I'm almost done with insulating and drywalling my garage. The first major step in my garage "remodel". The next big desision in on flooring. I've been debating this for months, or maybe even a year on what would be best for my garage but I still find myself unable to answer this question.
Concerns:
1.) cost Not wanting to spend a lot, < $800. About 625 square feet. Need to save some for a heater for winter.
2.) Winter slop of salt dirt and other grim from Wisconsin winters. dirt. Non slip, keep gunk away from good stuff.
3.) worn concrete floor with some cracking (but fairly even/smooth except for 1 crack) - and the salt pot marks where the vehicles park in winter. Outside edges, and area where no vehicles park in decent condition except for some staining from rust.
4.) Want a work area for motorcycles and stuff along with the two autos parked in garage.
5.) lack of time - other more pressing projects need to get done.
Ideas:
1.) Recent thoughts have been to go with the g-floor mats with ribs to flow the snow mix out the door and not to the sides. However I'd probably have to buy 3 large mats to cover the whole floor. I also considered getting 2 smaller mats to just cover the bad area where the vehicles park. Heard mixed reviews about the mats and moving around and curling up. Not sure how parking a motorcycle on these mats would be. Seems like this would be the easiest thing to do. Not too sure that a bike stand would work will on it.
2.) Epoxy. All. Or epoxy around two smaller mats, in 1. This would give me a good solid floor where I need it, and cover up the bad flooring in the middle without doing anything to it. Not to keen to have to work with the chemicals - asthma.
3.) Tile (porclain/ceramic). Again all or with mats in the middle. It would be nice to do a tile job where the tiles on the outside would be higher than where the vehicles park to again contain the winter salt dirt mix. I was even considering picking up some cheap mixed matched tiles to do this to keep in budget.
4.) I thought about PVC tile, but I don't think it'll work for me.
5.) The race tech tile types - I think this would just be to expensive.
Concerns:
1.) cost Not wanting to spend a lot, < $800. About 625 square feet. Need to save some for a heater for winter.
2.) Winter slop of salt dirt and other grim from Wisconsin winters. dirt. Non slip, keep gunk away from good stuff.
3.) worn concrete floor with some cracking (but fairly even/smooth except for 1 crack) - and the salt pot marks where the vehicles park in winter. Outside edges, and area where no vehicles park in decent condition except for some staining from rust.
4.) Want a work area for motorcycles and stuff along with the two autos parked in garage.
5.) lack of time - other more pressing projects need to get done.
Ideas:
1.) Recent thoughts have been to go with the g-floor mats with ribs to flow the snow mix out the door and not to the sides. However I'd probably have to buy 3 large mats to cover the whole floor. I also considered getting 2 smaller mats to just cover the bad area where the vehicles park. Heard mixed reviews about the mats and moving around and curling up. Not sure how parking a motorcycle on these mats would be. Seems like this would be the easiest thing to do. Not too sure that a bike stand would work will on it.
2.) Epoxy. All. Or epoxy around two smaller mats, in 1. This would give me a good solid floor where I need it, and cover up the bad flooring in the middle without doing anything to it. Not to keen to have to work with the chemicals - asthma.
3.) Tile (porclain/ceramic). Again all or with mats in the middle. It would be nice to do a tile job where the tiles on the outside would be higher than where the vehicles park to again contain the winter salt dirt mix. I was even considering picking up some cheap mixed matched tiles to do this to keep in budget.
4.) I thought about PVC tile, but I don't think it'll work for me.
5.) The race tech tile types - I think this would just be to expensive.