Bigfoot rubber tile (or other brand???)

[Matt-man]

I did searches for "Bigfoot" and also for "rubber tile" (search doesn't treat it as phrase tho) and found a handful of threads where Bigfoot is mentioned in passing, but no one actually seems to have chosen this or any other brand of rubber tile over any of the brands of plastic tile.

Like many here, I'm making do with the garage that came with the house until I can build a detatched structure my way. In my case, the garage is an addition the PO made shortly before selling the house to me, and although the company who did it has a great reputation, the 20'x31' slab is already cracked in multiple places, has had some filler applied to it, and is just not as level as it would need to be for VCT or hard plastic tile. That also means I don't want to epoxy it and have it crack more.

I do every type of automotive repair in my garage short of painting. I suspect that rubber tile will survive my abuse (I will protect the floor before welding) but I am worried about how well the tiles will lock together, how much friction there will be when dragging a floor jack or moving a car on Go-Jaks, if the tiles will stay locked together when I'm dragging things across it, etc.

So, does the group have any more input than what I found from searching old posts? I'd probably just leave the floor bare rather than be the guinea pig

 

[BoCRon]

We put the Lock-tile brand tile down in our basement about 3 years ago. It has held up extremely well. We have a dog training business and will keep dogs in that area when they are here long term. No amount of large dogs running, "scratching" off or just general rough housing has mattered. I love the way they feel, and if they were 12"x12" I would definitely put them in my garage, but due to the dimensions of my garage, I would end up with a 1" long strip along the wall and don't want that.
Here's a pic of our locktiles being installed, we did all the cutting around doors, posts and corners ourselves using a band saw, very easy.
Annette

I like the Bigfoot ones a bit better since they have a straight edge, but at the time we did our basement this was all we could find. The "puzzle" edge isn't really noticable when you use all one color, but I would be using multiple colors in the garage.
Annette
http://www.locktile-usa.com/

 

[trcons]

I grabbed a sample of the plastic and rubber tiles from bigfoot.

My opinion of the plastic ones is not good. I rolled my toolbox over them as a test, and broke one. The rubber ones are better, but seem a bit soft (read dirt and rocks sink into it) and don't seem to have any uv protection as they are changing color from red to orange.

Tom