Racedeck/swisstrax tile floor question

[Sideburns65]

I am building my new garage. It will be 1000 sq. ft. I think I have decided to go with racedeck or swisstrax tiles since I want a black and white checkered floor. I will be working on cars in my garage as welll as storing. I plan to have a 4 post lift as well as a 2 post. Since it is still being built, my question is for the floor under the tiles. What, if anything should I do with the new concrete floor before laying the tiles over it? Should it be sealed or prepped in any way? Or just use the tiles over bare concrete. Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Garage Flooring]

I am building my new garage. It will be 1000 sq. ft. I think I have decided to go with racedeck or swisstrax tiles since I want a black and white checkered floor. I will be working on cars in my garage as welll as storing. I plan to have a 4 post lift as well as a 2 post. Since it is still being built, my question is for the floor under the tiles. What, if anything should I do with the new concrete floor before laying the tiles over it? Should it be sealed or prepped in any way? Or just use the tiles over bare concrete. Any help is greatly appreciated.

First, you are definitely looking at two products with outstanding reputations.

There is no need to prep the floor for the sake of the tile. The question becomes are you trying to protect the floor if something were to seep through the tile?

 

[RaceDeck1]

Justin pretty much summed it up above....If you have any questions you can drop us a line or give us a call 800-457-0174

 

[kelsonhoff]

I notice on the Swisstrax site they recommend a thin rubber underlayment for noise and slippage protection. Does this sound like a good thing to do?

 

[Topdwnz]

I notice on the Swisstrax site they recommend a thin rubber underlayment for noise and slippage protection. Does this sound like a good thing to do?

Based on my limited experience with my project, I don't think you will need it with RibTrax if you are covering your entire floor. If you are only doing a parking pad, then it would probably be a good idea to put something down to prevent the pad from slipping.

 

[Chris05gto]

Did you decide on what floor you were going with?
BTW I love my Racedeck Freeflow floor!

 

[Topdwnz]

Thought you perhaps read my other post. I finally decided on RibTrax. Actually, just finished the install. Going to try and post pics either late today or by tomorrow. I really like the way it came out. Very pleased! Just what I wanted. In fact, came out better than what I had anticipated.

Just a note to anyone using a circular saw to cut their tile. I bought a rafters roofers square at Home Depot for about $8, the largest one they had. It's made of very dense yellow plastic. It functions as a T-square and allows you to cut very straight cuts by guiding the saw against the edge of the square. Very handy when you don't have a table saw. Just mark where you need to cut, align the square against the tile, place the saw against the square, make sure the blade is aligned to your mark on the tile, and let'r rip. worked perfect! My edges came out great. Hope that helps anyone just getting started.

 

[Skyflyer911man]

FWIW, I decided on Swisstrax RibTrax for my garage floor (entire floor, not a pad). The other fellas with all of the experience pretty much summed it up, so I won't be laying down a pad first as it shouldn't shift at all with that much area covered. Besides, the Ribtrax is rock solid.