Third Garage in 8 years...

[Maximum404]

Well, I'm back with another garage to get settled. My dream garage in my dream house is on the market due to a career move by the wifey (really, not bitter ); the crushed granite/polyaspartic combo flooring will be missed. The new house has a 24x40 insulated (not heated/cooled) garage with a slab that was poured in 1995 in the north east kingdom of VT. In this new area I'm not sure what would be the best way to go with all the road salt and as soon as I have some time during the business day I'm calling one of our resident experts, but goals are below.

New Garage Build
24x40 insulated garage
Use: 1 working bay (project cars, no welding), 2 daily driver bays, 1 bay for a gym
MR. Cool DIY 2-zone mini-split for heat/cooling
Budget: <$5,000 for flooring including prep work (NOT DIY)

I've seen some great polished concrete floors and that would certainly be an option and seems cost effective, but unsure of the salt issue. I really don't like the idea of tiles...

Thanks for your thoughts and I'll have photos of the build out once we get settled up there. At least I am keeping my new age cabinet setup, love those things.

 

[shade]

Tile?

 

[drmarkr]

960sf for tile....probably $$3-4/sf labor, plus tile cost, so that's surely going to be over $5k.

With your budget, IMO, I would absolutely be looking at Ballistix. Could be a pretty dang easy DIY, but if you pay someone it's definitely going to be under $5k labor and materials.

 

[blacksporty]

Probably have better response in the flooring section

 

[Maximum404]

Fair. I'll actually shift this over to the garage build as I'll be doing quite a bit of work. I'll be having a go at this myself ASAP as I need to get my lift and cabinets set up when the movers arrive. Ideally I can do in 48hrs.

 

[CraigStu]

Shed roof over the patio?

 

[Maximum404]

Shed roof over the patio?

There is an awning there that I'm not sure works. I move in to the house in about a month and want the materials on site first day of move-in to get ahead of the movers.

 

[Maximum404]

Pulled the trigger early on this post, if there is a garage build section maybe it belongs there (admins?). FINALLY ready to start prepping the garage floor as my project cars are still in storage in NH. I'm hoping to DIY the floor on a shoestring budget with maybe the following products. Have a call with GarageFloorsLLC tomorrow to assist with decision making.

1000sqft
Ghost Shield eco-Etch - 2 gallons
Ghost Shield Lithi-Tek 4500 - 2 gallons
Ghostshield Siloxa-Tek 8510 - 5 gallons (flood coat maybe?)

Tools Needed:
Working on this section.....?

 

[thammel]

Why not DIY epoxy? I did when I was 68. Took me 3 half days. It was not all that difficult. I used armorpoxy.

 

[Maximum404]

On first glance it is three times the cost at least and would require significantly more prep work (grinding) to do right. I have to do the floor in two stages/halves which also complicates things.

 

[Kpaige]

Polish and seal the concrete.
I hated my super nice floor.
Was slippery, if I dropped a part it was hard to find, if you do any metal fab or heavy fab floors don’t like sharp metal, welding etc. I like to spend my time working not preparing and preping the floor protection to then start working.

 

[Maximum404]

The folks at garage floors LLC are the best. Off to the races, although it will take about 20 days with having to do 1/2 the garage at a time with ~7 days of dry/cure time per product. Lots of before, during, after, and tests to come!