RACE DECK FREE-FLOW: Tile Review for the Garage

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Starting with a bare concrete floor, we'll be doing a full install of RaceDeck Free-Flow tiles to give new life to the garage! RaceDeck is one of the leading garage floor suppliers specializing in polypropylene tiles which are 100% waterproof, and "resistant to most household chemicals and petroleum products" making it a great option for your workspace. They are fully designed and manufactured in Salt Lake City, Utah, and shipped directly from their facility there.
We'll walk through the reasons I went with this flooring option over an epoxy coating and briefly compare it to Swisstrax, the most competitive alternative. As a space where I'll be changing parts, brakes, and oils on motorcycles, the Free-Flow tiles have given me a great workspace flooring and already held up great from the daily parking and maneuvering in the garage.
During the video I'll give some heads up before you purchase and install your own tile flooring along with several quick assembly tips to make the install and cutting process easier. With the right tools, the install can be done in just a few hours and I am thrilled with the results!
Feel free to ask any questions that you've got, enjoy!
The Gram:
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The Gear:
- FreeFlow Tiles on Amazon: amzn.to/3Af4xG3
- racedeck.com/racedeck-garage-...
- www.swisstrax.com/ribtrax-pro...
- www.thermalchem.com/epoxy-flo...
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The Timeline:
0:00 - Intro
0:49 - Prepping the Space
1:19 - Tile Selection
1:34 - Planning the Install
2:43 - Starting the Floor
3:36 - Early Tips
4:15 - Installation
6:06 - Change of Plans
7:28 - Cutting the Edge Tiles
10:15- Installation Pt. 2
11:11 - RaceDeck vs Epoxy
12:44 - Finished!
13:44 - Install Tips
15:00 - RaceDeck vs Swisstrax
15:45 - Online Floor Designer
17:09- Save Money, Shop Sales
Thanks for your time!
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@mikeblankenship1985 Год назад

Hi Philip, great job. I will be redoing my garage floor in December. This video was real helpful. I live in Arizona so I need to worry about HEAT. I work in my garage all year long as a mini lab so I had to put a minisplit in.

@PhilipBlank Год назад

Thanks Mike! Hope that project goes well, use knee pads! I need to get some garage door insulation to keep the heat out, I plan to do that soon. Hopefully if you have rolly chairs in your shop the grooves wouldn’t be too aggressive. Also be sure to wait for BlackFriday/Cyber Monday sale, it’s a significant savings overall!

@charlesdouglas2877 Год назад

Nice job, well done

@PhilipBlank Год назад

Thank you Charles! Still love the floor, we park two cars on it every day with no issues. Really increases the feel of the garage!

@JorgenMollerJr Год назад

Just awesome.. love your garage

@PhilipBlank Год назад

Thanks! Still got big plans for it!

@edub0524 Месяц назад

Finally someone talks about the female floor edge ..: thanks bro

@PhilipBlank Месяц назад

It’s pretty important to get that right from the start haha

@neweyz3396 Год назад

I would of finished under the Water Heater just put a Tile down fill it in with some coloured cocking so that doesn’t stand out like a sore thumb just work around the stand in my own opinion ! Otherwise Great Job looks nice !

@PhilipBlank Год назад

Yes great point! I bought the tiles to go under it, just needed to jack it up and slide the tiles under the legs but I didn’t have it done yet when I made the video.

@ECUAMOR Месяц назад

Great job! Was it noisy when you’re walking being that it’s plastic over concrete?

@PhilipBlank Месяц назад

Nope! If you have a flat base of concrete there is really not any creaking or noises I’ve noticed, actually makes the room more quiet with less echoing in my opinion.

@ianbella 4 месяца назад

Hello Philip, Awesome job. Looks clean man. I have the same garage style, what style did you go for this tile project? Looks like checkered or something else?

@PhilipBlank 4 месяца назад

Hey Ian! Thanks, still love the floor, one of the best simple upgrades! The tiles I used are the Free-Flow, and only in Gray and Black. The checkered you’re seeing is the result of the free-flow having lines at 90 degree angles within a single tile. The light makes it appear checkered, but it is still just a single color tile. The black tile square I having running along the outer is to help guide the cars in when we park and just to add contrast instead of all gray.

@GRJCLyon 3 месяца назад

Very nice look and seems easy enough to do however for me I use my garage for too many different trades and you wouldn't see my floor 1/2 the time anyway. I wish I only had 2 shelves and a bike or two to fill my garage. You can't even see my walls right now. LOL

@PhilipBlank 3 месяца назад

Haha that’s fair, I definitely keep my garage extremely minimalist as I don’t have woodworking equipment stores in there, it’s really a car park with cleaner tools and gear mounted on the walls, I have an outdoor shed for the dirty normal garage equipment. Definitely a luxury to have a clean space!

@marsBWR Год назад

is the fact they're open to the floor underneath a pro or a con? clearly they were designed to be open, but why? you spill oil or do woodworking and now that's all fallen through the tiles and underneath the floor. i suppose with closed tiles you might worry about moisture underneath, so maybe install on top tiles are just not a good idea in general?

@PhilipBlank Год назад

Great question! I think it completely depends on what your goal is for your space. The Free-flow tiles are intentionally open, they offer closed tiles which are RaceDeck Diamond plate or CircleTrac(cost more, far more material). The free flow is open specifically for water to move so you can wash cars on it and it won’t hold moisture, less chance for mold. It works well for general garage usage. Now if you are buying for a woodworking shop you wouldn’t be using water near your equipment and would probably want the closed tiles (unless you have lots of moisture coming through your concrete). But for light cutting and the small projects I’ve done, I’ve been fine using a shop-vac to pull sawdust out of the cracks and leaf blower to get bugs and leaves out. Oil is a big concern as that would be a pain to get out from underneath, I’ve just used a drip tray and cardboard like I normally would on concrete. An epoxy floor coating would work great for both cases so no issues with it, but again the cost goes significantly up and I can’t take it with me which is why I found this option to be my best choice. Looks great too!

@zoner__ 6 месяцев назад

Swisstrax vs Racedeck?

@timyedo6510 Год назад

The color combo looks good despite the brain fart of the one sq.foot vs two sq.feet and a rubber mallet would have worked much easier

@PhilipBlank Год назад

Definitely felt like an idiot once I figured out the 2sq ft issue haha but I’m glad because I really like the wider stripe! RaceDeck was great to work with when I emailed them, they sent me the exact amount of black I had in gray and printed me a label to send the gray back with, couldn’t ask for better service on their side!

@edub0524 Месяц назад

SMH race deck would be 1600 to do my garage. Epoxy is cheaper now lol

@PhilipBlank Месяц назад

Shop the sales! They have some pretty killer deals that take off several hundreds in the long run. I was just working on the garage yesterday and realized how much I still love the floor and am very glad I got it. I’ll have to do a follow up 2 year review on it!

@zoner__ 7 месяцев назад

ouch! invest in a rubber mallet.

@PhilipBlank 7 месяцев назад

Haha I got one, Tried both and they can both do the job, prefer the precision of the metal, but a small face dead blow would probably work excellent and be the top choice!