I'm putting in a new four car garage off the existing garage, which will become a workshop. I was going to have the floors epoxied. Aware of the management / process differences between a new floor and an old floor etc, but the determining factor against epoxy is A. the over $20K quotes for having it done professionally and B. my lack of experience doing this myself.

Looking at options I'm looking to do a multicolor, patterned PVC interlocking tile floor. Anyone have experience with vendors and recommendations for/against?

I used RaceDeck.

But I do heavy maintenance, almost frame off work, and remove/replace drive train and suspension components. (lots of POL and heavy equipment/components moved around)

My floor has taken severe abuse and it shows.

If I had known where the flooring would be 5 years later, I would have gone with a high grade/quality epoxy system and proper floor prep.

For someone just wanting nice flooring, the PVC tiles are likely fine, but if you are doing any heavy work, take that into account.

My 20x20 garage cost about $1100 in tiles and free shipping back in July 2016.

I put Tuffseal pvc in my 2 car garage and bought direct from advanta flooring. Garageflooringllc also sells it. The price went up since I did mine but it's nice stuff and has hidden locks, I didn't want the jigsaw pattern where they lock together.

I don't want the jigsaw either.

My workshop work is more carpentry not jacking stuff up or doing stuff the weight of off frame work.

I had a poly aspartic epoxy floor installed in my previous garage and loved it. Wife even loved it. Moved into this house and previous owner had just installed Race Deck prior to the sale. Compared to our previous epoxy floor wife and I both hated it. Hollow Clacking sound when walking on it, water standing underneath from rain off cars or when washing out garage. We disliked it so much I ripped it out and had the same poly aspartic epoxy done in the new house. This is not your standard Joe The Handyman epoxy product installed when Joe isn't doing kitchen remodels, and it certainly is not the same as any of the do it yourself epoxies. This stuff is expensive but man is it beautiful and indestructible. When is the last time you had your wife tell you how much she likes the garage floor. I used Garage Living here in Texas. The key is using the special poly aspartic epoxy, and floor prep by an expert company. Did I mention it is not cheap. But if you are going to be in the house for at least a few years it may be worth it to you. Also, our previous garage floor we had done was 10 years old when we moved and the floor still looked essentially brand new.

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Looked up poly aspartic floors and came up with some other contractors. It won't hurt to get quotes from them before ordering anything, but so far it's looking like a 5:1 increase in price.

Do you have a Garage Force franchise in your area? I own the franchise for Reno & Sparks NV. We install polyurea/aspartic flooring focusing (but not limited to) residential garages & shops. Typically it's a one day install & 100% usable after 24 hours.
Comes with a lifetime warranty as well.
https://garageforce.com/

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Originally posted by BadDogPSD:
Do you have a Garage Force franchise in your area? I own the franchise for Reno & Sparks NV. We install polyurea/aspartic flooring focusing (but not limited to) residential garages & shops. Typically it's a one day install & 100% usable after 24 hours.
Comes with a lifetime warranty as well.
https://garageforce.com/

There's one about an hour away. Will they come that far?

They should! Give them a call.

Thanks for the tip. I'll look into them.

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Originally posted by ChuckFinley:
Looked up poly aspartic floors and came up with some other contractors. It won't hurt to get quotes from them before ordering anything, but so far it's looking like a 5:1 increase in price.

Yeah, I mentioned it was expensive. But again I can't say enough good things about this product. I am not kidding when I say I would have been willing to have a picnic without a table cloth on my previous 10 year old garage floor. And my wife insisted we get rid of a brand new Race Deck garage floor in this house and install a Poly aspartic floor.