garauge / shead floor coverings?

[ezakimak]

what have you found works well, keen on cutting down on the dust from the concrete, not fused weather its a paint on finish or some form of covering that you put down.

the concrete for the floor will be going down shortly, if i can just float it of and then put a covering or something over the top i might do it myself, otherwise ill get the profesionals into screen it off in a pro manner.

so lets hear it ?

[aussiebruce]

Tile it ( but you may be better off painting and using the change for spelling lessons)

[Chris77]

Ive just bought my first home and the garage is a right mess! Ive cleared it to find it has a pi-key tar maced floor so got to hack that up and replace with concrete, Then re-roof, new door.

My plan is to use white polished porcelain floor tiles (Showroom grade), also hoping to mosaic a large Mitsi logo in red in the middle . Ive priced it up and should be cheaper than those cl-icky plastic tiles.

[Autonotiv]

Chris77 said:

My plan is to use white polished porcelain floor tiles (Showroom grade), also hoping to mosaic a large Mitsi logo in red in the middle . Ive priced it up and should be cheaper than those cl-icky plastic tiles.

:O WOW that will look amazing.

[Simpo Two]

ezakimak said:

not fused

Concrete is non-conductive so it shouldn't need a fuse (unless they've changed the regs).

But seriously, if it's only a garage, you can get a thin clear sealer (looks not unlike water) that you just paint on and it stops the problem.

[MINIrocket]

Did my garage last year... just used some Concrete floor sealant from B+Q and then some floor paint. If I were to do it again, i'd probably seal it then use some of the plastic click tiles. They were almost as cheap but at least I could take them with me when I move house, plus you can create something a little more interesting than plain grey!

[ezakimak]

Nice, I see you also have power and a light.

I have just come inside after blowing up the air compressor. Starter capacitor on the motor has let go and now reads 5 mica farads instead of 250. Will have to get some power organised as well and stop running everything of an extension lead. Must be getting to much voltage drop. Oh well another thing to do.

Looks like ill be going down to Bunning’s, our version of b & q tomorrow night for some roofing stuff so I will have a look around for the floor paint. Do you know if those floor tiles can support any sort of weight, say an engine crane or trolley jack?

Thanks for the replies thus far. All good, and much appreciated

Ryan

Apologies for the spelling in my first post, really was slack of me.

[Ladvr6]

just done my floor as i have moved into a new build and kept getting into trouble for walking dust into the house.

bought a 1 ltr tin of unibond pva glue then watered it down 5 parts water to 1 part glue to seal the floor, it was enough for about 3 coats of an average sized single garage. then went over it with 2 coats of battleship grey garage floor paint, looks great!

(i actually found myself kicking the mud off my boots before i stepped into the garage after cutting the lawn the weekend - sad i know!!)

[The Black Flash]

Paint is good for walking on, but tends to peel if you drive a car over it a lot. Definately worth it to keep the dust down though.

[V8A*ndy]

I've just moved into a new house and the previous owner seems to have dragged his stuff out of the garage (whole house left like a tip) and the red painted floor has now been cut up and these areas are quite powder like????

What can I use to fill in these small holes and has there been some reaction with the floor paint used?

[MINIrocket]

ezakimak said:

Do you know if those floor tiles can support any sort of weight, say an engine crane or trolley jack?

From memory there was a fair difference between different suppliers. For the most part I think they all have some kind of disclaimer stating that they may be damaged/indented if using trolley jacks etc. I wouldn't be too concerned.. just buy some that aren't overly thick. Or maybe go for some lino!