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In new construction garages, garage floor coverings are all the rave. Although one might think of paint as the most obvious solution, there are many garage floor covering options available for consideration. When you are making the decision about the look and feel you want for your floor, pause to reflect on the reasons paint may be out shined by a garage floor covering. In this article we will discuss a variety of garage floor coverings available to you outside the standard painted floor.

Garage Floor Coverings Means Simple Installation

There are two different types of mats: some designed for the whole garage, and some just for certain areas. The ones that are just for certain areas are often called “garage compartment mats”, probably to signify that they only cover a particular compartment. Both are a lot easier to install than either paints or tiles. With whole garage floor mats, the mat is typically cut to match the floor of the garage, then laid out. That’s it. With compartment mats, you generally cannot cut them, but they come in all sorts of different sizes, and many of them either snap together or lay on top of each other to make a seal. In this way, you could theoretically complete your garage flooring, but that would be very, very expensive, especially compared to an epoxy paint kit that will cost less than $100. Unfortunately, as they are easy for people to move around, they are also easy for car tires to bend and bunch, although there are many that advertise that they are not susceptible to this.

Garage Floor Coverings Means Simple Replacements

Coverings are also a lot easier to replace. A damaged or stained epoxy garage floor coating means either living with it, or replacing it, which may include sanding down to the concrete. A garage floor mat can just be tossed in the garbage, or recycled. Convenient but, again, expensive. Both paint kits and mats claim that they cannot be stained and are not easily damaged, but what is advertised and what actually happens may or may not be the same. Tile are also easily replaced, provided you can get replacements that match and that your old ones are not too faded.

Garage Floor Coverings Can Provide Comfort

Epoxy kits claim that they make walking through the garage less jarring, and I’m sure that in comparison to a concrete garage floor, that is true. But garage floor coverings made of thick rubber are going to be a lot better at absorbing shock. This is true whether you’re walking around, or laying on them to work. That’s not to say you can’t get a garage floor mat and set it on top of a painted floor, of course.

Garage Floor Coverings Are Less Expensive…Sort Of

Epoxy paint is dirt cheap, there’s no doubt about that. If you need to cover your whole floor tomorrow, and you have no problem doing the work yourself, then epoxy away. However, if you have to pay someone to apply the epoxy, a big garage floor mat suddenly starts looking very attractive.

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