http://www.racedeck.com/designer_bid.php?floor_plan_id=169047&retrieval_hash=8b6d85fc09bbf2b530c9b4cf2469484aad1284f3 I found this stuff. According to their website a typical single car garage is 16x10. That's about the size of floor I want to put in anyway, Even though our new house will have a two car "garage mahal"
Anyone experienced with this stuff? Says its immune to grease and grime. Seems spendy. Any cheaper versions that look cool?
Also, how much more difficult is the peel and stick crap?
Lots of people on garagejournal use it, it does collect crud under and has to be pulled out and cleaned to keep it looking decent. Also no welding on the plastic.
Peel and stick will be a mistake.
Look into vct tile. Thats what I bought for my two car garage.
No experience with any of these, but I am also looking as the house I am trying to buy has a glued-down carpet in the garage that will need to be removed, and may leave something awful behind.
There's also Weathertech "TechFloor": http://www.techfloor.com/about/ And then Sears has something too: http://searsgaragedoors.com/flooring.aspx?phonenumber=2&gclid=CNn9wdqvl8YCFcEkgQod8KoA-g
I just used a big piece of indoor/outdoor carpet scrap, around 10 x 15 feet. Worked great. Dirty? Color preference change? Toss it and get another.
kb58 wrote: I just used a big piece of indoor/outdoor carpet scrap, around 10 x 15 feet. Worked great. Dirty? Color preference change? Toss it and get another.
Like a tearoff for the garage floor?!?
garagejournal.com in their "Flooring" section has all sorts of info on Race Deck and similar floors as well as alternatives. I think you can get a discount on RD if you are a garagejournal.com member.
Here is my take on Race Deck:
Pros
Easy DIY installation.
Custom design and colors to your heart's content.
Portable-- you don't have to leave it behind if you move. Makes a low maintenance, easy to clean floor that will last a long time.
Cons
Expensive, especially compared to some of the alternatives like epoxy flooring.
Plastic. Some people complain about the sound, though you can put landscape fabric under it to reduce it.
No welding or other potentially damaging activities.
Uneven sun exposure makes it expand and possibly buckle. Saw this for myself in a friend's garage. If you step on it while it is buckled, then it can all come apart.
Not entirely fluid proof. Stuff that gets spilled on it can seep through to the floor and there's not much you can do about it except tear up the Race Deck to get at it.
There are cheaper versions of the same stuff out there by other vendors. But some of it is cheap for a reason.
Personally, I was able to have porcelain tile installed for cheaper than the Race Deck sells for. But that took getting some close-out tile and some really cheap labor.
I did vct- I'd do that again, or I'd polish the floor.
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