Garage floor installed..........
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07-18-2004 | 12:55 PM
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Garage floor installed..........
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Well I installed my tile this weekend. All I can say is WOW and to a lesser degree OUCH! My back and knees are telling me why I don't do this for a living
Below is my best set of instructions for install. I hope this helps anyone who is going to install this in their garage.
Costs:
Tile - $404.35 (630 sqft 14 cases) (my garage measured 574 sqft)
Glue - $45.48 (4 gallons)
Floor leveler - $16.67 (1 gallon)
Beer - Unknown.....lots
Step one:
Clean out your garage
Step two:
Sweep of power blow the floor
Step three:
Power wash floor
Step four:
Fill cracks with leveler ( I did the seams as well)
Step five:
Beer (i.e. let it all dry. I waited a day)
Step six:
Using a chalk line or the seams in your floor, establish horizontial and vertical reference points. I used my floor seams as they were almost perfect. This will allow you to set your tile as clost to square as possible.
Step seven:
Using your notched trowel (spec'd to your adhesive - it is on the canister) spread the adhesive in the first section as below.
Step eight:
Allow to dry untill tacky. The time will depend on your humidity etc. Mine took about 20min early in the day. As it rained in the afternoon the dry time stretched to 45min.
Step nine:
Starting from your inner point (mine was where the 4 seams intersected) begin laying tile. Snug it up and go. It takes longer to prep. the floor than it takes to lay the tile. I only layed the full tiles. Then while the next glue section was drying I cut the custom edge or trim pieces.
Step ten:
Talk to your nieghbors as they come by and call you nuts (yes this happened). Provide beer to the nice ones.
Step eleven:
Repeat as needed till you cover the floor.
Notes:
*The adhesive does not cover what it says. It says it covers 350sqft. Not in this garage it didn't. I used 4 gallons.
*Have a good sharp razor knife on hand to trim tile.
*Make sure you buy more tile than you need.
*The adhesive is workable for up to 24 hours.
*Walk on each tile after you lay it to firm its adhesion (You can rent a heavy roller to roll the floor if you wish)
*It would be easier to do with two people. One laying glue and one laying tile.
Here are some completed pictures. I had a helper in my cat Pumpkin. I was working with the doors closed and could not find him thus the one self explanitory picture.
I hope I got it all.
Well I installed my tile this weekend. All I can say is WOW and to a lesser degree OUCH! My back and knees are telling me why I don't do this for a living
Below is my best set of instructions for install. I hope this helps anyone who is going to install this in their garage.
Costs:
Tile - $404.35 (630 sqft 14 cases) (my garage measured 574 sqft)
Glue - $45.48 (4 gallons)
Floor leveler - $16.67 (1 gallon)
Beer - Unknown.....lots
Step one:
Clean out your garage
Step two:
Sweep of power blow the floor
Step three:
Power wash floor
Step four:
Fill cracks with leveler ( I did the seams as well)
Step five:
Beer (i.e. let it all dry. I waited a day)
Step six:
Using a chalk line or the seams in your floor, establish horizontial and vertical reference points. I used my floor seams as they were almost perfect. This will allow you to set your tile as clost to square as possible.
Step seven:
Using your notched trowel (spec'd to your adhesive - it is on the canister) spread the adhesive in the first section as below.
Step eight:
Allow to dry untill tacky. The time will depend on your humidity etc. Mine took about 20min early in the day. As it rained in the afternoon the dry time stretched to 45min.
Step nine:
Starting from your inner point (mine was where the 4 seams intersected) begin laying tile. Snug it up and go. It takes longer to prep. the floor than it takes to lay the tile. I only layed the full tiles. Then while the next glue section was drying I cut the custom edge or trim pieces.
Step ten:
Talk to your nieghbors as they come by and call you nuts (yes this happened). Provide beer to the nice ones.
Step eleven:
Repeat as needed till you cover the floor.
Notes:
*The adhesive does not cover what it says. It says it covers 350sqft. Not in this garage it didn't. I used 4 gallons.
*Have a good sharp razor knife on hand to trim tile.
*Make sure you buy more tile than you need.
*The adhesive is workable for up to 24 hours.
*Walk on each tile after you lay it to firm its adhesion (You can rent a heavy roller to roll the floor if you wish)
*It would be easier to do with two people. One laying glue and one laying tile.
Here are some completed pictures. I had a helper in my cat Pumpkin. I was working with the doors closed and could not find him thus the one self explanitory picture.
I hope I got it all.
Last edited by Tim W.; 07-18-2004 at 01:21 PM.
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