Garage Flooring Can Relegate The Car To Outside!
Goodbye cold, hard concrete; hello comfortable, liveable floors
Remember the 70's? Dull, gray concrete floors in the garage were no deterrent to kids cranking up the drum kit and the electric guitars, making like KISS and destroying the reputation of the family in the neighborhood. Garage flooring has come a long way, baby. The choices are far out and everything's cool, man.
The garage is as much a part of the house as the kitchen is, and it should be treated in the same civilized manner. After all, lots of things happen there. We store and service our cars, jet skis, bicycles and accessories; we hold parties, do home haircuts, teach sons and daughters to dance, and store everything that doesn't fit in the attic or basement.
If your garage could do with some improvement, though, the best way to do it is from the ground up. Garage flooring offers protection for little and big feet from the cold and hardness, and helps keep the garage itself nice and clean.
Special roll out garage flooring has been around long enough to become hugely popular, especially with neat freaks and car enthusiasts. It reduces the amount of dirt tracked through the home, provides cushioning and anti-fatigue properties for walking and working, hides concrete cracks and stains in older floors, and offers thermal insulation and noise reduction. It simply lies over the original floor and is extremely durable and long lasting. This PVC garage flooring is recommended for all indoor environments, including home, industrial and commercial. It's available in a range of colors, and advanced technology has been employed to create a variety of patterns for different purposes.
- Ribbed pattern for control of oils and greasy substances.
- Coin pattern for attractive looks.
- Channel pattern for ease of sweeping or hosing.
Installation is a cinch with the PVC garage flooring. Some products are designed to be laid in an interlocking, butt-up tile method. Others, as mentioned above, are rolled out and can be affixed to the floor with a special tape but it is recommended instead to allow it to 'float' since weather extremes can cause expansion and contraction. The only tools and materials required are a knife to trim the garage flooring to fit perfectly, and a pair of feet to flatten it into place.
With the right kind of garage flooring, your garage transforms from a dingy, crowded storage space, into a functional room where the car might even be unwelcome! Cleaning becomes more enjoyable because the surface is smoother and non-porous.
One of the greatest advantages of this kind of garage flooring is that you can pick it up and take it with you when you move. With a ten or twelve year warranty, there's no reason why you'd want to leave it behind.
Garage flooring is so popular with consumers looking to enhance the appearance of their entire home that it is featuring in designer decorating magazines. Once they cover their interior floors with carpets, parquetry and tiles, it seems obvious that the garage would not escape a similar treatment.