Floor Suggestion for a New Guy

[greenc51]

Hi all

My name is Cory and I joined a few weeks ago, but today is my first time posting. I bought my first house about a year and a half ago and I'm loving every minute of it. I'm the type of guy that likes to do everything himself...painting, fixing stuff, landscaping, etc. And with the interior of the house almost done, I am looking to move onto the garage which def needs work. Below is a panoramic picture of what I got. So as you can see, stuff is everywhere. The work bench you see, I got not too long ago and has be invaluable so far.

My floor needs help. The previous owner of the house had a dog I guess, and there are **** and piss stains that have become one with the floor. I have pressure washed, scrubbed, bleached, and tried everything else on the floor, and those stains do not come out. The smell on rainy days is pretty gross. On top of that, I found termites coming through a crack in slab this past spring (apparently GA got hit hard with termites this season), so now I have those treatment holes in my garage floor. With those holes present, I don't think I can just epoxy over them if I were to go the epoxy route, right? I was considering a DIY epoxy for the the price versus a grand in floor tiles.

treatment holes

 

[Zeke]

I'm sure you can use an enzyme on the floor for the smell and acid for the stains. You need to acid etch anyway if you're going go coat the floor. I've never liked too pretty of a floor as I tend to do some heavy duty work on mine. But, like you, I wouldn't want it to stink.

Welcome to posting.

 

[Garage Flooring]

Hi all

My name is Cory and I joined a few weeks ago, but today is my first time posting. I bought my first house about a year and a half ago and I'm loving every minute of it. I'm the type of guy that likes to do everything himself...painting, fixing stuff, landscaping, etc. And with the interior of the house almost done, I am looking to move onto the garage which def needs work. Below is a panoramic picture of what I got. So as you can see, stuff is everywhere. The work bench you see, I got not too long ago and has be invaluable so far.

My floor needs help. The previous owner of the house had a dog I guess, and there are **** and piss stains that have become one with the floor. I have pressure washed, scrubbed, bleached, and tried everything else on the floor, and those stains do not come out. The smell on rainy days is pretty gross. On top of that, I found termites coming through a crack in slab this past spring (apparently GA got hit hard with termites this season), so now I have those treatment holes in my garage floor. With those holes present, I don't think I can just epoxy over them if I were to go the epoxy route, right? I was considering a DIY epoxy for the the price versus a grand in floor tiles.

treatment holes

If you are going to do an epoxy then you want to prep the floor appropriately and yes definitely use something for the urine, etc. If however you decide to go with a tile or roll out garage flooring product.... We have a rental unit and the prior tenant had dogs, cats and who knows what else. After they deserted the place we went in and found that is stunk like you would not believe.

We had all the carpet pulled out and we cleaned the concrete. Then we used Kilz brand OIL BASED primer . That stuff is amazing.

 

[mauro]

Baking soda +water should neutralize the odor. (baby pee expert here) I'm betting the etching process would as well. (oxidation of the acid should kill the stench).

 

[greenc51]

So I shouldn't have a problem with epoxy given the termite treatment holes? I can just go right over them without issue?

Thank you everyone for the suggestions so far.

 

[benwah]

I can't tell how deep they are from the pic, but they don't look very deep. If you can come across some fumed silica, I would mix that (silica).75:1(epoxy) by volume with a surfacing/patching epoxy and fill them. Scrape any excess with putty knife or flat spatula.

 

[greenc51]

they actually drilled through the slab foundation and into the soil underneath. Once drilled through, the pest guys took a long tube and injected a total of 55 gallons of poison into the soil under the foundation. The little grey things are just plastic plugs to fill in the holes.

 

[Croixboy]

In my previous life I used to do similar termite work. We would plug those holes with those plastic plugs, but then go over with hydrostatic cement to patch. I would cover those plugs with cement or epoxy patch and smooth over before doing any type of floor covering.

 

[greenc51]

In my previous life I used to do similar termite work. We would plug those holes with those plastic plugs, but then go over with hydrostatic cement to patch. I would cover those plugs with cement or epoxy patch and smooth over before doing any type of floor covering.

Excellent. Just the answer I was looking for. Thank you.

 

[greenc51]

Quick question guys....would you recommend painting the garage first or doing the floor? I can see how if I painted first I wouldn't have to use drop clothes and let the paint sit where it fell since I was going to etch.
On the other hand, if I get etch splash all over my newly painted walls, that'd be a bummer too

 

[rigore]

I recently did my floors. Really doing it all walls, stem walls, doors and molding. I prepped the floor first, painted and then painted the walls. In the process of cleaning and prepping the floors you will have splatter back up on the walls so don't waste your time. The drop cloth is easily moved from spot to spot over my new Legacy painted floors!

Legacy and Scotty rock!

 

[greenc51]

I am starting on my floors now...I had a car accident, so my garage is partially empty at the moment.
I need to patch holes and cracks before proceeding. Can anyone recommend a product they have had success with that will patch well and stand up to etching?

 

[shaun oriold1]

I am starting on my floors now...I had a car accident, so my garage is partially empty at the moment.
I need to patch holes and cracks before proceeding. Can anyone recommend a product they have had success with that will patch well and stand up to etching?

Contact Legecy. They'll help you out with the tricks to make it a pro job. I dont buy my epoxy from them ( I use some of their crack filler for quick repairs). but if they're willing to answer questions openly, then they're a stand up shop in my books