Garage floors are a huge blessing for us, from supporting our cars and heavy-duty items to dealing with bad weather, leaks, spills, dirt, and everything in between. Over time, concrete garage flooring deteriorates, so it needs to be tough, durable, and stylish. Luckily, garage flooring options are plentiful and can brighten up your garage while being functional. Here are four garage flooring options ranked from most impressive to least impressive to help you make an informed decision.
- Polyaspartic Floor Coating
Let’s start with the industry’s best polyaspartic floor coating. This coating is made of high-quality professional materials and is applied by our specialized team at Canadian Floor Coatings to perfection. Not only is polyaspartic coating long-lasting, but it is also protective and livens your garage making it look good and feel good.
Due to its penetrative nature, the polyaspartic coating runs deep into the concrete, thus binding itself to the concrete. This leads to a more protective and impenetrable flooring against spills, chemicals, dirt, water from rain and snow, and other materials that may damage the flooring. The durable top coat also protects against impact damage and any permanent markings of your tires that may rub onto the floor.
Polyaspartic floor coatings are a great option if you want your garage flooring to last a long time and look good at the same time. Due to its durability, a polyaspartic coating will not wear down quickly or become dirty as fast, making it our top pick.
- Epoxy Floor Coating
Next on the list is epoxy floor coating. While epoxy does not offer the same standard of coating as polyaspartic coating, its lower cost offers a good enough service to protect your garage floor and brighten it. In addition, because coating products require fast hands, you should always leave it to the professionals for a top-notch garage flooring job!
Epoxy coatings need the right temperature, but polyaspartic coatings don’t and can be applied at hot or cold temperatures. Additionally, epoxy floor coatings can be viewed as DIY kits which aren’t recommended as you may end up investing more time and money than if you called an expert team to do it.
Although you might save money on epoxy garage flooring, epoxy tends to leave a residue that makes floors seem incomplete and not always aesthetically pleasing. It may also require frequent touch-ups to ensure your epoxy floor coating stays durable, making epoxy our second choice.
- Garage Floor Tiles
When you’re restricted to a budget, garage floor tiles may be your best choice, although not ours. Floor tiles are matting that sticks or interlocks over your garage floor without upgrading your concrete flooring. They cover any damage or marks on your concrete and are a quick, attractive fix.
Although this decision for garage flooring does not prevent the wear and tear on your concrete, it does help reduce further damage to the concrete flooring. Floor tiles are durable since they are plastic or made with polyvinyl chloride, an economical material.
Different floor tiles exist, such as those that require adhesives or cement mixtures and those that interlock with each other. Whatever you are looking for, garage floor tiles are cost-effective, easy to install and replace, and they come in different colours and styles, so you can choose to mix and match. Even though matted tiles are protective, they may not be as protective as polyaspartic or epoxy coatings.
Overall, polyaspartic coatings win our hearts with their usage, durability, and functional properties! To know more about the different floor coatings and which option may work best for your living space, contact us today for a consultation!
