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Decided(I think) on going with coin pattern tiling for garage. Any specials?

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After going back and forth between epoxy and tiling I think I'm going to go with tiles for my new garage. I'm moving into it end of this month. Garage is a small 3 car which is 32x20. From closing until movers bring stuff in is only 2-3 days. I thought of doing a complete epoxy flooring job but amount of prep work, drying time and application I don't think I'd have enough time. Then garage would be filled up with all my stuff.
Since that may not work I think I will be doing the tiling. How is it for actually working on your car on? I read coin pattern is best for rolling stuff on. Can you use a creeper still easily? How do jacks roll on it? I read for jack stands to put something under them so I would do that.

I also read about putting some gardening cloth or something under the tiles to help lessen noise. How noisy are the tiles when walking on?

I'd be using a jack at first but ceiling is 12' high so I can put a lift in at some point which I plan to do.

I'd love to go with race deck as it seems to be the best but I've seen other good looking made in the U.S. Ones for $2-2.50 and even one for like $1.89 a sf.

Any help, suggestions, feedback etc would be much appreciated.
 
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Woohoo. Just ordered 650 sf of the tru lock hd coin pattern for my new garage and 3 gallons of B4 to seal it better.

Went with a black border with blue line around and then checked(4 sf) of black and graphite for the rest of the floor. Should look great I think!
 

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Woohoo. Just ordered 650 sf of the tru lock hd coin pattern for my new garage and 3 gallons of B4 to seal it better.

Went with a black border with blue line around and then checked(4 sf) of black and graphite for the rest of the floor. Should look great I think!

Thanks for your business. We all look forward to some cool pics :)
 

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Since that may not work I think I will be doing the tiling. How is it for actually working on your car on? I read coin pattern is best for rolling stuff on. Can you use a creeper still easily? How do jacks roll on it? I read for jack stands to put something under them so I would do that.
I have the RaceDeck diamond pattern and I have no problems with rolling things around the garage. The floor jack, the carts with wheels that I have, anything with a decent set of wheels rolls, will roll quite easily on the floor.

I have used the floor jack to lift the wife's car, and I have used jack stands on the floor as well. As long as the jack stands have a flat area on the legs, there is no problem. If you have jack stands with small or pointed legs, then use a piece of plywood for the jack stands to sit on.
 
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^Glad to hear that! Thanks for posting up! I can't remember how the bottom of my jack stands are. I'll have to double check. I do plan on getting a lift at some point in the next year though since I have 12' + ceilings.
 

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Ok sounds good. Is there a certain oz I guess thickness I should go with? That stuff on line I guess is high end stuff and listed at 5 oz compared to cheaper stuff at like 2-3 oz being super thin.
 

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I've never had someone use any of it and have a problem. All we are doing is dampening the noise at the contact point for the tile. Not saying I'd go wiwith h Walmart brand but TrueValue or ace etc
 
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