Porcelain garage floor pros cons for new 7-car garage

I think a good rated porcelain tile with the proper installation is hard to beat ..only down side is maybe depending on tile is slippery.

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Above is true, also, grout lines matter, they get dirty and are hard to clean. It'll depend on what kind of traffic and work you do, snow/salt and dirty cars coming in vs. southern weather. Most car dealers have porcelain tile floors, usually look great

 

Yes .. get the smallest grout lines you can (read here almost none) and buy the grout that seals itself

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Just check rating ..strength hardness etc especially if you plan to work on car

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i would hesitate.
by accident someone drops a hammer/large object and cracks a tile. What a dust storm and nightmare to replace.
Will be SUPER SLIPPERY.
I epoxied my floors, and actually grinded the entire garage to prep it. The grinding was the longest, but i added is some aggregate to the epoxy in the high traffic areas for slip resistance. Came very nice.. Kids don't slip when flying through with wet shoes from some rain, etc...
Grout lines would make me insane. IF porcelain has to be yours, find tiles that have no grout lines. They butt up to the next tile.

 

4' X 4' tiles are huge. If your cement floor is uneven or the tiles are not set firmly or there are gaps in the mortar bed, the weight of a tire could crack a tile. This not a job for Daryl, and his other brother Daryl.

 

Make sure PEI is 4 or 5. Also check friction coefficient for non slip. If above check out then it’s the best flooring you can have in a garage. And a dropped hammer will NOT break or chip the tile with the above. I’ve tried. Neither will it be slippery. One of the most slippery floors I’ve ever had was wet race deck. Back butter is key for installation.

 

I installed porcelain tile in one of my garages over 15 years ago. I am in Springfield just 60 miles south of Bloomington. At the time the porcelain tile was actually the cheapest alternative. I think I paid 50 cents per foot and the labor wasn't very expensive since it was going on concrete.
My other garage has a professionally done epoxy floor with speckles. This is for everyday cars.
My thoughts
When you work on a car with speckles you have to keep a magnet to find any small parts when they fall. You can not see them through the speckles.
The porcelain tile has held up very well and still looks like new. Only the grout lines are a little dirty in some spots.
I used a floor jack several times on the tile and it has held up very well. Once to pull a transmission with all of the work and mess that goes with that.
The only real negative of the tile is the critters that get in to the garage (probably because it is heated and cooled) and the mess they make. Especially the spiders.

Never had any slipping problems at all, and the Countach tends to leak multiple fluids which are pretty easy to clean.

 

One downside to increasing grit on any floor surface is that too much grit will shred a commercial mop quick. Restaurants learn pretty quick that a kitchen floor with grit may improve safety but it makes clean-up a hassle each night. You may not be mopping a garage floor but it can be a real issue.

 

Terrazzo is an excellent & beautiful alternative. Wow!

 

In our daily driver garages we put the tile down that looks like hardwood floors - you see it in fresh markets and Whole Foods a bunch - anyways , it’s perfect and not slippery and it’s all plenty strong as long as your tile guy ‘butters’ the bottom of the tiles and squeezes out all air pockets - it then becomes as strong as your slab . We also used anti fracture - since concrete slabs crack and move around some - 4 years so far - not a single crack or issue.

 

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I have porcelain in the home garage and professionally installed epoxy in the other. I don’t do any work to speak of at the house garage and have been extremely happy with the floor. We use pig mats under the cars, we have old cars, to take care of the oil/grout issue. The epoxy floor at the other building where any work takes place is super easy to clean and durable.

 

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