Installing a Workshop Floor | PVC Interlocking Tiles From Duramat
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
- In this video we lay a PVC workshop floor in under 2 hours. PVC is a durable and highly recyclable material ideal for workshops and car garages.
The interlocking garage tiles were obtained from Duramat, Essex, UK and are available in range of colours with the Black tiles being made from 100% recycled PVC making it a ideal eco-friendly option.
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An alternative product on Amazon UK is from Ecotile. It's not available i light grey but costs around £27 per square meter bring in the project cost just over the cost of Duramat.
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The magazine I'm reading at the start of the video is September's edition of Woodworking Magazine which is available in the UK. www.mytimemedia.co.uk/woodwor...
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For the last 18 years I have walked/ worked on 18 mm sterling board laid on roofing felt over a concrete floor. This I find very comfortable and hard wearing. The problem is that shavings/sawdust tends to “polish” the surface and it gets discoloured over time. It is very cheap however and quite easy to change a sheet if needed . I work on mine most days, for full days and some evenings too. I am now nearly 80 so will be slowing down soon !!
Sounds very similar to my late father’s workshop. Thanks for the comment.
Looks great !!!
Thanks Brian.
Awesome...thanks for the video!
You're welcome Mark and thanks for watching.
We are going to install this in our garage.
You won't regret it, it's still a great floor a few years on.
Another product for my new workshop maybe thanks
You won't regret it. I don't it's been a fantastic couple of years.
Just a quick thanks for this review! I just spent the day laying my Duramat Duratile into the garage. It has resulted in a fantastic job. As you say, it’s not cheap, but it was a really valuable investment. It’s has transformed the garage. To spread the load for my garage shelving I used some 10cm squared hardwood squares that I stained black. I went for the dark grey rather than light to provide a bit of contrast. Again, thanks for the review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thanks for the comment David. Today I learned for the first time that Duramat have featured this video on their site alongside the product. I have to say that 15 months on I'm still pretty happy with the results and aside from scrubbing off some mortar my builder managed to slop on the floor it still looks as good as it did when I laid it.
hi karl another brill job
Hey, Thanks so much Nick.
Appreciate the info, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for sharing Karl. I’ve been looking at options for my workshop as well. I really like the idea of the PVC tiles. I went back and forth on ideas of what material to use as well. I will have to wait a while though as my workshop is a two car garage. That will get expensive!💰
I can imagine. I did pay a premium for a smooth tile. "Coin" or "Checker-plate' variants were cheaper. Black was cheaper than grey. And I decided to do the whole floor right up to the walls. I could have saved more if I'd left a 600mm 24" border for cabinets or tools installed against the wall. I'd love to know if there's a US supplier offering a comparable product and how much 18 square meters would cost? This isn't a product that our equivalent to Lowes or Home Depot stock so we're stuck with specialist suppliers.
Strawbyte Workshop I haven’t seen it at Home Depot but then again I haven’t looked. I’ll have to check the next time I’m there. I have found some PVC floor tiles on Amazon that seem pretty reasonable.
Thanks Karl, seems like the benefits out way the cost.
I think so. But I appreciate that it's not for everyone's budget.
Just watched this video of the Duramat, 👏🏻
I noticed it was done bout 4 years ago now and wondering how’s it been doing in terms of wear and tear since then
and are you still pleased with it as a workshop flooring 🤔
Thanks 👍🏻
Hi Ian. Thanks for the question. I'll start by saying that in another comment I think I said that one thing I regretted was not buying an extra square or two. But in reality I've not needed to replace any tiles and generally things have held up well. I've some seriously heavy tools now (table saw, band saw and planer) and while they leave little dents in the PVC they soon disappear if I rearrange my tools. They colour has stood up well although I notice that duramat don't sell the light grey. Almost no stains. The only discolouration came from brick dust and sand/cement mortar when I put the door in (separate video) and chose, wrongly, not clean up after my builder. That said I recently discovered that brick cleaner (something used to tidy up new brickwork) cleans them up a treat. But generally once a year a quick once around with a scraper followed by an AquaVac and spot treating any stubborn stains has it looking like new. I remember being a little bothered by the cost when undertook the project, but now see the floor as one of the most cost effective projects I’ve done. There’s at least another 20 years in that floor.
Hi Mario - thanks for your question. What you don't see me do in this video is take a reference from the closed garage door and then just before the shot at 2:53 compare the laid tiles to that mark and it so happens that 12 tiles plus the ramps were 10mm short of the mark. Lucky I guess.
Yes you're right about the walls, they're not always square and the undulate a bit two. However the approach I took in the video would work well. Making the T shape made for a large 'set square'. and it left with with a choice. I could line up to either 1) the wall to the left, 2, the wall to the right, or an arbitrary like down the middle perpendicular to the back wall. In the end I simply shifted the T until it looked as straight as I could get referencing the completed wall panels to the left as you look at the back wall and then did all my scribing to the wall cuts on the right. In the end over the 6m length of the workshop the difference was about 8mm and I now intend to cover the gap with skirting board so frankly nobody will ever know it was a little bit out here and there.
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Interesting choice and quite pricey, as you said it's worth it for you so that's the main thing. I was planning to re-do the garage floor using an industrial epoxy based paint. The paint alone would have cost around £275, add to that the cost of prepping the floor using a suitable degreasing product, the time to clean etc and then the time to actually do the job plus the inconvenience of allowing the paint to dry properly. The cost of those mats suddenly doesn't become so substantial.
I looked at a very similar approach as I've used epoxy to seal, prime and paint a boat-shed floor a few years ago but something a bit more forgiving underfoot was high-up my list of requirements and painting would have meant an empty garage for a couple of days. The two hour self install was a bonus.
@@StrawbyteWorkshop I'm looking at using some stuff and the drying time is 12 hours, so that's comfortably 2 days of the garage being out of use. I hadn't actually thought about the comfort under foot element of it at all to be honest. Certainly something that I need to consider.
Great video Karl, my jaw dropped when you mentioned the price. I went for carpet tiles on concrete garage floor and they work great and are cheap.
It is jaw dropping but I couldn't not mention it. Almost 4 x the cost of carpet tiles
Very interesting Karl I will have to read the Duramat blurb. I am wondering what resistance to oils, greases and solvents it has and whether it provides, and by how much, warmth it gives over a cold concrete floor ( a lot I should think) . But I can read up on that, thanks for bringing it to our attention. Great job!
Checkout:
www.engineeringtoolbox.com/PVC-polyvinyl-chloride-chemical-resistance-d_2147.html
For information on the chemical resistance. Benzene, toluene and xylene are probably the only common solvents which will cause issues. And watch out if you're splashing iodine around.
As far as warm PVC has a thermal conductivity of 0.19 W/(m K) raw concrete ranges between 1.2 and 8.6 W/(m K) and given the key consideration is the wicking away of heat from the room through the floor in the winter I think PVC will be a huge help. If I need more then of course I can whip it all back up again and put a thermal insulation layer beneath on a warm July day next summer.
Excellent. was going to use epoxy paint but think this is worth the extra money
It certainly is. I've not regretted the extra money spent at all.
Hi Karl, thank you for the video. Did you consider insulating the floor as well?
Hi. Thanks for the question.
Yes, I did consider insulating the floor, which I could have spoken about in this video. Firstly when thinking about what I needed to do cost wasn't a problem, had I felt the need to insulate the floor I'd have happily paid the money. The deciding factors were a) the space would be largely unheated with 'cold' protection in the winter keeping the space above 5 degrees 24/7, and b) wanted to keep some form of level entry for heavy machine tools. c) it's pretty mild in the UK and we don't have a frost-line like some parts of the US where the ground surface is permanently below freezing for much of the winter.
Had the space been a bit more recreational, such as a gym or garden room, or perhaps a home office, I would have installed joists, insulation and caber-board (chipboard) flooring with any finished floor (such as the vinyl) on top. In those use cases you may well be heating the space for longer periods and overnight. The ceiling height is generous in the space so you wouldn't loose much height over all.
This would have addressed one unseen problem in the garage that is common on almost every garage floor: the floor slopes towards the garage door by around 60mm over the 6m length. This is to stop water from wet cars pooling in the space when you park up.
Very impressive Karl, as per. (Glad to see the memsahib was keeping an eye on you...😉). I did something similar, but I must confess I cheated somewhat. With so much ‘stuff’ on racks around the walls, I just couldn’t face the hassle of moving it all out. Using several packs of a much cheaper and probably inferior alternative to you (Rolson 6 Piece Floor Mat Set - 120 x 180cm @ £10 from Halfords), I emptied the main part of the garage but cut the tiles in round the racks. I know - it’s not as perfect as yours, but it works. They’re actually quite good and much better than the cold concrete floor...😉
I'd considered the same tiles and had them plus a hard-rubber outdoor play paver in the workshop for a while to try them out. Both 1 sqm. They both did the job but the softer floor dented badly and the pay paver had my tool stands, table-saw and so on wobble too much.
We'd emptied the workshop daily to get the walls done and in the end it just made sense to do it properly. Like I said in the video it's a feature of the workshop I enjoy every time I step in there. Anyhow, thanks for watching.
I guess I don't really use my garage workshop anywhere near as much as you do Karl, so it's not really supposed to be an "apples-for-apples" comparison. Certainly better than it was though 😁
That looks very nice and it really suits your workshop! 👍 👍
I used to use carpet offcuts which actually works well if you change them every couple of years, Then I managed to pick up some second hand rubber gym flooring tiles (not enough but it covers most of my work area)
Second hand flooring on ebay can be a good option for some people 👍
Thanks for the comment. I did almost consider a green 'fake grass' product designed for cricket batting nets which came up on Ebay which was very much like outdoor carpet.
I like the sound of that 👍
I used the foam interlocking tiles they sell in Costco, stops your feet getting cold, great for kneeling on and way more comfy underfoot
Very helpful video thank you, is it absolutely necessary to seal to seal the screed before laying the tiles, I would like to get the garage emptied, tiles down and back together in 1 day? My garage floor is not too dusty or damp.
I’ve had no issues laying the tiles on the concrete. Efforts to seal the floor prior to putting the tiles down were really about trying to keep the dust down from the floor. Thinking about the project again I think I would put a damp proof membrane down first. They’re fairly cheep at £25 for a 6mx3m sheet.
Hi There...video is really good.... love the other videos you produce, but I do have a question, like you I have opted for the duramat Duratile with ramps, how did you manage to ensure the ramps were in the right place relative to the garage door as your video you are only cutting the sides, was it that you were just lucky with the measurements working out correctly? I do like your idea to have one side where you remove the lugs great idea but that is only possible if the garage walls are dead true... when you started to lay the tiles, I noticed you did long edge first then the back edge I presume this allowed you to slide into position to suit and how did you ensure the tiles were parallel to there wall or did you not bother? Thanks
I think there's an comment answer that addresses the question you ask,
Fantastic job - exactly same situ as you: new build single skin garage. What did you seal the floor concrete floor with?
I used a 50/50 mix of standard PVA and water to seal the floor.
Hi there I like your videos. They are clear and answering a few questions that I have at the momemt as I clear out my garage to fit it out. Can you tell me exactly which PVC tiles you used from duramat as there are so many different types? Thank you
The link in the description takes you to the page on their website. The specific type was "DURATILE SOLID PVC FLOOR TILE 50CM (DARK GREY)"
@@StrawbyteWorkshop thank you
I actually had to rewind that then I thought you said you where 75 years old 👵😂. I don't think the forewoman was impressed with your efforts though 👩😂 Looks really smart Karl, merry Christmas to you and your family mate.
Thanks and merry Christmas to you and yours too.
Just ordered mine today from duramat in black checker plate.
Have you got it yet David just looking at it the now thinking about ordering some?
The black is amazing from an environmental point of view. Thanks for the comment.
@@williamn01 yes it now load with yellow ramps
Thanks for the video and information. May I ask, do you need to leave an expansion gap around the edges?
Yes an expansion gap was recommended by the supplier. 5mm if I remember correctly. Thanks for the comment.
Strawbyte Workshop thank you.
hi nice job i used mr chipboard and it's just fine
Loft flooring was considered... Thanks for the comment.
Been looking at these too. Looks great in grey and didn’t even think about turning them over to hide the pattern. Think your vid has made my mind up 👍👍
What size is your workshop and did they fit in a car ok. £40 delivery is a bit steep and I’m not far from Essex.
Thanks for the comment Lewis. To be clear about my tiles, they've been installed the right way up as these have a smooth upper face which was a must-have for me and I paid more for that effect. My workshop is 6.2m x 3.1m and with the walls installed 5.7m and 2.7m (roughly) and yes they went in the car fine - I've a small hyundai SUV and the all fitted in okay.
Thanks
No problem
Did you ever go back and add insulation underneath, or have you not needed to? I've seen this or I think similar on a video from DIY Creators I think she thought it seemed the best solution, so glad to see a UK review 👍🏼
No, didn't really need to as I've really not found the floor to be overly cold to touch - even when there's a hard frost outside. The flooring Glen in DIY Creators used is thinner than the DURAMAT flooring I used - he's also in Florida and I don't think the floor being a cold sink is much of an issue.
One of the factors I considered is that insulation is generally compressible under floors when you have heavy point loads - such as heavy stationary tools.
Anyway it's done fine with out. Afterall it's a workshop and I'm not wearing flip-flops on the space in the winter months. (and I'd recommend sensible footwear at other times too)
@@StrawbyteWorkshop good points 👌🏼
Thanks Karl. Do you think the tiles would work on a concrete floor which isn't quite as smooth as yours? My builders have left a textured effect to the floor (apparently to prevent slipping) rather than the smooth surface you have.
That's a really good question and my initial thought is that they probably would. One of the really neat tricks these tiles can pull of is that they are easy to take-up and put back down again. My floor looks completely flat, but to the right as you go in the floor is fairly uneven and I don't notice that unevenness as you go in. I guess the tiles bridge over the hills and valleys in the floor. Clearly if you put something down like this and the results were unsatisfactory then you'd whip the floor up and put down a screed to even the floor up. I fairly dry mix (not levelling wet) trowelled over the floor would fix a really rough texture. An alternative would be to lay a layer of 2mm polythene sound insulation down first. I hope that helps.
@@StrawbyteWorkshop ...thanks! ...im going to do that polythene underlay trick with these tiles on my less than smooth garage flooring!!!!
Which would you recommend doing first: the floor tiles or the insulation?
Hey Matthew - great question. I think in hindsight I would have done the floor first, or at least part of it. I think I said in the video that due with the tiles I didn't need a damp-proof membrane (which is true) but if I did it again and would install a membrane and tie the membrane into the damp course in the walls. This would be a building control requirement if this was a habitable room/garage conversion. In my case the floor was always a future project when I started the walls due to the cost. But having made such a difference to the space with just the wall insulation, I decided to spend more of my savings to complete the look.
Looks great! Quick question; is there any benefit in sealing the concrete if you’re going to be laying this flooring?
Yes I would say so. I didn't actually say in the video but the floor was sealed when I moved in to the space. It was a simple PVA type sealer and was intended to keep floor from creating dust and while reasonably effective it wasn't a tough finished surface. Alongside the flooring you see, I considered an epoxy coating, carpet and other floor types. But the motivation was avoid having to re-seal the floor again where foot-traffic and rolling tools had started to wear.
You don't need to go crazy with a specialist sealer in my opinion. I used 10l of Screwfix's No Nonsense PVA sealer - two coats until it was all used up. It dries very quickly in summer. With the tiles on top there's been no movement in the flooring and no wearing of the concrete underneath,
@@StrawbyteWorkshop Thanks so much! I’ve been working my way through most of your videos and I must say, they’re incredibly helpful while still fun to watch. Keep up the good work 👍
@@bcol127 Thanks Billy - I must admit I watch my own stuff all the time - I'm watching tool review videos at the moment as I have a sheppach bench drill in for review and I need reminding how to make a review video. Keep watching there's more to come.
I have also spent agonising amounts of time looking at various flooring options for my own garage workshop. The current concrete slab it is sat on doesn't appear to have a DPM so I have been looking at options which don't require me to have/ install one. I think this might be what I go for...
Thanks for the comment.
I've got exactly the same issue. Thinking of laying a membrane down on the concrete first then adding these pvc tiles.
What saw are you using please ? Thanks
It's a Makita SP6000/J2 240v Plunge Saw.
Are the tiles 500mm on the solid part or does it include the lugs?
I've just measured mine and the 500mm measures from the centre of the female lugs to the centre of the male ones in both directions. I went for these primarily based on the manufacturers claim that they were truly 500x500mm instead of 480x480 like other brands. With a floor area almost exactly 6m x 3m that was an important consideration and the tiles were a very good fit. I really only had to remove the male lugs from one side and trim 12 tiles down the RHS of the garage to remove the female lugs and account for the 170mm of insulated walling I'd installed.
I hope that helps.
Great thank you, my garage conversion is going to workout at around 3076mm wide after boarding out, so I was trying to figure out the amount required.
I have sent an email to the company for clarification but they haven’t got back to me.
At the start of your vids you said the garage had been too cold but you do go on to mention how much warmth the wall work has added and if any the flooring.
Hi Philip - These videos were filmed and edited last July and August when it was very warm indeed and the insulation had the Workshop around 5 degrees cooler than outside in the summer. I'm using the workshop as a work-from-home office at the moment and it's been lovely and cool lately. Over the winter the lowest temperature in the workshop was +5 degrees and the lowest outside temperature was minus 8 degrees. It's worth noting I have a small 350w dehumidifier running continuously providing a tiny amount of warmth. Perhaps more important to me is that before I could have a 2kW heater running constantly and not really feel the benefit. This winter it's been 15 mins with the heater on and I'm having to turn it off again. The flooring has made a difference it was thick vinyl and has helped with the heating.
@@StrawbyteWorkshop If just using it as a workshop is it still advisable to install a vapour barrier under any selected floor insulation? Thanks.
@@StrawbyteWorkshop I used to have a 3kW heater in my double garage. I since switched to a heat pump I got second hand almost for free. Yes, having it installed is not cheap but you are going to save TONS of money if you use your garage regularly. I was not aware that the Heat Pump is MUCH MORE efficient compared to the electric heater. I think it's three times as efficient, that is, when the heat pump draws 3kW from mains, it generates three times the heat than an equivalent 3kW electric heater. My 27000BTU heat pump generates a storm of very hot air and I can get my double garage "usable" in cold winter in just 15 minutes - then the heat pump will just slow down to keep the temperature.
I would definitely consider a heat pump for your space - you won't need a 27000 BTU for your space I presume.
@@tony359 That's good to know and something I've been looking into recently in the form of a heating/cooling mini-split HVAC. I will hold-off on that until the summer as I still haven't had my new electricity supply installed into the workshop, but separate breaker for heating is in the spec.
For now I'm using a boat diesel heater which is fantastic and costs pennies to run as I can get heating fuel pretty easily where I live due to a large number of marinas nearby.
Any suggestions for gym flooring?
Check out the company I used because they have separate brands that cover other uses such has horse stables, gyms, ,mixed marshal arts, children's nurseries and so on. Link in description I think.
5:56 "I'll be able to do some running repairs on the floor going forward" 🤪
You mean in the future, going forward is present tense - now!
Thanks for watching. I've fired my script writer.
I'm desperate to sort my flooring in the garage cos my legs are caving in...but the price is astronomical
Yes. I agonised over the project there really isn't a cheap way cover such a large area with a material that is going to last and be easy to keep clean. There is a cheaper tile available from Duramat (and from others on ebay) which could bring the cost for my 18sqm workshop down to under £300, but I wanted a smooth tile that wasn't black because I film videos in the workshop and I thought black would rob the space of light. Anyway thanks for watching.
Asad take a look at second hand rubber 'stable' mats on ebay and just floor in front of your workbench 👍
@@Everythings_Adjustable A really good suggestion. After putting in my floor I've seen pallets of similar stuff on Facebook market place here. Northamptonshire is pretty horsey.
www.halfords.com/tools/garage-equipment/garage-essentials/rolson-6-piece-floor-mat-set---120-x-180cm-552101.html here’s a cheap version I used. It’s more for a workout area than for a workshop for me, but for the price I found them pretty good
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