Underground garage build

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Paul RS said:
My drive is super steep so it's not possible to jack a car up on it :worried:
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Sorted lol..........

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BarryPort said:
It's alright, but as @Peadar predicted earlier in the thread it's starting to lift under where car wheels sit. Shame as I went to a lot of bother preping the whole thing.
Maybe that's why some specialist car garages have little mats under the wheels of their display cars ?
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It really shouldn't lift mate. I'd get into the crowd who you bought it off and ask them on their opinion.

From reading back, your prep was spot on, and the rain didn't seem to affect it, so I'm surprised it's lifting.

Our epoxy floor (3M) has been down close to 20 years with chemical spills, and a forklift over it daily for the last ~20 years and hasn't lifted, apart from a crack where the floor wasn't spaced and power floating wasn't great which I dug out and filled with fibreglass
 

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Big Pimp said:
It really shouldn't lift mate. I'd get into the crowd who you bought it off and ask them on their opinion.

From reading back, your prep was spot on, and the rain didn't seem to affect it, so I'm surprised it's lifting.

Our epoxy floor (3M) has been down close to 20 years with chemical spills, and a forklift over it daily for the last ~20 years and hasn't lifted, apart from a crack where the floor wasn't spaced and power floating wasn't great which I dug out and filled with fibreglass
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Went for a crowd in England called Regal. Stay away. Near sure Peadar went with them too. The pics make them look like @big_pete went over it with a buffer
 

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BarryPort said:
Went for a crowd in England called Regal. Stay away. Near sure Peadar went with them too. The pics make them look like @big_pete went over it with a buffer
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Unfortunately for me.... after reading this thread I bought a fair amount of the exact same stuff :scream:

Looks like I shall be ordering carpet to go over the top of it!! :party:
 

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Big Pimp said:
It really shouldn't lift mate. I'd get into the crowd who you bought it off and ask them on their opinion.

From reading back, your prep was spot on, and the rain didn't seem to affect it, so I'm surprised it's lifting.

Our epoxy floor (3M) has been down close to 20 years with chemical spills, and a forklift over it daily for the last ~20 years and hasn't lifted, apart from a crack where the floor wasn't spaced and power floating wasn't great which I dug out and filled with fibreglass
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Floor paint is something I dont know a lot about but I painted the floor of my old garage and also my dads, both of which lifted pretty quickly.

I was chatting to a guy once about it and he told me that what is done commercially is very different to private floor paint ?

Bound to be someone doing this commercially in N.I ?
 

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The place I did my placement with for uni had a warehouse and he painted the floor with the stuff they use in airport hangers. Grey colour paint and it seemed a real good job, forklifts were driving over it all day with no issues. Don't know where you would get it tho, he got it from a gypsy that came by one day lol
 

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chris_b said:
Floor paint is something I dont know a lot about but I painted the floor of my old garage and also my dads, both of which lifted pretty quickly.

I was chatting to a guy once about it and he told me that what is done commercially is very different to private floor paint ?

Bound to be someone doing this commercially in N.I ?
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Only photo I have of our store floor was one I took for our website. As I said, it's epoxy from 3M and has taken some serious abuse over the years, and stood up to it all.

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My brother in-law fits epoxy flooring thats put in abotoirs and top end garages etc it is also flicked up the wall creating a basin so it can be powerhosed and its 100 times stronger than concrete. its one and a half inch thick when layed and is dyed red throughout or glitter effect etc it's called densit flooring. I've helped him lay it and mixed it for him. You can only mix a bucket at a time as it goes off so quickly but it is the best flooring for industrial use I've ever seen and obsorbs dropped hammers etc without cracking
 

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jincam said:
My brother in-law fits epoxy flooring thats put in abotoirs and top end garages etc it is also flicked up the wall creating a basin so it can be powerhosed and its 100 times stronger than concrete. its one and a half inch thick when layed and is dyed red throughout or glitter effect etc it's called densit flooring. I've helped him lay it and mixed it for him. You can only mix a bucket at a time as it goes off so quickly but it is the best flooring for industrial use I've ever seen and obsorbs dropped hammers etc without cracking
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I'm looking for something like this for the new garage, could you find out a rough cost laid per square foot for me please? Also can it be laid on plain concrete or does it need to be prepared? Are there different colour options?
 

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The concrete has to be cleaned and we usually rough it up with a scabbler (bit like a lawnmower on roids) or a grinding head on a grinder. While we are mixing the dye is added and when it's layed a small coat of sand is dusted on it for grip and then its lacquered. Red looks beautiful though. Il find out a rough price for you no problem
 

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That'd be great mate, cheers! Won't be needing it laid for another couple of months yet as the shed is in the early stages still. Red sounds good an all, that's what I was thinking colour wise anyways.
 
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