RaceDeck Garage Floor Installed!! *Such a HUGE Upgrade*
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- In today's episode I made a massive improvement to the garage floor. Being in CA where it's primarily warm and dry with some winter rain, this product should work well for me. If you decide to order it for your garage, I highly recommend going to the garage journal forum (link below) and signing up; it's free to do. If you order the tiles directly from RaceDeck over the phone and mention that you're a member of the forum, you will receive a 20% discount. I so far love how the flooring has turned out. One tip would be to wait until the floor is warm (in direct sun) before placing your heavy loads (workbenches etc.) on the floor. This will prevent the floor from bulging due to expansion in direct sunlight. Additionally linked below is the landscaping fabric I went with along with a link to RaceDeck's website.
Garage Journal Forum: www.garagejour...
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Landscaping Fabric: tinyurl.com/mt...
Intro 0:12
Noise Testing the Landscape Fabric 0:58
Laying out the Front Row 3:34
How to Disconnect the Tiles 7:38
The Pattern 9:16
Cutting the Tiles to Fit 12:51
Halfway Finished!! 13:58
Jacking Up the Shelf 17:05
The Finished Result!!!! 20:45
Final Sound Test 24:50
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Excellent job! And you did it solo too! I like your color selections & going the single square “checkerboard” was worth the extra time since it’s a better look, IMO. Please do a 1 year update.
Thanks. I’ve been very happy with them so far. I’m still just as pleased with the pattern as I was the day they went in. I certainly plan to do a follow up video on these but can say they’ve been an awesome upgrade for the 9 months I’ve had them.
Looks very good!
Great video - Thank you. I was pleased to see an install done with the landscape fabric, as that is what I am planning on doing as well. Couple of questions:
1) Have you noticed any appreciable 'expansion/contraction?' Not sure where you live, but I live in the MidWest.... with 4 seasons, so have cold winters as well as warm/humid summers.... and everything in-between.
2) How is 'tire tracking' on this tile? Do you notice 'dark lines' from your dirty truck tires moving into and out of the garage over time?
3) Have you cleaned the floor yet? If so, what method did you use, and how did it clean up - again; especially curious about the look of the lighter 'silver' tiles.
Thanks!
1) yes plenty. Mostly only expansion and this occurs when the garage door is open and the black tiles are in direct sunlight. Even though I installed the tiles when it was cool outside and placed the heavy furniture on them, they still expand to the extent that they swell when the sun hits them. This can be mitigated, but keeping the garage door closed and the sun off them.
2) since my tiles are on the darker side, I instead of noticing dark lines, see lighter ones, essentially dust tracks. Are usually vacuum the floor once or twice a month to keep dust and pet hair down.
3) I have found that a little bit of water and elbow grease will bring back the shine in most instances, however, certain greasy spots can be removed easily with WD-40 and it also really shines the floor up.
@@joefriday6324 I’d recommend3/4” between the wall and the tile for any sections that will receive direct sunlight. In my experience, anything in full shade doesn’t expand that much and you’ll be good with 3/8”. If you’re in doubt, start with 3/8” gap; you can always pull the tiles and trim them again if needed.
What would the baseline DB walking on standard concrete floor?
I didn’t test just walking on concrete. It’s a little quieter than the tiles with the underpayment but not by much. The real difference is in the tone. The tiles with the fabric is deeper sounding with a forgiving feel. Concrete is a higher pitch sound and more painful to stand on over the course of the day.
Great job !!👍👍
Nice video. I’ve contemplated underlayment like you, but I’m getting the free flow. We get a lot of snow where we live so not sure an underlayment would make as much sense
I agree that with the free flow tiles, underlayment wouldn't make sense and given the weather, I think the free flow is probably your best option.
I live in Michigan, and I decided against the 'free flow' because I didn't like the idea of *more* salt melting down and just sitting on the concrete beneath the tile - eating away at the already salt-pitted cement. I do have a centrally located floor drain tile though - in the middle of my garage floor that flows outside into a field. I figure I will just squeegee the salty snow into the drain on the occasion that I need to do so.