Choosing Your Garage Flooring.
At first sight, it seems that installing garage flooring would be a bit silly. After all, it'll get just as dirty or damaged as the concrete itself, so it makes the whole thing seem a bit futile. That is, until you actually go looking around at your options.
There are a few reasons that someone might want to put down a garage floor. Many people are looking for a softer step. Walking about the garage can be a lot nice when your back isn't jarred with every step. There's also the fact that garage floors look much nicer than plain concrete. Many people install garage floors simply to cover stained, cracked, old concrete, as opposed to protecting it in the first place. You'll appreciate just how simple it is to clean pretty much any garage floor once you've tried to clean stained concrete.
You'll have to consider a lot of personal factors when you're looking for your garage floor as there are many, many options to choose from.
The smallest type of garage floor coverings would be containment mats, and they're really only good for catching spills or laying on if you're working in one small spot. Of course, there are also garage floor mats that will cover the entire floor, as well as sticky garage floor tiles that can be laid out.
Probably the easiest to install yourself, and actually cover the entire garage floor, would be the type of garage floor mat that you cut to fit the entire floor. Also easy to install, but much more time consuming, would be garage floor tile. The most time consuming part there is cleaning and preparing the concrete, not to mention laying down each tile individually. Of course garage floor paint is the cheapest solution, though it won't cover any cracks, holes, or other deformities in the concrete. The most comprehensive and durable of the garage floor coatings would have to be an epoxy floor coating, though it's also the most complicated in both preparation and install. If you're willing to spend the money, though, epoxy is the most durable garage floor coating. Except for paint, pretty much all of these are designed to channel debris and liquid out of the garage. They're also all easier to clean than concrete.
Regardless of your decision, there are lots of options out there. You could always pay someone to install it for you, though most garage floor solutions are pretty easy to install on your own. It really depends on how much time and money you're willing to invest. Installing your own garage floor can be extremely cost effective, though, and even though it may seem like it's a luxury today, eventually you'll wonder how you ever got by with just a cold, gray concrete garage floor. - 21392
There are a few reasons that someone might want to put down a garage floor. Many people are looking for a softer step. Walking about the garage can be a lot nice when your back isn't jarred with every step. There's also the fact that garage floors look much nicer than plain concrete. Many people install garage floors simply to cover stained, cracked, old concrete, as opposed to protecting it in the first place. You'll appreciate just how simple it is to clean pretty much any garage floor once you've tried to clean stained concrete.
You'll have to consider a lot of personal factors when you're looking for your garage floor as there are many, many options to choose from.
The smallest type of garage floor coverings would be containment mats, and they're really only good for catching spills or laying on if you're working in one small spot. Of course, there are also garage floor mats that will cover the entire floor, as well as sticky garage floor tiles that can be laid out.
Probably the easiest to install yourself, and actually cover the entire garage floor, would be the type of garage floor mat that you cut to fit the entire floor. Also easy to install, but much more time consuming, would be garage floor tile. The most time consuming part there is cleaning and preparing the concrete, not to mention laying down each tile individually. Of course garage floor paint is the cheapest solution, though it won't cover any cracks, holes, or other deformities in the concrete. The most comprehensive and durable of the garage floor coatings would have to be an epoxy floor coating, though it's also the most complicated in both preparation and install. If you're willing to spend the money, though, epoxy is the most durable garage floor coating. Except for paint, pretty much all of these are designed to channel debris and liquid out of the garage. They're also all easier to clean than concrete.
Regardless of your decision, there are lots of options out there. You could always pay someone to install it for you, though most garage floor solutions are pretty easy to install on your own. It really depends on how much time and money you're willing to invest. Installing your own garage floor can be extremely cost effective, though, and even though it may seem like it's a luxury today, eventually you'll wonder how you ever got by with just a cold, gray concrete garage floor. - 21392
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