Finished my RaceDeck Floor

[scottr]

Just finished....all 750 tiles worth. Used commercial rubber base molding to finish off the perimeter and hide the expansion gap around same.

After two snow storms already, I can vouch for the effectiveness of using the FreeFlow tiles
in the tire pathways. Snow falls directly down, melts, flows towards and under garage door lip. I do get a little ice slick action outside, but it's manageable. An ocassional vacuum job ***** the sand and other **** right up and thru the mesh pattern.

(Hope I attached these photos correctly)

 

[djett]

Nice looking job! You are way more creative than I am with your color selection and layout. Your pictures will help me sell my wife on my planned project. Do you have any advice on this project to share with the rest of us under the category "I wish I new then what I know now"?

Thanks for posting

 

[mhoffm911]

If you edit your post and hit the enter key at the end of each photo, it will put them vertical so we don't have to scroll all the way over.

I think your floor looks great! I don't want to put that much money in mine (at this house anyways).

 

[Homebody]

Great looking floor! Where did you find the best price on that stuff?

 

[fireman]

Very nice. I too have RaceDeck flooring in my garage. 5 years and still love it.

 

[timgr]

I like it - very artistic.

 

[destructo]

Looks vey nice, I like the color combo. What type of heater are you using?

 

[WolverineCoatings]

I noticed that heater too... lol...

It looks like you did a really nice job!

 

[wythors]

Very nice! I'm really jealous of your extra bay though.

Welcome to the RaceDeck brotherhood. You'll be getting your membership packet and decoder ring in the mail shortly.

 

[mikeyr]

great looking floor, you will love it as I do mine.

The heater looks like a HotDawg but it says something different on it so I am guessing its not, love my HotDawg, has to be the best thing I have ever done for my garage and I have done a LOT

 

[scottr]

great looking floor, you will love it as I do mine.

The heater looks like a HotDawg but it says something different on it so I am guessing its not, love my HotDawg, has to be the best thing I have ever done for my garage and I have done a LOT

Thanks! yeah....the ADP Cayenne heaters look identical to the Modine Hot Dawg on the outside. Although comparable, I understand they are slightly different on the inside.

Scott

 

[scottr]

Great looking floor! Where did you find the best price on that stuff?

Thanks!

Although there are distributers in some parts of the country, there were none in Minnesota. Therefore I ordered direct from RaceDeck. Price was basically $3.00 per DIAMOND square and less for the FREEFLOW squares. However, recently I saw where they would do a deal for Garage Journal members. I have seen some other Distributers offer 10-20 cents per square lower in other posts. Personally have never seen better than $2.75 per square.

 

[scottr]

Thanks! I purchased an ADP Cayenne.

 

[scottr]

Yes...you can mix 12 in. and 18 in. squares. Depending on the pattern you design, you obviously have to mate three 12's with two 18's.... if you know what I mean. Otherwise the interlocking system is universal throughout their tiles.

 

[speadrider]

Awesome Garage

 

[enginerd]

Do your tiles go under your garage door?

We're looking into using racedeck for a small area where daily drivers are stored, and are looking at putting the edging right before the garage door inside, so the door closes onto the concrete instead of onto the tile.

 

[GDA]

Cool garage. Simple and very effective given that nice heater!

 

[scottr]

Do your tiles go under your garage door?

We're looking into using racedeck for a small area where daily drivers are stored, and are looking at putting the edging right before the garage door inside, so the door closes onto the concrete instead of onto the tile.

Enginerd: Sorry I didn't respond sooner. By accident the tapered side of the RACEDECK edge tiles sit just about half-way under the rubber garage door seal. From the outside you cant see them when the garage door is down. The rubber seal must j-u-s-t hide them. What I have seen as a benefit of this, however, is that the melted snow somehow flows down and under the lip of the garage door and outside. The downside (I guess) is that little "ice slicks" form just outside the garage door in the tire track areas! Over all I would not change this orientation.

Scott

 

[RaceDeck1]

Great Job- Are you available for professional installs in your area Thanks for choosing RaceDeck, you garage looks fantastic

 

[RaceDeck1]

ScottR- You can try to trim the tiles at the back wall of the garage and slide the floor in just enough to clear the door. Another trick around for those installing is to also cut the garage door track about 1/2 off the floor and your RaceDeck will slide easily under, rather than having a cut out.

 

[thegarageguy]

Wow, my eyes go blurry trying to look at your floor. Would you happen to work at a casino? Just bustin your chops. Good job on the installation.