Garage flooring and efflorescence

[Kharma99]

Hi, we live in a neighborhood in the Bay Area where efflorescence is very common. We just purchased a house and the epoxy coating in the garage (installation date unknown) is cracking and peeling quite a bit. The white powder is quite prevalent in several spots.

We would like to turn our garage into a nice playroom / exercise room / home office, but not sure what direction to go in for the flooring.

Is epoxy out of the question? Is it possible the installer didn’t do it correctly or what we’re seeing now inevitable?

Should we install garage tiles instead?

Not looking for the most cost effective solution. We want something that will look nice and hopefully last a while.

 

[SolarColumbia]

You can put down epoxy but you will first have to grind off the old coating. You can rent a grinder or have a company do it.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Moisture test. Go from there.


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[Garage Flooring]

Hi, we live in a neighborhood in the Bay Area where efflorescence is very common. We just purchased a house and the epoxy coating in the garage (installation date unknown) is cracking and peeling quite a bit. The white powder is quite prevalent in several spots.

We would like to turn our garage into a nice playroom / exercise room / home office, but not sure what direction to go in for the flooring.

Is epoxy out of the question? Is it possible the installer didn’t do it correctly or what we’re seeing now inevitable?

Should we install garage tiles instead?

Not looking for the most cost effective solution. We want something that will look nice and hopefully last a while.

Garage tiles would be a great fit. PM me and I can send you some samples. Epoxy can be done if moisture is properly mitigated. You would want to test first and find the levels. IMHO it is a higher risk in this situation

 

[Armorpoxy]

Our experience is that sometimes even with the best of precautions efflorescence can come back.

Sure fire way to fix this is to just cover over it with something like our solid PVC www.supratile.com or similar products offered here. Zero chance of failure plus installs in hours instead of days.