It has come time to divert focus from my new shop to give some attention to my old garage -- the original smaller garage built in to the house. I wanted to clean up the storage in here to make more room and improve the looks. I decided to replace the old random collection of open racks and shelving with an integrated metal storage wall from NewAge Products. This would need to be done while working around the existing stuff stored in here.
The first step would be to relocate the vehicles parked in here over to the shop. Not a problem since they're all small.
When I got the vehicles out and thought about putting shiny new cabinets in I realized that something needed to be done about this ugly, stained floor. I wanted cheap and durable (don't we all?). A review on my options came down to installing ceramic tile as the best balance of most durable solution for the cheapest price.
But all the old storage shelving and contents had to remain since there was no more room to move them elsewhere. So the scheme is to work on on one side of the garage at a time.
Preparation was to pressure wash and inspect for high spots. The edges of the slab needed to be ground down a bit here and there, and the expansion joint felt trimmed down.
Day 1
I settled on some cheap 13" x 13" floor tile I found at Lowes for $0.69 per sqft. 500 sqft of this came to $370. Then there was another $170 for 10 bags of latex modified thinset mortar. Total so far $540. I haven't shopped for the grout yet, so that will be additional.
The first step would be to relocate the vehicles parked in here over to the shop. Not a problem since they're all small.
When I got the vehicles out and thought about putting shiny new cabinets in I realized that something needed to be done about this ugly, stained floor. I wanted cheap and durable (don't we all?). A review on my options came down to installing ceramic tile as the best balance of most durable solution for the cheapest price.
But all the old storage shelving and contents had to remain since there was no more room to move them elsewhere. So the scheme is to work on on one side of the garage at a time.
Preparation was to pressure wash and inspect for high spots. The edges of the slab needed to be ground down a bit here and there, and the expansion joint felt trimmed down.
Day 1
I settled on some cheap 13" x 13" floor tile I found at Lowes for $0.69 per sqft. 500 sqft of this came to $370. Then there was another $170 for 10 bags of latex modified thinset mortar. Total so far $540. I haven't shopped for the grout yet, so that will be additional.
