[TaxSheemaSter]

In the US, tiles are rated for coefficient of friction, moisture content and hardness. The coefficient of friction will determine how slippery they'll be, moisture content is for freeze/thaw issues, and hardness is a PEI rating which has to do with some commercial building codes. I put tile in my garage, and it was the first tile setting I had ever done. Four years later, I'm still very happy with it. It's a great floor option for a garage.

As others have indicated, cracking is an issue with the way the tile is installed, not (generally) with the strength of the tile itself. Usually, your tile will be stronger than the concrete it's sitting on. But like concrete, it's very strong in compression, but weak in tension -- which means that any void will create a potential area for cracking. So you 'double-butter' both the floor and the tile to get the kind of coverage Givadogahome is talking about.

Here's a video showing my hitting my tile with a four-pound sledge hammer. You can see it makes the camera jump.

Tile Strength - YouTube

My concrete pad was poured in 1925 and had suffered a lot of earthquake-related heaving in its lifespan. I did not make much of an attempt to flatten it out, but I was careful to bridge the more severe elevation changes. I'm very happy with it. Here's a picture, although the site will apparently not let me post pictures.



There's more information about the garage at The 12-Gauge Garage

[xsexymasterix]

Nice "RIDE" Jack!
Can I be your friend???
100% on target with your "Tile" info.
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POST AWAY!,No Problemo with pictures here.

[rJohutozsfds]

Very beautiful!

[Arbinknit]

Very nice garage.

thanks for all.

[TaxSheemaSter]

Thanks!

The tile has held up very well. I even covered the steel top of my hydraulic lift with it. It lifts the black car up and hasn't cracked or had any problems.

[lizadax]

Thanks!

The tile has held up very well. I even covered the steel top of my hydraulic lift with it. It lifts the black car up and hasn't cracked or had any problems.

I'm going to build the exact same thing to work on my ATVs! It's awesome!

I also did the same table on the wall as you on my garage, it saves a lot of space and time when not in use or needed!

[rJohutozsfds]

Thanks!

The tile has held up very well. I even covered the steel top of my hydraulic lift with it. It lifts the black car up and hasn't cracked or had any problems.

Now you're just showing off in style, but you know

But it is a great garage, I'd love the reality, but I figure for most this is not, and only a dream.

I can't wait to see your games room?

[urbalatte]

Showing off indeed, but I want one just like that.

For the life of me, I don't understand why you didn't base your tile pattern based on your lift. it looks like had you done so, you could have had it line up almost perfectly with the joints of the tiles.

Then, it would have been virtually invisible. (I know, picky, picky)

[fedordzen]

I'm in love!!!

This is an excellent site!

http://www.garagejournal.com

[TaxSheemaSter]

Showing off indeed, but I want one just like that.

For the life of me, I don't understand why you didn't base your tile pattern based on your lift. it looks like had you done so, you could have had it line up almost perfectly with the joints of the tiles.

Then, it would have been virtually invisible. (I know, picky, picky)

If only I'd known, the re-tiling would have been a lot easier. But the tiles were put down three years before the lift arrived. And the lift was pretty much a snap decision -- I saw the thing come up second-hand (locally) on Ebay, realized it would work well for my particular car, and jumped on it. For $455, I couldn't say no.

[xsexymasterix]

Now,I REALLY want to be your friend!!!!!
Your garage is a better place to do heart surgery than the "ORs" here in the DR!
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