SnapLock GarageTrac 12"x12" Interlocking Garage Tiles, 48 Pack, Red

If I’m taking the time to leave a review, it’s because the product surpassed my expectations. I’ve done epoxy coatings in the houses we have lived and that runs you about $400 a pop for a two car garage and over time, epoxy loses its color a bit and is really slippery when wet, not too much could peel if you didn’t do the prep right. I’m probably all-in with this flooring around $1,000, so $600 more than epoxy for something that functions well with kids; looks cleaner; and holds up better is a deal. Was very easy to put together. The only challenge was if using different colors, ordering just the right amounts so you aren’t paying for product you will not use. The black tiles do show dirt a little easier so I prefer the darker or lighter grays if covering a larger surface area. These are also easy enough to cut and shape if you run into having to do any of that.

The 25-year-old concrete garage floor in the house I purchased had small cracks, paint and oil stains, a few scratches and peeling paint in some area. The more I looked into repairing and repainting the floor, the more I learned about how difficult and expensive this can be. And then I heard horror stories about even the best epoxy coatings showing tire tracks on hot days or even peeling if the surface preparation was not perfect. My prior house had come with this GarageTrac floor garage covering, and for the 11 years I lived in that house it remained perfect - even under my 4,500 lb SUV. So I decided to go that way again in the new house. Installation is very easy if you have the right tools - a hired helper and I got it done in about 6 hrs. Most of the job gets done very quickly; the edging takes more steps. You select a starting spot and begin snapping the tiles together. My packages came in 2 ft. x 2 ft sections of 4 tiles already assembled. No surface prep is needed at all. Just sweep off loose dirt, and knock off anything that protrudes from the surface. Cracks and peeling paint do not need anything done. Now to some tips on installing this floor: 1.) Where you start is VERY important. While the material is sitting loosely on the garage floor, it is too heavy to move a big section later on. You want the front edge to be just inside the garage door, with just a small gap. The door needs to close onto the actual garage door, not onto this material. You could just place the edge of a tile right there, but it is better to add these items first (sold separatly: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0755MNVZ9/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 The floor material in not too think, but you really need these little ramp pieces to make a smooth transition up to the finished floor level. The tiles themselves have exposed "loops" on 2 edges and hidden pegs that go into those loops on 2 edges. You also need to start with a full tile a short distance (leave 1/4" for expansion) either left or right. The best way to accomplish all of this is to first lay a big "L" - a row of tiles about halfway across the front of the garage, exactly parallel to the opening, with the sloped edges attached, in the right depth so the door closes OK. The other part of the "L" runs from front to back. From that front-to-back portion, snap on a series of tiles until a full tile reaches to a point that is 1/4" from a main side wall. (My garage has steps on one side and intruding cabinets on the other, so I needed top find this spot about 1/3 of the way back.) Remember: these tiles have those protruding loops on 2 edges. Orient the tile so that one edge properly engages the sloped garage-front edging. And you want the edge extending to a side wall to be smooth, without the protruding loops. 2.) Attaching tiles The fit between tiles is very tight. The manufacturer suggest that you stomp the pegs into the loops to attach them. But this is very hard on the feet after a while. For most of them, I used a heavy rubber mallet to tap them together. Since two of us were working on the floor, my partner also did fine with a conventional hammer on a block of wood. These tiles are very tough, but don't hit them directly with a metal hammer. 3.) Separating tiles Once tiles are attached to each other, they really don't want to come apart. But you need to separate some of those 2 x 2 squares to get single tiles, and sometimes you'll make a mistake when laying the floor. The only way I have found to separate them is to place a piece of 2 x 4 under the UP side of a pair that need to come apart, and then hammer down hard through a wood block on the other side of the joint. You'll be afraid of breaking the tile (you won't), but it takes a lot of force. 4.) Finishing the starting rows of tiles. It will take you a while and some careful measuring to get these starting tiles in just the right alignment, but it is the most important step in the whole job. Next, add a few more rows of tile along the inside of the "L" along the front and front-to-back section. This makes the whole assembly more stiff, so you can make absolutely sure everything is dead straight and constant distance from front and side. But it won't be. No garage or room of any kind is perfectly square. We'll get to dealing with this. 5.) Laying the body of the floor. This is the easiest part. Just tap into place all of the 2x2 sections you can and then separate ed 1x2 and 1x1 pieces until all possible full tiles have been laid. Now give yourself a break - you are half done. 6.) All the rest of the tiles will require some cutting. The very best way to do this is with a table saw. For each partial tile, carefully measure the distance from the last full tile to the wall, subtract 1/4" and set your rip fence accordingly. On some tiles, you'll need to keep the side having the loops, so you need to compensate for those when the cut requires running those exposed loops along the fence. As with any cutting operation, cut the largest pieces first, so if you make a mistake you can reuse those scraps for smaller pieces. In my garage, I also needed to use a jig saw for small cuts around a pipe and the side tracks for my garage door. My total cost for materials and my helper worked out to just about the same as if I had an epoxy floor covering done. But based upon my prior experience, this floor will last at least a decade - probably longer - and no painted floor can claim that. If I somehow manage to damage one or more floor tiles, they can be replaced. One more tip: We keep our garage rather clean, but we cannot prevent the cars from dripping liquids. So I placed a pair of inexpensive 4' x 6' rubber-edge mats under the front of each car to catch that mess. When they get dirty enough, I drag the mats out to the driveway and hose them off.

These garage tiles are great! So easy to install. Love the graphite color and texture. They are very sturdy and hold up well under the weight of my vehicle.

Let's start with the bad. They shipped me the wrong color to start, this caused me a delay in getting started, and the inconvenience of having to haul the wrong color back to UPS and ship back. These boxes are not light, so that was a pain. They did however handle it very professionally, and I had the replacements in about a week. The replacement was actually the 'up branded' Racedeck version, that is the gray color in the photo, they are slightly sturdier and a bit heavier, they are 100% compatible with the Garagetac version, which are also made by Racedeck. Took me a bit longer than most of the videos, you do have to cut unless you get lucky and have the exact size, but cutting with a table saw is quite easy. I've had these installed now about 6 months, and they look as good as they day there were installed, I'm quite happy.

My honest review for those seeking true and trustworthy input. I have nothing to gain accept tiles purchased strength, stability, and longevity. WOW these are the best I've seen and owned. Very nice and super easy to clean. You can drive on them, pulling in and out with no movement at all if installed properly. Did half the floor like this for the auto and the other half with rubber interlocking tiles for those early morning strolls into the garage with bare feet and coffee. You'll need to purchase 11 boxes of 48 1-foot sq tiles to do 500 square feet of garage flooring. If you are doing only the area your car will sit on in your garage, make sure you purchase enough to go from the wall in front of your car to the entrance way aluminum seam on the floor as your pulling in otherwise, they will move when you hit your brakes. If you do this like I said they will never move. These are very easy to cut as well using a boxcutter with a new blade attached. No need to worry if you drop tools etc. on these, I am very impressed with their strength when given my personal abuse test. You can drive a dump truck on these, roll across any size fully loaded toolbox etc. I couldn't be happier all in, 2 thumbs up. 100% satisfied...

We had a paint mishap in our garage and I looked for flooring for our garage. I found this and it is wonderful! Very easy to install although we did need our son to cut some pieces for us since we did not have a saw. We put some covering between the cement and this flooring to cut down on the sound (clacking) and we love the floor. Highly recommend!

Our garage is converted into a living area with low carpet throughout. My son is cutting hair in half the space of the room and we needed to do something with the carpet on the floor for his barber chair and toolbox that he has for his barber supplies. Inside of ripping the carpet up from the room or half the room we were looking for something to lay on top of the carpet for the barber studio. I did some research and found these Big Floors GarageTrac Diamond interlocking tiles. I have to say it has been a wonderful purchase. We did buy two of the black 48 packs to cover the area we needed to in the garage. Now the barber studio looks Awesome! The Big Floors GarageTrac Diamond really give it a real barber studio feel. He has a black vintage barber chair and a black tool box, so adding the black flooring really has the room looking great. We also have a black partitions separating the other half of the garage which helps separate the two areas. So the barber studio is all black which looks nice. Besides looking great, the flooring is very sturdy as well. It supports a very heavy barber chair and very heavy tool box. It is protecting the carpet from any damage or liquid spills. My son does not trip while cutting hair standing on the tiles. Cleaning the tiles is SO easy. He grabs his broom and dust pan with handle and the hair sweeps easy with the flooring compared to the carpet. So if you need another reason to get this flooring that add the barber studio to the list of benefits. *TIP for putting the tiles together. Take off your shoes and socks. Use your heel of your foot and step down on the area to snap together the tiles. You will have the floor put together in 20 minutes. It works way better than a mallet. I know it sounds weird, but once we took off our shoes/socks we had that floor together in a Snap. LOL.

This floor was not easy to put together. I'm a 68yo woman. I did all the work myself in three days. It worked out great as I would have to shift things in the garage to complete a section. Something you cannot do if you resurface the floor with epoxy. I saw a YouTube video showing a man just pressing the tiles together with the palms of his hands. No way is that possible! I had my big strong weight lifter son come over to try it and he couldn't either. So you will need a large rubber mallot, knee pads and I suggest work gloves... and patience to complete. I figure that if the connections are that hard to put together then maybe they'll be strong and hold up longer too, so I'm okay with that. I also followed another reviewers advice and laid down weed block fabric to reduce noise which worked great and was easy to do. I noticed when the sun was out and warming the surface, it buckled a tiny bit, so be sure to leave expansion room as it suggests. I love the look! It covered all the 30 plus years of oil stains and paint drips etc and will be so easy to keep clean. I also purchased the edging strip so that my car rolls up on it without a problem. I'm proud of my garage now and thankful this project turned out so well. It was worth the extra effort.

Easy installation and durability, look and quality of product.

Love this stuff…easy to cut (used chop saw). Easy to position! Easy to clean. I get wood pellets delivered by the skid. 75 x 40 lb bags. When I had rubber garage mats they got bunched up and it took till next summer for them to flatten out again. No issues with this product!

Looks great, went together easily, took about 3 1/2 hrs. to install 400 sq.ft. Soft rubber mallet is much easier than stamping on them with your foot.

Heavy duty product. garage floor feels clean and i can walk without shoes. i just vacum when i have to clean. i also have put heavy duty shelves on the floor tiles...it holds up well without pinching it.

Very durable...but hard on the knees