Garage Flooring Options
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Right, get my new house either this friday or next and at long last have a double garage

Now, at work we use floor paint and it seems to do a reasonable job but after reading about it on the net not many people have that much sucess.

What options do i have? or is it all down to the prep?

I dont want to be doing it over and over again. The garage is 31m sq. and i dont want to spend a fortune, but anything will be considered should it last well.

Concrete floors are just too dusty.

I want to get this done the day i move in as fortunately i'm doing a px so get the keys to both houses for 7days means i can do it before i move all my kelter in!

Well, we painted our garage floor probably 12 odd years ago. And its still going strong if thats any help.

Edit: Punctuation.

Edited by minimole23 on 13th Apr, 2008.

I've never had any problems with floor paint. Just don't do what my rollers have done, they've tiled the floor and whilst it looks very nice the smallest oil spill turns it into an ice skating rink.

Try vinyl, but not the slip resistant suff as any spilt oil/grease gets stuck in the 'grain' of the flooring. And with that, the old style 'cheap' style viyls without the anti slip stuff on is cheaper too!! In my old house, i had a polypropylene carpet down that lasted well. It was just a felt back carpet that i spray glued down. Couldnt be bothered painting the floor!!

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any recommendations for paint?

stuff i've been looking at is from screwfix as i can pick it up since its next to work.

its probably a good idea to use a floor sealant first and then paint a few coats over the top of that if you want it to last for a long time.

I just used any old shite when i did mine,

still pretty good considering it was done in 94.

PVA it first as above, then get the floor paint down, mine has had 2 years of heavyish use and none of it has come up.

I initially thought pva as well but couldnt find it on the net, glad to see that i wasnt the only one thinking of doing it that way!

Paint it is then

Hopefully i'll get the paint from work

i bought some cheap paint from challow breakers ( they dell liquidated stock) seems good until it gets wet

Really good stuff I have it on my floor and you can mop it when it gets mucky!

On 5th Sep, 2011 Vegard said:
I stand corrected. You should know

Use PVA first, i bought a couple of gallons from either Wickes or B&Q. Then leave it to dry for a while and paint it if necessary.

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/58_5699.htm

dont know if this is any help?

Iain

an alternative could be to line the floor with ply - its a lot warmer to lie on in the winter.

Rob

we bought ours from screwfix when i did the workshop at the back of my rents place and thats broken up, havent a clue what the paint was mind. It was sealed before painting aswell. In my new garage i've sealed some bits with primer and carpeted the rest with the old living room carpet.

Edited by andeh on 14th Apr, 2008.

I've seen the future and tbh its Pie

Mines full of carpet. mmmmmm cosy!

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Depends on the quality of the concrete too - mines painted but if I drop anything then the concrete is so soft and dry that it marks easily and obviously the paint can't protect that.
Going to try that Aldi stuff as at that price I can re-do it every now and again.

Best bet is to seal it before you paint it with some watered down pva (about 5;1) and then paint on top.