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Keith Williams wrote:
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I have this garage at my place which is only used for parking the car
in winters, when it snows. Else the car is parked outside, and the
garage is more of a utility/ storage room for now. I plan to now work
on the garage a bit to make it look better and use it for some plants
or for having breakfast with family etc once in a while.

So was wondering how good would be the idea of tiling the floor. Some
one told me that the tiles can crack on account of the weight of the
car. Please throw in any suggestions you can.

I wouldn't worry too much about the weight of the car. You're only
going to put ~30lbs/sq.in. pressure on the tile. As long as the
tile is set properly (no voids in the thinset), I wouldn't think
this would be too much. It'll be kinda like a concrete sandwich.
;-) I would make sure the tile is up for the temperature extremes
and is not porous. Tile can be pretty slippery when wet/oily too,
so I'd watch that.

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Keith

porous no slippery tile will absorb oil and road grime which does occur
in winter

Yes, and grout is also porous.

high gloss tile will be a slip hazard

Some glazed tiles have a texture (for bathrooms) which will help,
but yes, I'd worry about the slip hazard.

better to use a heavy duty epoxy coating and in the summer roll out
some carpet to dress it up a bit

A friend carpeted his garage in better carpeting than in my living
room, though is Pantera was worth quite a bit more than my
furniture too. ;-)

i think tile will cause a lot of grief

Perhaps, but I think it's possible. My point was mostly about the
weight issue. Cars aren't as "heavy" as some believe.

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Keith