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How to Install a Garage Floor Covering
Learn how to install roll-out flooring in a garage or shop; watch a video showing how it easy it is to install roll-out flooring.
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Garage Floor Covering - Before Garage Floor Covering - run up corners Garage Floor Covering - cut excess
I chose to cover my garage floor with a rollout vinyl floor covering called G-Floor by Better Life Technologies.  There's no need to glue it down; just roll out on top of subflooring (as shown here) or directly on top of concrete. Roll out the flooring and cut it oversized; running it up the wall a few inches. Drop a piece of plywood behind the extra flooring material and cut off most of the excess material using a knife.   The plywood will keep the blade from dulling too quickly.
     
Garage Floor Covering - heat gun Garage Floor Covering - putty knife Garage Floor Covering - corner
If it's cold, use a heat gun to warm up the vinyl so it's more pliable. Using a wide putty knife as a straight edge, push the flooring into the corners, and cut it to fit. To fit the corners, make a vertical cut in the flooring at the corner edge.
     
Garage Floor Covering - cut corner Garage Floor Covering - 2nd Sheet Garage Floor Covering - pencil mark
Use the putty knife to push the flooring into place and complete the cut. Roll out the second sheet alongside the first. To butt the sheets up alongside each other, rather than overlapping, mark the seam with a carpenter's pencil.
     
Garage Floor Covering - duct tape Garage Floor Covering - vinyl sheet Garage Floor Covering - adhesive
Roll back one edge of the flooring and hold it in place with a piece of duct tape every few feet. Then, repeat the process on the other side. Roll out a vinyl seaming strip the full length of the floor, using the center line drawn earlier as a guide. Use liner adhesive to glue the vinyl seaming strip to the underside of the flooring.
     
   

Other Garage Home Improvement Projects You Can Do Yourself
How to install a garage door opener  
How to make over a garage  
How to install a custom garage organization system  
How to create an organized garage  

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