In new home construction, garage floor coverings are all the rave. Although one might think of epoxy paint as the most obvious garage floor covering, there are many additional floor covering options available for consideration. When you are making the decision about the look and feel you want for your garage, pause to reflect on the reasons paint may not be the best option for a garage floor covering.

Listed below are a variety of garage floor coverings available rather than painting the floor. Many of them are easy to install for the DIY home owner.

One popular options is mats in sizes for both the entire garage or for smaller contained areas. The mats can be used in specific areas of the garage are called garage compartment mats since they do only cover one actual compartment. The garage floor mats, are easy to install compared to paint. To cover the entire floor simply cut the mats down to the proper size. Although compartment mats cannot usually be cut, they come in a variety of sizes and can be snapped together to form a liquid proof seal or even stacked upon each other.

Replacements of garage floor coverings are also a lot simpler than repainting. With and epoxy garage floor coating, replacement may include sanding down to the concrete when there are stains or other damages. Replacing a mat is as easy as throwing it in the trash or recycling. Manufacturers for both mats and paint kits claim they are stain proof and cannot be easily damaged as a means to justify their costs.

In comparison to a bare concrete garage floor, epoxy paint is probably a lot nicer to walk around on. However, compared to floor coverings that are made of thick rubber, epoxy painted floors will feel like walking on concrete. The ideal installation is to install mats on top of a painted floor.

Epoxy painted finished floors are less expensive that installing mats. If you are feeling up to the labor intensive task of painting your garage floor every few years, epoxy paint is the way to go. However, installing mats will be worth the extra cost and will last for decades as opposed to repainting every few years.

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