Anyone have pictures of their garages/showrooms with Porcelain Tile floors?

Thanks

 

you cant run porcelain its too slippery and brittle. i wanted to run black porcelain tiles but my tiler said no way, it will eventually crack

 

Time to get a new tiler bud

No offense, but you have no idea what you're talking about, or atleast your tiler is clueless.

Go into any high end automotive facility (Ferrari/BMW/etc), hell even go to the manufacturing plant they are made in. You'll find porcelain tiles on the floor.

Not slippery, will not crack easily (not any easier than concrete chipping), and if it does crack, pull up the tile and put a new one in, not terribly hard.

The higher end applications use porcelain, and it works very very well.

(I'm sure Chad will chime in, but you can search for his other posts on this and other forums).

Ok, back on topic, not looking for opinions on porcelains superiority/inferiority, i'm looking for pictures. Thanks

P.S. I attached some examples, looking for more residential applications.

 

Porcelain Tile floors will work in a garage. Porcelain is very tuff. I own a construction company here in Dallas and have done many porcelain floors in garages and haven't had any problems with them. Just use a matt finish. Do not do ceramic tiles those will break.

Trent

 

Tile will work. Most of the time when tile tile chips or cracks it is due to lack of transfer to the back of the tile, this will result in a hallow spot in the tile. Make sure you do a moisture test on the garge floor first. I work in the tile industry for a manufacture of thinsets, grouts, water proofing etc etc. If yo ever need any tech advise I am a good source.

As a matter of fact lt me know where you are and I can usually set it up for you.

 

thanks, cause sold black porcelain is really what i wanted. i will talk to another tiler. funny thing is i have talked to others and they say that they have tiles cracking

 

re read my previous post....I have instructed at many tile installation clinics all over the US. If you need help pm me and i will give you my personal cell number.

 

what a great forum, guy i dont know willing to help out. thanks for the looking out but ill try a few tilers first.

 

Great info, I'm going to ask my builder about the porcelain tile, and if he won't do it, I'll call one of you guys above.

 

If you builder will not do it send me a email and I can stop by and look at it. We do a lot of work in dallas and do a lot of garages.

empireconstruction01@hotmail.com

 

One of my friends have porcelin and make sure you put a mat under your tires. His is starting to show wear where the tries set.