finishing lanai and garage floor
 

Greetings All,

We will be closing on our home in St. James on Tuesday, and we have much to do and buy. Question: Is it best to tile or paint the lanai floor, also the garage floor? If any of you have had a good experience with a company that does tiling or painting, please let me know. Also, has anyone attempted to do this themselves and had good results. Please share your success stories with me.

Another issue..... we need furniture, lots of good used furniture. I have read the posts about all the consignment shops and will check them out, but if any of you have furniture to sell (or a good used washer and dryer) please PM me.
EXCITED, EXCITED, EXCITED TO BECOME A VILLAGER!!!!!

Furniture
 

Try Craigslist Ocala for furniture. Some nice furniture shows up there and some is from TV.

If you want to look further, Craigslist Orlando has even more.

And, WELCOME to TV!

We used Amy Newsom for our front and back lanai's, the driveway, sidewalk and garage floor. She does concrete coating. We've been here a year now and it is so easy to take care of. She made the back lanai look like a tiled floor. If you want to come by and take a look just send me a private message on this system. She can do anything you want.

Mikitv, what did you have her do in the garage? Epoxy coat or stain? How long ago and how does it look now? I want to do something before we move in. I'm trying to figure out what I want and who I want to have do it.

Amy!!!! She did a terrific job in our lanai and our garage! Very neat and professional job.

We also had Amy Newsom she finished our lanai yesterday and will continue with our garage and drive way when the weather clears.The lanai looks great.

Lanai
 

I couldn't agree more. I watched them and saw the finished project yesterday. They did a great job on the Lanai. They were very quick and neat

I'm leaning towards epoxy coating for my garage - the style with the flakes sprinkled. Has Amy done this in your garages? If yes, how long ago and has it held up?

Amy
 

I obtained quotes from several vendors mentioned in TOTV and selected Amy Newsom, 352.308.7410. She did a great job on our driveway, garage and lanai! Maybe she can email some pictures to you. You'll want to match colors with your house and landscaping. I'd trust her to make good selections without your being there.

The house is now cleaner - no more concrete dust. Easy to clean. She will do any design you want. We chose 12" tile look, complete with grout lines and subtle line variations/ color contrasts in the corners and on the edges. It was such a good job a guest actually thought it was tile!

Outside the irrigation water and rain puddles on the slab, where it used to soak into the concrete and dry up right away. This makes it slippery, so be careful. The water evaporates fairly quickly.

It needs to be clear coated every 2 years. You can do it or Amy will call you when it is time and she'll do it for you. The clear coat will bring back the colors, which look faded after a while. Gasoline and solvents will damage it.

Compared to brick pavers I believe this is the better option. Pavers look great, but they get oil stains and crack frequently.

HI Madrose
 

My husband and I tiled (peel & stick- black and white) the garage floor.....We did the same thing in NC and got lots of compliments on the floor.....Had no problems and easy care!

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Mike, I spoke with a sales person at sherwin williams, and even though they carry both products, he recomended epoxy over stain. He said it will last much longer. The material is on sale next weekend, so I'm going to pick up enough to do my garage (about $100 for a 2-car kit). I'll let you know how it goes.

As i have posted in other threads, we used and were very happy with COST LESS Driveways. They did the driveway, walkway, garage and lanai. It was $1.10 / square foot. It was done in Feb/Mar of 2010. The garage floor still looks like the day it was done and this garage floor takes some pretty good abuse from jacks, dropped tools, etc....

I cannot speak to expoxy versus stain, they used stain and I was very impressed with the process and the way after prep the concrete sucked in the stain. If I went with epoxy, I would certainly like to ask some contractors who have had to do this for years. I am not saying I do not trust saleman, but I ......:undecided:

Good luck!!

Did you put some adhesive under the tiles? Floor looks great. I was just wondering if you did not put adhesive do the corners of the tile come up?

Corners are fine, have had no problem
 

not sure why the picture didn't come through! Oh well!...Tiles already have adhesive....Just peel and stick!

How much does Amy charge per square foot to reseal/clear coat?.....gn

furniture
 

Thanks! We think we will love TV!!! I Have been looking at Craigslist, but it's hard to buy stuff in FL when I am in Iowa. Will be there soon and can really look!

Mike,

We used Tim the Toolman for this. He does a great job - is prompt, polite and clean. He also did our garage stairs. I know many others here have used him as well.

I can't locate his contact info - but I know others have posted it here on TOTV.

k

if you are thinking of staining try:
cost less
fred at 352-750-1595
90% of his work is in TV, so that speaks for itself.

lanai and garage flooring
 

We had river rock put on our lanai floor and the garage floor and get wonderful compliments on how it looks. if you want to come over to see it, send me an email junewatkins@att.net and we can arrange a time. Also, we are selling our 48" tempered glass lanai table and 4 swivel chairs for $200. if you want to see pics send me an email and I can attach pics. Guess I could also send pics of the floor. we love it.

mulligan, I looked at the Sherwin-Williams website. Are you getting the H&C Shield-Crete? I didn't know S-W had that and it looks interesting.

katezbox, I have Tim Miller's phone number and I'm going to call him.

ajbrown, Thanks. I'm sure you HAVE given your floor coating a workout!

Our epoxy (water-based) coating with the flakes in it lost the base color within a year and has tire marks on it, as well. The area that lost color is by the garage door and it got rained on.

Carla B, do you recall the brand you used? Thanks.

It was Quikrete Epoxy Garage Floor Coating. My husband, a pack rat, still has the can, so that's how I know. You can google it and find many reviews on it.

Epoxy coating of garage floor: Tim Miller, 217-0561

Love to see your lanai

Tony & Ann
aloria1@embarqmail.com

Re: furniture-I have beautiful oval cocktail table w/glass top and 2 end tables all oval . One has 3 tiers the other 2. They are a Bob Makey design and are 1 year old.Currently shown on Craigs list in Ocala-asking $400.

Massapequa Girl
 

I'm originally from Massapequa. Class of 1970. South of Merrick Road. Just moved here from Valley Forge, PA. Didn't get a chance to visit "All American Burger" before we left :sad:.

I epoxy coated my garage in Ohio seven years ago. Hot tires have lifted the paint and it looks terrible. Is there any reason that wouldn't happen in Florida? It seems everyone I know has had the same problem. Wouldn't the staining last longer?