Best Garage Floor Coating and Covering
Most rooms and living spaces in your home would not be complete without a suitable floor coverings. Same rule applies to your garage floor covering. If you think about it – even storage spaces and closets have carpet or wood flooring installed, but your garage floor has just plain, naked gray cement to show. You would be surprised how drastically pro grade garage floor coverings can transform and upgrade the interior look and feel of your garage. Light color floor coating also reflects light better thus making room look brighter.
There are several products on the market designed for residential garage floors. Concrete paint, PVC tile or epoxy garage floor coating are among most common and popular products.
What to consider when choosing the product to install on your garage floor.
Moisture can enter your garage in several ways. There may be some moisture escaping from soil underneath the cement (seasonal). Also in wet climates, there could be moisture and water drops falling of the park vehicles inside the garage. Depending on the amount of water that hits your garage floors your choices for suitable product will vary.
Several brands of PVC tile manufacturers have garage flooring products that does not trap moisture under the tiles and allows it to drain or evaporate. Like the example below.
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Condition of the concrete surface. Chipping, flaking or oil stains may limit your floor covering choices. If you have older chipping concrete in your garage and there are several large chunks missing in your floors, epoxy or urethane coating would not be a suitable choice for you. Garage floor coating requires very accurate and thorough surface preparation. There can not be any flakiness or oil / grease stains on the prepared surface for epoxy coating. If your garage floor cement has deep oil stains that may prevent good adhesion of bonding agent, PVC garage floor tile installation would be a better option for you.
Climate and weather conditions are another variable to consider when shopping for flooring. Many homeowner in warm and dry climate zones experienced same problem with epoxy coated garage floors, where hot car tires would rip and peel parts of floor coating after being parked for some time on it. There are additional coating products and extra steps in installation process to prevent this type of problems. Ask your garage floor professional about pros and cons of each product.
Floor installation. Installation of different types of floor covering systems requires more or less effort to install. Covering garage floor with pvc tile flooring system involves less surface preparation and such product installation is more homeowner friendly compared to epoxy or urethane coatings. Floor coatings that involve multiple stages of surface preparation and curing should be installed by experienced professionals to achieve best results the first time.
Garage floor is the largest surface in your garage. It can set the tone for the rest of the room. That dingy and light absorbing cement surface can become clean and smooth garage floor finish with the right coating.
When chosen appropriately to your needs, garage floor covering makes it easier to maintain and keep your floors clean. There are many color options to transform your garage in to inviting clean and bright work space.
Need more light in your garage? You may want to consider a frosted glass garage door with aluminum frame. Fixit garage door repair in San Diego can supply and install all types of residential garage doors and openers.