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Old Jul 30, 2006 | 10:27 PM
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Garage pimping aint eazy!

I'm so soar it's not even funny!! Oh well it looks great!
Well I finally had a free weekend to install the Garage tiles. I purchased them from Costco about 7 months ago. Thanks to some tips from Eric Sandoval, it was a fairly easy install. My wife and I actually did it all in about 7 hours. She did most of the middle section while cut the edges and corners. The three car garage took 12 boxes and 3 boxes of the edges. Also took about 5-6 boxes of the Pergo undercoating. I decided to do the larger 4 square pieces, for a couple of reasons, one it looked better in the larger garage, and second, it was less work

So here are the before and after pics.









Pergo Padding and new tiles



Notice the wifey hard at work




Two sides done..









And shes all done...



The cars love their new floor, It seems to have added at least 10HP too








All tucked away for the night...

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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 12:16 AM
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Nice work man, looks great.
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 12:21 AM
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awesome! my 3 car looks like crap, one door doesnt even have an automatic opener...

well done!
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 12:23 AM
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Wow looks fantastic what a difference, and the wife helped out too, can't beat that!
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 02:12 AM
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............congrats! This a great forum. I just did the same thing. I used black and red. At first I didn't buy enough tiles, so I had to do half the garage and then wait for the rest to arrive. The actual job wasn't bad except the leading edge has to be female and I learned the hard way while doing it. Cleaning it is a breeze. Just wipe and it is clean. You have nice cars too.

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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 02:19 AM
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Looks great. Both the garage and the automobiles.

I kinda get the feeling that your favorite color is black.
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 02:32 AM
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 02:44 AM
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Where did you get some of the posters that are blown up.
I love Porsche magazine ads. I'm really in love with them.
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 07:45 AM
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kevin: looks great. one question not about the floor whats up with the plate on your CLS?
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 09:16 AM
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Is that a "vapor-barrier" underlayment that you put down underneath the tiles? Was that required or was that your decision ?
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by bilabong356
Nice work man, looks great.
Thanks!


Originally Posted by alboogiee
awesome! my 3 car looks like crap, one door doesnt even have an automatic opener...

well done!
Sounds like a garage make over is in order
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Originally Posted by pas
Wow looks fantastic what a difference, and the wife helped out too, can't beat that!
Free labor well sorta


Originally Posted by Ted Baldwin
............congrats! This a great forum. I just did the same thing. I used black and red. At first I didn't buy enough tiles, so I had to do half the garage and then wait for the rest to arrive. The actual job wasn't bad except the leading edge has to be female and I learned the hard way while doing it. Cleaning it is a breeze. Just wipe and it is clean. You have nice cars too.

Ted
Thanks Ted...
Lets see your fleet & garage as well!


Originally Posted by 03see2thirtyk
Looks great. Both the garage and the automobiles.

I kinda get the feeling that your favorite color is black.
Thanks, I hate black!! no wait I love it,


Originally Posted by AMG_Power
which one is your baby????????
I would have to say this one... just cause its so damn fun!




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Where did you get some of the posters that are blown up.
I love Porsche magazine ads. I'm really in love with them.
Ebay


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kevin: looks great. one question not about the floor whats up with the plate on your CLS?
We did Euro delivery on it, so that was our temp. plate for Europe.



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Is that a "vapor-barrier" underlayment that you put down underneath the tiles? Was that required or was that your decision ?
No its like a pergo underlaying, strictly used so the plastic tiles don't squeek when you walk on them, another guy suggested it after he did his garage.
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 02:57 PM
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Outstanding job.

My wife's been bugging me to do this to our garage and now seeing your handiwork I might attempt it myself.

You said you received some tips to make it a bit easier, could you please share?

Also the Pergo underlaying, what exactly is that (did you also get at Costco).


Thanks
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 03:09 PM
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by jugdishoh1
Outstanding job.

My wife's been bugging me to do this to our garage and now seeing your handiwork I might attempt it myself.

You said you received some tips to make it a bit easier, could you please share?

Also the Pergo underlaying, what exactly is that (did you also get at Costco).



Thanks! Yes that perfo underlaying is basically a plastic padding, very thin, can be purchased in the Costco store, not online.

Tips would be.. Tools needed, plastic mallet, level (rubber one makes marks)
I used a jig saw, cause I didn't feel like buying a small table saw. The ends aren't perfectly straight but good enough for me. Home Depot sells one for $99 if you wanted to get one. Start at one end and work your way over. My wife laid most of the pergo and center tiles while did the cutting and worked on the corners. Also leave a 1/2 endge from all walls and corners, the tiles actually expand and contract with weather. Not much else to it,
two people 7 hours for a good size 3 car garage.
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 03:22 PM
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sick rides and garage !
Thanks Bro!
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 04:12 PM
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Your garage looks great Kevin! I refuse to work in my garage until summer is over. Although, you guys were lucky enough to have temperatures just under 100 degrees for the first time in a while this past weekend.
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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 10:33 PM
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With the cars and flooring that fan has to go....one always leads to another
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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 09:50 AM
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Great job Kevin...it's great that you and your wife share the enthusiasm to do things like this together....now I'm seeing a 3 ton widow unit in your future in that left side window. Sounds good doesn't it?

If you are electricaly/mechanicaly inclined (and I suspect you are) you could surface pipe a run (30 amp/220) from a new breaker on your Buss in your breaker panel. If it's in your garage (I don't see it in the photos) it would be easy. If it is else where you have a bit more of a challange.

With as much time you spend with your rides you deserve climate cotrol.
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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by sprink49
Great job Kevin...it's great that you and your wife share the enthusiasm to do things like this together....now I'm seeing a 3 ton widow unit in your future in that left side window. Sounds good doesn't it?

If you are electricaly/mechanicaly inclined (and I suspect you are) you could surface pipe a run (30 amp/220) from a new breaker on your Buss in your breaker panel. If it's in your garage (I don't see it in the photos) it would be easy. If it is else where you have a bit more of a challange.

With as much time you spend with your rides you deserve climate cotrol.
Thanks! Yea I'm fortunate to have a wife that doesn't mind some manual labor. I agree, and trust me I've been researching AC units, of course it will be a big job, my one and only window is a slider, so the whole thing has to come out for a larger 24,000 BTU unit which is what is needed to cool down that size garage. Also the breaker panel is completely on the opposite and furtherest side of the house, so conduit would be a chore in itself. But mark my words I will have one soon
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