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I've got ecotiles on my garage floor, they are a great product and I'm pleased I chose the brand but if I were to do it again I would go for grey rather than the black tiles that I went for. Black looks really smart when freshly cleaned, but as soon as you walk on it it shows every dusty footprint

Snap I went for the ecotile after looking at a few samples. They were easy t lay and myself and junior managed to lay a four car garage in two evenings.



Getting the track out of the floor looks like a lot of work. If its not loose it might be easier to fill and big wholes with concrete and then as suggested us a leveling compound. I initially painted my garage floor but it started lifting at the first sign of oil so I opted for the tiles. Easy to clean and provides a bit of variety from plain old grey

Garage John?
That's 1/2 of my ground floor (nearly!)...

Good luck Kev, at first I thought you might have bought my old place in Cheltenham...

I'm a bit Heath Robinson on this, but I would break out the angle grinder to get the rial flat then self level screed/resin.

If black is OK then there are some 14mm thick recycled PVC tiles for £3 each at 50x50cm. Did a double garage a few years ago and have 50m to do soon....but will also add some coloured ones this time.

What ever you use, use as thick as you can find as too thin will lift with hot tyres or stationary turned wheels.....bitter experience. I'll post some pics of the two garages.

On a slightly different angle, think carefully bout the door. If I were to change my garage the first thing I would tackle would be the up and over door which I would change for something with far better insulation and a far tighter fit. If you want to enjoy working on the car in the garage in winter, then insulation is the first requirement followed by some sort of heating. My boiler and HW tank are in the garage but thats nothing like enough for comfort so I use a Super Sir (?) gas heater.

As to the tiles, I have plastic tiles of the old vinyl sort. I suppose they have been OK for the 20 years since they have been laid but they are now breaking up and lifting particularly where a wet car drips water. I would prefer proper ceramic which I know would stand the load of things like jacks.

I would not seal up a garage unless you have some form of dehumidification as parking a wet car in there will simply stay damp, whereas a dry drafty airy garage will encourage a wet car to dry off by natural evaporation.

I would angle grind or dig that out, and get it nice and level. Once relaid with new concrete I would seal it with PVA or some nice epoxy garage floor paint once its dried after a few months, as quite often you can see through those floor tiles and this will look smarter and stop dust coming through.

Once that is done I would go for a floor tile or even carpet tiles, I used carpet tiles in my current garage and they are very nice and comfy - easy to clean as well. I have 4 extra tiles that I place where the wheels sit to avoid too much wear.

I then replaced my garage door with one of these: http://www.sws.co.uk/products/seceuroglide/roller-garage-doors they seal beautifully and work very well.

After all of that you will need a dessicant dehumidifier, ecoair are pretty good. Try http://www.dry-it-out.com/dehumidifiers/car-storage and http://www.dry-it-out.com/car-storage-faq for information.

Have fun, the results are pretty rewarding!

Personally I wouldnt worry about de-humifiers unless you have something really worth while in there - a 250 Ferrari or D type. For a modern car with modern paints you are unlikely to have an issue but up to you.

Unless you are flooded!

Sorry but I must disagree, if you want to keep you car in as good as condition as when it goes in the garage - a dehumidifier is essential.

Without a dehumidifier my tools get condensation on, which in turn slowly rusts them - any paperwork left in their doesn't stay flat, and brake discs/nuts/bolts will slowly rust also.

Dehumidified everything in their stays perfect, which for a few pence of running costs after initial outlay is worth it imo. It also doesn't smell of damp, which is far more pleasant, and I can hang art work without fear of it being spoiled.

With regards to the car then if you have a concours/mint example it will stop chrome pitting, nuts and bolts rusting, and wiring from getting damp ingress.

For sure you could store a modern car outside in the rain with no issues, but it will be in better condition if you store it in a dry environment (RH approx 60%).

Really it all depends how clean and fussy you are with your car, and bare in mind I am talking longer term ownership prospects here, 10 years of one approach vs the other will yield significant differences.

Also I must say for many people a Morgan is their dream car, so it most certainly "worthwhile".