Racedeck Question

[jw3571]

I'm looking at purchasing racedeck for my garage. My floor is not in great condition, there are a few cracks as well as a 1 inch stepdown in the middle of the floor like maybe they added more concrete at some point. My question is, will the racedeck work on this stepdown portion? There is probably 1 or 2 inches of height difference between these two sections, will the racedeck work or not?

Also, I live in Utah so this floor will get wet and will exposed to salt, can the racedeck take this?

Thanks

 

[mikeyr]

The stepdown will be a problem, you probably will have to grind it first but Jorgen will chime in with the correct answer.

The water and salt will not affect the Racedeck at all, it will be fine.

 

[zvezdah1]

ditto, the stepdown will be a problem so some if you can merge level it will be better.

Chris

 

[RaceDeck1]

Hi -
RaceDeck will work "but" you may have to to do a quick fix? is it 1 or 2 "? there is a big difference. No matter, even with 2" your floor will not come apart, but you will feel the void. If 2" , I would recommend just getting some quick set cement and creating slight ramp at the drop ( maybe 4 " wide, creating a ramp of sorts. ) and RaceDeck will easily follow the contour of the floor and the difference in slab heights will not be as noticeable.

Feel free to contact with any questions

 

[gsw]

How come you selected Racedeck over the others like swisstrax and Autodeck ?

 

[mikeyr]

How come you selected Racedeck over the others like swisstrax and Autodeck ?

probably quality but I will let the original poster answer

 

[RaceDeck1]

gsw - ..... because it's better

jw3571 - We are also in Utah and the floor will work great for our conditions. We are located in Salt Lake City , feel free to stop by anytime.

 

[gsw]

gsw - ..... because it's better

Can you explain the diff between them ? They are all PP click together, some with more connectors than others but how does RaceDeck be a better tile ?

 

[mikeyr]

Do a search here, he has answered that question a LOT of times.

Its overall quality, the design might be similar but the materials are not, they may look the same but he has explained how the stuff they use is better. In the end, I agree they look the same but they are not.

 

[RaceDeck1]

gsw - mikeyr is right, there is a lot of unbias information here on the site when you do a search.
Other than being square and snapping together, there is a major difference in modular flooring tiles. In regards to your question - There are 100's of various formulations of Polyprophelene out there, from the lowest recycled filler added materials to the highest grades that can cost as much as 5 times the cheaper PP materials. How these materials react to chemicals, climate swings, petroleum products, rolling loads is very important. As for the more locks, that means nothing...most of the companies that have many locks is due to poor lock design and/or trying to keep the tiles flat ( if adding locks was better, we would have done so many years ago...many of these companies are using locks that are trying to get around our various patents).. for more information about RACEDECK Vs. Competitors see http://www.racedeck.com/epoxy.html

 

[jtillery]

I'm looking at purchasing racedeck for my garage. My floor is not in great condition, there are a few cracks as well as a 1 inch stepdown in the middle of the floor like maybe they added more concrete at some point. My question is, will the racedeck work on this stepdown portion? There is probably 1 or 2 inches of height difference between these two sections, will the racedeck work or not?

I just finished installing RaceDeck REVolution in my shop this week. My floor was in much worse shape than yours. The front of my building has an asphalt floor with a steep slope, several potholes, and it was very uneven. The floor in the back part of the building is concrete and it is in better shape, but there were several large cracks and 1/2 the slab was 3/4-1" lower than the remaining slab. The transition between the ashpalt and concrete was terrible. We used quick set cement to try to level/smooth the floor as much as possible, but it was far from being perfect.

If the uneveness of the floor keeps most of the tile from actually touching the floor, it will flex down when you walk/drive over it. It does not come apart though. I have a few low traffic areas that have up to a few tiles 1/2" from making contact with the concrete/asphalt. Without any weight the tiles float and the floor looks flat, with weight they flex to make contact with the floor.

From my personal experience, I wouldn't hesitate to put RaceDeck on your floor. I would smooth out the transition like Jorgen recommended. It probably isn't 100% necessary, but you will be happier with end result.

The RaceDeck is going to be the focal point of my shop, it took a really crappy floor and made it look real nice. I owe Jorgen some before/after pictures, I will post those up soon, right now I just have crappy pics from my cell phone with junk all over the place. I also tracked drywall dust all over it and haven't mopped it up yet.

Here is a picture taken from the front, looking to the back. All of the problem areas I told you about are under the floor in the area shown.

Here are some other random pictures of the floor:

 

[RaceDeck1]

Wow! That is one serious garage...I can't wait to see the finished photos.. Thanks for choosing RaceDeck