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I have Swisstrax and I have never experienced squeaking sounds when walking or driving over it. It's thicker than other plastic floorings so it's never been a problem.
I've been in the same house for 25 years and tried a variety of garage floor solutions. Tried epoxy, two different kinds, both peeled, especially under hot tires. Then I installed RaceDeck which actually was a good solution for a long time (12-15 years). Every 5 years I would pull it all out and clean underneath which was a very scary experience each time. The plastic tile started to look pretty tired, and I got fed up trying to keep it clean. The newer polyaspartic coatings are incredibly durable (it's guaranteed for 10 or 15 years, I can't recall) and I was able to customize the flake colors to match my unconventional garage wall colors. Very, very happy with this product.
I am looking at swisstrax but I’ve heard there’s a squeaking sound when walk or drive over swisstrax, that’d be annoying.
I've never had any issues with squeaking with Racedeck either.
Question for Swisstrax owners: I've never seen Swisstrax first hand, but I would think the open design creates a problem if you spill fluids. Is that not an issue?
I have no experience with that, but as long as you can easily swap out individual planks (since it only claims to "resist" stains), it seems like a nice and very attractive approach. At a glance it looks like it's $5.50 a square foot, roughly same as Swisstrax.
On the "Garage Journal" forum, I've seen some people use ceramic flooring tile and it looks great (a lot like the vinyl stuff above). They say the ceramic tile is strong (and pretty inexpensive), but I have no experience with it.
Just bought a 3-room flat. Need to give the house a very different look. I'm thinking of applying epoxy paint to the existing industrial flooring toronto which is tiles. I guess in order to have a seamless flooring i.e. without any joint lines, I guess I'll have to cement screed the flooring before applying the epoxy paint. I like my flooring to be glossy white. Not sure if maintenance will be an issue. Anyone out there who have used epoxy paint for flooring please share with me your feedback. Thanks.
So you have ceramic tiles currently? You could use Level Quick though I would be uncomfortable doing that. Best best is removal of the tile. I'd imagine maintenance would be a pain with white epoxy and it would wear out from the heat of the tires.
Just bought a 3-room flat. Need to give the house a very different look. I'm thinking of applying epoxy paint to the existing industrial flooring toronto which is tiles. I guess in order to have a seamless flooring i.e. without any joint lines, I guess I'll have to cement screed the flooring before applying the epoxy paint. I like my flooring to be glossy white. Not sure if maintenance will be an issue. Anyone out there who have used epoxy paint for flooring please share with me your feedback. Thanks.
If you do epoxy, have it professionally done. They prep by grinding the surface with a diamond head polisher, etc.
I've seen many DIY epoxy garages that peel after a few months.
18405339[/url]]If you do epoxy, have it professionally done. They prep by grinding the surface with a diamond head polisher, etc.
I've seen many DIY epoxy garages that peel after a few months.
Prep with a multiple of 10 x. I'll never try it again. A year or two later and wear spots where you pull in and out will cause issues. And if you have to make a sharp turn then straighten out while your tires are hot that's where the sh*t hits the fan. We acid washed and grinded. Two years later it looked great except for the wear areas. Some other guys have used professional services with a warranty, but for me the DIY was wasting money that could have been used towards a permanent solution.
I didn't do Swisstrax but I'm very impressed by the responses of the people that did.
It has industrial tiles? Are they ugly, or is it the grout?
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Question for Swisstrax owners: I've never seen Swisstrax first hand, but I would think the open design creates a problem if you spill fluids. Is that not an issue?
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My car leaked a quart of oil on my Swisstrax floor and the open design was not an issue. It was easy to lift a half dozen tiles and clean up the mess. When I laid the tiles back down there was no trace of the oil.
Our garage was a total mess when we moved in. The pavement looked terrible, lots of damage/stains, and the curb around the edge was broken from age. I mounted the cabinets/shelves myself, but had pros do the wall and floor repairs. The floor, like others have mentioned, was labor heavy on the prep/repair side of the process, and then the coating process was basically applying and waiting to repeat coating for the next stage.
two years later, still looks great, easy to clean the normal mess from cars parking on it and no peeling occurring yet.
lol I thought the same when I looked at the photo, “definitely not OSHA approved.” They made very little mess though, the grinder was hooked to a shop vac. If it were me, I’d still have a mask on.
I have an epoxy floor with flakes, but it is a pain when working on the car when you drop a nut/bolt. I didn't want any flakes, but the builder did an epoxy flake floor (blue / grey / white / black).
I had previously just a finished concrete floor which I much prefer.
Epoxy floors do looks great. Mine is 8 years with ZERO issues other than some scratches from me dragging a floor jack around and catching a small stone.
10-07-2022, 01:27 PM
