I have this stuff in my garage. It’s fine, but not terribly hard wearing - it scars quite easily and wet tyres tend to stain it
Looks good.....but should be for that price. That would cost me a fair bit more to use that in my garage than the PVC tiles I was looking at.if wanting to use interlocking tiles then there is a far better option and at 18mm thick it's serious matting, noticed these at a local farm shop a few years ago
Rubber Stable Mat - Single (Black) - Equifloor UK
Solid rubber heavy-duty stable mat (1m x 1m x 18mm).equifloor.co.uk
true, but if you ever decide to get horse in the futueThat would cost me a fair bit more to use that in my garage than the PVC tiles I was looking at.
ever have a horse though if my daughter has anything to do with it!
Cheaper than kids though!Neighbours have three, one pedigree and the others rescue field buddies.
Cost £150 per week and that's low due to having a farm already!
Quick comment, don’t you get ‘bathroom’ plasterboard that has some degree of protection against water and hence despite being internal garage walls still isn’t inside home levels of dryness
I’ve thought / am thinking about dot and bad, not 100% convinced but haven’t ruled it out.
Fair comment. My garage is block internals and brick outer. It definitely doesn’t get wet, very very occasionally there might be the smallest dew showing on the car but it really is rare.
Smooth walls does look really good though, just depends how far you want to take t I suppose.
Think I’ll go for flooring next and take it from there.
I’ll never get away from one side being a dumping ground anyway
I wouldn’t waste your time with plasterboard in a garage
Even the green moisture resistant won’t last very long unless the garage is heated
Sand/cement render on internal walls not bonding and skim coat. For added durability add some sika fix or UPVA to the mix.
Leave for a week to dry and paint with good quality masonry paint
As for the floor, just painted mine today two part epoxy paint, mixed with sharp sand so as not to create an ice rink!
I decided to go for the cheap option as a first point of call for the walls - white masonry paint - with the view that if turned out horrible I’d revert to plastering.
I have to say that I am please with the initial result. All it took was 8hours of labour, elbow grease and 3 coats of paint. The first coat was very thick and a pain to apply - but very good coverage though the paint would go in the concrete block holes. The second was slightly thinned down - also applied with a roller, but was much easier and penetrated better into the micro cavities. The 3rd one was very very thin (70% paint - 30% water) and I applied that w a berry big paint brush. This last coat was very quick to apply and got into all the remaining cavities.
Is the result perfect? No - but it cost me £50 and a full day of work outside surrounded by my cars and some nice Johnny Cash music could have been worst.
I am going to order the duramat flooring. Hopefully get it by next week end.
Here are some pictures of the before / first coast and after