Analysis paralysis; what system to use? Need Help!

[Brparks]

I'm new to the forum and i'm looking for a garage floor system. I plan on living in this house for the next 20 years. I want a real high quality floor system that will last for a very long time.

My garage is a 3 car garage, approximately 600 sf. I lightly use it for oil changes and working on motorcycles. I live in Southern California so I shouldn't have any moisture issues. I think i'll have to grind my floor though. Water does not absorb very quickly. Over all the concrete is in great shape, the house was built in 2003.

If you were in my shoes, what product would you choose? If you've already completed your garage would you use the same system?

I plan on doing this myself but i'm not completely opposed to hiring someone. What do you guys think? Thanks for any help.

Brandon

 

[Armorpoxy]

A few suggestions.

For long life and longest warranty (lifetime) check out our solid PVC tiles www.supratile.com. Most expensive of the options, but virtually indestructible and installs in hours.

For an epoxy system go with a 100% solids like our www.armorcladepoxy.com with primer and military grade topcoat. This is a very popular choice of many GJ members.

Least expensive but very heavy duty is our one part polyuerea SPGX.

Contact us directly for mor info and such. Happy 4th!

 

[katilicous]

In SoCal (OC) yes not much water from the sky but tons of ground water and water vapor which is what will destroy and delam your coat. Do a test to be sure. It only takes a couple bucks to save many more.
I cant tell you how many beautiful floors I have seen destroyed by efflorescence and water vapor.

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[Jinks]

I'm new to the forum and i'm looking for a garage floor system. I plan on living in this house for the next 20 years. I want a real high quality floor system that will last for a very long time.

My garage is a 3 car garage, approximately 600 sf. I lightly use it for oil changes and working on motorcycles. I live in Southern California so I shouldn't have any moisture issues. I think i'll have to grind my floor though. Water does not absorb very quickly. Over all the concrete is in great shape, the house was built in 2003.

If you were in my shoes, what product would you choose? If you've already completed your garage would you use the same system?

I plan on doing this myself but i'm not completely opposed to hiring someone. What do you guys think? Thanks for any help.

Brandon

Racedeck/Garagedeck/Garagetrac

 

[DocRock]

I'm a happy RaceDeck customer. Ease of installation, virtually unlimited design options, extremely durable, easy to replace damaged tiles IF you bung one up, outstanding customer service.

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[mbrock]

I went the 100% solids epoxy route and did the work myself. Had I known beforehand how much prep was involved I might not have done it (or seriously considered hiring it done), but fortunately I ordered the product before realizing. Applying product was the easy/fast/enjoyable part. Very happy with it.

Only drawback with a fully flaked system is finding small screws dropped while working on things. If you do a lot of tinkering keep it in mind. I will definitely do it again at my next place.

 

[Kaizen]

600 sq ft for a 3 car? might want to measure again to be sure. You want to have exact when pricing

 

[Garage Flooring]

I'm new to the forum and i'm looking for a garage floor system. I plan on living in this house for the next 20 years. I want a real high quality floor system that will last for a very long time.

My garage is a 3 car garage, approximately 600 sf. I lightly use it for oil changes and working on motorcycles. I live in Southern California so I shouldn't have any moisture issues. I think i'll have to grind my floor though. Water does not absorb very quickly. Over all the concrete is in great shape, the house was built in 2003.

If you were in my shoes, what product would you choose? If you've already completed your garage would you use the same system?

I plan on doing this myself but i'm not completely opposed to hiring someone. What do you guys think? Thanks for any help.

Brandon

There are a lot of things to consider here. A GOOD coating system, even a full broadcast system, would be awesome and easy to clean.

Garage tile such as TrueLock HD or RaceDeck would be good as well. Both have huge upsides and some drawbacks. Really something we should talk about and go deeper into how it is used.

 

[Brparks]

Thanks for replying guys. I'll definitely test for water, hopefully it's not an issue. Yeah my garage is actually smaller than 600 square feet. It's 27.25 X 20, apparently that's small for a 3 car garage. Like other things in my life I wish it was bigger.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Great job on that full flake MBrock!

 

[rsanter]

On mine I acid washed and pressure washed the floor a couple of times.
Then put a DIY epoxy on it and have been happy with it. It does not look like a showroom garage but looks good.

In my last house I just used the cheap garage floor paint. While I was happy with the system it did have issues with hot tire pickup. On the positive side it was easy to just touch up paint the floor every so often just like you would the walls in the house. I tended to drag things across the floor and do welding and fab work in there so the floor did get some abuse

Bob