I've gone back & forth w/ flooring.
Racedeck, PVC, epoxy, tile, etc.
I work in my garage. I weld in my garage.
While I want it to look nice, I don't want to constantly worry about burns, scratches, etc.
So, tile it is.
I went with a Porcelain PEI 5 w/ a rough non slip surface.
I have expansion joints in my garage & all that looked at it- told me it was a non issue. While I have the tools & saw to install tile- my knees won't allow it. Besides, I can make more money working & paying someone else to install it.
Thought about the Schluder Ditra but many said it may cause a problem rolling a 3k lb tool box across it.
Thinset is Custom Building Products Flex Bond- allows some movement w/o cracking tiles. A special flexible cement was used to fill the expansion joints & install a fiberglass mesh embeded in the cement (this was my idea)
So- here we go.
My tile. Only 1 broken piece (I dropped the box)
That edge is aluminum made by Schluder.
Close up of edge piece. I liked the look better than the 2x12 tile edge pieces. Plus, it was cheaper!
Here, you can see the surface. Has the feeling of 600 grit sand paper. Not slick but Ez to sweep.
I've positioned the edge piece so the bottom of roll up door gasket seals agains't the aluminum ramp.
Day one. Lots of prep. Everywhere that expansion joint was tooled in when slab was wet- was raised. Had to be ground down so floor was flat.
Going with 1/8" spacers.
Close up of mesh laid into the filler cement.
Lots of grinding done here.
My tile guy is a perfectionist. It's done perfect or not at all. Perfect points & grout lines. He's slow but worth every penny. All tile laid w/ 100% thinset coverage, back buttering tiles also. No hollow tiles allowed here.
My lift is bolted to floor & staying that way by design- no plans to move it. We will cut tiles around the base.
How's this for perfection?
Full tile at front of garage
We'll have to cut 1/4" off tile at rear of garage
Working towards the back door.
Side wall.
That's it for now. He'll be back Monday to start cutting tiles.
Racedeck, PVC, epoxy, tile, etc.
I work in my garage. I weld in my garage.
While I want it to look nice, I don't want to constantly worry about burns, scratches, etc.
So, tile it is.
I went with a Porcelain PEI 5 w/ a rough non slip surface.
I have expansion joints in my garage & all that looked at it- told me it was a non issue. While I have the tools & saw to install tile- my knees won't allow it. Besides, I can make more money working & paying someone else to install it.
Thought about the Schluder Ditra but many said it may cause a problem rolling a 3k lb tool box across it.
Thinset is Custom Building Products Flex Bond- allows some movement w/o cracking tiles. A special flexible cement was used to fill the expansion joints & install a fiberglass mesh embeded in the cement (this was my idea)
So- here we go.
My tile. Only 1 broken piece (I dropped the box)
That edge is aluminum made by Schluder.
Close up of edge piece. I liked the look better than the 2x12 tile edge pieces. Plus, it was cheaper!
Here, you can see the surface. Has the feeling of 600 grit sand paper. Not slick but Ez to sweep.
I've positioned the edge piece so the bottom of roll up door gasket seals agains't the aluminum ramp.
Day one. Lots of prep. Everywhere that expansion joint was tooled in when slab was wet- was raised. Had to be ground down so floor was flat.
Going with 1/8" spacers.
Close up of mesh laid into the filler cement.
Lots of grinding done here.
My tile guy is a perfectionist. It's done perfect or not at all. Perfect points & grout lines. He's slow but worth every penny. All tile laid w/ 100% thinset coverage, back buttering tiles also. No hollow tiles allowed here.
My lift is bolted to floor & staying that way by design- no plans to move it. We will cut tiles around the base.
How's this for perfection?
Full tile at front of garage
We'll have to cut 1/4" off tile at rear of garage
Working towards the back door.
Side wall.
That's it for now. He'll be back Monday to start cutting tiles.
Where will you end up relative to a cost / sq.ft. for the tile - all-in?
