murphsea wrote: Mon Jan 24, 2022 12:21 pm Love the garage Tom, especially the floors.
Glad to have found this site too. Found Crazy Eddie online because I needed covers for my incoming GTS bucket seats.
Then saw the video of Ed being interviewed in your garage and Ed sent me to this site when I asked about the garage.
I have a new house we just built and was contemplating epoxy floors but man those tiles of yours look amazing.
Would love more info on what you used and any tips you may have.
Thanks and welcome aboard!! The tile in my garage is from Saint 'Agostino Ceramica, made in Italy. The key for a garage is to get PEI 5 porcelain (look for 5 in the abrasion resistance rating), and an anti- slip rating above .5 (above .6 is better, especially if it's going to get wet). With a lot of mfg's, you really need to track down the specs, as many like to advertise in less technical (easier to sound good) terms.... But if something is truly made to PEI 5 standards with a good anti-slip surface, it is not by accident and the mfg will be able to confirm. If they can't, chances are it has a lower rating (or would, if rated). PEI 5 with good slip resistance is hard to find. We could not find the squares for the checker pattern, for example, and ended up cutting our own squares out of bigger pieces.
https://www.ceramicasantagostino.it/it/
Since we're in California, we also put a lot of effort into getting the 'control joints' right and conforming to the warranty requirements, both with the tiles and with the concrete underneath. And we put down a membrane over the concrete and under the tiles to help prevent cracks in general and during earthquakes.... (I say 'we' but the contractor and his subs did everything -- I know less than nothing about all this, other than from my experience paying the bills
)Hope that helps! Let me know if I can answer any questions...
