Fitting guide
Everything you need to lay an interlocking floor yourself, from bare concrete to the last edge ramp.
Step by step
From bare concrete to a finished floor
Allow an afternoon for a single garage with two people. You need a rubber mallet, a tape measure, a pencil and a jigsaw or fine-tooth saw.
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Clear and sweep
Empty the garage and sweep the floor clean. Grit left under a tile stops it sitting flat.
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Check the concrete
The tiles follow what is underneath. Hairline cracks and stains are fine; fill any hollow deeper than a few millimetres and let it set.
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Plan the pattern
Sketch the floor on paper, a square for each tile, if you are mixing colours. Unpack the boxes by colour so you are not hunting mid-row.
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Start in the far corner
Lay the first tile in the corner furthest from the door with its loops facing into the room, then work in rows towards the entrance.
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Lock each joint
Set the tabs over the loops and tap down along the joint with a rubber mallet until the two tiles sit flush.
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Cut the last row
Measure to the wall, leave a 5 mm gap for expansion, mark the tile and cut it with a jigsaw or fine-tooth saw.
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Fit the edge ramps
Clip ramps along every open edge you drive or wheel a trolley over, so nothing catches the edge of a tile.
Tile calculator
Measure, then order once
Wall to wall, in metres. The spares cover cuts round posts, drains and door frames.
- Floor area
- 0 m²
- Tiles, with spares
- 0
- Packs of 25
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Mixing colours? Work out the area of each colour separately and add a few spares to each.
Finished floors
What you are aiming for
Questions
While you are laying
Do the tiles need to acclimatise?
Leave the boxes open in the garage for a day before you lay them, so the tiles are at the temperature of the room. Plastic moves a little with heat and cold.
Why leave a gap at the walls?
A 5 mm gap gives the floor room to move as the temperature changes, so it never pushes up against a wall and lifts.
Can I lay tiles over a painted or epoxy floor?
Yes, as long as the surface underneath is sound and dry. The tiles are not fixed to it, so they will not pull flaking paint up with them.
What if I damage a tile?
Unclip the tiles around it, lift it out and lock a spare in its place. Keep two or three from your order for exactly this.
Ready to order?
Tiles, edge ramps and sample packs, delivered to UK addresses.