What would you do?

[mrramsey]

Ok so I am wanting to give my garage a make over since it is the last space in my house to do. Replacing the floor is not an option. There are some cracks and the floor is not level. Water from snow melt and rain from the cars tends to run toward the side wall.

There are some obvious hollow voids under the floor and I have a mud jacking company coming to give me an estimate on doing some minor lifting and filling of these areas.

I am also getting estimates for a pro install epoxy floor. I don't have the time for a DIY. I was also looking at doing a tufseal PVC tile. Since I have a water issue I want to be able to squeegee as needed thus the tufseal option.

I suspect that the price will be near the same for one another. I use my garage to park the cars and do a little wood working etc. Just curious as to what you guys think.

 

[Shea]

I would stay away from a floor coating. After the mud jacking and repairing of all the cracks, if a part of the floor shifts or settles just a little bit, it's going to crack right through the coating. The PVC tiles would be a much better choice.

 

[mrramsey]

I would stay away from a floor coating. After the mud jacking and repairing of all the cracks, if a part of the floor shifts or settles just a little bit, it's going to crack right through the coating. The PVC tiles would be a much better choice.

Thanks Shea - I had a local concrete leveling company come out and inspected my slab. He didn't recommend the slab jacking. He didn't think it was that bad. The Epoxy guy seemed to think the floor was stable enough as well. The downside here is that they are booked for the next 5 months.

I do still like the tuff seal floor tiles though and the cost was a little less than the epoxy floor.

 

[Armorpoxy]

Take a look at our industrial grade www.supratile.com. They are normally lower priced than the brand you mention and also we don't ever recommend an overlapping joint in a garage, they tend to fail due to the temperature swings.

 

[mrramsey]

Take a look at our industrial grade www.supratile.com. They are normally lower priced than the brand you mention and also we don't ever recommend an overlapping joint in a garage, they tend to fail due to the temperature swings.

By overlapping you mead the hidden dovetail? part of my issue is that the floor was poured sloping toward a side wall. I am trying to find something that will not allow water to seep through the floor tiles. I want to be able to just squeegee it off.

 

[Armorpoxy]

Our tiles have very, very tight interlocking joints and can be squeegeed easily. Less than .001 of the floor is joint so almost no moisture gets through the floor. Overlapping joints like on Tuff Seal and our hidden dovetail are not as strong as the standard joints since they are really 2 x 1/2 size overlapping joints. Not great in a garage with heavy loads and tires turning.

If you want to use that type of tile you can, we just would recommend using the special adhesive we carry which also prevents 100% water from getting under them since the adhesive acts as a 'dam'. This is what we use in firehouses which get tons and tons of water from washing, see www.armor-tuff.com

 

[mrramsey]

This is what we use in firehouses which get tons and tons of water from washing, see www.armor-tuff.com

YEah I don't plan on that much water LOL. Just some snow melt and rain run off. Perhaps a standard interlock tile would work then.

 

[mrramsey]

I've got one more mud jacking company coming by this morning to check my floor. Then I can decide on which tile to get.