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I like clean look of a professionally installed epoxy floor but truthfully it really doesn’t hold up great in the Northeast. It is not the installation so much as the fact that little stones compromise the top layer in the Winter by puncturing it. I am on my second one in 5 years, and there are only so many times that you can grind up the concrete to prep it. My father installed terracotta tile in 1982 and aside for a few cracks in 39 years, it still looks brand new. I am going with tile in my next house.
I like clean look of a professionally installed epoxy floor but truthfully it really doesn’t hold up great in the Northeast. It is not the installation so much as the fact that little stones compromise the top layer in the Winter by puncturing it. I am on my second one in 5 years, and there are only so many times that you can grind up the concrete to prep it. My father installed terracotta tile in 1982 and aside for a few cracks in 39 years, it still looks brand new. I am going with tile in my next house.
Nice setup. But I am more distracted by the HREs in those photos than the garage flooring.
GT Silver? If so, it is funny how in certain light it looks SO much darker…which in my mind is a great thing. Love darker silver/lighter grays, not a huge fan of Agate as it tends to show a lot of brown undertones. Anyway, looks great!
I went with porcelain tile. I'll post pics later. From my research, the best adhesive is Mapei keralastic and kerabond and I used Epoxy grout made by Laticrete called Spectralock Pro. The epoxy grout is the way to go, and was NOT difficult for my installer to work with. The biggest deal is installers don't seem to want to read instructions so I would be on their *** to do so. But it's forever I think and the grout will never need sealing and is stain proof.
Install with a membrane was $6 sq foot. I had quotes all the way up to $18 sq foot. A 900 sq ft garage ended up costing maybe $10k all in.
Sorry for the bad pics. I wanted tight grout lines and something that would not show dust or dirt. I love it. Epoxy grout is a must. This is the only 100% permanent solution that will look the same in ten years as it does today and increase the value of the house...at least to some buyers.
If I had it to do over I would have used the faux distressed wood like I used in a recent bathroom project. Non-slip and beautiful. But I'm not about to remove this to do it over.
Last edited by Upscale Audio; 08-03-2021 at 03:32 PM.
GT Silver? If so, it is funny how in certain light it looks SO much darker…which in my mind is a great thing. Love darker silver/lighter grays, not a huge fan of Agate as it tends to show a lot of brown undertones. Anyway, looks great!
GT is definitely a dark silver, as it's actually a mix of silver and black.
I used epoxy at my last house and we acid-washed and did a ton of prep. It looked great, but I went in and out to one of the spaces daily, and not straight in. In the spot where I turned my wheel it started to pick up paint when my tires were real hot, so there were wear marks after the 2nd year as I recall. Maybe 3rd year. Professional guys may stretch that out with better materials and prep but it's inevitable if you drive on it daily. Going straight in and out on cold tires will help you. I live at the base of a mountain on purpose. To drive my cars and ride my bikes.
I used epoxy at my last house and we acid-washed and did a ton of prep. It looked great, but I went in and out to one of the spaces daily, and not straight in. In the spot where I turned my wheel it started to pick up paint when my tires were real hot, so there were wear marks after the 2nd year as I recall. Maybe 3rd year. Professional guys may stretch that out with better materials and prep but it's inevitable if you drive on it daily. Going straight in and out on cold tires will help you. I live at the base of a mountain on purpose. To drive my cars and ride my bikes.
Curious if you could use a jack/jackstands on those tiles? Would you need a sheet of plywood underneath to spread the load?
Sorry for the bad pics. I wanted tight grout lines and something that would not show dust or dirt. I love it. Epoxy grout is a must. This is the only 100% permanent solution that will look the same in ten years as it does today and increase the value of the house...at least to some buyers.
If I had it to do over I would have used the faux distressed wood like I used in a recent bathroom project. Non-slip and beautiful. But I'm not about to remove this to do it over.
I think it looks fantastic, thanks for the pictures... How's the grip if the floor is wet? We have porcelain tiles in our bathroom, look amazing, but the gloss finish on them makes them a bit slippery if barefoot.
And the collection is top choice too!
Curious if you could use a jack/jackstands on those tiles? Would you need a sheet of plywood underneath to spread the load?
I've never heard of anybody having an issue with damaging tiles in a garage. Especially if they are properly installed. Look at my earlier notes about adhesives and epoxy grout. As to tile abrasion resistance, there is a rating for that and I think it's called PE rating from memory. If I was using jack stands I might put a small piece of cardboard underneath the stand as a "why not" move. But zero worry about spreading the load.
Sorry for the quickpictures but as you can see I wanted a tile that looked like rock slab and that's what I got. It was called Lagos Mud from Arizona Tile. Because it has a slight texture it's anti-slip. I got the tightest grout lines I could but if I spill oil I can pour full-strength simple green on it if I wanted.
HOWEVER I installed tile into a bathroom of another house after I did my garage and saw the faux wood they had, including some that is distressed, and it struck me just how bad-*** it would look. Arizona has an application visualizer you can use. But I can tell you after putting it in that bathroom it's bad-***.
08-03-2021, 10:55 AM
