Ordered racedeck flooring!

[hemi1300]

Been researching flooring for my 3.5 car garage for days. Was gonna go with a cheaper tile, but bit the bullet today and ordered racedeck diamond tiles in graphite and alloy to match my gladiator theme in the garage, so excited to see how it turns out

[falcaineer]

On 2/7/2018 at 6:38 PM, Rich said:

 

Yep.  Stop it at :04 /:30  

 

 

I had to be faster than entering Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Select Start for that one...so here's screenshot for others. Also noticed an Adam's photo bomb in the background, too. Sweet garage, Chris!

 

 

 

[GXPaycheck]

3.5 car? Lucky dawg. 

[Nickfire20]

1 hour ago, GXPaycheck said:

3.5 car? Lucky dawg. 

 

Yea right, i can barely get in my truck, when its in the garage, and thats with the passenger side an inch off the wall!  

[TheWolf]

Sub'd for pics!

[TJM]

I just installed Racedeck XL Freeflow in one bay of my garage. 2 bits of advice:

 

1.  Check your order for accuracy when it arrives. It took me several days after my order arrived to install it and when I got to the last box I found that it was all diamond plate tiles instead of freeflow. Of course it was Friday afternoon before New Years weekend and the office closed 1/2 hour before I called. They did respond promptly the next business day and set up the return pick up. It was only a week delay to finish the install. 

 

2.  If you are in a cold climate and your garage is not heated, wait for warmer weather. It was in the upper 30’s when I did my install and although my garage is attached it is not heated, just residual from the house. I had a few tiles that didn’t want to snap together & me trying to stomp them together broke a few of connectors. You can see in the bottom pic a blue tile that didn’t totally snap together. The next “warmer” day I was able to use a screwdriver and get things to line up. 

 

 

Edited February 6, 2018 by TJM

[hemi1300]

Lol, my garage is definitely my man cave where I spend all my time. Temp should be around 40 when they are delivered, definitely not waiting for warmer weather. Will just keep the doors closed and run my torpedo heater

[Chris@Adams]

I  agree post up some pics when done......I love my Racedeck FreeFlow floor.

 

 

[Rich]

I have garage envy.  

[blcksilv08]

Racedeck makes a floor look great, spent plenty of time laying it down and taking it up at various Adams events. Knee pads are great to have!

[falcaineer]

14 hours ago, Rich said:

I have garage envy.  

 

I agree! Nice looking garages, guys!

[mc2hill]

18 hours ago, Chris@Adams said:

I  agree post up some pics when done......I love my Racedeck FreeFlow floor.

 

 

 

You can often see a quick shot of this sweeet garage in the Race Deck commercial!  If you have a DVR it makes it easier to view, as the images move by quickly. 

It still looks great Chris!

[Rich]

10 hours ago, mc2hill said:

 

You can often see a quick shot of this sweeet garage in the Race Deck commercial!  If you have a DVR it makes it easier to view, as the images move by quickly. 

It still looks great Chris!

 

Yep.  Stop it at :04 /:30  

 

[PJsAutoSpa]

Would Racedeck flooring be washable/or hold up if used in a shop with a wash bay, thoughts ?

 

[Chris@Adams]

Absolutely that’s what the FreeFlow is designed for, water goes through it to the drain.

[PJsAutoSpa]

1 minute ago, Chris@Adams said:

Absolutely that’s what the FreeFlow is designed for, water goes through it to the drain.

Time to shop for some Red/Black squares!!!! 

[hemi1300]

 Here are a few pics of tonight's progress. Got almost the whole garage done, about 700 sq ft in less than 2 hours. So far I absolutely love it, talk about a garage transformation. 

[blcksilv08]

It's even better that it goes along with the colors on your truck!

[ray14sher]

Easy install

[Rich]

I use my garage heavily for most kinds of work and wash my cars in the garage.  How would Race Deck work with that kind of wear?  Does the water go through and into the drain or would I have to sweep it in?  Same with dirt?  I like the looks of it, but not sure if it would be practical. Plus, all the crap from winter (slush, salt, dirt, etc)

[Chris@Adams]

Thanks!!

[hemi1300]

On February 15, 2018 at 2:37 PM, Rich said:

I use my garage heavily for most kinds of work and wash my cars in the garage.  How would Race Deck work with that kind of wear?  Does the water go through and into the drain or would I have to sweep it in?  Same with dirt?  I like the looks of it, but not sure if it would be practical. Plus, all the crap from winter (slush, salt, dirt, etc)

this was one of my main concerns that almost held me back from purchasing race deck.  Have 3 daily driven vehicles in the garage that bring in lots of snow slop. I specifically asked race deck multiple times if this would be a problem and they assured me it would not.  The tiles are a hollow honeycomb type structure underneath and have channels cut out on the sides to allow airflow underneath so the water can either run to a floor drain or evaporate.  Considered the free flow tile, which is an open faced rib design so all the snow/water runs right through the tile, but didn't want all the salt grime and crap sitting on the concrete all winter long, and i'm sure you would have to pull it up after winter to power wash the concrete.  I initially purchased 48 sq ft of garagetrac tile to try, very similar to race deck but about 40%cheaper, and the seams between the tiles were not very tight.  Water seemed to almost run right through the cracks to the concrete.  On the race deck though, seams are very tight and you can't even see a gap, water just beads up on the tile and sits there, i highly doubt much water makes it through to concrete.  Has been a week now since my install and i have no regrets, absolutely love it

[JKMike]

Love mine. I have the flow thru tiles in my garage.