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Hi anyone got any good recommendations for a garage floor covering, the Halfords rolston tiles seem good value but I don't know how resilient they are.

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Best thing I found mate is just an old carpet - nice to kneel on, if you drop stuff it doesn't bounce off, spill oil it just soaks in and when it gets real manky you just chuck it out and get a new bit.......

Someone somewhere always has an old one they want to dump so it costs nowt to boot.....

Halfords were doing a really cheap deal on roils of HD rubber matting - I don't know if it's still on.

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Oh yea and I tried the rolston tiles and A) they move and B) they aren't very tough - stand a bike on them and the stand will cut them and they ruck up....

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The large commercial type carpet tiles are okay, hard wearing and you can replace the odd one or two if you make a mess with the oil funnel. aww



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good quality concrete floor paint, stops the dust and damp and then carpet. as JT says once it gets manky replace it,    If you really want rubber old quarry conveyor belting is the best, heavy and almost indestructable

 

Rolston tiles are rubbish about as good quality as all there other products



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Thanks, I thought the Halfords ones looked flimsy. I could do carpeting but wanted to avoid the hoovering! Will look at matting apparently trago had some industrial flooring last summer. Someone else suggested cutting plywood sheets into 2' square tiles which is a thought. I've got a few sheets left over from the extension.



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jt wrote:

Best thing I found mate is just an old carpet - nice to kneel on, if you drop stuff it doesn't bounce off, spill oil it just soaks in and when it gets real manky you just chuck it out and get a new bit.......


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I looked into getting the garage floor painted, which involves getting the floor dust free and sealing the concrete first which is a pain in the arse.

So like JT I threw down old carpet, with old underlay below. Very comfy to kneel on, soaks up spillages and stops things I drop from rolling away too far.



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Thanks Tim, trying to avoid painting, it means emptying the garage for too long and the concrete is 50% oil, previous owners of course! it would need some serious cleaning to get anything to stick. I saw some old quarry conveyor belts on a beach near you, will anyone miss it?!

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I put off painting floor for a long time, but it was the best thing I ever did. pain in the arse to do but the lack of dust and damp makes it worthwhile



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If you want it right!
Steam clean, you have to ask someone nicely, When spotless and wet, brush around Solchem (hardener / sealer), spreads like water, a couple of minutes.
When dry, hoover out etc and paint with epoxy floor paint, 2 coats.
That is the best scenario, other than that, cheapo floor paint, buy online £23 for 20 litres, liverpool somewhere, everybit as good as the Tool station stuff etc.
You dont need to clean as well because it is oil based and all seems to muck in together.
You might have to redo every now and then but still really good.
Done both, both are huge improvement on standard dusty floor.



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I've always had problems with wet bike tyres 'lifting' the floor paint when they dry. I guess a proper floor sealer prior to painting would stop this happening.

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Floor paint
Floor paint from the tin is a bit thick and sits on top of concrete and then peals off
They recommend to seal it , but what with ?
Thin the paint 50-75% first coat so the paint soakes into the concrete and apply
Another coat from the tin the same day smile



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I use large cardboard boxes, flattened out, similar to carpet, replace when required.

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www.costco.co.uk/view/p/versaroll-pro-pvc-flooring-228-x-610-cm-174714

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Interesting, I'm not going to be able to clean the floor or be able to clear it out so I can paint it, so am looking for another solution. The PVC roll isn't wide enough so would need two and would have to glue a joint, it also needs not to ruck up if I'm moving/dragging stuff about.

Mototile are the most expensive (4-£500), Duramat look similar and a bit cheaper (3-£400) but prob the best and easy and quick to fit. They do provide underfloor ventilation if there is any damp in the concrete. You can also take them away when you move. I could use carpet, but fancy an upgrade. Other suggestions I'm looking at are cutting plywood squares and gripfilling them to the floor (I have some spare treated 12mm ply wood but even with my table saw it sounds like a faff!). Quarry conveyor belt is another but I need to find a supplier and I'd like it cover the whole floor so would need 3No 6m strips.

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Dan, here's the UK supplier in sunny Worksop :-

http://www.canningconveyor.co.uk/ranges/1/conveyor-belting/products/7/second-hand-conveyor-belting

They supply second hand stuff too. biggrin

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Cheers, will see what they charge
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