I live in a duplex in Vancouver which means I share a detached garage with my house's front half.. It's a one car about 10x20. Small, but hey.. I'm pretty happy cause I wouldn't have this in a condo.
I've used this forum a fair bit over the past couple years and finally started putting some effort into making it a little nicer. It's been too jam packed to ever get anything done so I'm hoping to change that.
The first thing that went was the 'typical' overhead garage door. There just isn't room for tracks with a space this small. I replaced it with a roll-up door from SmartGarage in surrey. I'll review that in detail at some point.
Next is the floor! This is where I'm at right now. I decided on 3-coat epoxy, and hired a contractor for it. Picked them cause they did all of Rogers Arena downtown, so hopefully they are good at it by now. They're using Polymer Science Corp.'s metallic epoxy system, same colours as what you see when taking a leek in the bathrooms at a Canucks game.
Yesterday they diamond ground the floor.. They said the concrete was too soft to shot blast. You could tell the diamond grind took a good millimeter of concrete. Then they did the base work for the cove base all around the walls. I'm glad I went with that option. I think it'll really save me from ruining the drywall (neighbours common wall) by keeping clumsy hot wort spills away when moving brew kettles around during a brew session.
Today they began first coat of epoxy. I couldn't be there during prep and application and just got home as they were closing up to let it cure. The reflection on the floor doesn't appear totally smooth. I don't see actual peaks and valleys, but you can see in the pics that the strokes from spreading it around weren't very uniform - check out the reflection of the garage door.
I'm less concerned about that than the bubbles. Is it OK that they have left these bubbles behind to cure before they come back tomorrow? According to the epoxy manufacturer documentation (Polymer Science Corp. 2301 product)
Are these bubbles because they didn't use a primer? They said this 2301 was a primer but mfg docs state that PSC2099 is their bonding primer.
Is it good enough if they grind the floor again tomorrow to smooth it out? Won't that introduce all kinds of dust and **** between the two layers??
I've used this forum a fair bit over the past couple years and finally started putting some effort into making it a little nicer. It's been too jam packed to ever get anything done so I'm hoping to change that.
The first thing that went was the 'typical' overhead garage door. There just isn't room for tracks with a space this small. I replaced it with a roll-up door from SmartGarage in surrey. I'll review that in detail at some point.
Next is the floor! This is where I'm at right now. I decided on 3-coat epoxy, and hired a contractor for it. Picked them cause they did all of Rogers Arena downtown, so hopefully they are good at it by now. They're using Polymer Science Corp.'s metallic epoxy system, same colours as what you see when taking a leek in the bathrooms at a Canucks game.
Yesterday they diamond ground the floor.. They said the concrete was too soft to shot blast. You could tell the diamond grind took a good millimeter of concrete. Then they did the base work for the cove base all around the walls. I'm glad I went with that option. I think it'll really save me from ruining the drywall (neighbours common wall) by keeping clumsy hot wort spills away when moving brew kettles around during a brew session.
Today they began first coat of epoxy. I couldn't be there during prep and application and just got home as they were closing up to let it cure. The reflection on the floor doesn't appear totally smooth. I don't see actual peaks and valleys, but you can see in the pics that the strokes from spreading it around weren't very uniform - check out the reflection of the garage door.
I'm less concerned about that than the bubbles. Is it OK that they have left these bubbles behind to cure before they come back tomorrow? According to the epoxy manufacturer documentation (Polymer Science Corp. 2301 product)
And troubleshooting section says:
Are these bubbles because they didn't use a primer? They said this 2301 was a primer but mfg docs state that PSC2099 is their bonding primer.
Is it good enough if they grind the floor again tomorrow to smooth it out? Won't that introduce all kinds of dust and **** between the two layers??
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