RallyJon

Racedeck pieces have a raised checkered pattern underneath with cutouts to allow water, oil and any other wet crud that comes off the bottom of your car to get underneath, where it sits unseen in the cold, dark, moist space, unable to evaporate, perhaps growing mold, perhaps smelling bad, until you rip up the tiles everytime you want to clean your floor.

That's from their marketing materials, isn't it?

I'd love to see a fluid proof, jack proof tile system.

InTheAir

I really like the look of tiles, but for the reasons you stated, I do like my mat systems. It is impervious to water, oil, brake fluid, etc. and is jack proof. That said, I still put a piece of carpet under jack stands.

friar93

LTI,

is the ebayer a supplier and do you have his contact or was the guy on ebay just selling some tiles he had left over?

Jeff,

whats the name of your floor supplier

......I know, use search, but were already on the topic.....

InTheAir

Here's the 411 (read: info, I'm just trying to be hip.)

https://rennlist.com/forums/993-forum/235359-ot-garage-makeover.html

AnthemAVM

LT1, do you have pictures of the transition where you driveway meets the garage? Do you have the ebay id for this person?

Air Kuul TT

I think LT1 mentioned that he bought it from Greg Smith Equipment Sales "Big Foot Tile"

http://cgi.ebay.com/Garage-Floor-Til...QQcmdZViewItem

tj90

Just buy some jackstands with the bottom plate if you dont have access to a welder. I would suggest that for any prepared garage floor - painted, tiled, carpeted.

http://www.hugediscountmall.com/images/large/850208.jpg

Flying Finn

Ceramic tiles. I have them and no problems with jackstands, oil, brake fluid...

LT1

here's the link

http://www.gregsmithequipment.com/

I spoke to Gavin in the delaware location. He said he'd match the $1.60/tile on a size order. I ordered 500 tiles.

autobonrun

I used a band saw to cut mine. Slices right through very easily. As far as drainage, it's not as fast as I would like. On the other hand, during the winter, I wash my cars in the garage so there's lots of water to drain. This summer I plan to etch a few 1/4" deep grooves into the concrete floor under the bay where I do the washing to accelerate the drainage. Even without tiles, the water would just sit on a garage floor for a while unless you accelerate the evaporation by sweeping up the large puddles.

Arena993

Jay Gratton

That looks AMAZING!!! I was just happy to paint my garage floor. Very impressive.

MarkD

Tony. not sure about a jack stand (likely depends on the stand and how sharp the bottom edges are) but when I dropped the engine/trans on my 993 I rolled the entire weight of it on a ATV jack (four rollers) all over my flooring with no problem. Also rolled it off and back on the flooring... it didn't give in. One of the edges I had to roll over was a ramped edge with the finish kit and the other was a "raw" edge.
I don't hose out my shop so water isn't a factor for me. Just sweep and I'm done.

This stuff is tough and easy to clean. For those worried about dirt getting in the cracks you can vacuum if you want to. As for fluids, I R/R'd the engine/trans in my car and didn't have large fluid spills. Not sure why I'd worry about the Exxon Valdez factor... If I did have such an accident I could simply pull up some tiles and clean.

My flooring is the same stuff but I bought it via Costco. Same price per sq. ft when it was on sale. Only difference is I didn't have the color choices LT1's supplier offers! Dang.

Air Kuul TT

Thanks for the input Mark... I don't have a problem with much rain or snow here either.

Chuck A.

FYI, I just saw these rolls at Costco for $80 each.