Flooring for pool house / garage combo

[Ack226]

We're building a 40x60 post frame metal building to act as a combination pool house and garage. One end will face our pool with a seating area, pool table, bar, and bathroom. The other end will be a garage with overhead doors for storage, boat, lawnmower, tools, workbench, etc. The entire building will be on a concrete slab.

I'm trying to settle on one type of flooring for the entire building that will work well for both the garage area and the bathroom/poolhouse area. I don't want to do the two areas in different types of flooring because I'd like the flexibility to expand and contract both areas until I figure out the best use of the space.

I'd like something that will stand up to car tires, dropped tools, occasional oil spills, is easy to sweep, and isn't too slippery when kids with wet feet walk through from the pool to the bathroom.

Any suggestions?

 

[nojo]

Sounds like a good application for Racedeck. Could use the Free-Flow tiles for the pool house area.

 

[rugerlady]

I think Epoxy-Coat would be a great floor coating!

 

[SpaceEnvy]

I think this is an application where epoxy does not generally make sense. A smooth finish under wet feet without shoes makes for an experience similar to walking across an ice skating rink. Two possible suggestions:

1. A modified concrete application may work as you can add slip resistance without adding sand or aluminum oxide.
2. Divide it into 2 sections, one for safety and the other for performance and easy to clean.

Good luck.

 

[AlphaGarage]

Epoxy is an excellent choice, ours is installed in restaurants, factory change rooms, and even a few slaughter houses. You haven't seen slippery, wet floor until you've seen a slaughter house.

The way they all deal with the slipperyness is to add a bit of grit to the clear coat. Even with the grit they're easy to clean. The best grit for those situations and most residential floors is a engineered polymer grit, small, hard, bits of plastic with rounded edges. The grit is no larger that table salt grains. They'll work fine in both the pool and work areas.

 

[rugerlady]

Epoxy is an excellent choice, ours is installed in restaurants, factory change rooms, and even a few slaughter houses. You haven't seen slippery, wet floor until you've seen a slaughter house.

The way they all deal with the slipperyness is to add a bit of grit to the clear coat. Even with the grit they're easy to clean. The best grit for those situations and most residential floors is a engineered polymer grit, small, hard, bits of plastic with rounded edges. The grit is no larger that table salt grains. They'll work fine in both the pool and work areas.

Well said! We have also done some slaughter houses. Alot of dog breeders/kennels also use epoxy. You can add some fine non-skid and its still easy to clean.

 

[Hammerdown]

Epoxy would be a good solution for this area. You can add anti-slip additives that will create a good texture but maintain an epoxies ease of clean-ability. I have not used engineered polmer grit, but have used quartz for such an area. This is rounded and mops won't catch on the surface like they would on an aluminum oxide or "shark grip" as it is commonly referred to. I would even suggest an anti-microbial formula since the area will encounter bare feet!

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

HWS Surface Additive, Tabular Alumina.
Can be added to a urethane top-coat. We use it on pool decks, it's A-OK for bare feet.
Sell it by the pint.