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I guess you have to decide if this is long-term ownership or not. If long-term, personally, I would not bother with any of the coatings. I would look at porcelain tile. Several threads here with tile and it looks to be the best option and what I will put in my 3-car in the next 12 months as I...

The 5'0 on center rebar caught my attention too.

In CA, a licensed contractor has to be bonded. The minimum bond permitted is $15K. I had a bad job done (outside deck) and called the Contractor's licensing board and they gave me the insurance bond info and I made one call and filed the claim and within 1 week got a check for $15K. I did...

More so than other trades, this seems to be one where you actually need to go look at their completed work on other similar projects and talk to those owners to see how they felt about the installer and his work. I hope you resolve these issues.

Great question. Come next year I expect to have a near identical pit in my 3 car, middle stall.

Nice manifold. :)

Seriously? All that and then the OP does not follow-up to close out this thread with the end result and some nice pictures? I feel cheated.

I know a lot of people like epoxy coatings. All I know is every single coated floor I have ever seen has lifts (failures) on it. I say do it right, do it once and be done with it. I will be doing porcelain tile in my oversized 3 car garage.

Looks very cool.

This thread reminded me I need to check with my insurance agent to see if my tools are covered. I have a 6' long box full of tools acquired over a lifetime. I even have some tools that my grandfather used. I think I will organize my box and take photos of each drawer. Aside from that I have...

Contact the owner and do not do anything else. I am sure the owner has a homeowner's policy and worst case scenario the renter is out the amount of the deductible.

Do a porcelain tile floor. Check out the threads here. I was up in the air and could not decide what floor to do until I started to check out the porcelain tile floor threads here. I am 100% going tile. Good luck.

Very nice floor. I am so happy I found The Garage Journal or I would have done something I would likely have regretted for flooring instead of porcelain. I can't wait to do my 3-car garage.

I replaced my 100 gallon water heater with a tankless with a built-in recirculation pump. It was about $4K to buy and install which included a new gas line, new venting and a return line for the recirculation pump feature. House is 3K sq. ft. one-level. I thought $4K, which included...

If code in your area is no rebar or mesh, then I think the $4000 deduction is good. If code calls for rebar and he is a licensed contractor, I would lodge a complaint against his license and file a claim against his bond. Here in CA (at least a few years ago) a contractor had to have at least...

I bought a house about 18 months ago and the homeowner told me, "You know, I am quite the handyman". I immediately got nervous. Fortunately I planned on gutting the entire house and remodeling. Every single thing this guy had done, thank God he had not done much, was complete garbage. This...

Sign of mental illness rearing its head.....

a 50 pound fan....seriously? That thing must be huge!

Man, I read the ceramic floor tile install in its entirety and was 99.9% sure that was going to be it. Then I see this thread with a really nice prep and product application..... these are tough calls. Terrific job! I hope you get decades of enjoyment out of that beautiful floor.

Dakota- Your thread has convinced me to go with porcelain tile for my floor. I will use your thread as the "bible" when getting this project done. Seriously nice work.