I notice quite a few questions regarding using vct, epoxy, and race deck. I have had all three and wanted to offer what I have learned along the way.
VCT- I first chose VCT for my home garage and one of my earlier toy garages due to cost difference. If you can drive straight in and never have to turn the front wheels it will work fine. My home garage required some turning of the front wheels and soon VCT was popping everhwere the wheels were turned. My toy garage did not require any wheel turning and even with my 57,000 lb motorhome there was no popping of tiles.
My next toy garage required some turning of wheels and again tiles started popping up. I then decided to epoxy the floor. Removing 3,000 SF of VCT and prepping the floor for epoxy is a major job! I cannot sterss enough how major of a job it is to change this out should you find you made a mistake.
Epoxy - I like this especially where heavy vehicles will be parked. Concrete is guaranteed to crack and I do not like seeing the cracks with epoxy. It is easy to maintain and you can use a large floor scrubber on it. It does show tire marks, but so does vct and race deck probably the least.
Race Deck - I love it! It is great on an old guys knees. It makes the space look very finished and clean. I have no problems with cars popping tiles having had it in place for 6 years in my home garage, but I tried it in my toy garage and the 57,000 lb motorhome did pop the tiles. Solution was to use race deck where the lighter vehicles are stored and epoxy where the heavy vehicles are stored. Race decks covers all cracks in concrete and makes a marginal floor look awesome. All of my cars have battery tenders connected to them. We were getting lots of stactic electricity. Solution was to place rubber mats between race deck and battery tenders. Also, race deck has a great anti static solution that we regularly mop on the floor. Problem eliminated.
Picture below shows combination of race deck/epoxy
Picture below shows race deck used in toy garage
Hope this helps
Carguy
My toy garage thread
http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=137714
VCT- I first chose VCT for my home garage and one of my earlier toy garages due to cost difference. If you can drive straight in and never have to turn the front wheels it will work fine. My home garage required some turning of the front wheels and soon VCT was popping everhwere the wheels were turned. My toy garage did not require any wheel turning and even with my 57,000 lb motorhome there was no popping of tiles.
My next toy garage required some turning of wheels and again tiles started popping up. I then decided to epoxy the floor. Removing 3,000 SF of VCT and prepping the floor for epoxy is a major job! I cannot sterss enough how major of a job it is to change this out should you find you made a mistake.
Epoxy - I like this especially where heavy vehicles will be parked. Concrete is guaranteed to crack and I do not like seeing the cracks with epoxy. It is easy to maintain and you can use a large floor scrubber on it. It does show tire marks, but so does vct and race deck probably the least.
Race Deck - I love it! It is great on an old guys knees. It makes the space look very finished and clean. I have no problems with cars popping tiles having had it in place for 6 years in my home garage, but I tried it in my toy garage and the 57,000 lb motorhome did pop the tiles. Solution was to use race deck where the lighter vehicles are stored and epoxy where the heavy vehicles are stored. Race decks covers all cracks in concrete and makes a marginal floor look awesome. All of my cars have battery tenders connected to them. We were getting lots of stactic electricity. Solution was to place rubber mats between race deck and battery tenders. Also, race deck has a great anti static solution that we regularly mop on the floor. Problem eliminated.
Picture below shows combination of race deck/epoxy
Picture below shows race deck used in toy garage
Hope this helps
Carguy
My toy garage thread
http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=137714
