Best option to cover cement floor in brew area

[MaxStout]

Rubber horse stall mats. They're heavy and stay in place, good traction when wet, and you can hose them down afterwards.

 

[bracconiere]

Why not use shag carpet? Soaks up spills and with patterns like this, you'll never notice any stains! Win, win.

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i usually brew barefoot though, i think the spills would make it uncomfortable?

You do need to rake it periodically to keep it looking nice though.

yep, but maybe after a good raking a vacuum cleaner would clean it up?

 

[day_trippr]

How do you deal with rain/snow schmutz on carpet tiles in the garage?

[...]Have a giant PVC mat on one side, which is where the car goes.[...]

I would need a third - or even fourth garage bay to pull it off. We have so much crap in our two car garage that isn't "car" it's ridiculous

Cheers!

 

[redarmy990]

I went the professional epoxy route- Works great, non slip and easy to clean up after brew day. My only regret was not having them do the coved epoxy base.

 

[Knightshade]

How do you deal with rain/snow schmutz on carpet tiles in the garage?

Don't get much rain really..definitely no snow.

 

[DuncB]

Or ask them to run it up the wall 20 cm.

 

[Saunassa]

I would need a third - or even fourth garage bay to pull it off. We have so much crap in our two car garage that isn't "car" it's ridiculous

Cheers!

Same here with no garage space. Time to haul it all away when she is at work.

 

[Saunassa]

I went the professional epoxy route- Works great, non slip and easy to clean up after brew day. My only regret was not having them do the coved epoxy base.View attachment 733459

Good move going pro route, previous homeowner went diy in this house on 30 year old concrete. Don't think he adequately prepped before applying.

 

[alan sabatke]

I did epoxy flooring for a living for a while.

If you have bare concrete, 100% solids 2 part epoxy is impossible to beat. $150 USD or so per gallon, about 125 sqft per gallon. Anything cheaper and you should just use something else. Other epoxies may work, but are mich more finicky, some downright questionable.. Definitely don't use a 1 part, it's just paint at that point.

If you can't get it locally, you should again use something else. It's extremely dense. No chance shipping would make sense.

If I couldn't do epoxy, then I think I would go old school - VCT tiles and wax.

Idea behind epoxy or tiles for me is the same - I want to be able to squeegee it to clean up.

Thanks for the info!! Im in the middle of remodeling the basement with a good sized brewing room in it and hopefully done soon? Already have done several batches and with the hose, tri clamp fittings etc, always a mess on the floor. 1 part epoxy for sure! No floor drain but am removing the concrete floor along the exterior wall and installing an infloor trench drain, 8' worth and running it into the drain tile so any mess easily squeegeed up. Walls done with 42" high metal roofing and water rock above. Should be able to spray water freely with out damage. Great info, thanks again!!

 

[Dr_Jeff]

I would need a third - or even fourth garage bay to pull it off. We have so much crap in our two car garage that isn't "car" it's ridiculous

Cheers!

sounds like its time for a garage sale
get some cash and get rid of the junk

 

[day_trippr]

Well...that's the problem, hardly any of it doesn't have a reason for existing.

Most of it is yard equipment, some of it is boating: there's literally a pair of canoes hanging between the cars with the riding mower, dump cart, snow blower, lawn aerator, and two fold-up step ladders, all lined up underneath. Then there's the weed wackers, a rototiller and a power washer, a stack of saw horses, a two wheeler and a stair-climbing appliance lift, a trolling motor for the canoes, running down one outboard aisle under a couple of full length wall-hung shelves holding a few chainsaws of various sizes and fluids for all the equipment; and a couple of different canvas roof systems for the boat (Bimini and mooring types), stood up at the end of my bay while there's a 330 gallon heating oil tank behind her side; then her outboard aisle has the two rolling rubbish bins, a pair of 30 gallon trash cans, a wheel barrow and a shop vac.

Clearly, choices were made, so it's all self-inflicted. I've been holding out for a barn

Cheers!

 

[CharlaineC]

i'm currently researching what to do in my 10x10 brewhouse. I'm been thinking of epoxy but the tiles might be can potion