Re: Floor Materials for Garage-Courtyard-Porch?

Hi there macG,

I'm just wondering how come nobody or no one dared to answer your inquiry about floor finishings. I just hope my reply could still be helpful and useful to your needs since your last thread topic posting was last 12-2010. I really hope I could give you the right suggestions and answers you are looking for.:p

Let me start with your garage, if your garage is under your terrace or beside your house which is also under a roof, I suggest you use ceramic tiles or stamped concrete. This will make your garage flooring smooth and will be easy to clean, you may also utilize the decorative stampcrete up to your driveway for aesthetic effect. Stampcrete can simulate various designs that will satisfy your intended outcome. The only thing about stampcrete is that its quite expensive compared to tiles of your likings.:eek:

Now for your courtyard, porch or patio, decorative pavers would be nice too, they can easily be installed as long as the sub-grades are properly established, you can even do the installation by yourself. Cobblestones are nice too but have to be installed permanently, medyo mas matagal ikabit. It will also require preparation of the sub-grade then cementing of each piece of cobblestone, also some chipping of the sides of the stone to fit the previous laid stone.

Surfaces of pavers and cobblestones were purposely made rough for the purpose of traffic movement, para walang madudulas and probably also for texture. Comparing these two against stampcreting, pavers are more cheapper than the latter, but then that still will depend on you, if you can afford stampcrete, by all means go for it but if you are into saving some hard earned money , go for the pavers, you can even control your proposed project portion by portion depending on the availability of funds.8)

I too love all of these floor finishings since I myself have installed pavers on my driveway, though its not totally finished coz I'm still mulling in a combination of stampcrete and concrete pavers for aesthetic reasons and if my budget will permit.;)

Re: Floor Materials for Garage-Courtyard-Porch?

Hi there macG,

I'm just wondering how come nobody or no one dared to answer your inquiry about floor finishings. I just hope my reply could still be helpful and useful to your needs since your last thread topic posting was last 12-2010. I really hope I could give you the right suggestions and answers you are looking for.:p

Let me start with your garage, if your garage is under your terrace or beside your house which is also under a roof, I suggest you use ceramic tiles or stamped concrete. This will make your garage flooring smooth and will be easy to clean, you may also utilize the decorative stampcrete up to your driveway for aesthetic effect. Stampcrete can simulate various designs that will satisfy your intended outcome. The only thing about stampcrete is that its quite expensive compared to tiles of your likings.:eek:

Now for your courtyard, porch or patio, decorative pavers would be nice too, they can easily be installed as long as the sub-grades are properly established, you can even do the installation by yourself. Cobblestones are nice too but have to be installed permanently, medyo mas matagal ikabit. It will also require preparation of the sub-grade then cementing of each piece of cobblestone, also some chipping of the sides of the stone to fit the previous laid stone.

Surfaces of pavers and cobblestones were purposely made rough for the purpose of traffic movement, para walang madudulas and probably also for texture. Comparing these two against stampcreting, pavers are more cheapper than the latter, but then that still will depend on you, if you can afford stampcrete, by all means go for it but if you are into saving some hard earned money , go for the pavers, you can even control your proposed project portion by portion depending on the availability of funds.8)

I too love all of these floor finishings since I myself have installed pavers on my driveway, though its not totally finished coz I'm still mulling in a combination of stampcrete and concrete pavers for aesthetic reasons and if my budget will permit.;)

wow! maraming salamat sa pagsagot, sir rosy. mejo di na nga nakakabisita sa forum. your inputs are so valuable. yep. the garage is under a balcony. i agree that the tiles is a better option, or stampcrete. saw stampcrete in home depot. a bit pricey though. stampcrete din yung gamit ng ibang lugar sa makati. maski yung walkway near ayala museum. maganda nga.

i saw some of the houses in the village where i would be moving in, used pavers in their carports. nice. but then i saw the pavers at MOA, mejo ayoko na yata ng pavers. if not well maintained, di na sya kagandahang tingnan. at nilulumot din.

i think ceramic tiles and stampcrete are easier to clean/maintain. un nga lang, if there would be underground repairs, malaking trabaho. pero i am sure di naman ito madalas.

maraming salamat ulit, sir rosy. 🙂

Re: Floor Materials for Garage-Courtyard-Porch?

please post pics of the finished project.

we all love pictures here..hehe

due to budget and time constraints, my garage refurbishing is on the waiting list...

and i am rooting for the ceramic tiles..or perhaps the newer non staining synthetic 60x60 granite but a bit pricier.

Re: Floor Materials for Garage-Courtyard-Porch?

Hi there again macG,

Am so glad that you were able to read my reply on your inquiry regarding floor materials and hope I was able to be of help to you. Maybe by now you have already picked the material to use for your garage and driveway flooring. 😉

Yes as doc V said, why don't you post some pics of your finished flooring so to inspire us DIYers so to speak in renovating or still in the process of finishing our garages and driveways. :p

Now talking about concrete pavers, well me and my son who is a practicing liscensed landscape architect were just discussing about building materials, planting schemes, landscape designs and flooring materials since he just got back from a seminar in UP for landscape architects. Our discussions touched also upkeep of flooring materials adobe stones, concrete pavers, plain concrete, cobble stones and ceramic tiles etc etc. Through our small talk we sited parking areas of MOA, TRINOMA, Market Market in Taguig and others.

The problem with using decorative concrete pavers specially in such large parking areas or roads inside subdivisions is that the subgrade is not well l prepared and fully compacted. Since these areas carry lots of car weights and car traffics, pavers tend to move specially if not properly installed. Another thing is that since it is in open air or field it is exposed to the harsh elements such as rain and sometimes flooding which affects the sub soil or the base. If the sub soil gets drenched or subjected to constant flooding, the soil underneath softens and that will cause again the pavers to move in any direction if passed by heavy traffic. 😮

Actually decorative concrete pavers are sturdy materials too if used in not so large an area, they are good and nice for paths and walkways in a garden or a landscape, for patios and inner courts of the house, or around swimming pool areas. They are easy to install if sub soil is properly prepared, maintenance is easy too, after installation may I suggest you spray it or brush it with an anti moss or mould solution that can be purchased in various mall hardwares.

Hope this would be an added information to you with regards to paver blocks and its a pleasure on my part to share some know hows to other PHM members. Glad to be of help.