Anyone put tiles down in their garage?

[GasX]

What kind did you choose, PVC or Polypropylene?

I live in the hot moist Florida climate and am worried about mold and cleanability. Anyone have any thoughts?

 

[SyndromeOCZ]

If your worried about it then put an epoxy coating on your concrete floor. The best results come from taking a grinder to it then applying the epoxy. Every homedepot should have a grinder and vacuum setup that you can rent.

In the best case scenario then you can just use muratic acid to etch the surface then apply the epoxy. If you have any oil spots or if the concrete finishers used diesel when finishing the slab then you will need to grind it.

Epoxy is great for shop floors, it actually increases the strength of the concrete when it comes to impact, and you can clean it easily, it is also pretty easy to apply.

 

[GasX]

Not interested in epoxy. I am going to put down tiles and want to know the best for my application...

 

[Mandres]

www.garagejournal.com has a subforum dedicated to garage flooring. For mine I'm going to use either VCT tiles (like you'd find in grocery stores, wal-mart etc.) or porcelain ceramic. VCT is cheap, easy and looks really good. Not as durable in a working garage though.

 

[Doppel]

If your worried about it then put an epoxy coating on your concrete floor. The best results come from taking a grinder to it then applying the epoxy. Every homedepot should have a grinder and vacuum setup that you can rent.

In the best case scenario then you can just use muratic acid to etch the surface then apply the epoxy. If you have any oil spots or if the concrete finishers used diesel when finishing the slab then you will need to grind it.

Epoxy is great for shop floors, it actually increases the strength of the concrete when it comes to impact, and you can clean it easily, it is also pretty easy to apply.

Epoxy looks great but as you allude to if it's not applied properly it will flake up and then it looks terrible, and I can only imagine that cleaning/removing it at that point is a nightmare. Grinding an entire garage floor is certainly no job I'd ever want to engage in!

 

[rh71]

nvm

 

[GasX]

Epoxy looks great but as you allude to if it's not applied properly it will flake up and then it looks terrible, and I can only imagine that cleaning/removing it at that point is a nightmare. Grinding an entire garage floor is certainly no job I'd ever want to engage in!

That's exactly where I am on the matter. The current epoxy coating is fubar'd and I am laying the tiles over it. Despite the pricy nature of these tiles, it is still cheaper than paying to have it grinded, acid washed and re-epoxied.

I am a member at Garage Journal and after careful consideration and going with the Racedeck tiles. They give a substantial discount to GJ members and I am less than enthused about the toxic shit that leeches out of PVC, so it was a short leap to Racedeck when I decided on polypropylene...