Flooring

Hi Crispey, Where all on budgets mate, as an idea I bought a shit load of used carpet squares great quality the kind used in offices each one quarter inch thick with a thick hard rubber backing smoothed out my garage floor a treat and on top of that extremely hard wearing, plus decent few spares to change should I need to. highly recommend

 

Know any Costco members?

https://www.costco.co.uk/Hardware-D...r-75-x-17ft-23-x-52M-Floor-Protector/p/112281

 

Sure you cannot get by with carpet instead? Any carpet fitter would be happy to let you have a roomsize piece instead of paying trade disposal on it. Might be a horrible pattern mind. When we re-did our whole house 10 years ago I kept the dreadful "pub" carpet that was in the front room when we moved in and, much to the builder's amusement, cut it to size. Don't care about the odd spillage or damage as I can replace it just as freely. Dare say an office renovations business could let you have tiles just as easily too, or (asking first of course) do a bit of skip diving outside a building being done up as they always replace the flooring.

 

The only drawback with this is that over time it deforms and the edges start to curl up ( they call it cow mats here ) so it no longer lies flat, I have several pieces I use if I need to kneel or lie on the shed floor generally comes in 8' x 4' sheets.

 

I used this from Amazon
Rubber flooring
3m x 1.5m a couple lengths of that at £33 each
Amazon link

 

I just put a piece of tile under the side stand to stop it digging in
Stops the concrete dust
Catches any oil lube dripping from the chain
Easy to sweep/wipe

 

Hi

I did my garage with interlocking rubber tiles 2 years ago and still looking good. I use a metal plate under the stand but I think this is a bit belt and braces as the times are robust. Got them from Bigdug

http://www.bigdug.co.uk/mats-floori...9/value-interlocking-vinyl-floor-tiles-p14434

All the best Mark

 

This post IMHO has just turned into one that's ended up as enjoyable and worthwhile as one of Dilligaf's finest
Plus agree you do need something to catch the DRIP

 

The vinyl planking makes a nice floor for your garage to work on.
https://www.calibamboo.com/product-...7904009401&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=716784

 

I used these: https://www.ecotileflooring.com/product/e5007/

They seemed to get probably the best reviews on PistonHeads forums when this topic was discussed and they are used by some big name garage chains in their workshops so should be strong enough. I doubled them up where the feet of my bike lift rest. No problems so far. I also prep'd the concrete floor with a sealer, and floor paint before I put these down in the hope I don't have to do any more with it for some years.

 

Use your trade discount cart for Halfords they sell the tiles for garage floors, come with edging pieces they look quite good and I would think easy to lay.

 

Do you know anyone on the railways?
I have a painted floor with strategic rubber matting placed in certain areas like in front of the lathe. One sides smooth but the other is ribbed so which ever takes your fancy.
Plus it's rated for 650 volts if your doing anything silly.... might be handy, you can never be over cautious

 

if your bike is putting out 650V there may be something wrong with your RegRec

 

Not that floor paint would be suitable for crispey..... was doing research for daughter moving into a brand new house.

I was intrigued/amused to see a marked divide in people’s reviews. It did not seem to occur to a lot folk that a concrete floor with minimal cement and therefore one grade up from compacted sand was not going to be cured by a layer of paint......and that blaming the paint was a tad harsh.

Floor construction matters......whatever you then put on it.

 

I agree Tez, never really thought about putting a cover on my garage floor, but having followed this thread I think I might just do it.
Wessa

 

Floor tiles, fit once and forget and not that costly if you shop around.