Upgrading My Workshop Floor // The Ultimate Garage Flooring

In this video I upgrade my workshop floor to what I believe is the ultimate garage flooring product.

A couple of years ago, I laid rubber matting on the floor to help with aches, pains and fatigue in my feet and legs caused by standing up all day on the hard concrete floor. It was an improvement, but the old adage of "buy cheap, buy twice" is pretty true in this instance.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Background
1:07 Why Rubber Mats Didn't Work
2:36 The New Flooring
3:30 Discount Promo Code
3:46 Installation
6:24 Problems!!
7:56 Finishing The Installation
9:03 Testing Durability
10:14 More Information

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[benefitthirteen]

Life is all about priorities and perspective. "The house that the workshop came with..." I believe yours are solidly in place. The flooring looks great.

[matthewwhitley]

" Buying the house the workshop came with" - Love it!

[spendtimesavemoneydiy]

Exactly the same reason I bought my workshop because it came with a house included in the price 😆
Nice video, great flooring 👍🏼

[WENDYOLSEN-COADY]

My workshop is in my shed. I used very similar tiles that are for kids playing. Didn't need tough so much as comfort.

[ciaanselfe]

That new flooring makes the workshop that little bit more professional, so much neater. I'm now very envious of your workshop. Thanks for the video!

[GoogleAreDumb]

Looks great, I'm a bit jealous! Much as I'd love them, my budget didn't stretch that far. For those with a similar problem, my solution was to go down a local reclamation yard and pick up a stack of used office carpet tiles they had from when a company rennovated their office. Cost me £25 for a stack that covered my single garage floor with a bunch to spare. Warm, comfy underfoot, and after a year and a half of regular use and wheeling heavy tools over them they're all as-new. Does mean you have to hoover rather than sweep the floor, but I can live with it to save £450!

[kristoffscuba]

I've had that exact flooring down for around year now. Much better for my back than the hard concrete. You will notice that your heavier tools and benches leave indentations in the floor from their weight on the castors, but those indentations seem to come out given a little time. I've been inmpressed with it.

[StrawbyteWorkshop]

Hey, there the same people I used in Manningtree, duramat are a sister brand in the same. I went with light grey and the only downside I could see is that every colour other than black was virgin PVC. Something I mentioned in my video on the subject. They only thing I've found that permanently discoloured the pvc is cement.or mortar. But you'll love the floor in years to come. Mines 3 years old and looks as good as the day I put it down. Nice job.

[barryirby]

I bought laminate flooring, (Pergo) at a freight auction. I paid $20 for enough to do my tiny shop. It's silver or driftwood gray and the waterproof version meant to go on a slab on grade. I put a foam pad under it. A huge improvement over the concrete and I am very impressed with how few things stick to it and what a beating it takes without showing any damage. Glad you got a new floor, looks much better.

[cuebj]

I covered the rough concrete floor of the void under the original floors of our mid 1930s semi with cushioned workshop floor tiles like those from Halfords. Brilliant. Wheeled crates move easily and it's almost a joy to crawl around under there - not just me either, electricians and plumbers appreciated it

[skunkwurkz]

I’ve had this same flooring from a different supplier in for over a year and it looks as good now as the day I fitted it. I chose it following Karl from Strawbyte Workshop’s review. It’s has been one of the best investments I’ve made into my home. I’ll be interested to see how you get on in a workshop setting. Great video as always!

[joeleonetti]

Working on concrete used to really hurt my feet and legs. For health reasons my wife and I have lost significant weight. My feet and legs no longer hurt working on concrete. Didn't expect to feel this big of a difference. Just passing it along as another possibility. Was talking to my doctor about this and he had a similar issue and was looking to get his knees replaced. He lost about 40 lbs and no longer needs to get his knees replaced. Of course, loosing weight is difficult. I just didn't expect it would have this big of an impact.

[robertbamford]

Workshop with a bonus house. The tight joints between the tiles are impressive - and resolve a question I had about dust collecting in the seams of the “sloppy” tiles available in the big box store.

[Karaon]

Looking really nice, Keith. I was going through similar task just recently as I found some linoleum roll in the trash, a huge 6x4.5 m roll. Had to go through the same process with the cleaning and moving stuff but just because I didn't want to cut it into smaller pieces I was really frustrated with how difficult that actually was. At some point I just decided to leave the units that were absoloutely filled with stuff floor to ceiling and cut a little portions in the corners. Made a really big difference in thermal isolation (untreated concrete floor) and on my legs as well. This covered around half the space I have, the rest has 1x1m green hard rubber panels I have connected with duct tape (both sides). And the panels are from trash as well as I got them after some bank decided to move from their location to other. It is a little thicker, so I overlayed the thin linoleum over it. Doesn't bother me so far.
Anyway, good watch. I like watching people take care for the space they spend so much time in. I love spending time in mine even just to have a beer and watch something or take guests.
Cheers from Gdansk

[AndreaArzensek]

This seems like a great option for concrete floors, they need to be somewhat flat to work (but that is a given for any flooring). We fitted our new workshop with wide pine planks about two years ago and I couldn't be happier with the comfort and warmth they provide but these mats seem much easier and probably cheaper considering lumber prices nowadays. Cheers

[gordonmonteith]

Have these down for about 5 years and are holding up well. Heavy machines do leave small indents if left in same position for some time. Doesn’t cause any real problems and would be happy to put down again. Best to lay on a warm day.

[gbarth]

I have the exact same flooring (same tiles, same colour) in my workshop since October 2018 and it's still looking fantastic. Great investment.

[craigdewar]

Haha, the house that the workshop came with. Love it. Floor looks great.

[AndyUK-Corrival]

That floor is great, perfect and so much easier to clean. Very satisfying project. Definitely use that in my new workshop once I have moved. Andy UK

[christopherbailey]

The house that 'came with' the 🤣🤣