Race Deck Freeflow installed!

[phins2rt]

I installed this on Saturday and am very pleased with it. I stole some inspiration from others here for the design. The tiles went down quick and I didn't have any issues. I am still sore from having to move the cabinets as well as all the other junk we have accumulated over the years. I need to do two oil changes this weekend so that will be a good test. We will see how it does over the winter.

 

[tc-cad]

What did it cost you? $$$

 

[nmcqueen469]

Looks GREAT!

 

[Jack Olsen]

What a difference. That looks great.

 

[fwillison]

Looks great.

Cost at AutoAnything.com is $76 for 20 sq ft, or $3.80 per sq ft.

 

[phins2rt]

What did it cost you? $$$

I will follow the manufacturers wishes and not disclose pricing but you can email them. Probably more than I intended to spend but I think it will be worth it in the long haul.

"Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten."

 

[MSG C5]

I will follow the manufacturers wishes and not disclose pricing but you can email them. Probably more than I intended to spend but I think it will be worth it in the long haul.

"Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten."

Plus another advantage of installing this type of floor is that if you move, you can take it with you! Even if your new garage space is cut differently, odds are you could re-use 80% of your existing floor!

The new floor looks great!

 

[graffix000]

How did you handle the bump out for your single car garage? Use trim all the way, but leave some exposed flooring? Any pics of this area? My garage is similar but I want the tile to go to the wall.

Colors and pattern look great. What a transformation!

 

[RaceDeck1]

Your garage 'transformation' looks great! thanks for choosing RaceDeck

 

[phins2rt]

How did you handle the bump out for your single car garage? Use trim all the way, but leave some exposed flooring? Any pics of this area? My garage is similar but I want the tile to go to the wall.

Colors and pattern look great. What a transformation!

If I understand what you are asking, the bump out for the double car is about two feet. I started with the two car and ran the third row of tiles all the way through to the third car. This left the threshold in the third car a little shorter than the two car but nothing obvious. I hope that helps. You can kind of see it in the second picture. The row above the red row is the third row of tiles.

BTW. I did tile under the cabinets but was in a time crunch so I didn't get pictures of the finished product.

 

[crepr12]

I will follow the manufacturers wishes and not disclose pricing but you can email them. Probably more than I intended to spend but I think it will be worth it in the long haul.

"Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten."

what?...did you get a discount from them...secrets is how they keep consumers paying more than they need to...

 

[Shea]

Very nice. These type of floors are always fun to lay down!

 

[ovilla]

Garage looks great! Just curious about noise. Do these type of freeflow tiles make the clicking noise too?

 

[MSG C5]

Garage looks great! Just curious about noise. Do these type of freeflow tiles make the clicking noise too?

According to my "official" test the Freeflow is a lot quieter than the solid Diamond style tile. It actually has a muted sound to it.

See here, post #4:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=215227

 

[phins2rt]

Garage looks great! Just curious about noise. Do these type of freeflow tiles make the clicking noise too?

Nope. No clicking from my floor.

 

[dubber]

Very nice, yet another amazing transformation with Race Deck Free Flow flooring!

 

[phins2rt]

Thanks for the kind words. Dubber, yours was one of a few garages that gave me inspiration.

 

[James-W]

It looks really nice, great job! Some day I want to do my garage floor too, but right now I have several other projects my wife wants done before I do the garage floor. She wants one of our closets ripped out and redone and she wants the basement finished off. Then I have a buddy who wants some shelves made and another guy wants me to make him a wooden coffin for Halloween.

The closet in one of the bedrooms didn't get touched when we remodeled the rest of the house. So, since the closet is on an outside wall it is a little cold in the Winter when it is below zero outside.

We have been talking about finishing off the basement for several years now, and lately the wife has been getting a bit impatient. She wants to get it done so she can put some stuff down there and for some reason I just can't get seem to get too enthused about getting starting on it. But I suppose I should at least get started on it before Winter gets here.

The shelves are pretty simple to make and the coffin doesn't need to be real fancy, it's just for scaring people in a "haunted house" he built.

 

[marty_p]

N-I-C-E, nice!!!

 

[sgrammel]

what?...did you get a discount from them...secrets is how they keep consumers paying more than they need to...

Call Racedeck..ask about the Garage Journal discount...No secrets...

BUT you WILL BE SHOCKED! YOU WILL get actual CUSTOMER SERVICE!

Race Deck as a company is a role model of how customer service should be done..Lot's of companies talk about customer service..RD actually does it!

BTW the floor looks great! Get some matching paint on the walls!

 

[dubber]

Thanks for the kind words. Dubber, yours was one of a few garages that gave me inspiration.

I still remember the feeling putting mine in. Huge grin to say the least and lots of enjoyment going forward, still to this day opening the garage door puts a smile on my face.

Any more plans for your space?

Call Racedeck..ask about the Garage Journal discount...No secrets...

BUT you WILL BE SHOCKED! YOU WILL get actual CUSTOMER SERVICE!

Race Deck as a company is a role model of how customer service should be done..Lot's of companies talk about customer service..RD actually does it!

BTW the floor looks great! Get some matching paint on the walls!

Here here. Completely agree with the statements above.

 

[MSG C5]

Call Racedeck..ask about the Garage Journal discount...No secrets...

BUT you WILL BE SHOCKED! YOU WILL get actual CUSTOMER SERVICE!

Race Deck as a company is a role model of how customer service should be done..Lot's of companies talk about customer service..RD actually does it!

BTW the floor looks great! Get some matching paint on the walls!

I agree! The floor looks great, however some light gray wall paint with perhaps a red border stripe would really finish off the garage!

 

[phins2rt]

I agree! The floor looks great, however some light gray wall paint with perhaps a red border stripe would really finish off the garage!

I agree. Right now I need to paint the inside of the house and maybe in the spring I can think about painting the garage. I also have some New Age cabinets I need to hang and finish up on my lighting in the garage. Now where to find the time...

 

[kallis222]

That,s look amazing for me specially tiles work is superb and ever reliable colors of tiles are so much attractive..great combination is red and black is good.

 

[RaceDeck1]

Call Racedeck..

you WILL BE SHOCKED! YOU WILL get actual CUSTOMER SERVICE!

Race Deck as a company is a role model of how customer service should be done..Lot's of companies talk about customer service..RD actually does it!

BTW the floor looks great! Get some matching paint on the walls!

sqrammel - Thank you for the kind words and I have shared your comments with our team here at RaceDeck

 

[Chris05gto]

Looks good!

 

[nmcqueen469]

Looks good!

Hey there!

 

[Chris05gto]

Hey there!

Hey Jack!

 

[nolimits76]

No doubt, these floors look awesome.

In regards to functionality, how hard is it to move a toolbox across the floor? Or what about jacking up the car? Do the "ribs" of the floor get broke in the process, or do the tiles try to push out on you?

 

[phins2rt]

No doubt, these floors look awesome.

In regards to functionality, how hard is it to move a toolbox across the floor? Or what about jacking up the car? Do the "ribs" of the floor get broke in the process, or do the tiles try to push out on you?

I've done two oil changes/tire rotations this week and no issues with a floor jack. The tool boxes move around just fine. I think there may be less friction than with the cement floor.

 

[MSG C5]

How about garage refrigerators? Anybody move, or try to move, a heavy referigerator, with their small little wheels, over Freeflow or open-grid style garage floor tiles?

 

[drz400smoto]

Bumping this thread back up...
How has the freeflow worked out for you? I'm curious about how it handled the winter and the snow melting off the cars. I'm trying to put a plan together for my garage and wondering if I should go freeflow so I can try to rinse it out or solid tiles so I can squeegee it out and mop it. I'm in Colorado so I'm not too worried about trapped moisture with it being such dry air out here.

 

[RaceDeck1]

Bumping this thread back up...
How has the freeflow worked out for you? I'm curious about how it handled the winter and the snow melting off the cars. I'm trying to put a plan together for my garage and wondering if I should go freeflow so I can try to rinse it out or solid tiles so I can squeegee it out and mop it. I'm in Colorado so I'm not too worried about trapped moisture with it being such dry air out here.

We are neighbors here in Utah and have very similar climates. My own garage is slightly pitched so all of the snow and road slop goes through the floor and out the door all winter long. Its really great when you come out in the morning and there is no puddles or mounds of dirt on your floor. FreeFlow design is channeled to allow air, moisture and liquids to flow freely... I even wash my car in the garage during the winter

 

[bmxdad]

Can a floor jack be used? Jack stands? If you had a MaxJax, would you need to remove the squares.

 

[drz400smoto]

We are neighbors here in Utah and have very similar climates. My own garage is slightly pitched so all of the snow and road slop goes through the floor and out the door all winter long. Its really great when you come out in the morning and there is no puddles or mounds of dirt on your floor. FreeFlow design is channeled to allow air, moisture and liquids to flow freely... I even wash my car in the garage during the winter

I wish I could say the same about my garage, but it's fairly level. I've been in the house for a year, but last winter when parking the truck in the garage after a snow day there would be puddles directly under the truck. So I don't think the water will run off... that's why I'm wondering if I should go with tuffshield rather than the free flow.

 

[RaceDeck1]

I wish I could say the same about my garage, but it's fairly level. I've been in the house for a year, but last winter when parking the truck in the garage after a snow day there would be puddles directly under the truck. So I don't think the water will run off... that's why I'm wondering if I should go with tuffshield rather than the free flow.

The FreeFlow allows for the most air-circulation as it is an open rib ( =evaporation), like any other solid floor, with TuffSHield you will need to mop clean the dried up winter road slop. How fast does your current floor dry up? is the garage heated?

 

[drz400smoto]

The FreeFlow allows for the most air-circulation as it is an open rib ( =evaporation), like any other solid floor, with TuffSHield you will need to mop clean the dried up winter road slop. How fast does your current floor dry up? is the garage heated?

Okay. Currently the floor dries overnight. It's not heated but it shares about 1/2 of the back and side wall with the house so it will heat up some. The plan is to finish insulating and drywall the garage when I build a 20x10 addition off the back. Currently only the common house/garage walls are insulated. Once everything is insulated, sheet rocked, and painted I plan on heating it and doing the floor.

 

[bruincup]

How about garage refrigerators? Anybody move, or try to move, a heavy referigerator, with their small little wheels, over Freeflow or open-grid style garage floor tiles?

I have wheels under my fridge and moved it across the FreeFlow tiles last night with no problem. Actually moved better than I expected.

 

[EVLGNUS]

I was able to roll my 600# plus toolbox around on the RD FreeFlow with no problems.

 

[WanderingSol07]

I have a free flow floor system, not RaceDeck though. When snow melts off the cars it flows through to the concrete floor and evaporates. I no longer step into black puddles!
As for cleaning, I use a vacuum sweeper and do the floor when needed. It appears to **** up the loose dirt through the tiles. Tool carts and shop stools roll around quite easy, less resistance than when on concrete. Waiting for some 1/8" plates for my shop stands and jack before using them.