Rubber Mat Flooring

Hi, I have been looking around these forums and haven't found a lot in regards to rubber mat flooring for a garage. I am looking at a couple of products right now but am open to others if you have suggestions. The one I am looking at most is Armor Garage's version of a rubber mat. They come in two thickness' which are 0.075 and .055. I'm hesitant on the .055 but they swear up and down it won't curl or move when turning a tire on it. Without seeing or hearing of anyone else using it though, that makes me nervous. The other one I was looking at was G-Floor. I haven't looked as hard at their products but am open to it.

Does anyone have any real life experience with Garage Floor Rubber Mats to cover the whole thing?

Thanks in advance.

Not really the garage but I have been looking around at rubber flooring for our home gym.

One of the top on my list is "stall mats" from Tractor Supply, made for horse stalls, looks very durable.

6'x4' hore mat 3/4' thich is $35 at the local ranch store. good deal.

...I also wanted some for the gym/shop ...kept my eye on searchtempest (craigslist) and lucked out when www.biddergy.com auctioned off a training center that was going out of business. Bought a 1200 sq ft lot of interlocking rubber mats (like 3' x 3' square). This stuff can take the abuse (I can see it will last forever) and takes the edge off versus standing on concrete.

It looks like this stuff .....
http://www.rubberflooringinc.com/in...e=googlebase&gclid=CO72meiRsLICFdNxMgodDX4ADg

Specific to the garage - as you can see in the link these tiles are available with different colored flecks (so it has some aesthetic appeal). You do not need to tape anything with this product - it lays flat and stays flat...actually hard to see the seams once installed. The flooring is easily cleaned with a good old bucket of water and if the worst happened (perhaps damaged the surface somehow) ....just pop out the squares and drop in new ones.

Try this this thread:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2543399#post2543399

jkoelker01 said:

Hi, I have been looking around these forums and haven't found a lot in regards to rubber mat flooring for a garage. I am looking at a couple of products right now but am open to others if you have suggestions. The one I am looking at most is Armor Garage's version of a rubber mat. They come in two thickness' which are 0.075 and .055. I'm hesitant on the .055 but they swear up and down it won't curl or move when turning a tire on it. Without seeing or hearing of anyone else using it though, that makes me nervous. The other one I was looking at was G-Floor. I haven't looked as hard at their products but am open to it.

Does anyone have any real life experience with Garage Floor Rubber Mats to cover the whole thing?

Thanks in advance.

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Great post. G-Floor is PVC vinyl not rubber. Rubber flooring is also available but is more for home gyms, etc.

I have had both the 55 Mil ribbed in my garage and the 75 Mil coin. Both products took 7-10 days to relax and both product lay flat. I was having an issue with my 55 Mil ribbed mat at the entry to the garage because I cut it to long (or honestly just did not cut it) I had part of it exposed to the outside and it got a small curl. I cut it back and put an edge piece on it.

Justin -

I have another question in regards the g-flooring system. I have a drain in my garage in the middle and I am trying to figure out how to incorporate your product into my garage and make the drain section look nice. I don't necessarily just want to cut a whole where the drain is and then have it be the depth of your product down to the drain which would be a tripping hazard. What have others done in this scenrio. Is there a drain cover type product to make it flush with the floor? I appreciate the help. Let me know if that doesn't make sense.

Jeff

There are a lot of different applications that I have seen work and a lot of it depends on the type of drain. If you have a rectangular drain that is removable, often those sit slightly below the concrete level anyway. You can cut out for it and caulk it or we had one creative customer used cut offs of the BLT mats as a shim for the drain.

In some parts of the country they have a round drain that removes with a screw. In this case just get a longer screw.

I have been in the building material industry my whole life and the thing that still shocks me is how much everything is different. There is always a way to do it, but your going to have to look at what specifically you have on site on your job