Installing the WeatherTech (Techfloor) Garage Floor Modular Tiles
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- čas přidán 15. 10. 2019
- I decided to install the TechFloor tiles in my garage floor after an unsuccessful application of an epoxy paint treatment. The WeatherTech floor tiles did an excellent job in covering the garage floor blemishes and providing a clean streamlined surface. Figure about 5 hours to complete a 2 car garage including cutting and finishing around all obstacles.
Dude, great "how to" video. Going to try this for sure in my garage. Not too concerned about the edges and water evaporation as much as others. This is a great DIY option for someone who wants a better looking garage. Nice!
great job, thanks for making this video
You’re very welcome. It was a fun project to do over a few hours.
good video, what do you do about the gap between the walls and the tile?
I left about an inch space at either side of the 2 car garage. That was fine for expansion. You can go a little tighter but I wouldn’t recommend any less than 1/2 inch. I painted the edges grey so it looks just fine that way.
Thanks for posting. My garage is about the same size and hoping to enter the planning stage for using this product today. I like the color tile you chose and think I will do the same. Any regrets or looking back after a year of things you would have done differently? Thanks
No regrets about the floor. It has worked very well for me and it’s easy to clean and keep the garage looking neat. The only thing to consider is if you plan to leave a car on the floor for a long time without moving it. Since the floor expands and contracts as the weather cools and heats up the floor will buckle in parts when the weather warms up. I left a vehicle on it for 6 months and the floor had many raised areas under the car where the tiles were prevented from expanding. Remarkably it didn’t come apart at all and after I moved the car out of the garage the floor settled down again.
Great stuff. We just got epoxy put down on our garage but it’s already apparent that our installers didn’t prep the floor right. I’m looking into something like this just for the cars to rest on (i.e. not the whole garage). Thoughts about that? My two concerns are: 1) if I make this essentially a parking mat, will the cars move it going on and off the tiling. 2) if a wet car parks on top of the tiling, will water get underneath the tile and create grime?
Many thanks for the video and your advice.
One more question. Have you tried steering your wheels while on the mat? Did it screw it up?
Thanks for the nice comment. Our garage floor was previously also epoxied but we had the same issue that you experienced with the epoxy coming off and looking terrible.
These tiles have a rubber coating at the bottom and at the top. This helps the floor stay flat and avoid sliding either on top of the tile or the tile shifting. These tiles are also sold with expansion rows. When you call their online help desk they will advise on how many rows of expansion tiles are needed for your application. This is needed because they expand and contract as temperatures change. I typically have a car that I don’t use in the winter and without the expansion tiles I would need to move it to avoid buckling or separating tiles. Once you join the tiles together with their clips they have a very strong connection and they are unlikely to come apart but they will buckle. Once you move the car that will go away.
The tiles are also helpful for winter climates when you don’t want to have a hot tire sit on freezing concrete for days or months at a time.
Your application is jot typical but should work. Not sure how it will look but you won’t have a water drainage issue. Most garages have a slight slope and water will eventually escape downhill.
Good luck
No problem steering on them either. The rubber under the tile keeps it tight to the floor.
I have a garage that is a bit uneven in spots. Would these tiles work for this type of floor?
Eventually the tiles settle over the floor and any uneven parts may not be a problem. If the uneven parts are fairly high it might present a challenge but some unevenness is to be expected in a concrete floor. The tiles connect to each other fairly tight and hold together very well so for the most part the surface bumpiness may jot show at all after your floor is covered.
Does water get underneath it? It seems like water would never dry out
Jim - One-year in, how's it holding up? Also, any comments about water run-off or cleaning in general? Thanks,
So now the floor has been in place about 2 years and holding up very well. If you leave a car in the garage for many months without moving it the floor expands and contracts. So if you park the car in the winter and return in the summer you’ll find it expanded and will be buckled in places. It doesn’t come apart though. You just need to pull the car out give a few minutes to let the tiles settle and drive back in. Water run off hasn’t been a problem. If you drive in with dirty snow on the car you’ll need to rinse the floor in the spring. It cleans easily.
@@jamesmazarakis5219 hi so they buckle even with expansions? I did my 2 car garage back in 2016 but there were no expansion pieces available or they just forgot to mention them to me so I installed without the expansion pieces and it buckles during summer and winter , I have my car stored there most the time also , so I was gonna get the expansions but it it won’t make a difference I’ll just leave it the way it as as I got use to it
Could these tiles be used as a computer chair mat? And if the answer is yes, do I need to order additional pieces or just the tiles?
They could be used as a chair mat but I wouldn’t recommend them for that purpose. They have rubber parts at the top and bottom of the tiles will make it hard to roll your chair over them. Also depending on what floor you have in your house the bottom of the tiles may damage a wood floor if they’re pressed hard on it for a long time.
@@jamesmazarakis5219 thanks that helped a lot!!!
What type of saw or tool do you recommend to cut or trim the tile? Thanks.
I used a Dremel tool which is small and easy to maneuver. A regular circular saw with a fine tooth blade may work as well. What happens is that if the blade runs hot it melts a small part of the tile instead of creating dust or small shavings. What you need to do is to give it a few seconds to cool off and then just pull it off from the edge of the tile. It doesn’t stick to the rest of the tile so it’s easy to clean it.
@@jamesmazarakis5219 Thank you for your feedback
Was it $1,300 total or extra just for the expansion joints?
That was the toral cost. Keep in mind this was several years ago and before we had the current level of inflation. The overall cost was very reasonable considering the cost of having the floor painted using an epoxy paint coating. The epoxy paint we had used previously cost about $1,200 and only lasted 2 years.
I can see why u r not a professional videographer. I'm getting sick with all movement. For God's sake zoom out!😩😩😩
Sorry, definitely not a pro videographer. Just an armature floor tiler.