Porsche9284

Thinking of getting the garage floor done, does anyone recommend Garageliving. Any idea the cost of a garage 25x25.

Much appreciated.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

moab

yes, I had them do my garage floor an fully organize the garage so that I can actually fit my Porsche in the garage in the winter, which is no small task when you have a one car garage in the city and 2 kids...PM me if you want to come take a look.

Zookie

I would like to know as well

moab

I just pulled out my old quote. The floor area of my garage is 191 square feet (single car) and the floor area of the foundation walls that were also coated is 55 square feet, for a total of 246 square feet and the amount quoted to me was $1868. The description of the work was:

"Complete Floor preperations by diamond grinding. Complete repair of all cracks and pits in
the floor. Application of base coat of Rhino Polyaspartic coating with 100% broadcast of
vinyl chips. Recovery of excess chip material and application of heavy clear top coat.
Square footage calculation includes foundation walls."

I know I negotiated the price down a bit, but can't remember exactly.

nr1416

Any pics of the floor now? I'm looking into garage flooring as well but torn between epoxy and Swisstraks. I know it looks good at first but how does it look 10 years after.

moab

My car is being stored in the garage right now so hard to take good pics. It has been 4 years since I had it done and it still looks brand new.

nr1416

Nice, so you don't use the garage in the winter then? I'm afraid its the winter salt and crap that'll deteriorate the epoxy.

moab

For the first two years, I drove my '09 C4S in the winter and would park it in the garage every night. So by spring, there was a ton of salt and crap all over the floor. I then cleaned it up using the recommended soap and it was fine. So basically 2 years of winter use and 2 years of non-winter use and it still looks brand new.

Onami

I was just researching this yesterday as a couple of neighbours have used garage living recently. Polyaspartic is known for chipping and is not recommended for a "working" garage. Lots of commentary on this on the garage journal site. I have Racedeck and love it with the exception of cleaning it after the winter. Tempted to try polyaspartic, but want to check out my neighbours in the Spring to see how they held up.

91K-Man

Mantis had Niagara Protective Flooring do our floor 905-356-1581 Tim.

Loess

I was quoted $7 per sq.ft. by them last last summer and a bit more for the side walls. I found it hard to justify $3000 for the garage floor. I figured I'd be better off spending that money inside the house.

sctanton52

My last epoxy floor was one of my Hangers about 5 years back. The floor was two years old, very few stains on the concrete. It was a professional job, power clean, then chemical etch then primer then dual coat 2 part top coats in beige. Just over $10 a foot. The Hanger does not see a big amount of car traffic, so it stays pretty clean. No chips or pealing, cleans up very well with a small walk-behind unit I have. I did commercial through color Porcelain Tile in my 3 car at home, love the look, washes up just great, but high end on the cost side for sure, $20+ a foot.

Bmantdot

Garage Living subs out their trades. My friend used to run their high end clients. He's an installer with his own crew and went out on his own abit ago. Let me know if you want his contact.

_snowbird_

No experience with Garage Living, but I did mine myself about 6 or 7 yrs ago. I used a beige coloured base with 3 different coloured flecks (black, grey, white). Clear top coat.

The flecks give it a rough finish - even with the clear coat over top, which does trap some dirt. But it cleans up nicely with a wash.

I think I spent ~$700usd in materials and a weekend of time for my 400sf garage. My concrete was in good shape, and I used an acid etching instead of grinding. Grinding is better, but you can also get good results with other surface prep methods.

Bmantdot

You got lucky. I've seen the grinder in action. It's a completely different job and durability.
Which product did you use?

QUOTE=_snowbird_;13858585]No experience with Garage Living, but I did mine myself about 6 or 7 yrs ago. I used a beige coloured base with 3 different coloured flecks (black, grey, white). Clear top coat.

The flecks give it a rough finish - even with the clear coat over top, which does trap some dirt. But it cleans up nicely with a wash.

I think I spent ~$700usd in materials and a weekend of time for my 400sf garage. My concrete was in good shape, and I used an acid etching instead of grinding. Grinding is better, but you can also get good results with other surface prep methods.

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