carpeting for floor?

[juice]

since most floor products (racedeck,epoxy, por etc.) have their drawbacks has anyone used like indoor/outoor or marine carpet in there garages? as of now my garage is unheated and uninsulated and figured maybe carpet would do the trick for a few years until i can finish off my garage. thanks

 

[IanF]

It's an interesting thought that I've had as well... Unfortunately, the drawbacks for me (snow/salt run-off during the Winter) outweigh the benefits.

Griot's sells very high density pile carpet tiles that are supposedly very resistant to staining... They've been on clearance for a couple of years now:

http://www.griotsgarage.com/catalog.jsp?&SKU=91367

I'd need 26 sets to cover the garage and even on clearance, that's almost $2500...

One of the problems with carpet tiles is they require the same sort of concrete prep as VCT in order for them to adhear reliably. I imagine an industrial/commercial type roll-out carpet would have similar issues.

 

[timgr]

My main concern would be welding sparks - if they didn't set the carpet afire, they'd certainly melt a hole in it. If you used charcoal gray I/O style, the burns would not be obvious until there was more burn than not.