Ceramic garage

[817candelario]

I am going to begin laying porcelain tile in my garage.
And these are the materials I am using.
12x24 porcelain
Flexbond thinset
1/2x 1/2 in trowel
Redgard to fill in the minor cracks
Ultraguard plus grout
Reno ramp for the edge.
1/8 t lock leveling.
I have read a bunch of you're posts and I am really excited. If anyone has any suggestions I would highly appreciate them.
What's the best way to find the center of garage?

 

[inphx]

just 2 strings corner to corner and x marks the spot

 

[Cairo94507]

Reach out to Dakota000 for some tips. Or read his install thread on his porcelain tile floor. Great information.

 

[Toomanytools?]

I am going to begin laying porcelain tile in my garage.
And these are the materials I am using.
12x24 porcelain
Flexbond thinset
1/2x 1/2 in trowel
Redgard to fill in the minor cracks
Ultraguard plus grout
Reno ramp for the edge.
1/8 t lock leveling.
I have read a bunch of you're posts and I am really excited. If anyone has any suggestions I would highly appreciate them.
What's the best way to find the center of garage?

You want to add Knee Pads to that list.

 

[Dakota00]

Reach out to Dakota000 for some tips. Or read his install thread on his porcelain tile floor. Great information.

Thanks Cairo!

OP has reached out to me through PM.

 

[Cairo94507]

Hi Dakota00 - I hope it is OK if I refer people to you or your thread for input. Finding your thread and reading it made going porcelain tile a no-brainer for me. I love my floor every time I am in my garage thanks to you. Cheers, Michael

 

[gerryw]

Reach out to Dakota000 for some tips. Or read his install thread on his porcelain tile floor. Great information.

Followed his advice to the letter, and so glad i did.

My advice ( as a rookie ) take your time, plan, plan, and then plan.Do only as much area as you are comfortable with at one sitting( split it up into sections) . Dont cheap out on materials, look after your body while doing the job. Dont listen to anybody who has not done the same job!

Gerry

 

[Dakota00]

Hi Dakota00 - I hope it is OK if I refer people to you or your thread for input. Finding your thread and reading it made going porcelain tile a no-brainer for me. I love my floor every time I am in my garage thanks to you. Cheers, Michael

Hi Michael,

Absolutely, you can refer others to my thread or to me. I'm happy to hear you're enjoying your floor. Your garage turned out awesome, it should be on a cover of a magazine.

Take care,
Anthony

 

[GRivera]

Hi Dakota00 - I hope it is OK if I refer people to you or your thread for input. Finding your thread and reading it made going porcelain tile a no-brainer for me. I love my floor every time I am in my garage thanks to you. Cheers, Michael

Looks awesome. How does this tile handle a heavy metal object dropping onto it? Any cracks, chips, etc?

 

[Cairo94507]

Well I have dropped hammers (not on purpose) and several hand tools. But nothing crazy heavy. I made sure to back-butter the entire tile before we put them down so there are no voids under the tile in the grout. I believe that in addition to a high quality tile, I went with the top grade I could get which was a PEI 5, results in a near bullet proof floor. Rolled jacks all over it with no problem.