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Best garage floor covering
matty h - 28/9/10 at 09:46 PM

As title options are floor paint,carpet tiles or the interlocking rubber/foam floor tiles.
Got a floor space of around 20 foot by 10.

marcjagman - 28/9/10 at 10:01 PM

I would use paint, quick, easy to paint, not too expensive, cleans easy and you can touch up if you need to.

austin man - 28/9/10 at 10:05 PM

used conveyor belt is good and can be sourced quite cheaply. easy to clean and a lot warmer than laying on a concrete floor

big_l - 28/9/10 at 10:25 PM

Mate I'm a carpet fitter and I have done my garage and also Another guy with a mnr vortx
In a anthracite commercial gel back carpet dead cheap stops dust guite cheap be about £150 but looks the bollox

skodaman - 28/9/10 at 10:39 PM

Painted concrete. Be careful of using anything like carpet that can burn if you're doing any welding etc.

Canada EH! - 28/9/10 at 10:54 PM

Two part epoxy paint, been on the whole time of the Locost project, still looks good. Not worried about cold floor, it's heated.

big_l - 29/9/10 at 06:55 AM

The carpet has the best fire rating possible it will not set on fire it just melts it has to have this for commercial buildings.

hobbsy - 29/9/10 at 07:36 AM

quote:
Originally posted by big_l
Mate I'm a carpet fitter and I have done my garage and also Another guy with a mnr vortx
In a anthracite commercial gel back carpet dead cheap stops dust guite cheap be about £150 but looks the bollox


I've just painted mine but this carpet sounds good to warm it up. What size area did you cover for £150? Mines a double. Interested to see how it compares to the foam tiles. The tiles do compress and come apart when I've used them in the past

JeffHs - 29/9/10 at 08:19 AM

wool carpet. All of the old carpets from the house go on the garage floor for a few years until they go to the tip.
Won't burn, soaks up oil, warm and comfortable, bugger to get sawdust off it though

Madinventions - 29/9/10 at 10:23 AM

Rubber matting as used for stable floors. Made from recycled tyres and very good for kneeling on for hours on end! I did 19' x 12' for about £140 from eBay.

Ed.

Hellfire - 29/9/10 at 11:57 AM

Paint the floor to stop the dust and then cover with cheap carpet for warmth. Any sawdust & metal filings etc. can then be cleaned up with a vacuum cleaner and when the carpet gets stained, just replace it.

Phil

dhutch - 29/9/10 at 12:01 PM

Paint, with loose carpet to lie on.

matty h - 29/9/10 at 07:12 PM

Probably go for floor paint.May be able to get some tile red paint on the cheap.Does anyone have this colour if so does it look allright not too dark.

interestedparty - 29/9/10 at 07:36 PM

8x2 T&G moisture resistant MDF is good, give you a smooth surface and better heat insulation than anything mentioned so far. The tongue and groove keeps it locked and stops any raised edges.

Used to cost about £6 a sheet from Wickes. You would need 7 or 8 sheets