Interlocking floor tiles for garage in Pretoria
High demands are placed on garage flooring, from private to car parks in Pretoria and anywhere else in South Africa. First of all, the floor covering in the garage must be durable – after all, here you constantly have to work with metal, and it is possible that any parts or tools fall to the floor.
In addition, the garage floor should be as easy to clean as possible, since it constantly forms stains from all kinds of oils and technical fluids and, most importantly, has high abrasion resistance.
Traditionally, the floor is filled with concrete. At the same time, the strength is quite sufficient, but the abrasion and moisture absorption is very high, oil is absorbed into the concrete, the floor covering in the garage quickly turns black, and the surface layer begins to collect dust.
Therefore, a permanent garage floor is needed. Traditional tile is not suitable for a garage: it can be washed perfectly, but very fragile.
Garage floor tile requirements
Before making a choice in terms of material, and deciding which garage tile is appropriate in one case or another, you need to clearly understand what criteria the floor tiles should meet.
This is due to the specific conditions in which the operation of the garage premises takes place and, therefore, increased requirements for the finishing material. So, the properties that a garage tile should have:
- Chemical resistance. A garage is a place where a large number of chemicals are present, these are various types of car cosmetics, fuels, and lubricants and household chemicals stored in this room.
- Resistance to mechanical stress. Tiles in the garage are largely subject to mechanical stress: increased load from the weight of the car, high abrasion of the floor covering, possible pinpoint impacts from heavy metal objects.
- Water resistance. Floor tiles laid in the garage are constantly exposed to moisture and there can be several sources of its appearance: from the street during precipitation, during the arrival of a wet or snow-covered car, and washing it, if the arrangement of the room allows it.
- Fire safety. The garage, being a room with a high fire hazard, due to the possible storage of flammable and combustible materials in it, must be made of appropriate materials. Also, tiles for the garage must be non-flammable, or at least not support combustion.
- Frost resistance. Considering that most often the garage space is not heated and, to some extent, damp, frost resistance will be an important property in the characteristics of tiles.
