Garage flooring
Discussion
Podie said:
Well, it's been a while getting there (started in Feb) but it's tidying up and stuff to do from now on.
It's not as fancy as many on here, but it is a working, used garage.
This is where I started...
|https://thumbsnap.com/6Cgk2HJo[/url]
Still really pleased with the R-Tek flooring (occasional brush and monthly mop) seems to be keeping it nice. Happy with the Sealey units too.
[url]
Crazy question.. can you see the joins obviously. From those pics, apart from the odd tile say on top the joins look invisible? It's not as fancy as many on here, but it is a working, used garage.
This is where I started...
|https://thumbsnap.com/6Cgk2HJo[/url]Still really pleased with the R-Tek flooring (occasional brush and monthly mop) seems to be keeping it nice. Happy with the Sealey units too.
[url]On of my jobs this year is to get the garage tiled.
m4tti said:
Crazy question.. can you see the joins obviously. From those pics, apart from the odd tile say on top the joins look invisible?
On of my jobs this year is to get the garage tiled.
Exciting internet photo On of my jobs this year is to get the garage tiled.
You can see them, but with the same colour they’re not too bad. As I’ve said previously the floor is not perfectly flat underneath, but I don’t suffer from any of the joints popping up.
I believe they now do hidden join tiles as well.
We leave a couple of floor tiles for the wheels for two reasons - firstly, if a car is left standing for a while they can mark - although they're easy enough to replace. Secondly, acts as a really handy marker to know the optimum place to leave the car. If I'm doing something in the garage, it's easy enough to kick them out the way.
Edited by Podie on Monday 17th January 10:54
Morning all,
Just wondering how those who purchased and laid tiles over the summer are getting on now winter is in full swing. I still haven't bought yet as couldn't decide between RETEK and Dyno, but have continued to test both.
As you can see, the RETEK has stained badly, I can't shift it no matter what I use. The Dyno being hard plastic simply wipes clean, especially the dark colour. Shame as the RETEK is nicer to walk on, but think Dyno will be more durable and look fresh for much longer.
Just wondering how those who purchased and laid tiles over the summer are getting on now winter is in full swing. I still haven't bought yet as couldn't decide between RETEK and Dyno, but have continued to test both.
As you can see, the RETEK has stained badly, I can't shift it no matter what I use. The Dyno being hard plastic simply wipes clean, especially the dark colour. Shame as the RETEK is nicer to walk on, but think Dyno will be more durable and look fresh for much longer.
scz4 said:
Morning all,
Just wondering how those who purchased and laid tiles over the summer are getting on now winter is in full swing. I still haven't bought yet as couldn't decide between RETEK and Dyno, but have continued to test both.
As you can see, the RETEK has stained badly, I can't shift it no matter what I use. The Dyno being hard plastic simply wipes clean, especially the dark colour. Shame as the RETEK is nicer to walk on, but think Dyno will be more durable and look fresh for much longer.
That’s disappointing, I’ve literally just ordered 36sqm of that R-tek flooring (the Excel hidden join) for my garage. Is that stained from car tyres or something else? Just wondering how those who purchased and laid tiles over the summer are getting on now winter is in full swing. I still haven't bought yet as couldn't decide between RETEK and Dyno, but have continued to test both.
As you can see, the RETEK has stained badly, I can't shift it no matter what I use. The Dyno being hard plastic simply wipes clean, especially the dark colour. Shame as the RETEK is nicer to walk on, but think Dyno will be more durable and look fresh for much longer.
Edited by beanoir on Wednesday 19th January 09:14
dhutch said:
The only tight part of getting it in (oh er) is getting the car through the door, i can get it in with the mirrors out, it has about 2 inches gap either side, but once the mirrors are pulled in its fine. Then once in there is a 6ft opening between the two garages so i can open the drivers door fully, no problem.
I am looking at putting down some garage flooring. The base is quite a smooth concrete and I find things get quite dusty.
In the past year or so I have been using some of the space for workouts so the dust can be annoying.
The flooring I have looked at is graphite coloured ecotile but I would probably purchase it from either the garage floor tile co or ebay as it seems to be cheaper from there.
I see a lot use the vented tiles also. I was worred that if there is a spillage then the water would just sit under the tiles though. Plus I assume I would need to seal the concrete to avoid the dusty coming through them?
Thats the next question, would i be best to seal the concreate anyway for both tile types and should I use some very thin insulation under the tiles?
In the past year or so I have been using some of the space for workouts so the dust can be annoying.
The flooring I have looked at is graphite coloured ecotile but I would probably purchase it from either the garage floor tile co or ebay as it seems to be cheaper from there.
I see a lot use the vented tiles also. I was worred that if there is a spillage then the water would just sit under the tiles though. Plus I assume I would need to seal the concrete to avoid the dusty coming through them?
Thats the next question, would i be best to seal the concreate anyway for both tile types and should I use some very thin insulation under the tiles?
beanoir said:
That’s disappointing, I’ve literally just ordered 36sqm of that R-tek flooring (the Excel hidden join) for my garage. Is that stained from car tyres or something else?
Yes, 295 wide rear tyre sitting on top of it. If you rotate the photo 90 degrees you can see better the tyre-tread That was only for a few weeks too, not all winter. Edited by scz4 on Thursday 20th January 12:26
scz4 said:
Yes, 295 wide rear tyre sitting on top of it. If you rotate the photo 90 degrees you can see better the tyre-tread That was only for a few weeks too, not all winter.
Hmm..i've got wide rears too and soft so i'll have to plan for a similar eventuality. Have you tried removing it with petrol? Edited by scz4 on Thursday 20th January 12:26
I didn't want contrasting colours, but I might amend my order to include some black tiles to use as a parking area for the car...failing that maybe some rubber matting strips to park on, but it irks me that I have to do that as I thought the tiles would be resistant to this kind of thing.
Edited by beanoir on Thursday 20th January 12:40
Podie said:
Exciting internet photo
You can see them, but with the same colour they’re not too bad. As I’ve said previously the floor is not perfectly flat underneath, but I don’t suffer from any of the joints popping up.
I believe they now do hidden join tiles as well.
We leave a couple of floor tiles for the wheels for two reasons - firstly, if a car is left standing for a while they can mark - although they're easy enough to replace. Secondly, acts as a really handy marker to know the optimum place to leave the car. If I'm doing something in the garage, it's easy enough to kick them out the way.
Doh. Thanks for this, I missed this. Somehow my post got duplicated and I only saw the duplicated one. You can see them, but with the same colour they’re not too bad. As I’ve said previously the floor is not perfectly flat underneath, but I don’t suffer from any of the joints popping up.
I believe they now do hidden join tiles as well.
We leave a couple of floor tiles for the wheels for two reasons - firstly, if a car is left standing for a while they can mark - although they're easy enough to replace. Secondly, acts as a really handy marker to know the optimum place to leave the car. If I'm doing something in the garage, it's easy enough to kick them out the way.
Edited by Podie on Monday 17th January 10:54
I’ve got a polished concrete floor so tiles should lie completely flat, and I shouldn’t have any upward pressure pushing joints apart.
I’m having trouble making my mind up what to do. Something like the r-tek tiles or go for a vented Swiss trax tile, or a resin type floor. With the resin I’m concerned about lift.
A vote here for Dotti tiles. I bought 36sq metres of tiles for a 33sq m area for just under £500. £110 for the aluminium ramp transition and £750 for fitting and adhesives/grout etc.
I also fitted some Roomline Chamfered Skirting which finished off the bottom of the walls nicely.
It makes the garage much cleaner and stops the dust from the concrete floor.
I also fitted some Roomline Chamfered Skirting which finished off the bottom of the walls nicely.
It makes the garage much cleaner and stops the dust from the concrete floor.
Sensibleboy said:
A vote here for Dotti tiles. I bought 36sq metres of tiles for a 33sq m area for just under £500. £110 for the aluminium ramp transition and £750 for fitting and adhesives/grout etc.
I also fitted some Roomline Chamfered Skirting which finished off the bottom of the walls nicely.
It makes the garage much cleaner and stops the dust from the concrete floor.
You’ll get thrown out for having skirting apparently! I also fitted some Roomline Chamfered Skirting which finished off the bottom of the walls nicely.
It makes the garage much cleaner and stops the dust from the concrete floor.
Looks great, those Dotti tiles, are they ceramic/porcelain or similar?
beanoir said:
You’ll get thrown out for having skirting apparently!
Looks great, those Dotti tiles, are they ceramic/porcelain or similar?
They are porcelain tiles.Looks great, those Dotti tiles, are they ceramic/porcelain or similar?
Is skirting boards not the done thing? These are PVC with a rubber seal at the bottom so if the floor isn't 100% flat the gap between floor and board doesn't show.
Edited by Sensibleboy on Sunday 30th January 11:33
BobSaunders said:
Are you putting a lift in or a mezzanine?
Unfortunately there’s not enough space for either really, although we have installed some cable lifts to suspend bikes from the ceiling It was previously 3 cramped rooms - a garage that you couldn’t open the car door in, a tiny dark workshop and a utility room. I could touch the ceiling in all three with my head if I stood on tiptoes.
The space above them was unused (and un-insulated) - not even enough headheight for storage. We opened it up (big steel joist for stability) and added some velux windows.
The garage part is still quite small at 5m x 2.5m, with the back third being restricted in height as you can see in the picture- not enough height for a lift. But by opening it up it feels much nicer and could be used as a gym in the future (sold my Morgan in 2017 and was planning to buy a classic once the garage was done…. looking less likely now
)Sensibleboy said:
They are porcelain tiles.
Is skirting boards not the done thing? These are PVC with a rubber seal at the bottom so if the floor isn't 100% flat the gap between floor and board doesn't show.
Said in jest, there was some ribbing the other week about skirting in the other garage thread. I’ve got skirting waiting in my garage for my floor tiles that will hopefully arrive this week. Is skirting boards not the done thing? These are PVC with a rubber seal at the bottom so if the floor isn't 100% flat the gap between floor and board doesn't show.
Edited by Sensibleboy on Sunday 30th January 11:33
Just offered on a new build with a large double garage, so the planning has started to get into the best garage thread 
- my worry is that the garage is going to quickly get filled with crap while we sort out what we (the wife) want in the house, which means if I want to sort the floor I need to do before we start moving in.
What order did everyone do in prepping the garage and how long did it take before you put stuff on it once done? Main aim is to reduce dust so guessing seal and then some flooring. Do you need to do walls too to reduce dust? Trying to work backwards to plan move dates etc.
If in thread above, sorry for missing it.
- my worry is that the garage is going to quickly get filled with crap while we sort out what we (the wife) want in the house, which means if I want to sort the floor I need to do before we start moving in. What order did everyone do in prepping the garage and how long did it take before you put stuff on it once done? Main aim is to reduce dust so guessing seal and then some flooring. Do you need to do walls too to reduce dust? Trying to work backwards to plan move dates etc.
If in thread above, sorry for missing it.
Gassing Station | Homes, Gardens and DIY | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff