Race deck flooring?
 

My brother is thinking about going with race deck flooring tiles in his new garage. Anyone here have any good or bad experience with the product?

Thanks.

Phil Woj

Good stuff. Been on a tour of their shop where they make it in the U.S. Owner is a car guy. Has a twin turbo 64 Malibu.

I put it down on my 3 bay a couple of years ago. Love it. Big building is next!

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Did my Garage about 6 years ago, I love it, easy to clean. I have the leading edge near one of the garage doors that puckers up when it gets direct sunlight. Probably too tight a fit. Leave room on the sides for expansion.

I'm thinking epoxy. Ur curious why you chose this instead? Also interested in cost difference ?
Thx

I've been doing a lot of research on garage floors on some other sites and thinking of going with porcelain tiles.

That's sounds like an interesting choice. What do you see as pros and cons?

I have it in 2 garages for 15 years now.Would do it again but with darker colors.Tom

I did my garage in black with silver outlines and a patterned a center design using free flow-thru tiles. Stuff is awesome and if I ever move...it comes with me. Lots of wholesale distributors where you can save by ordering at wholesale prices over the garage design sellers.

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Gents, thanks for the responses. Sounds like a good flooring material. I'll share this with my brother.

Phil Woj

Maliboost!

Looking for a new floor for my new garage also, so I hope I don't offend anyone. Do you guys with the race deck flooring actually do auto repairs in your garage or pull the car out and do them? Some of these garages are beautiful and spotless. I'm sure I'm not the only one to pop out that freeze out plug and have antifreeze go everywhere? knock over that bottle of oil, or take out an exhaust and and have all those little rusty particles hit the floor. Are these things that easy to maintain. How often do you take up the entire floor and clean underneath it? Is this floor more for show or is this really something the backyard mechanic would put down in his garage.

Rubber stall mats ...

Used in trailers & garages - if you spill gas or oil or ? - you just replace that section.

You can take them with you when you leave - easy to clean too ...

This is what is in my enclosed trailer :

@ http://www.adenbrook.com/other-produ...er-stall-mats/

$40 for a 4 ft. x 6 ft. mat = $1.60 square foot.


Jim

I have those rubber stall mats in wife's horse barn and if you drive over them they move around. Then you kill your back trying to get them back in place.

I'd worry about deck rot with them too.

How do the horses like them?

They love to pee and poop on them.

I had a custom alteration done to one of there designs so I could install the tiles with a parquet look. So far, I like them. Fast shipping and easy to work with. I say go for it.


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Niiccceeee!!!!

Hey Chick, can I call you Chick? Is that a race deckfloor? Looks nice

Yes, you can call me Chick. It's better than what my ex-wife calls me.

Yes, my floor is manufactured by Racedeck. I believe its called "Revolution" from their SnapSports product line.

At the time, I think they only manufactured the "boards" to go in one direction. I asked if the boards on half my order could be rotated 90° and they did it. No problem.

Thank you. It's still a long way from being completed. Still needs trim, baseboards, new entry door, etc. Never liked my garage to look like a "garage". I prefer it to look like another room in the house.

I've used both regular RaceDeck and Free Flow. If you park daily drivers that get wet or you wash your car in the garage, get free flow. Water evaporates much more quickly with these tiles, so less chance of Mold. Best price...call them and ask for the garage journal website discount. The owner, Jorgen, hangs out there often and gets involved personally. Nice guy.

I'm doing another garage reno now, but here is a pre-reno pic...

Sorry -- I will stick to concrete ... no worries what ya' do to it ... TAZ

I would think eventually water/fluids would get under that race deck stuff and end up causing issues. I am building a new garage and going with epoxy like my last garage. Spills clean up and you can squee gee the floor when you get water. Only issues I had with epoxy was tire marks on certain colors and I dropped something heavy and it chipped, but was easily fixed.