Just ordered my racedeck floor

[parb]

I spent a fair amount of time with their floor designer app to get the pattern right. I ordered a bunch of tiles from them to test out my pattern and see how it would look like in the real world. Just ordered them, hopefully should get here next week. I'm not installing until the first weekend in April. I'm excited about it.

Attached is my design for a three door garage.

 

[Garry]

Should look very nice! Remember to leave room for expansion/contraction!

-Garry

 

[kram71]

That is awesome. I wish you the best of luck with it!

 

[RaceDeck1]

Looking forward to seeing it

 

[parb]

Thanks.
Is 1/4" enough on all sides or do I have to do 1/2"?
I'm in northern California and it rarely gets below 40 or over 100 here.
I'll put a safe, fridge and cabinets along the long wall. The cabinets and the fridge + safe will sit on the race deck floor. Any concerns?

 

[Blue XJ]

I did 1/2” gaps to the wall for mine, it’s been down for ~3 years with no expansion issues. My temperatures have ranged from -5F to 95F with no issues. I think they recommend installing them on a hot day, or leaving them out in the sun prior to install so they are ‘expanded’ when installed and they are designed to handle any contraction without separating.

 

[Garry]

Thanks.
Is 1/4" enough on all sides or do I have to do 1/2"?
I'm in northern California and it rarely gets below 40 or over 100 here.
I'll put a safe, fridge and cabinets along the long wall. The cabinets and the fridge + safe will sit on the race deck floor. Any concerns?

Like BlueXJ posted, I did 1/2" as well. At first I wanted to have it tighter, because I thought 1/2" would look funny, but after it's installed it looks just fine. You could always install a piece of trim that sits just above the tiles for clearance for the movement of expansion. It would be a real bummer if you went too tight and then found you have a buckling issue in the hotter weather. You shouldn't have any issues with placing your items along the wall. Take a look at my post, the last two pics, you will see I have several heavy objects on my floor.