Expoly Flooring Vs Tiles

Tiles have a few disadvantages when it comes to choosing it for your garage flooring.

Expoly flooring vs tiles.

While those chemicals might clean the tiles temporarily they would ultimately lead to discoloration cracks and chipping. Typical installation time is about 30 minutes per mat. However epoxy pulls ahead on this one. Tile flooring tile flooring is available in a variety of types such as ceramic or stone.

If you have a tile with a pattern you will have to figure out how to get the 1 or 2 tiles out and get them cleaned. Quarry tiles which are often used in restaurants are highly porous and break easily and chip. They are probably the easiest to install since you order the size needed for your floor and then simply roll them out. While there are some benefits to tile flooring such as choices in styles and colors tiles are not even in the same ballpark as epoxy flooring.

Also the thicker or higher mil the flooring is the more permanent and resistant it will be. While interlocking tiles create a fantastic look for your garage floor it is the less seamless option in comparison to epoxy. Epoxy is a tough resin that is scratch and chemical resistant lasting up to 20 years. A ceramic tile cannot withstand chemical reactions.

Epoxy flooring provides durable protection against discoloration chipping and cracking. Roll out garage mats are in between epoxy and garage floor tiles price wise. Stain resistant epoxy floor coatings are stain resistant to many different chemicals. Tiles with an uneven profile may be difficult to roll over.

For durability both garage floor tiles and epoxy provide high performance coverage made for long term protection. However if you spill on your plastic tiles they will become very slippery and difficult to clean. Rigid interlocking tiles are also not quite as easy to clean as epoxy. On the other hand ceramic tile a popular restroom flooring choice stains easily and is often slippery when wet.