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My turn to start a Race Deck thread!!

I final ordered my floor. I have been in my new house for about 3 years and planned from day 1 to put down tile. In my last house, I did a 2-car garage in ceramic tile and I loved the way it came out! The only negative was how much hard work was involved. I am no slouch, but to do it again and for a 3-car garage, um, the more I thought of it, the more I was dreading starting!

That was the main reason why I didn't start....fast forward to me join GJ and seeing the threads about RaceDeck and I liked the way they were turning out. Got some samples, placed my order and bam, it will be here Monday the 20th!

I went with the TuffShield and think it'll look great! I am adding some more cabinets to the garage and will take some pics tomorrow and post up how it is now. Once I start the project, I'll be updating this thread with my progress!

Feel free to ask any questions.

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Can't wait to see the end result. I was watching the 24 hours of LeMans this weekend and noticed a lot of teams with RaceDeck tiles.
 
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SyTyJim said:
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My turn to start a Race Deck thread!!

I final ordered my floor. I have been in my new house for about 3 years and planned from day 1 to put down tile. In my last house, I did a 2-car garage in ceramic tile and I loved the way it came out! The only negative was how much hard work was involved. I am no slouch, but to do it again and for a 3-car garage, um, the more I thought of it, the more I was dreading starting!

That was the main reason why I didn't start....fast forward to me join GJ and seeing the threads about RaceDeck and I liked the way they were turning out. Got some samples, placed my order and bam, it will be here Monday the 20th!

I went with the TuffShield and think it'll look great! I am adding some more cabinets to the garage and will take some pics tomorrow and post up how it is now. Once I start the project, I'll be updating this thread with my progress!

Feel free to ask any questions.

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Jimmy
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I was in exactly the same boat as you, except I had tiled a 2500 sq' Pool Deck and wanted to tile my new house's 3 car garage and my heart just wasn't up to it.

Racedeck and maybe 5 hours and I was done(lots of Cuts). I also don't have to worry about grout discoloration either.
 
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Cool!

My floor arrived today, but it'll be a few days before I can get started. I have a few other projects I want to do before the floor!

Do you have any pics of your floor??

Thanks!
Jimmy

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I was in exactly the same boat as you, except I had tiled a 2500 sq' Pool Deck and wanted to tile my new house's 3 car garage and my heart just wasn't up to it.

Racedeck and maybe 5 hours and I was done(lots of Cuts). I also don't have to worry about grout discoloration either.
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Congrats. You will love it. Be careful of those projects... I got my RD back in August and have a little more than half down now. I'm hoping to finish it over the 3-day Fourth weekend.
 
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SyTyJim said:
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Do you have any pics of your floor??

Thanks!
Jimmy
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I'm only posting these pix cause you're a friend of mine Jimmy!

Seriously though, this is a new house purchase and I wanted to do the floor and a bunch of other stuff before I moved in. Unfortunately I didn't have time to get a nice clean money shot before all the stuff got in.

The best shot I have shows the pattern, but the side cuts weren't done and the edges weren't down.

But it will give you an idea.

I really Love the Floor!

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Hi there!
That looks fantastic!
Can I ask a couple of questions?
Why did you use underlay, and did you use the larger 18" tiles for the main area of the garage, or just the 12"?

Cheers,

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Aussie Chris said:
Hi there!
That looks fantastic!
Can I ask a couple of questions?
Why did you use underlay, and did you use the larger 18" tiles for the main area of the garage, or just the 12"?

Cheers,

Chris
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Sure, ask away!

When I got some samples, I walked on them in the garage and they clacked kinda loud to me. The underlay was mentioned here, so I got relatively heavy underlay that is 5 0z Landscape cloth. It is much quieter. That's a personal option. Some guys here say it's not necessary, but I was laying down once and for all, and there was a "high heels" kinda clack to the tile with no underlayment.

All the tiles are 12" I decided that the checkerboard would be too "busy" if it were laid in 12x12" color squares, so I laid in 24"x24" color squares, which is how they come out of the box.

They lay down a lot quicker that way too! The 2'x2' squares impart a surface texture from the mold process also. I used the FF to get another "surface texture look". I also tried to mix some 1' wide bands with 2' wide stuff.

Foe such a simple pattern, I went thru a lot of different setups till I settled on this one. I would say spend a lot of time looking at the Racedeck galleries and play with the design tool a lot for a few weeks.
 
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Got a question for ya Les. Choice of the coin pattern over the diamond. Is there a benifit to the coin over the diamond or is it purely whichever one you like better. Does the coin pattern clean up easier or provide more traction?
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Do you plan to use the edge pieces at the entrance to the garage? The floor pattern looks great!
 
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Sarki said:
Got a question for ya Les. Choice of the coin pattern over the diamond. Is there a benifit to the coin over the diamond or is it purely whichever one you like better. Does the coin pattern clean up easier or provide more traction?
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Hey!,

I chose the Coin Pattern because it supposedly is much easier to clean up than the Diamond pattern. Apparently the diamond pattern holds a lot of dirt where the diamond meets the surface of the tile.

I originally was looking at the diamond pattern, but changed to Circle track because of this.
 
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