Transition between garage floor and wall

[johnsonmitc]

I have a 2.5 car attached garage. The house/garage floor is 18 years old and is in decent shape, but not perfect. I am going to rent a floor grinder and take off the top layer of concrete that has some pitting in. Then I am going to be putting a floor epoxy or some undecided product on the floor yet.

But, the first and biggest question i have is what I need to do to between the cement slab and the wall. There is no lip, or blocks, so the garage walls sit directly onto the cement floor. On the house wall, the builder essentially ran the drywall to the cement floor and on the other walls they ran osb sheets on the walls to the floor. They left about 1/2"-3/4" gap between the floor and walls. I don't ever have moisture in my garage, etc...but I can't powerwash my floor without getting the concrete and the osb wet.

Are there any recommendations, or tricks on what I should do.

Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Mitch

 

[johnsonmitc]

There has to be someone else out there whose garage walls sit directly onto the cement floor, without having a row or 2 of cement blocks first, correct? Any help is greatly appreciated!!! Thanks in advance.

 

[intruder196]

I just used baseboard, but mine is drywalled on all three walls.

 

[Abeo]

I'd look at vinyl wall skirting

 

[Garage Flooring]

There is a great thread about someone with this issue. You could do an epoxy cove but they used a piece of exterior molding and it turned out well. Vinyl base also works ok.

 

[Garage Flooring]

Found it: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=316784

 

[RedRider48]

I solved that problem by having the guys who coated my floor cover the 5.5" base molding, as well. It creates a waterproof barrier between the floor and wall. I thought of a rubber cove base until they suggested this could be done.
BTW, pardon my dust.......

 

[Suprman]

I solved that problem by having the guys who coated my floor cover the 5.5" base molding, as well. It creates a waterproof barrier between the floor and wall. I thought of a rubber cove base until they suggested this could be done.
BTW, pardon my dust.......

so epoxy can go over the wood base boards and the concrete no problems? i would think it would soak in to the wood or even crack where the wood/concrete meet.

 

[RedRider48]

so epoxy can go over the wood base boards and the concrete no problems? i would think it would soak in to the wood or even crack where the wood/concrete meet.

As I understand it, it's an epoxy paint with a "polyuria" coating. My floor was finished in 2014. There have been no signs of cracking/peeling or scuffing. The floor is warranted against cracking/peeling etc. I had a local company do the application. They arrived in the AM, was finished by 5PM. I could walk on it 2 hours later and park the car on it the next day....
Google "Polyuria" floor coatings. I had approximately 400 sq.ft. finished for a tad under $2k.

 

[DC73]

I used 6" x 24" porcelain tiles as baseboard in my shop. I can hose off the floor without worrying about getting the drywall wet at the bottom.

DC