We're hoping to buy a house, and I would like to use the garage as a workshop mostly for woodworking, as well as a garage. I'd like to hear experiences with garage flooring that is easy to maintain and has some cushion: so mats or tiles, not epoxy. Opinions on Swisstrax, RaceDeck, and other brands, best places to buy. Without seeing them in real life, I'm inclined to coin-top styles; and since using for woodworking, would need to be solid, not "free-flow". Who knows, maybe we have a Garage Flooring Brad as a member?

I just carpet my garage. Comfy, easy to clean, comfortable. Dog also loves it. Run the vacuum over it once a month and I’m golden. For reference my garage has an air bike lift, plenty of shop equipment and many motorcycles and guns to work on.

I put Tuff-Seal in my garage. They're pvc tiles that look great and are almost stainproof. Some high performance tires can stain them but in two years I haven't come across anything else that hurts them. No matter what the floor your best bet is an anti fatigue mat at your workstations.

I would think that indoor-outdoor carpet would be difficult to keep clean of sawdust and shavings.

I just did a race deck in my man cave and it turned out great.

I have heard bad thing about the solid floors getting water under them and then getting moldy and making your garage reek.

Not sure the square footage you need but I have a couple 4'x6' stall mats from Tractor Supply. They are heavy duty rubber so they are comfortable, easy to blow off with the compressor and easy to hose down if needed. They are relatively cheap and VERY heavy duty.

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They are heavy duty rubber so they are comfortable, easy to blow off with the compressor and easy to hose down if needed. They are relatively cheap and VERY heavy duty.

Might be good in the shop section. Will look into such mats.

X2 on the Tractor Supply horse mats. I use them at my work stations. I do a lot of welding and in process of a frame off restoration of my '77 Toyota FJ-40 Land Cruiser so I have straight concrete in that area. In the wood working area I have the horse mats at the work stations.

The idea of a cushioned tile surface is appealing for my other areas. My shop is 3,575 sf so that might cost a bit. Since I am retired I will need to think it over.

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My shop is 3,575 sf so that might cost a bit.

You are the envy of us all, we bow to you!

I just did my 20x20 garage this past Summer. Full remodel with heat.

I used a flex pvc tile in checkered pattern from garage flooring inc. waited for sale and even got another 5% on order placement day. They will budge.

It looks great. It will depress under weight but flexes back. I just put some extra tile under my heaviest tool box and my truck tires.


Smooth Flex Tiles

There's always horse stall mats for areas you frequently stand on.

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Originally posted by mark60:
I put Tuff-Seal in my garage. They're pvc tiles that look great and are almost stainproof. Some high performance tires can stain them but in two years I haven't come across anything else that hurts them. No matter what the floor your best bet is an anti fatigue mat at your workstations.

Thanks for the tip! Looks interesting. Did you buy direct from Advanta?

What about floating vinyl planks? https://www.lowes.com/pd/Shaw-...FOsJuVhoCyhwQAvD_BwE

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Originally posted by mark60:
I put Tuff-Seal in my garage. They're pvc tiles that look great and are almost stainproof. Some high performance tires can stain them but in two years I haven't come across anything else that hurts them. No matter what the floor your best bet is an anti fatigue mat at your workstations.

Thanks for the tip! Looks interesting. Did you buy direct from Advanta?

I did buy direct, they gave me the best price. It's not inexpensive but my garage is more finished room than car garage. My tablesaw lives in the garage on a mobile base and the floor has held up to the weight with no problem. Cleanup is a breeze.

Tuff-Seal: Holy cow, they are expensive? Can you tell us what you paid for you 20x20 garage?

I put in race deck when I finally did my garage a couple of years back. It super easy to install and cut. If you want to do a design you can lay it out on their tool online or you can use Excel to fiddle with the pattern. Their tool does the breakdown of tiles for you.

Easy to take care of and very durable.

ETA: Below is the best pic I have of it on my hosting site.

I put down the Racedeck as well.

It is very quick and easy to put down, and I used a table saw for all the cuts.

If you have really heave equpment or objects that will sit in one place for a long time, you will want to put something to spread the load.

I use small squares of 3/8 plywood, or 1x4.

It sweeps clean with a push broom or a shop vac.

TKO: hmmm...schwarz, rot, gold...but are the bikes German?

TKO and sigmonkey: I understand the Racedeck is hard and noisy? Is that right? OTOH way cheaper than the solid vinyl tiles.

Two of the three vehicles in the garage now are German (as is my last name!) At the time it only had an AMG in the garage with two Japanese bikes. Now the MG has been joined by a BMW bike and a Ducati (for the wife).

It is hard and somewhat noisy, though I dont pay attention to the sound any more.

I have a horse farm so of course I use horse stall mats for my garage and workshop area. There are several different types but for this I would get the ones that have serrations on one side so that water can move under the mat especially if it is on concrete and the person who poured the floor actually knew what they were doing and it pitches correctly. I would not consider a horse stall mat in any way an anti fatigue mat. They are very tough.