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**rJohutozsfds** · 07-30-2012, 02:48 AM

The tile has nothing to do with cracking or movement in any way, it is what you put the tile on that makes the difference. If the foundation/substructure is crap the job will be crap. Laying onto concrete is pretty simple. If your garage floor is concrete then you can lay directly on to of this, no technical consideration is needed. If you were to relay the whole floor then tile it might be worth thinking of a few things, but if it is a garage floor, it will be pretty solid and stable. Just get the materials and go to work.

You are correct about the tiles, and typically ceramic are more slippy, infact some are outright lethal when wet, but there are ceramic flor tiles. it's worth getting a floor tile specific for bathrooms or kitchens.

You want a 90% coverage float for the floor tiles, meaning 90% of the tile has contact with the adhesive.

07-30-2012, 02:48 AM	#2
rJohutozsfds Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 515 Senior Member	The tile has nothing to do with cracking or movement in any way, it is what you put the tile on that makes the difference. If the foundation/substructure is crap the job will be crap. Laying onto concrete is pretty simple. If your garage floor is concrete then you can lay directly on to of this, no technical consideration is needed. If you were to relay the whole floor then tile it might be worth thinking of a few things, but if it is a garage floor, it will be pretty solid and stable. Just get the materials and go to work. You are correct about the tiles, and typically ceramic are more slippy, infact some are outright lethal when wet, but there are ceramic flor tiles. it's worth getting a floor tile specific for bathrooms or kitchens. You want a 90% coverage float for the floor tiles, meaning 90% of the tile has contact with the adhesive.
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