Anyone Epoxy The Lanai

[KsJayhawkers]

We are getting our garage floor epoxied next week and we have a small lanai (10x12). I was wondering if anyone has epoxied their lanai floor, and if so, would you recommend it over tile?

[laboutj]

Over tile? No, I wouldn't do that.

[KsJayhawkers]

Over tile? No, I wouldn't do that.

Would you recommend epoxy over the alternative of tiling the floor. One or the other.

[laboutj]

Would you recommend epoxy over the alternative of tiling the floor. One or the other.

If there is tile down now that you do not want, the choice is yours regarding new tile or epoxy. Either way, the old tile will have to be removed and the floor will have to be power sanded to remove the bonding agent for those old tiles. If putting down epoxy it will have to be etched with muriatic acid to prep the concrete before the epoxy can go down.

If you are going to use epoxy I highly recommend getting it from here: Garage Floor Paint | Epoxy Coating | Epoxy Paint | Color Chips (https://www.originalcolorchips.com/). Much better than anything you can get from HD or Lowes.

[JohnN]

I'd choose epoxy. It's quite durable and no grout.
I was quoted $1,000+ for a tile job, I did the epoxy myself in an hour buying one gallon.

I'm quite pleased with the result and if I ever need a touch up, it's easy.

[laboutj]

If you have to take tile out in order to put the epoxy down I would hire someone. It's bull work and you would have to get rid of the tiles. If you're putting it down over concrete then yes, you can do it yourself.

[John_W]

One alternative to tile, is using one of the driveway finishers to stencil their porch and lanai. Almost all my neighbors have done it that way, some even did it themselves by just criss-crossing painter's tape. Some go with designs, some just have it speckled and then a border added. It could look like this;

Before

https://southernhospitalityblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/patio.jpg

After

https://southernhospitalityblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/daich-spreadstone-lake-rock-6.jpg

Here are other ideas

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https://i.pinimg.com/474x/e2/f0/3a/e2f03a0fab5e7cc8237857b646592654.jpg

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[Topspinmo]

Depending on what type of tile? Tile can be very slick when wet.

[KsJayhawkers]

One alternative to tile, is using one of the driveway finishers to stencil their porch and lanai. Almost all my neighbors have done it that way, some even did it themselves by just criss-crossing painter's tape. Some go with designs, some just have it speckled and then a border added. It could look like this;

Before

https://southernhospitalityblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/patio.jpg

After

https://southernhospitalityblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/daich-spreadstone-lake-rock-6.jpg

Here are other ideas

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/96/a2/f1/96a2f14cef6c8c03c5e465116b57d947.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/474x/e2/f0/3a/e2f03a0fab5e7cc8237857b646592654.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/25/85/47/25854713a19cb7c7168142c1eab06c71.jpg

Thanks John!! Just what I was looking for

[EdFNJ]

Epoxy can be very slippery when wet even with EXTRA "sharkbite" thrown in it. I would think in a lanai where the condensation on a cold damp day could be worse it could be even more slippery. Other than that it's great. We have it in garage with 3x the normal sharkbite and it's still somewhat slippery when wet.

[cj1040]

Tile is a pain - hard to replace if it cracks, slippery, and grout gets discolored in the traffic areas over time and can also crumble. I am going to epoxy - they can make a sand finish if you dont want it to be slippery and you can clean by mopping and have a design made on it if you want.

[gbs317]

I went with the epoxy. Edison Concreations did a stenciled look as if bluestone slate was laid down. So far after three years it's holding up fine and looks good.

[Medtrans]

I went with the epoxy. Edison Concreations did a stenciled look as if bluestone slate was laid down. So far after three years it's holding up fine and looks good.

Exception floors that already have a coating in them. Some lanai’s are just cement and some the builder put a finish on them. You cannot epoxy over that finish. I believe it has to be taken off first. We had Edison look at it, I can’t remember if he said it would have to be sanded first or what they had to do but you can’t put one finish over the other. So far, we haven’t done anything as we go back and forth with floor finishes.

[Connylee]

Woody Foster epoxied my lanai and I would do it again. I thought about tile but was afraid of it being slippery when wet or damp. I also put a decorative rug down and can change it anytime I want to.

[La lamy]

One alternative to tile, is using one of the driveway finishers to stencil their porch and lanai. Almost all my neighbors have done it that way, some even did it themselves by just criss-crossing painter's tape. Some go with designs, some just have it speckled and then a border added. It could look like this;

Before

https://southernhospitalityblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/patio.jpg

After

https://southernhospitalityblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/daich-spreadstone-lake-rock-6.jpg

Here are other ideas

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/96/a2/f1/96a2f14cef6c8c03c5e465116b57d947.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/474x/e2/f0/3a/e2f03a0fab5e7cc8237857b646592654.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/25/85/47/25854713a19cb7c7168142c1eab06c71.jpg

Love the diagonal design!!

[DangeloInspections]

Here is another option that I did in my Lanai to cover up 3 different floors a previous owned did. These plastic tiles are from Ikea. With some discounts applied, I bought these for about $2.00 a sq ft. They snap together, very easy to do yourself.88116

88117

[Ndomines]

I epoxied the garage floor. Looks like solid granit. Cost nearly 2k to do.
A little sand on the floor or a very little water and your feet will go right out from under you. DO NOT DO IT. I wish I
had been warned! The epoxy absorbs anti skid aggregate making it useless. . Epoxy is not for outdoors!. Anyone tell you different is not telling the whole story. Use SOLVENT BASED concrete paint applied by a pro and sealed.
Don't say you weren't warned.

[mpefloral]

This past weekend we attended the Lake Sumter home show. We inquired about using the terrazzo (speckled epoxy) look done on our unheated/no air Florida room. The contractor said that would not hold up because of the uv exposure. We could look at other designs for the driveway but the terrazzo look was made for basements & garages where there I'd no light.

[DRRoberson]

What was used in the last picture? Is that stamped first? Did an installer do this or individual?
Thx,

[am.zinger@aol.com]

If the diagonal is on your lanai... please post the specifics of who did the work for you, name, contact number. Thanks

[OhioBuckeye]

I'd choose epoxy. It's quite durable and no grout.
I was quoted $1,000+ for a tile job, I did the epoxy myself in an hour buying one gallon.

I'm quite pleased with the result and if I ever need a touch up, it's easy.
John, I’ve done a garage floor myself. It was a new floor & I etched it like it told me on the can. Like yours it turned out beautiful, but as time went on where my car tires sat on it & started fading & pulling up from hot tires. I know it says NO hot tire pull up, that’s BS, it will. Not trying to discourage you but enjoy it for about a yr. If I ever do it again I’m going to use Industrial Epoxy. It cost about 4 times the money that the ones in a hardware cost. Then again maybe you did use the better grade.

[NoMoSno]

We are happy with Chattahoochee stone in the lanai.

[ron32162]

epoxy over tile no. If the tile is in great shape that's existing (nothing loose) you can tile over tile in the lanai

[John_W]

Here is another option that I did in my Lanai to cover up 3 different floors a previous owned did. These plastic tiles are from Ikea. With some discounts applied, I bought these for about $2.00 a sq ft. They snap together, very easy to do yourself.

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/attachments/villages-florida-general-discussion-73/88116d1613044073-anyone-epoxy-lanai-img_2545-jpg

That looks nice, I covered my small lanai with indoor/outdoor carpeting 10 years ago, but it's starting to look drab. I think if I ripped it up it will be a mess since it was glued down. These look like they could go right over top. I found this on IKEA website, I guess this is the same stuff.

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/images/products/runnen-decking-outdoor-brown-stained__0907894_PE619791_S5.JPG?f=s

RUNNEN
Decking, outdoor, brown stained9 sq feet
$24.99/ 8.719 sq feet

RUNNEN Decking, outdoor, brown stained, 9 sq feet - IKEA (https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/runnen-decking-outdoor-brown-stained-90234226/)

[Sailohio]

We had our lania epoxied about nine years ago. We did not consider tile. I imagine tile would be more expensive. We had our garage and driveway done at the same time. The driveway requires annual or bi-annual sealing although we have sealed it about every other year and it looks fine. The only disadvantage to epoxy is that petroleum products will ruin the paint, i.e. gasoline. Not an issue in the lanai but certainly in the garage. All in all, we are very satisfied and happy with the look. Private message me if you want to stop by to see it.

[debmor973]

Here is another option that I did in my Lanai to cover up 3 different floors a previous owned did. These plastic tiles are from Ikea. With some discounts applied, I bought these for about $2.00 a sq ft. They snap together, very easy to do yourself.88116

88117

This looks really nice and seems like a good solution for our screened lanai - does it get slippery when wet?

[Mjsmithx]

You do not state if your Lanai is enclosed or not. Ours is enclosed and we chose to have ceramic plank tile (looks like wood, very small grout lines) installed. Ours was originally painted with a design and could not be mopped easily. I love the tile and it makes it look like it is part of the house. In fact, it is my favorite room in the house.

[KsJayhawkers]

Here is another option that I did in my Lanai to cover up 3 different floors a previous owned did. These plastic tiles are from Ikea. With some discounts applied, I bought these for about $2.00 a sq ft. They snap together, very easy to do yourself.88116

88117

These look great!! Thanks for sharing and I will look at these

[laboutj]

John, I’ve done a garage floor myself. It was a new floor & I etched it like it told me on the can. Like yours it turned out beautiful, but as time went on where my car tires sat on it & started fading & pulling up from hot tires. I know it says NO hot tire pull up, that’s BS, it will. Not trying to discourage you but enjoy it for about a yr. If I ever do it again I’m going to use Industrial Epoxy. It cost about 4 times the money that the ones in a hardware cost. Then again maybe you did use the better grade.

The stuff from the big box stores looks good when you first do it. It will break down eventually where your tires are, especially if you turn the wheel a little bit. That is why I recommended originalcolorchips.com in a previous posting. I did my garage in Mass. several years ago and since have had road salt and sand dropped on the floor during the winter. Using a hose and large squeegee it cleans up and looks exactly like it did when I first put it down.

It is slippery and you have to be careful. If it's an enclosed lanai you should be fine. If it's just screen and moisture can get in, add the sharkbite to give it texture.

[DangeloInspections]

To reply to those asking about our plastic Ikea tile, John posted a picture of the wood ones. Ikea makes one with wood, which is more expensive, and plastic in black, gray and perhaps one other color. My Lanai is rather large under roof, about 800 sq. ft. So I needed a lot of them.

At the time, Ikea was running a deal with so much off up to a dollar amount. I ended up making like 8 orders to get the price per tile down to like $2.00 each.

They snapped together, strong but they cut easily....I used a sliding chop saw and jig saw. Any rain goes right through them, and they are not slippery.

Just another option....Thanks! BTW, John, I really like your posts and the way you easily post pictures....when I posted these pictures they posted small and I could not get them to show larger like you did. You are so very good at this!

Frank D.

[Villagesgal]

To reply to those asking about our plastic Ikea tile, John posted a picture of the wood ones. Ikea makes one with wood, which is more expensive, and plastic in black, gray and perhaps one other color. My Lanai is rather large under roof, about 800 sq. ft. So I needed a lot of them.

At the time, Ikea was running a deal with so much off up to a dollar amount. I ended up making like 8 orders to get the price per tile down to like $2.00 each.

They snapped together, strong but they cut easily....I used a sliding chop saw and jig saw. Any rain goes right through them, and they are not slippery.

Just another option....Thanks! BTW, John, I really like your posts and the way you easily post pictures....when I posted these pictures they posted small and I could not get them to show larger like you did. You are so very good at this!

Frank D.

Thanks for your post. I like the look and the price, plus I can do this myself.
I was hesitant to do tiles or epoxy, this is a good looking alternative that I think looks great. Thank you.

[LianneMigiano]

Make sure that you have something put into/onto the paint so that it isn't slippery. Had a friend who fell on the wet floor on the paint that was in the home when purchased. We also had issues when filling the batteries in our golf cart.
The accidental overflow ate away the paint very badly. Just some considerations....

[John_W]

...They snapped together, strong but they cut easily....I used a sliding chop saw and jig saw. Any rain goes right through them, and they are not slippery.

Just another option....Thanks! BTW, John, I really like your posts and the way you easily post pictures....when I posted these pictures they posted small and I could not get them to show larger like you did. You are so very good at this!

Frank D.

Since the rain will go right through them, it probably wouldn't be good for me to lay them over the indoor outdoor carpet. Unless the wood versions are different?

As far as the pictures, yours are small because you uploaded them directly to TOTV. After you had them online in your post, when I posted them they became big. Normally to get big pictures right away, you have to have them online with a third party website. I use my Facebook page since it's free, you could use your photo gallery here on TOTV or any third party site, or you can also copy any photo that's already online, like I copied yours. Right click the mouse on the photo and select 'copy image address'. Then when you're writing a post on TOTV, click on the postcard image in the toolbar, and paste the address and click OK.

[DangeloInspections]

Thank you John,
Yup, you would probably want to take up the outdoor carpet, which should not be too bad. The wooden ones would allow the water to go through. They look great, but my concern would be fading and the need to re-stain down the road if or when they started to fade. The plastic ones served my purpose. Also, thank you for the tip on pictures....I used to use photo bucket years ago but I think they started charging, etc. I wish you could just "drag and drop"....Thanks! Frank D.

[Tmcbryan]

Sunlight causes significant damage to epoxy

[Spsmith444]

We are getting our garage floor epoxied next week and we have a small lanai (10x12). I was wondering if anyone has epoxied their lanai floor, and if so, would you recommend it over tile?

We had it epoxied and a design. Love it