Garage Floor

[Ariel]

Hi all

I'm building a new detached garage to house the CSL and create a proper man cave...

Does anyone have any experience of garage floor tiles, all the local tile shops think that kitchen tiles will be fine! I'm not so sure...

Cheers

[Alx007]

Hello,

I have recently finished mine and chose interlocking tiles.

http://www.classica-home.ch

It took me about 2 hours to cover the area (about 30m2).

I am very happy with it. :-)

Kind regards,
Alex

[plumber vic]

Having laid few tiles over over the years
Would recommend going for porcelain with roughish
Finnish
You wouldn't have to pay fortune for tiles keep eyes
Open at Wicks BQ ect they do blinding deals from time to time
£12sq/mt

[shimmy]

Having laid few tiles over over the years
Would recommend going for porcelain with roughish
Finnish
You wouldn't have to pay fortune for tiles keep eyes
Open at Wicks BQ ect they do blinding deals from time to time
£12sq/mt

Agree


Dark with dark grout, solid adhesive.......

Interlocking tiles can be a bugger to clean but I guess not to much of a problem if it's not heavily used.

[plumber vic]

Bit of under floor heating wouldn't go a miss������

[Ariel]

Loving the chess board tile look!

Has anyone had any experience of the coloured resin floor screed?

Cheers

[Scott]

Having laid few tiles over over the years
Would recommend going for porcelain with roughish
Finnish
You wouldn't have to pay fortune for tiles keep eyes
Open at Wicks BQ ect they do blinding deals from time to time
£12sq/mt

Vic,

Would you back butter the tiles when laying them?

Also, what would you do for the entry edge? I'm worried that driving in and out would crack the front row.

[Paulgreatheadcsl]

Instead of laying ceramic tiles and worrying about tiles cracking, you could use a self levelling latex and get that floor as smooth as glass and paint.. no dirty growt lines and no cracking

[Mike RT4]

I went for these:

https://www.directtilewarehouse.com/dotti-anti-slip-floor-tiles-anthracite-floor-tiles/

Tiler is coming next week - I'll post up pics when done .

[Scott]

I went for these:

https://www.directtilewarehouse.com/dotti-anti-slip-floor-tiles-anthracite-floor-tiles/

Tiler is coming next week - I'll post up pics when done .

How's the tiles looking Mike?

What did you do at the entry edge?

[Stumpy]

How's the tiles looking Mike?

What did you do at the entry edge?

I'd imagine you'd need an edge trim so as to not catch the tile edge, but can imagine it getting damaged kvwr time?

[Mike RT4]

Due to the usual tradesman over-runs, the tiler is now not coming until this Monday.

I got a couple of really nice aluminium transition strips (like a graduated ramp), I'll post pics up next week.

But these are the ones:

https://lilleytileandstone.co.uk/schluter-reno-ramp-ae-transition-profile-ae-anodised-aluminium-h-10mm-l-2-5-mtrs.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwh7zWBRCiARIsAId9b4px0Pm88y40HyGeSCxA0a_PlIdXVaprp5BrAgO7pQqy5P-BivEu9eoaArmlEALw_wcB

[JBird]

Also keen to see how it turns out as will have do do the same in the not too distant future.

Was first going to go with click tiles, but then realised that in summer water puddles have been appearing on the floor, so I need something that seals the floor well so the water stays on top and can dry out.

The water is bit of a mystery actually, have been scratching my head over it. The garage is built into a hill and as such remains quite cool all year round. I think in summer when it is hot outside and I open the door, the warm air condensates on the cooler walls / floor. Garage is bone dry in winter otherwise, so I am pretty sure walls floor are all water tight (36cm thick concrete). Would like to solve this but don't really know how, other than heating the garage. (guessing a humidifier would just be a bandaid solution). Grateful for any advice here if anyone has had a similar situation.

[Mike RT4]

Also keen to see how it turns out as will have do do the same in the not too distant future.

Was first going to go with click tiles, but then realised that in summer water puddles have been appearing on the floor, so I need something that seals the floor well so the water stays on top and can dry out.

The water is bit of a mystery actually, have been scratching my head over it. The garage is built into a hill and as such remains quite cool all year round. I think in summer when it is hot outside and I open the door, the warm air condensates on the cooler walls / floor. Garage is bone dry in winter otherwise, so I am pretty sure walls floor are all water tight (36cm thick concrete). Would like to solve this but don't really know how, other than heating the garage. (guessing a humidifier would just be a bandaid solution). Grateful for any advice here if anyone has had a similar situation.

Is probably condensation - is your ceiling open or boarded up?

I fitted ten of these roof vents in mine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDWzITdEt5o

[Mike RT4]

If you have painted your garage floor, you do need to remove the paint prior to fitting the tiles though, so something else to be aware of:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/163924655@N05/27559683328/in/dateposted-public/