GARAGE FLOORING

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PontiacJim

Got this from Speedway Motors. Some of you may want to look at this for your garage flooring. Very nice looking for those who may have a finished car they park in their garage. I don't have a garage, but it could look good in my shed. LOL

Could even set it outside and park your parts car on it to make the parts car look better and maybe even the wife would let you keep the parts car next to the garage instead of in the backyard woods.

SwissTrax DIY Garage Flooring: Designs, Installation and Review

Watch as we install SwissTrax flooring in our shop and discuss some tips and tricks for installation of DIY garage flooring.

www.speedwaymotors.com

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the65gto

· #21 · 12 d ago

Just me, but I bought 4 squares and glued them down. One under each wheel. The 2 front ones has a 2x4 screwed to the square so to make sure I stop in the right place. Been down nearly 4 yrs now. LOL!

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Baaad65

· #22 · 12 d ago

BearGFR said:
It's "only" about 2,250 sq ft. 😁

It's one of the reasons we bought the place out here in the country. There was already a 30' x 50' workshop on the property. Actually, just a bare steel un-insulated building on a concrete floor. All it had was electricity - no plumbing, no internet, no HVAC, and the roof/ceiling was only about 8 feet high though, so I couldn't really put a lift in it.

We originally bought the property as a weekend getaway. There was an old house here already but not really suitable for full time occupancy. It was so old that all the electrical outlets were the 2 prong, ungrounded type. When my bride convinced me to move out here permanently, we "got rid" of that house and lived in a 30ft 5th wheel RV for a year while our new house was being built. At that point I ran water from our well up to the shop just so we could hook onto that source for water to the trailer after the old house was gone.

Fast forward a couple-three years, toss in a nice bonus I got from where I was working at the time, and I started looking for people who might be able to raise a section of the roof to make room for a lift. My angel of a wife said, "Why don't you just add on?" -- grin -- so before she could change her mind we added on a 30 X 25 x 16 foot high section to the building (turning it into an L shape). I built a full bathroom in it (myself), added a ton of lighting and power (myself), had the whole thing insulated with spray foam (hired out), put in 3 window type AC-Heatpumps (myself), and she and I put down the epoxy floor coating. So, now I've got my dream shop. Here's a link to a video tour I made shortly after we finished it. My dream shop

It's nowhere near that clean now, and I've added more "stuff" - computer, internet link, reloading bench, dryer, more engine parts, parts washer, welders, and I did finally get another tool box - the biggest one that Home Depot had. It's massive, and for the first time in my life all my tools are organized and I can find them, that is, when I don't leave them out somewhere and forget where I left them.

Bear

WOW ! That's sweet, now you need some more cars to fill it up and looks like a pretty nice dog house if you happen to get in trouble 😉

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Noangelbuddy

· #23 · 11 d ago

BearGFR said:
Did the link not work? I may have munged it somehow - I just re-edited it.

Yes the link worked now. Nice work on that shop. Space is so large, my problem would be misplacing my tools. Looks like you planned ahead and organized stuff from the start. My favorite part is the four post lift. Sweet.
When you opened the door to the bathroom, I half expected to see a wall mounted urinal.
You could make U turns inside that shop. Maybe not with the GTO? If not, close.

Thanks for sharing.

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67ventwindow

· #24 · 11 d ago

BearGFR said:
It's "only" about 2,250 sq ft. 😁

It's one of the reasons we bought the place out here in the country. There was already a 30' x 50' workshop on the property. Actually, just a bare steel un-insulated building on a concrete floor. All it had was electricity - no plumbing, no internet, no HVAC, and the roof/ceiling was only about 8 feet high though, so I couldn't really put a lift in it.

We originally bought the property as a weekend getaway. There was an old house here already but not really suitable for full time occupancy. It was so old that all the electrical outlets were the 2 prong, ungrounded type. When my bride convinced me to move out here permanently, we "got rid" of that house and lived in a 30ft 5th wheel RV for a year while our new house was being built. At that point I ran water from our well up to the shop just so we could hook onto that source for water to the trailer after the old house was gone.

Fast forward a couple-three years, toss in a nice bonus I got from where I was working at the time, and I started looking for people who might be able to raise a section of the roof to make room for a lift. My angel of a wife said, "Why don't you just add on?" -- grin -- so before she could change her mind we added on a 30 X 25 x 16 foot high section to the building (turning it into an L shape). I built a full bathroom in it (myself), added a ton of lighting and power (myself), had the whole thing insulated with spray foam (hired out), put in 3 window type AC-Heatpumps (myself), and she and I put down the epoxy floor coating. So, now I've got my dream shop. Here's a link to a video tour I made shortly after we finished it. My dream shop

It's nowhere near that clean now, and I've added more "stuff" - computer, internet link, reloading bench, dryer, more engine parts, parts washer, welders, and I did finally get another tool box - the biggest one that Home Depot had. It's massive, and for the first time in my life all my tools are organized and I can find them, that is, when I don't leave them out somewhere and forget where I left them.

Bear

I watched the video. It struck me after seeing your floor why I never epoxied. I would have to clean it. The fastener storage looks good. Sorting that would be a good project to keep the kids busy.

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chrisn

· #25 · 11 d ago

dam bear im jelly , beauty shop its about the same size as we had out to dads im about to build my own 36x24 garage i agree just paint the floor grey no sprinkles , drop a small screw on a sprinkled floor i spent hours looing for a small carb screw from the secondarys of a qjet. the snap floor looked good but it reminds me of a sand sifter , and i have caught another brand plastic tile garage floor on fire using the cutting torch ,

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Bigfoot1965

· #26 · 5 d ago

I don't know anything about that particular product, but I did my garage with the snap together tiles from Home Depot. Cost me about $1500, and went down in a couple of afternoons. It looks fabulous, but there were a couple of drawbacks. If you put your car on dollies, the wheels press down into it, and moving it is impossible. Also, my GP has a leak in the transmission. Some of the fluid got on & under the tiles before I got the drip pan down, and it caused a couple of tiles to collapse. I'm still happy I did it, as the concrete in my garage floor is very slippery. One of my grandsons slipped on it a few years ago and whacked his head when he landed. OUCH!
The tiles helped eliminate that problem.

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RMTZ67

· #27 · 5 d ago

BearGFR said:
It's "only" about 2,250 sq ft. 😁

It's one of the reasons we bought the place out here in the country. There was already a 30' x 50' workshop on the property. Actually, just a bare steel un-insulated building on a concrete floor. All it had was electricity - no plumbing, no internet, no HVAC, and the roof/ceiling was only about 8 feet high though, so I couldn't really put a lift in it.

We originally bought the property as a weekend getaway. There was an old house here already but not really suitable for full time occupancy. It was so old that all the electrical outlets were the 2 prong, ungrounded type. When my bride convinced me to move out here permanently, we "got rid" of that house and lived in a 30ft 5th wheel RV for a year while our new house was being built. At that point I ran water from our well up to the shop just so we could hook onto that source for water to the trailer after the old house was gone.

Fast forward a couple-three years, toss in a nice bonus I got from where I was working at the time, and I started looking for people who might be able to raise a section of the roof to make room for a lift. My angel of a wife said, "Why don't you just add on?" -- grin -- so before she could change her mind we added on a 30 X 25 x 16 foot high section to the building (turning it into an L shape). I built a full bathroom in it (myself), added a ton of lighting and power (myself), had the whole thing insulated with spray foam (hired out), put in 3 window type AC-Heatpumps (myself), and she and I put down the epoxy floor coating. So, now I've got my dream shop. Here's a link to a video tour I made shortly after we finished it. My dream shop

It's nowhere near that clean now, and I've added more "stuff" - computer, internet link, reloading bench, dryer, more engine parts, parts washer, welders, and I did finally get another tool box - the biggest one that Home Depot had. It's massive, and for the first time in my life all my tools are organized and I can find them, that is, when I don't leave them out somewhere and forget where I left them.

Bear

Very nice, BUT, where was the Gto?

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Bigfoot1965

· #28 · 5 d ago

In the barn/shop/man cave....LOL

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64since65

· #29 · 4 d ago

Bigfoot1965 said:
.... I'm still happy I did it, as the concrete in my garage floor is very slippery. One of my grandsons slipped on it a few years ago and whacked his head when he landed. OUCH!

Your grandson was very lucky. Be very careful of slippery floors - and any paint can make them even more slippery unless there's some kind of grit/sand in it. They painted the shop floor where I worked at Ford years ago and one of the engineers came in with wet shoes and slipped. Unfortunately it was much worse than an OUCH! for him. He hit his head so hard that it affected his balance. Even a year later he had to use a special wheel chair because he couldn't even sit up in a normal chair let alone walk without assistance and, of course, he never came back to work.

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