Anyone painted their garage floor?

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Unread post by Nanu » Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:39 pm

Great advice as I am thinking of doing mine. One question however, mine is a concrete floor which due to wear and tear has a couple of patches where the concrete surface has worn and there is are areas that are a couple of centimetres deep. Any recommendations re repair before painting? Was looking at epoxy until I worked out the price.

This looks very good. Proper little man cave.
 
Darkangelv2 said:
I went with Porcelain tiles. Whatever was on sale at the time. Cost £200 including adhesive.

Cheaper than the PVC type tiles and epoxy. Also meant I could cater for any uneven levels in the concrete floor.

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How thick are the tiles and are they OK with the weight of the car?
 
Think they were roughly 10mm. The key is to get full coverage of the adhesive beneath. This ensures weight is evenly spread through the tile.

From that perspective it’s one of the strongest materials you could want on a floor. I’ve dropped pliers onto it from full height and not even a scratch.
 
I bought the 22 mm melamine board to cover my walls, my next lockdown project for another garage. Thinner version for the ceiling. Great for hiding the cables behind as well and looks perfect
 
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This garage has the 240 * 120 melamine boards on the wall and I am going to do the same for the next one, very easy to keep clean
 
Nanu said:
Great advice as I am thinking of doing mine. One question however, mine is a concrete floor which due to wear and tear has a couple of patches where the concrete surface has worn and there is are areas that are a couple of centimetres deep. Any recommendations re repair before painting? Was looking at epoxy until I worked out the price.
My concrete floor had quite severe worn patches from studded winter tyres. As recommended by the epoxy manufacturer, I used an angle grinder with a diamond cup and dust cover to grind down to healthy concrete. Some lessons learned, a proper floor grinder rental would have save me a couple of evenings. Filling any cracks or pores in the concrete is beneficial - otherwise air bubbles will keep surfacing while the epoxy still cures, leaving nasty small holes in the surface. I used a syringe and needle to fill the holes the following day no problem.
 
Nanu said:
How thick are the tiles and are they OK with the weight of the car?

I am on my second tiled garage floor. One of my friends is an exceptional tiler so he did my old house and my current one. The old garage was a single integrated into a semi-detached house. The new one is a newly built detached garage capable of holding three cars and "stuff". I've never had issues but both times the floor was very carefully levelled beforehand. My tiles are also porcelain, I think. You want to be a bit careful picking them because some tiles are slipperier than others when wet. Dark tiles and a dark-ish grout are also a good idea to hide the inevitable dust and dirt.
 
Another vote for epoxy resin. Either that or tiles are the best options imo.
 

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The garage people can't fit the new door until after Christmas so I will have plenty of time to consider the options.
 
I'm humbled by the coolness of some of these garages.. I thought I was looking at people's kitchens/utility rooms.. think I'll join the Kia Forum where I assume the garages are more modest..
 
I had a dust problem in our garage and went for getting it screeded, then put office carpet tiles on top. That said, it's a man cane / gym so no need for a car to drive on it.
 
Pbondar said:
I'm humbled by the coolness of some of these garages.. I thought I was looking at people's kitchens/utility rooms.. think I'll join the Kia Forum where I assume the garages are more modest..
:rofl: :rofl: Have to agree with the above sentiment.
 
maxman said:
Pbondar said:
I'm humbled by the coolness of some of these garages.. I thought I was looking at people's kitchens/utility rooms.. think I'll join the Kia Forum where I assume the garages are more modest..
:rofl: :rofl: Have to agree with the above sentiment.
True. Very tidy. Mine is full of stuff. I could do with a, shed for gardening tools and stuff but I don't think I will bother with that now. I still have scope to make more space. Redundant kids bikes need to go for one. Lots of other kids stuff to be sorted and disposed of. I'll get there one day. We have been in this house 19 years so accumulated a fair bit. Plenty of room for the Zed in there though.
 
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