On 1/16/2011 2:14 PM, aemeijers wrote:
On 1/16/2011 11:38 AM, Tony Miklos wrote:
On 1/14/2011 10:04 PM, Tony Miklos wrote:
On 1/14/2011 6:43 PM, Nate Nagel wrote:
On 01/14/2011 06:05 PM, Oren wrote:
On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:26:53 -0500, Tony Miklos
wrote:

Finishing up phase 1 of finishing the garage (the tape and spackel
came
out very nice) and thinking about floor molding to keep things
easier to
clean, and stop those tiny little parts from falling and hiding under
the wall. I think it would be nice, but would it defeat the
purpose of
the pressure treated floor plate on the concrete floor?

I happen to have plenty of 1 x 4 that is warped a bit but still ok to
use for molding so cost isn't much.

Then there is stuff made just for garage floors, fake diamond plate
and
other stuff but that runs from $2 to $4/linear foot. And I think that
stuff is all plastic and sticks onto the wall.

Ideas?

Think water damage if there is a chance of leaks damaging the trim. I
can easily put trim in my garage, because it would be about four
inches above the garage floor. I've put trim in garages, but not when
the wall directly meets the garage floor.


I think I would use the stuff that is used in industrial environments,
heavy vinyl stuff that is glued in place (usually over a vinyl tiled
floor.) especially if you have drywall walls. Eventually you're
going to
want to clean the floor with a hose, and you want to protect the wall
from water, not provide something else to absorb it.

something like this

http://www.amazon.com/Building-Produ...ref=pd_cp_hi_1





HTH

nate


I forgot about that "stuff". It was everywhere on the ground floor of
where I grew up. The price is reasonable too.

Lows carries the Flexco brand but not the inside and outside corners. I
can only find them in packs of 30 and I only need a few of each. Yes I
know it's a garage, but I just hate to see that stuff wrapped around
corners, it looks like crap. I tried miter cuts but it's too soft to get
a decent edge. Inside corners I can cut a small V at the bottom and
score the back, when it is folded it makes a nice inside corner. The
outside corners aren't so easy. I'm thinking of just cutting it the best
I can, then filling in the bad spots with black silicone. (yes the black
moulding looks great with the gray floor and white walls)

Guess I'm old fashioned- IMHO garage walls shouldn't run down to the
slab in the first place. There should be at least 4-6 inches of concrete
block or cast concrete stub wall showing. Makes it easier to hose out
the place when needed. Wood touching concrete should always be on the
highest spot in the area.

But that is just me, YMMV.


If I was building this garage again, that would be one of the
differences. It started out all block until I realized how difficult it
was to heat. So I studded it out and added insulation and drywall.