Snap together squares vs roll out flooring?

[Kelemvor]

Howdy,

I live in WI and have a 2 car garage. It's just a regular home garage, not a workshop or mechanic's garage or anything like that. The cement floor is falling apart and has some large gouges in it from over the years so I am looking into something to put over the floor to make it safer and keep it intact.

In the winter, it holds 2 cars that drop snow and salt all the time. Also will have a snowblower off to the side. In the summer it's mostly just storage, bikes, push lawn mower, etc.

I got a Costco flier today and they have their MotoFloor tiles for $100 for 48 tiles and free shipping. I know there is Racedeck and other tiles. I have also looked at G-Floor, Husky, and other roll out flooring as well.

Based on the dripping snow/salt in the winter, I was leaning towards the roll out kind since it won't leak down onto the actual garage floor. However, I don't know if the tiles leak all that much or not.

So, I'm just looking for any opinions on which might work better or if it really matters for my application since it's light use.

Thanks!

 

[CJDave]

Kelemvor, I live in sw Ohio and deal with snow and slush in my garage. This winter was my third with Race Deck FreeFlow and I have no regrets. The **** melts and drains through the tiles, hits the concrete floor and flows with the floor slope to the overhead door opening and out. A long handled brush and some car wash soap a couple of times a year and it looks like new. Battery powered blower for the leaves and grass clippings as needed. I only use my garage to house her daily driver and my occasional use '69 Mach 1. her half and my workbench/TV area is in the other half of my avatar. The squares, no matter which you choose, give you the ability to mix and match colors and patterns. Good luck. My family used to vacation in Wisconsin. Hayward area. Beautiful country. CJDave.

 

[Kelemvor]

My thought was to keep the salt and water from eating away at the floor, it might be better to use something that doesn't let the water through and instead would let the water run off out the garage door without ever touching the cement. I don't know if that would really help things or not but that's one thought that made me lean more towards the roll kind. Hmm. Too many choices.

 

[CJDave]

I'm not familiar with the roll type flooring. Won't it have seams that allow water to seep through or do the seams get sealed in some way? The Race Deck FreeFlow is engineered with little nubs on the back to allow the tile to be suspended above the floor. That allows water to move under the tiles as well as air to flow. A piece of non-porous material on a concrete garage floor will trap and hold the moisture and any salt that is dissolved in the water. Maybe you can post here for someone in your area to show you their floor. If you want to drive to the Cincinnati area I'll give you a tour of my garage. CJDave.

 

[Kelemvor]

The roll out stuff is usually in width of 7' - 10' wide so there's just one seam down the middle or maybe two depending on how wide your garage is and how wide the pieces are. And they do get sealed with soem sort of tape or something.

Here's an example from Walmart:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/19416049

Some of them have grooves in them instead of diamond or coin patterns and they channel the water down t the door instead of letting it pool and go any directions.

 

[Garage Flooring]

We sell both roll-out flooring and tiles. If this was my floor I would do the TrueLock hd ribbed tiles. I have had both roll out and tile in my garage. https://www.garageflooringllc.com/ribbed-flow-through-tile/

Both products have advantages and advantages. Flow through leaves you a clean dry surface to walk on and cleaning is easy with a shop vac or pressure washer -- depending on if drywall comes to floor.

 

[Armorpoxy]

We carry both. In our opinion the tiles are easier to install and much thicker. If you look at cost vs thickness, tiles are better value.

We have a bunch of our www.supratile.com overstock tiles on sale for $1.50 sq ft see previous positing.

 

[johnnyradiant]

Armorpoxy - the link isn't working.

Rest - If one went with the tile. What does one do if they want to jack up a car and roll around on a creeper? Do you need to put some plywood down for the jack stands, jack and creeper? How do rolling cabs or chests do on the tile? I haven't found my building site yet but I am starting to assemble my building specs for when the time comes - so these are just edumecation questions at this point.

Apart from glue and paint stains I'm still loving my epoxy floor in my current shop - about 25 yrs old now.

John

 

[Armorpoxy]

Should be ok..

www.supratile.com

 

[Garage Flooring]

Armorpoxy - the link isn't working.

Rest - If one went with the tile. What does one do if they want to jack up a car and roll around on a creeper? Do you need to put some plywood down for the jack stands, jack and creeper? How do rolling cabs or chests do on the tile? I haven't found my building site yet but I am starting to assemble my building specs for when the time comes - so these are just edumecation questions at this point.

Apart from glue and paint stains I'm still loving my epoxy floor in my current shop - about 25 yrs old now.

John

TrueLock HD Coin
RaceDeck Coin
RaceDeck Diamond

These are all good for regular creepers use. Flow through good for occasional creeper use. This explains differences between tiles https://www.garageflooringllc.com/2...ifferences-garage-flooring-tiles-2-0-updated/

 

[James-W]

Rest - If one went with the tile. What does one do if they want to jack up a car and roll around on a creeper? Do you need to put some plywood down for the jack stands, jack and creeper? How do rolling cabs or chests do on the tile? I haven't found my building site yet but I am starting to assemble my building specs for when the time comes - so these are just edumecation questions at this point.

Apart from glue and paint stains I'm still loving my epoxy floor in my current shop - about 25 yrs old now.

John

If the jack stands have sharp feet then a piece of plywood under them is a very good idea. If the jack stands have a piece of flat metal on the feet, then it isn't an issue.

Tool chests roll on Racedeck tiles with no issue, at least mine does. But to be fair, I don't have a HUGE tool chest and the wheels on my tool chest are of fairly decent size. Smaller wheels may roll a little more harder, but I doubt it would pose much of a problem.

The floor jack I have isn't a problem either, but again, depending on the size of the wheels it MAY make a difference.