In new construction garages, garage floor coverings are all the rave. Although one might think of paint as the most obvious solution, there are many garage floor covering options available for consideration. When you are making the decision about the look and feel you want for your floor, pause to reflect on the reasons paint may be out shined by a garage floor covering. In this article we will discuss a variety of garage floor coverings available to you outside the standard painted floor.

Garage Floor Coverings Means Simple Installation

Some mats are used for the entire garage, and some are only intended for use in certain areas. Those that are not typically used in the entire garage are generally called garage compartment mats since they cover only one particular compartment. Either way, they are easier to apply than either tile or paint. In the case of whole garage floor mats, it is generally just a matter of cutting the mat to fit the garage. Compartment mats generally cannot be cut, but they do come in all sizes, and can generally be either laid on top of one another, or snapped together to make liquid proof seal. If you wanted, I suppose you could use compartment mats throughout the garage, but that would not be cheap, especially if you compare to the price of a paint kit which is generally less than $100. Also, since mats are easy to move, automobile tires have a tendency to bunch and bend them, though many manufacturers swear that their mats don’t do this.

Garage Floor Coverings Are Easily Replaceable

With ease of install also comes easy replaceability. If you damage or stain an epoxy garage floor coating, you’re either stuck with it, or sanding it down and replacing it. With a garage floor mat, you just toss it and replace it. Again, convenient, but expensive. The manufacturers of both mats and paint kits seem to feel like their products cannot be stained but, of course, marketing and reality may yield two different results. Tiles can also be easily replaced since you can just pull the ones that get damaged, but the new ones might not match if your garage flooring is a few years old.

Garage Floor Coverings Are Nice To Step On

Epoxy paint is advertised as better to walk on than plain concrete, however, long periods of standing would be more comfortable on a garage floor mat made of thick rubber. Putting the two side by side, the epoxy would feel as though you were still just standing on concrete. Certainly, depending on your budgets limitations, the best solution would be the mat atop the painted floor.

Garage Floor Coverings Are Less Expensive…Sort Of

Epoxy paint is dirt cheap, there’s no doubt about that. If you need to cover your whole floor tomorrow, and you have no problem doing the work yourself, then epoxy away. However, if you have to pay someone to apply the epoxy, a big garage floor mat suddenly starts looking very attractive.

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