Dock

I'm considering having Premier Garage install their flooring product in my new garage. Does anyone here have experience with their product?

mts

I have a friend that has it. Really nice. I considered it, but ending doing an epoxy on my garage, and there's no comparision to the Premier Garage floor. There's obviously a steep price difference, but if you have the budget the Premier is very nice looking.

judd944

heard great things but I got a quote of ~4k for 740 square feet !!! I am looking at other options.

mts

Judd - that's pretty much the quote I got which led to me doing the epoxy.

Still, it is really nice stuff if you have the budget for it.

Dock

It seems the price is very dependent on how much prep. they have to do to the floor. I'm having Premier install the flooring tomorrow over new (fully cured) concrete. It's running $4.40/sq ft.

FlyingLow

I don't know the square footage of my garage but it's a three-car and my local guys did it for $1900. It's got a 10 year warranty so I can't complain too much AND it looks great.

Dock

The Premier Garage guys did it, or another company?

judd944

I am guessing another company. a 3 car garage is ~700 square feet
Also, Premier Garage offers a 15 year warranty not 10 year.

Dock

I had Premier Garage install their flooring product...they did a real nice job, and I like the results.

Before...



After...

judd944

Is that a heavy fleck pattern? or medium?

Dock

Premier Garage offers either 1/8" or 1/4" chips. I got the 1/4" chips. These chips really end up defining the color of the floor. They also prevent the finished surface from being perfectly smooth, as a smooth surface is dangerously slippery when it gets wet. A hybrid polymer is applied first and while it is still wet the chips are spread on the surface...bonding with the polymer. After drying for 24 hours a clear coat polymer is applied sealing the floor and providing the gloss.

So the final product is glossy and grippy.

Hoosier_Daddy

Looks beautiful. Enjoy it!

judd944

Looks great for sure. I will remember to ask about the 1/4" chips if I do my floor. ( WHEN I do the floor)

adam_

Looks just like a standard epoxy/vinyl fleck/urethane floor.... $4.40? yikes. Nothing special about it.

Please be aware that no concrete should be coated green... it must outgas/cure before any coating is applied.

It is hard to really understand coatings, and having the security of a single name for the process ("premium garage")can be comforting...but there are many people installing this type of floor.

FYI- I like a full two part 100% solids epoxy, then vinyl flecks as it cures... wait 24 hourts, then sweep/vacuum the loose flecks, apply a full two part UV stable Urethane clearcoat. Durability is driven by surface prep and coating thickness.

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Danyol

The floor needs to have cured at least a month before any coating application. The key to any of these processes is floor prep. the best adhesion is achieved using a diamond grind. We've had bunch epoxy floors laid for projects over the last few years, many have failed due to poor prep
The prep can cost as much as the material, $4.40 a sq ft is cheap if prep'd properly (not just acid washed)