[67CamaroD]

I am thinking of putting down some of those checker board floor tiles in the garage this summer. Any one done it? Just wondering how you like it, and how much it cost. Pictutes would be great. I did a search here and there are some great looking garages. How about pros and cons of the tiles vs. permenent ceramic. Thanks, Darren

[alanrw]

What about Armstrong 12x12 linoleum tiles alternated black and white?

alan

[CGFlyer61]

Costco has the Moto Floor tiles on sale for 69.99 for 42 tiles. They are normally 119.99, but there is an instant rebate right now through July I think. This is the route I'm going.

There is a good discussion on garagejournal.com.

[67CamaroD]

Haven't found much about the armstrong linoleum tiles yet, but the costco ones look nice. They say the average 2 car garage needs about 8 boxes. 8 x $70 = $560 I wonder how they look after a few years of use. And thanks for the garagejournal link Dan.

[JimM]

Hopefully this one came up in your search?
http://www.camaros.net/forums/showth...ghlight=garage

Costco tiles. $1500. Like em, tho the white ones are hard to keep clean. Way better than concrete tho.

[67CamaroD]

I found some at amazon.com that says 48 1x1' vinyl floor tiles for 22.49 + shipping. The picture isn't very good so its hard to tell what it would look like. Also doesn't say much about installation.

[67CamaroD]

That looks very nice Jim. $1500....hmm How many boxes did you have to buy. Seems like you have a 2 car garage but 8 boxes wasn't enough huh. Either way looks great.

[Ghostbuster]

I just got this email last Thursday from Harbor Freight....

[67CamaroD]

Wow. Kinda scarry because its Harbor Freight, but worth checking out.

[JimM]

Originally Posted by 67CamaroD

That looks very nice Jim. $1500....hmm How many boxes did you have to buy. Seems like you have a 2 car garage but 8 boxes wasn't enough huh. Either way looks great.

Well... the garage is maybe 24 by 26, so a bit bigger than a standard 2 car. I think I bought 12 boxes, I dunno. And the $1500 included shipping ($100 or so) and 6 3/4% sales tax

[cuz13]

what about epoxy coating with the specs garage journal has alot about the product looks great only about 265 for a 2 car garage

[67CamaroD]

Yea, I like the coating Idea also, just seems like more work then just snapping some squared together. Decisions, Decisions.
Thanks for the info Jim

[BRICKYARD69]

I bought them from Home Depot.

My garage is 22X23 and it cost me around $1200.

If I could do it again, I would use epoxy. Here is why:

1. The diamond plate shapes on the tile make it very difficult to wheel things on (jacks, engine hoists, etc).

2. If you ever weld, hot metal will melt them. Trust me I know.

3. They stain after a while, especially if you get paint on them.

4. The sharp edges on the bottom of jack stands cutts into them.

[JimM]

I didn't trust epoxy to stay stuck, my floor is 6 years old and has had "Some" oil spilled on it.

The costco floor just has small ridges in it, just enough to get some traction
Haven't melted thru it yet, but haven't welded much on it either
got some big sheets of cardboard I put down. They do stain tho, especially the white ones
I cut come foot square pieces of cardboard I put under my jackstands.

[yellow69RS]

Originally Posted by JimM

I didn't trust epoxy to stay stuck, my floor is 6 years old and has had "Some" oil spilled on it.

I've seem several professionally done epoxy floors in my travels and have yet to see one "not stuck". I'll be the first to tell you that none of these garages see what Ours will in the way of use. I have been checking on epoxy for my hopefully upcoming new dog house and have heard that the floor gets diamond ground before putting the epoxy down. At $4 a sq foot I'm looking for an alternative, my budget won't support $4000.

Jeff