Rubber Floor Tile

[scottbabu]

I've been on this forum many, many times over the past year and value the opinions and information this place provides.

After seriously leaning towards VCT, Racedeck and epoxy at different times over the past year I'd like the members thoughts on these 2 rubber tile products:
http://www.ezlocktile.com/prices.htm
http://www.rubberflooringinc.com/garage/coin-pattern.html

My garage is 23' x 19'. I have designed a pattern design using dark gray as the primary color with green and tan/beige tiles as accent colors.

I'm leaning towards the rubber flooring inc product b/c it would be slightly cheaper and I like the flexible nature of their product and the forest green color of their tile (this color would be just an accent color in my design/pattern). $1500 cost.

Lock tile is a little thicker and more rigid. There green color is not the shade I was looking for and this product would run $1700.

Why don't I see more people discussing rubber tile floor options on this forum?

 

[rlme36]

I looked at this as an option for a while and it seems A) expensive, for my 1k sqft it works out to $4.5k that is a lot of coin for a floor. B) I was concerned with water vapor getting trapped between the "tile" and the concrete and not being able to off gas very well. I like the idea as an added section on top of an epoxy or other solution around my lift area type of thing.

just my 2 pennies for the day

 

[scottbabu]

My cost looks to be $3.57 a sf including everything (reducers, shipping, etc...). This seems to put the rubber tile floor in the mid-range of garage flooring options. I think the ease and quickness of installation also has to be factored into the cost. Others gloss over this aspect but it is a factor in my decision.
I hear you on the trapped water question. I have wondered about this as well. I don't know how tight the pieces lock together.

 

[scottbabu]

Will the rubber expand and contract causing a buckling issue?

 

[thegarageguy]

When you intall these floor coverings, make sure you leave a 1 inch gap around the whole perimeter to allow for expansion and contraction. If you have a high moisture content, you may want to avoid those type of floor coverings because they will not allow your floor to breathe, they will trap moisture and advance deterioration of your concrete slab causing a larger problem. A floating polypropelyne (hard plastic) type floor covering would be a better thing for moisture problem concrete.