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LuckyCharms

(21,368 posts)
Tue Nov 21, 2023, 03:41 PM Nov 2023

Ugly garage floor solution - Pictures from about 10 years ago.

I'm not sure if I posted these before. Hopefully, someone will remind me if i did, so I can remove this post.

We got flooded in 2011. The subsequent clean-up started a 10 year home improvement spree.

After the initial 6 month long flood clean up, the first thing on the agenda was to clean out my garage and spruce it up (garage was not flooded). The garage floor was blacktop, which was problematic because anything that I placed on the floor would sink in and leave an indentation. Also, this was very hard to keep clean.

I covered the floor with 12 inch x 12 inch tiles made out of a plastic material. I don't won't to name the brand for fear of looking like an advertisement, but suffice to say that there are many brands out there. These tiles can handle 25,000 pounds of rolling weight without being compromised. I park on these tiles occasionally, with no problems.

This project took about 12 hours, and was relatively easy.

Create design on a sheet of graph paper.

Order appropriate style tiles based on design.

Install front and one side wall tiles in an "L" shape. Since no room is perfectly square, but the "L" shape is indeed square, the final edge against the walls will have to be fitted with individually cut slivers of tile.

Install remaining tiles by stomping the connections in with the heel of your boot, or by using a mallet.

These tiles have held up well over the past decade. I'm posting the below pics to perhaps give others ideas in case they are looking for a good garage floor solution. These tiles would not be appropriate for a person who does a lot of auto repair, or uses their garage for a metalworking shop, but they were fine for my purposes since my garage is mainly a woodworking shop. Very easy to keep clean.
















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Ugly garage floor solution - Pictures from about 10 years ago. (Original Post) LuckyCharms Nov 2023 OP
Looks great! iamateacher Nov 2023 #1
. LuckyCharms Nov 2023 #2
Nice design! OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2023 #3
Not linoleum. LuckyCharms Nov 2023 #4
Look at that garage! Niagara Nov 2023 #5
Looks nice. Friend of mine painted Emile Nov 2023 #6
Looks great! What is the name of the product? ARPad95 Nov 2023 #7
Here's a link: LuckyCharms Nov 2023 #8
Thank you! ARPad95 Nov 2023 #11
That is a damn fancy garage floor! 3catwoman3 Nov 2023 #9
Great looking floor! Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2023 #10
I keep staring True Dough Nov 2023 #12
It's there... LuckyCharms Nov 2023 #13
Doesn't matter True Dough Nov 2023 #14

LuckyCharms

(21,368 posts)
4. Not linoleum.
Tue Nov 21, 2023, 04:35 PM
Nov 2023

They are hard plastic, about 1/2 inch thick. They are very tough.

No adhesive. They float on top of the original floor, and they lock together (male to female connections).

There's a honeycomb layout on the underside of the tiles. Air can circulate underneath them.

Car dealerships use this type of type of tile a lot to create displays that sit under new cars.

Raised diamond pattern on the top to prevent them from getting slippery when wet.

They are replaceable and movable.

Emile

(40,237 posts)
6. Looks nice. Friend of mine painted
Tue Nov 21, 2023, 06:41 PM
Nov 2023

his body shop floor to look like a checkered racing flag, talk about cool. The body shop specializes in Corvettes.

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,631 posts)
10. Great looking floor!
Wed Nov 22, 2023, 01:56 AM
Nov 2023

Probably wouldn't work on my red clay areas, even if I could teach my tractor not to pee on it. Maybe tiles like yours would make the concrete bays a little easier on the legs.

Any time I have to cover a floor -- tiles, roll, whatever -- I first snap a couple of chalk lines to find center. Everything is then based on those lines, which means I have to cut to fit all 4 sides, but it results in symmetry regardless of pattern.

True Dough

(25,595 posts)
12. I keep staring
Thu Nov 23, 2023, 12:47 AM
Nov 2023

at the hand in the first picture. Is there a fourth finger there, or did a saw steal it?

LuckyCharms

(21,368 posts)
13. It's there...
Thu Nov 23, 2023, 03:40 AM
Nov 2023

But it was cold in the garage that day.

That finger was a victim of shrinkage.

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