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Old 10-05-2008 | 08:40 AM
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Danny,
it is a 2 car garage, but tandem. It's 38 ft deep by 11 wide. The VW cabriolet sleeps in the back every winter. Tires on the wall are my winter set-up (Pirelli Snowsport 240). I used 242 tiles to do that part of the garage and I'll need another 160 to finish.
Old 10-05-2008 | 03:10 PM
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thanks, I am tempted to do the floor but feeling a little lazy right now.
again looks very nice
Old 10-05-2008 | 04:36 PM
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What a great and inexpensive way to clean up all of the oil stains on the floor. Looks great Phil!
Old 10-05-2008 | 05:36 PM
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Looks great Phil. Almost hard to believe those tiles could hold the weight of a car given how thin and flexible they are ... strength in numbers I guess. Great job
Old 01-20-2009 | 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by pongobaz
yeah there's room. Each tile sits on a network of little legs...easier to see it when I bring them. The cement floor slopes towards the door anyway, it's just messy in winter waiting for it to run or evaporate away.
So Phil, with winter in full bloom has the floor 'performed' as expected ?? This past week my garage has become a pool of slurry (it runs down from the back wall and then in from the outside garage door - not fun to trudge through unless wearing hip waders !) and I've been considering spring projects to avoid having to endure this again next winter.
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Can you put these tiles in a trailer? I mean, safely, not haphazardly.
Old 01-20-2009 | 03:30 PM
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how do you think they got to the store ?
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Originally Posted by theiceman
how do you think they got to the store ?
Hahaha Shhhhhhhh!
Old 01-20-2009 | 06:50 PM
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So Phil, with winter in full bloom has the floor 'performed' as expected ?? This past week my garage has become a pool of slurry (it runs down from the back wall and then in from the outside garage door - not fun to trudge through unless wearing hip waders !) and I've been considering spring projects to avoid having to endure this again next winter.
The floor is dirty from all the crud that the car has been dragging in this winter, but it will just rinse away in the spring. There is never any standing water on the tiles when the "fenderbergs" fall off and melt. The water seeps below the tiles and eventually drains down the slope of the garage. I'm very happy as it's a lot cleaner and drier than it use to be in winters past.
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That's good to hear Phil. I've wanted to do Racedeck type tiles for a while but was always afraid of mold/mildew growing underneath. Any problems with that as far as you can see?
Old 01-20-2009 | 08:48 PM
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No problems that I can see. Whatever water doesn't drain out the garage, would evaporate through all the little vent grooves in the tiles. When it was really cold, I could feel that some of the water had turned to ice underneath the floor and crunched a bit when I drove over.
Old 01-20-2009 | 10:45 PM
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Thanks for sharing these amazing photos Phil. At that price (under $2.00 a tile) a cost of under $600 will allow me to stencil on the PORSCHE block lettering at the entrance of the garage for that unique touch. How did you come up with the colour combination/pattern ? Too bad they don't carry the tiles in a nice gold/yellow colour (Schwarz/Rot/Gold Porsche Crest colours).
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How do you find these to walk on? I have these in my laundry room and they click and clack when I walk on them.
Old 01-24-2009 | 03:19 PM
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yup, they do that when you drive on them too.
Old 04-08-2009 | 12:35 PM
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Hey Phil: This looks really good. I love the pattern. Are you going to have a GTG at your house to see these in person? You could charge admission. Glenn



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