Centering your design

[Need more space]

I've seen it over and over with Racedeck floors or similar, people start their design with a whole tile on one side and end with a odd size cut on the other. This leaving the design off centered. Racedecks how to even shows you to do it this way, It would work perfect if you floor was exactly x amount of feet wide. I guess my OCD is getting the best of me..... I understand that the first row need to be a whole tile to clip the door edging but I plan to have equal cuts on each wall when it comes to the width.

 

[CombatNinja]

I think they're just trying to show you how to do it with the least cutting possible. Most people are not going to get that particular about their garage floor and cover the edges with piles of **** anyways.

 

[WanderingSol07]

If I had a design in the pattern, I would have started from the center of the garage with the row parallel to the overhead doors. Since I did not have a design, I started with a full row (and ramp sections) at the overhead doors and parallel to them. This meant I would cut tiles along two walls. Worked fine for me.

 

[Need more space]

If I had a design in the pattern, I would have started from the center of the garage with the row parallel to the overhead doors. Since I did not have a design, I started with a full row (and ramp sections) at the overhead doors and parallel to them. This meant I would cut tiles along two walls. Worked fine for me.

Agree, the ones that get me going is a nice checkered pattern that has a full on the left and has a 5 inch tile on the right, I feel bad for the guys that end up like that! They probably didn't even think about it till it was too late, the tile is costly and I'm sure they jump right to it after watching the the how to that tells them to start with a full tile.

I simply posted this to get people thinking before cutting

 

[Falcon67]

All tile work usually starts with an alignment to the "main access" (door) and centered in the room. Ideally, you'd want the work to appear centered and symmetrical, and lined up square to the most prominent access, without regard to the walls being square to that access.

I avoided all that by painting the floor one color.

 

[Garage Flooring]

I've seen it over and over with Racedeck floors or similar, people start their design with a whole tile on one side and end with a odd size cut on the other. This leaving the design off centered. Racedecks how to even shows you to do it this way, It would work perfect if you floor was exactly x amount of feet wide. I guess my OCD is getting the best of me..... I understand that the first row need to be a whole tile to clip the door edging but I plan to have equal cuts on each wall when it comes to the width.

You will generally see people refer to a 'simple' method and then there is the typical set of manufacturers instructions.

The manufacturers instructions are almost always centered left to right. Find the center of the garage, work one way and then the other... Often saving all the cuts for last helps, especially if all your walls are square.

Where it all breaks down and throws perfection to the wind is front to back. With traditional polypropylene tiles you can't cut the front because you need the edges to lock the ramp pieces on.

TechFloor has resolved that issue by making multiple sizes of tiles. PVC tile manufacturers resolve it by offering a ramp edge that slides on the cut piece of tile.

 

[Shea]

I avoided all that by painting the floor one color.

classic!

 

['71 VW 1302]

I put a racedeck floor in. With edge pieces on the front, right and left I come within an inch of the walls. I painted the edge of the floor and the poured concrete foundation black to hide the edges.

Cut tiles at the back wall, all hidden by cabinets and benches....it all looks great.