Garage Floor Tiles

Make your garage a part of your home - Think how you would feel driving your car into the garage and onto a floor that resembles the checkered flag of motor racing? With garage flooring tiles available in many colors and styles, you can do that and much more. You can arrange them in any design pattern using multiple colors or just a single one. Garage floor tiles can be used on any flat surface and they offer benefits you don't get with floor coatings such as paint or epoxy. They are manufactured out of a super tough, heavy plastic, stain resistant plastic resin and designed to interlock so they snap together very easily. You don't have to put up with those ugly cracks or stains in the concrete anymore. Some garage floor tiles are suitable for outdoor courtyards, patios and pool areas as well. Check with your retailer before purchase. Easy Cleanup - Chemicals, oil, grease, antifreeze and petroleum will land on the tiles and not seep through to the concrete, thereby preventing it from being stained. By remaining on the surface, any stains can be cleaned with a broom, some household cleaning agents and a water hose. This would not be possible with ceramic tiles. Sure, you could clean the tiles but the grout would stain forever. Simple installation - Garage floor tiles do not require professional installation. They are manufactured using a locking technique that means you can install them yourself in just a few hours. You just align the loops with the pegs, give it a firm press or tap with a rubber hammer and begin on the next tile. They can be trimmed with a saw to fit around corners, drains and against the wall. Designs - As previously mentioned, you can create your own attractive patterns with garage floor tiles. Black and white makes a dramatic statement, like the checkered flag at the races. Red, white and blue says something altogether different! Or, you can arrange a block of tiles in the main area and use a different colored border around the outside of the main color. There is such a broad range of floor covering options to choose from these days. From the exotic brilliance of granite, to the homey look of laminate and the warmth and comfort of carpets, there's a solution for every room. Your garage floor tiles will bring your garage into line with the rest of your home and make it as glamorous as the other spaces! There are many garage floor tile retailers advertising their wares online so you could visit their websites to find out more information or browse their ranges. Nothing is like looking at a product such as this in person. Get a sample of the tile you are looking at before you make a decision to purchase. You get to feel the texture, see the size and the colors are, of course, more true to life when you can see them up close. You may even be able to take color samples home to see how they will match the environment in which they'll be installed. Once you've finished the job and can stand back and marvel at the results, you'll be thrilled to drive in and park your car in its new home. Brands - There are many different floor tile brands available in a wide variety of styles, colors and sizes. We will list a few and give a description of each. American Garage Tile - American Garage Tile is a solid ¼ inch thick design of a flexible PVC compound has been chosen by numerous manufacturing companies, as well as many Government Agencies to be used many of their most demanding facilities. American Garage Tile is a tough and flexible interlocking garage floor tile concept that has been developed to provide "instant" self lay floor surfacing for use in a wide variety of areas including heavy-duty and high traffic applications. For many years the original American Garage Tile system has been applied by countless users in all kinds of industrial and commercial and residential locations. American Garage Tile is used in new buildings as well as for the renovation of existing garage floors where high standards of quality are required. We believe a garage floor should protect as well as beautify, Lock-tiles tight fitting interlocking design provides excellent moisture resistance while protecting the garage floor below from staining chipping peeling or Spaulding, when the optional polyurethane sealer is applied, The GARAGE FLOOR IS 100% WATER RESISTANT. Tuff-seal - Tuff -Seal Garage Floor Tiles were designed by experts to solve some of the worst Garage Flooring Problems. Compared to some of our Lighter Weight Garage Floor Tiles, each squire foot of Tuff-Seal Garage Floor Tiles contains as much as twice the amount of premium QUALITY PVC MATERIAL (1.7 pounds). Tuff-Seal Garage Floor Tiles are certainly heavier yet more flexible, Quieter, more durable and provide more comfort under foot and have a more refined finish than some of our lesser expensive garage Floor tile. It is also safer, more slip resistant, provides more stability than most Garage Floor Epoxies. Better Appearance Tuff-Seal Garage Floors look as good years from now as the day they were installed. Tuff-Seal Garage Floor Tiles are as twice as large as many of our competitors Plastic Garage Floor Tiles making them easier to install, easier to maintain and providing better appearance with fewer and virtually invisible seams. Tuff-Seal Garage Floors do not retain dirt and soil the way similar Garage Floor Tile do&..it's easier to clean and helps reduce dust. Better Performance The composition of Tuff-Seal Garage Floor Tiles patented interlocking edge help it stay tightly joined even over irregular Garage Floors&unlike many of our competitors tiles.. Surface moisture, water and liquids can seep through the seams of most Garage Floor Tiles and be trapped underneath. With Tuff-Seal Garage Floors zipper like edge design, moisture and liquids stay on top of the Garage Floor, where they are able to evaporate, roll off or can be easily removed. Easier Installation Flexible Tuff-Seal Garage Floor Tiles are much easier to install than many of our competitors Garage Floor Tiles, using a simple Overlap and Tap method. Tuff-Seal Garage Floor Tiles can be easily removed and / or replaced in a matter of seconds without cutting, damaging or disturbing other tiles around it BLT Peel & Strick - How does "RaceDay" Peel & Stick Tile compare with other vinyl floor tiles? "RaceDay" Peel and Stick Tile is made of the highest quality solid vinyl from top to bottom without being layered. Some other flooring tiles only use high quality materials on the top 10%-20% of their product and laminate with lower-grade material that does not offer the same protection throughout. Some products even have three layers of filler using some of the poorest quality materials available. RaceDay tile is resistant to battery acid, oil, salt, antifreeze and alkali. RaceDay tile is tough enough to drive on yet comfortable to walk on. The longer it sets, the better it will look. RaceDay tile contains no asbestos, lead, or hazardous chemicals at levels found to be of concern on Prop 65. RaceDay Tile is solid polyvinyl and has the same resistances throughout the entire product top to bottom. RaceDay Tile is superior to all other flooring tile that you can drive and walk on. "RaceDay" Peel & Stick Tiles have a 95 mil base thickness (approximately 0.095" a bit thicker than a nickel) before the peel-off adhesive is applied. Tools needed: Utility knife, straight edge, and something to mark floor. Prep & Installation Instructions (1) How much tile will you need? We recommend that you purchase about 10% more tile than your project will require. This will allow you to cover mistakes, trimming and for future possible damage. (2) Clean Floor: Clean sub floor free of grease, wax, dirt, oil, foreign matter and any chemicals that may be present. Make sure subfloor is smooth and fill in areas if needed. (3) Preparation of Sub Floor: Concrete must be fully cured (about 28 days or longer after pouring), free of moisture and alkalinity. Make standard moisture and alkalinity test if necessary. Moisture and alkali will not hurt or damage the "RaceDay" tile, but it can damage the adhesive and cause it to break down over time. Note: It is the responsibility of the installer or flooring contractor to determine the dryness of all concrete subfloors before installation of floor tiles begins. On grade concrete subfloors must contain an effective, permanent moisture barrier (floor primer or basement proofer). Plywood/solid wood subfloors should be dry and fully cured. It is also recommended to use a primer on wood subfloors for better bond. The primer prevents the adhesive from being absorbed into the concrete or wood surface. Failure to use primer over concrete voids warranty. All holes, cracks, and depressions must be filled with a latex underlayment and any cracks and depressions must be eliminated. Dust should be removed with a vacuum or damp mop and dried immediately before applying peal and stick tile. (4) Layout of Room: Lay out some unpeeled tile on floor to see how your pattern and placement will look before actually applying tile. It is recommended to always start from a square point and work out. Treat room as a rectangle and find the center points of two end walls. Mark floor to insure square point and make a guideline with pencil, ink, laser or light chalk line for your first row of tile then entire grid if desired (if using a chalk line make sure you do not have excessive chalk on floor, it can prevent adhesive from sticking). (5) Laying Tile: Make sure all tile has been stored at room temperature of at least 65 degrees Fahrenheit for a period of 48 hours. Do not install tile in conditions less than 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Always start from center and work out. Peel off release paper and place tile edge flush with marking line and slowly lower remainder of tile onto floor in a bent fashion as if you were unrolling a mat. This will keep air out and assure an even stick. Tile can be peeled back up and repositioned if required. (6) Boarder Tile: Do not peel off paper from back before you make your cuts. Turn tile over and place loose tile over last row so that one end of loose tile is touching the wall. Then mark paper of loose tile with pencil and cut with knife. Then peel off back of fitted tile, turn over and put in place. When fitting around obstacles make pattern on paper and draw an outline on the back of tile paper to cut shape. (7) For best results, be sure to roll your floor in both directions after installation to make sure all air bubbles are out and adhesive touches the subfloor.