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Just a note, ordered my race deck floor today. After much searching of the forum and visiting a friends house decided on the Diamond 12 inch with a pattern, Thanks for being such a great forum. I read all the comments about customer service re Race Deck.......couldnt be that nice... I thought but they are...... super easy to deal with .....hope to post some photos when I am done, tore the interior apart, insulated, new electrical and sheet rock, added a loft, and all new cabinets....... the floor will be the last touch
 
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MSG C5 said:
Sounds great. Looking forward to the pics. Take some before & after shots! :)
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This is important to really show where the space came from to where it will be. Always nice to look back yourself as well. Looking forward to seeing the pics.
 
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Just ordered mine yesterday too! I find the company great to work with and it's nice to know its made in the USA. Just hope you like your design. I think I chose version 14 of my original idea. Lol
 
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Killervette said:
Just ordered mine yesterday too! I find the company great to work with and it's nice to know its made in the USA. Just hope you like your design. I think I chose version 14 of my original idea. Lol
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Haha, their website designer is probably one of my favorite tools. Only thing I wish you could do more custom shapes as I have an irregular shaped 3 car garage.

Either way, I have spent who knows how much time figuring out a design...should I go with RD (over epoxy). Finally came up with a design using black, red, graphite and alloy that I really like. Install will be a bit more tedious but I think it will look nice and give me something different than the standard checkered design.
 
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Just ordered mine as well and should be here Thursday. Unfortunately I still need to paint before I lay the RD down. Started a thread in the garage gallery and will post pics along the way


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Are you guys laying down a fabric mat to cut down on the clicking noise? I don't know what to expect, but I wasn't planning on putting any down.
 
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Killervette said:
Are you guys laying down a fabric mat to cut down on the clicking noise? I don't know what to expect, but I wasn't planning on putting any down.
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Depending on the type of RD tile you use, I've noticed that the Freeflow design hardly has any sound or echo compared to the solid diamond or circle tiles.
 
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I have FreeFlow and the coin-pattern, don't remember what RD calls it, both on my concrete floor. I didn't put anything down but the tile, and I have no noise. Don't know what all the "clicking" stuff is, I don't have any at all.
 
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SteveCh said:
I have FreeFlow and the coin-pattern, don't remember what RD calls it, both on my concrete floor. I didn't put anything down but the tile, and I have no noise. Don't know what all the "clicking" stuff is, I don't have any at all.
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I ordered all diamond. I don't plan to put anything down. I will post pics and reviews in a new thread later on. Don't want to steal this one.
 
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I was reading on another thread the "clicking" has more to do with the levelness of the floor. My take-away from that thread was the more peaks & valleys your floor has, the worst the clicking noise.

With a solid pattern (dot, diamond, etc) it may be extra reassurance. However, because of the nature of the free flow tiles to let fluids drain below them I personally would not want fabric there just because it will be getting wet and I would think after years of this happening you will get a nasty collection of gunk below the floor.

I would love to hear from someone that has actually did it and lived with it for awhile.
 
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The "clicking" sound that many refer to is the hollow sound of heals/shoes walking over the floor similar to faux or pergo wood floors.

The solid plastic tiles tend to have a louder sound when you walk on them vs. the ribbed or Freeflow tiles that have an open grate-like appearance.

I commented in an earlier thread where I performed my own "official and scientific" ;) test where I dropped a quarter on both a Racedeck Diamond and a Racedeck Freeflow tile. The sound of the quarter hitting the Diamond/solid tile was very loud whereas the sound of the quarter hitting the Freeflow/open face tile was barely audible.

Hope this helps. I'm planning on a Freeflow floor. (If I can ever decide on a pattern - I'm having too much fun on their design page)
 
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whitefeather said:
I was reading on another thread the "clicking" has more to do with the levelness of the floor. My take-away from that thread was the more peaks & valleys your floor has, the worst the clicking noise.

With a solid pattern (dot, diamond, etc) it may be extra reassurance. However, because of the nature of the free flow tiles to let fluids drain below them I personally would not want fabric there just because it will be getting wet and I would think after years of this happening you will get a nasty collection of gunk below the floor.

I would love to hear from someone that has actually did it and lived with it for awhile.
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I used two layers of fabric underlayment (landscape fabric from Lowes) beneath the areas of the garage with high foot traffic and left the area where I wash my car without fabric. The areas with fabric are quieter than the non-fabric areas. My RD has been down about 18 mos. but I've never pulled it up to look underneath. Landscape fabric is designed to get wet, so I wouldn't worry about that. Here's a tip: place your tiles in the hot sun for maximum expansion before you install them.
 
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