs and it cracks free … so that’s what I did. Unfortunately it wasn’t one of the rear handbrake callipers that was seized on but one of the (much larger) fronts. The back wheels spun up, the car skewed horribly to the left and this happened -
Fortunately I stopped a few mm before taking out the racking. When my heart beat settled I dragged it all back, found the rubber mallet and hammered it all into place. Should have been easy … but as I was finishing up I was 3 tiles short. They had been fired underneath the others by the rear wheels. I tore up what I’d just refitted and found 2 of them, didn’t have time to find the 3rd so just hammered a new one in place. Will have to find this and it’ll need some fixing around the edges when I have time.
Sitting here typing this I realise that there are things I could/should have done differently (moving the car when dry, tapping the calliper with a block of wood etc) … but it’s easy in hindsight so be gentle with me.
). I put the car away wet a couple of weeks ago and then left it until today (I’d normally move it after it dried if I wasn’t going to use it for a while … but I forgot). As I tried to pull out of the garage it was all revs and no forward motion … obviously a brake binding on … normally a few more revs and it cracks free … so that’s what I did. Unfortunately it wasn’t one of the rear handbrake callipers that was seized on but one of the (much larger) fronts. The back wheels spun up, the car skewed horribly to the left and this happened -Fortunately I stopped a few mm before taking out the racking. When my heart beat settled I dragged it all back, found the rubber mallet and hammered it all into place. Should have been easy … but as I was finishing up I was 3 tiles short. They had been fired underneath the others by the rear wheels. I tore up what I’d just refitted and found 2 of them, didn’t have time to find the 3rd so just hammered a new one in place. Will have to find this and it’ll need some fixing around the edges when I have time.
Sitting here typing this I realise that there are things I could/should have done differently (moving the car when dry, tapping the calliper with a block of wood etc) … but it’s easy in hindsight so be gentle with me.
RichB said:
Quite unusual for a front caliper to seize on, isn't it?
Very, that’s what caught me out. The clunking from the wheel/calliper was so bad when I finally moved the car that I was sure I’d broken something and sought advice. Fortunately all is now OK after the corrosion has worn off. Lesson learned.
RichB said:
Quite unusual for a front caliper to seize on, isn't it?
When I had my double cab pick up I used to get it quite often after wading through the floods to get back into my village then parking up at home, next time I pulled off the drive a clunk from the brakes. After coming out of the floods I’d always hit the brakes 2 or 3 times to clean everything and get them working before driving on as well, must just be a build up of water.That was the only time it happened, never after driving in normal rain. Unless his car is a classic?
RichB said:
I'll update this thread. I'm pleased with it so far but the only wear it's had so far is ladders and tools because I'm now creating a mezzanine for storage and panelling the roof space with white boards. Totally unnecessary but I have always promised myself a nice garage and now I'm retired I can take my time over it 
Did you apply a dust covering sealant before you put the tiles down, and what did you use?
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