Swisstrax Review and Why You Need It! The Best Garage Flooring!
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
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Kyle Avise
kyle.avise@swisstrax.com
U.S. Regional Sales Manager
SwissTrax Corporation
Cell 760.702.2755
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I went with Swisstrax smooth for the flattest surface for optimal rolling.
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Intro 0:00
What I Love About The Swisstrax Floor 1:47
Comparison to Race Deck 13:33
Swisstrax Options 16:24
How To Get Swisstrax 17:55
Install Timelapse 19:44
Wrap Up 25:18 - Авто та транспорт
Ordered through Kyle, got a better deal than everywhere else. So far everything is smooth, waiting for delivery 👌
Good review strongly considering this for my garage!
Wow that’s looks great. Thank you for the info.
Garage looks great! Thanks for the info 🤙
Great review! I’m getting Swisstrax for my new 32’ x 24’ garage. Can’t wait
If you contact my sales guy linked below and mention my name I get a small referral fee that would be much appreciated!
Great video! I have a 40’ X 60’ garage that I paid $10,000. To have an epoxy floor installed. It was supposedly a commercial floor the US Navy was using! Within a year I had a rear end leak in one car and a transmission leak on another. Both leaks caused bad stains on the floor that have not come out. The contractor went out of business! I would suggest anyone wanting to cover their garage floor use this as epoxy will not hold up!
Dan
Great video
Good Video, I would like to know if you have any issues with the tiles lifting when you are parking and turning the wheels?
Awesome video mate. Just ordered myself jet black ribtrax swisstrax for my double garage! Can’t wait for it to arrive next week and fit it! Going to feel completely different 😊 Supporter from Sydney!
Awesome! Thanks for the support! Did you mention my name when you ordered? I get a small referral fee if you did
@@SourceGarage oh I ordered it a few days ago from a distributor in australia
@@antonyv8171 If swisstrax has a sales rep in australia and you have a large enough order, they can likely get you better pricing than what you would see listed on a distributors website. If you can't find a sales rep there, I would email my contact and see if he can help you get better pricing possibly
Nice video! What car lift is that?
Very cool video, thank you!
Question: Living in the mid-west, and bringing in wheel-wells full of frozen slush, salt, cinders, dirt, etc... Does all this "sediment" that collects under the floor begin to smell "dirty" after a while? Like, actual wet dirt smell? Since this video is three years old, figured you'd have a good handle on this by now. Thanks again!
Where did you get the lift from ? Floors look top notch btw.
Informative video, love the look. I notice your driveway has a slight incline up to garage floor level. Have you had to modify how you drive into the garage because you have what are loose tiles lining the floor. I have a front wheel drive Audi and am concerned about the front tires gripping and dragging on the tiles as I have a short driveway with about a 15 degree gradient and generally have to give it a bit of gas going into the garage.
I wonder what an all pearl silver floor would look like
I can tell you’re a Detailer by the way ur corvette looks and shines
But where is the snow water and pressure washing water running too? Do you have a drain system?
Nice review - however, to be fair and compare apples to apples - the racedeck has 2 options. The 12"x12" race deck is only half inch thick. I am sure that is why they felt flimsy. They have a 18x18 tile that is 3/4" thick, same as swisstrax. I do feel swiss trax is probably a better product.
It looks good but how can we clean or mop the floor?
Nice job Sam! My color combo as well! What storage system do you have. I’m looking at Newage after the floor! Thanks!
Yes I went with newage cabinets but the line I have they no longer carry. I think they are a good value.
@@SourceGarage Thanks Sam. I kind of liked the flip up doors! Have a great day and thanks for the reply!
What brand tool chest do you have?
What colors other than the black?
Great video, just installed mine. What kind of creeper is that?
Traxion
Nice video and good choice in vehicles 😎have a C7 z07 too. Have you tried using floor jacks and do they dent the tiles? What lift is that?
Yes, floor jacks are safe. They specifically even advertise you can use floor jacks without issue. You have to put a lot of force with something seriously heavy to make a dent in them. The lift is a Twin Busch.
Where in Wisconsin are you?
I may have missed it, but what happens to all the dirt and junk that gets caught down in the little recesses? How does that get cleaned out vacuum? What's the maintenance like on this system?
I saw another video where the guy just pulled large sections of the floor out the garage, cleaned the dirt off the floor, then slid the flooring back in. Very easy.
Doing a video soon on the tiles I went with. Almost half the price of these.
What does it look like? Have a link?
What lift is that?
I have a 2 car garage and would like to use half the garage for a small home gym. How does the floor feel vs concrete if you are touching it? For example would doing a plank on Swisstrax hurt your arms any more than on smooth concrete?
No I think it would feel about the same. They are just very hard plastic.
@@SourceGaragethanks!
How about brake cleaner? Will it hold up to it? We all use it to clean parts and whatnot.
yes it will hold up fine. It is extremely chemical resistant so light acids/bases like are in cleaners are no problem at all
Just beautiful. What did these flooring tiles cost per square foot?
Too much
@@sigma9102 everything is too much and you get what you pay for. these are superior and worth the extra cost above regular garage 'shingles' that you can get at lowes or hd.
How level does the floor need to be? If the expansion joints ( or cracks) have high spots do you have to grind before installation?
I would say that is personal preference. My floor was not even remotely level. The expansion joints on one side were a good 3/4"-1" higher in some spots than the lowest points on the slab. The tile will just slope with the floor and I completely have forgotten about it for the most part. It will only be a problem if you have some points where there is a rapid change in level where the tiles would hinge over the high point and when you walked on them they would slap down to the concrete slightly.
@@SourceGarage Did not find leveling addressed on Swisstrax FAQ's nor any other video I have watched. My expansion joints have a few high points but not more than 14" high. I will wait to grind once I have tried the tiles first. Thank you for your response.
How bad was tile wastage, Im guessing once you have cut small strips off the edge where the snap connectors are, the rest of the tile is useless ?
I actually would up reusing the opposite side to cut a strip off for the other side of the garage. But yes your concept is correct, once you cut a piece, the other parts can only be used really for edge pieces. My garage was not laid very square which made it a lot worse but if you have a square garage and plan your tiles correctly the waste should be minimal
how does it hold up to a hydraulic floor jack? also I have rhino plastic ramps. will the ramps slide along as the car rolls up on them?
Totally fine with a floor jack. The ramps I'm not sure. The plastic is smooth but if there was some kind of texture on the ramps I imagine it would work. Or you could put some kind of weight in front
@@SourceGarage that for the quick response. In the process of painting the garage walls now . for the ramps, i'll just have my wife hold her foot up against them. LOL just kidding. i'll figure something out. thanks again.
@@pwrshots no problem. if you do go with swisstrax and use my referral link below i get a small kickback that is appreciated
What three tile choices did you go with?
black, grey, silver of the smooth trax
Thanks for the vid. I understand that all the crap will stay under the tiles 😵💫
But the good thing is u can’t see it
Crap=bugs.....mold.....washers.....screws......nuts.....small bolts......allen keys......
how does water drainage work?
just drains through the slats in the tiling to the floor underneath. Ideally you would have a slightly sloped floor leading to a drain otherwise it just pools underneath, but at least you are not stepping in it.
Do you need any sort of proper drainage system underneath the Swisstrax tiles, or is literally just the concrete floor ok.. just wondered where collected water actually goes.. or does it just evaporate.
Ideally you would want a sloped epoxy floor underneath to go to drainage, however it is not required. I know several people with just concrete underneath including myself and I just let any water evaporate. because my garage is not sloped out properly or epoxied though, I would never do a full wash inside because there would be no easy escape for the water.
Thanks for the advice and recommendation, cool looking garage btw
What do I do with the manufactured cut in the cement ? There about 4' x 8'' cuts. Just tile over them ?
How does it hold up to turning tires
Never had any issues. Nothing has twisted or moved at all for me or that I've heard of from anyone with swisstrax
@@SourceGarage wow thanks for quick response. Sounds like a winner
Have you ever spilled oil on them? That's something that always comes to mind when I consider them. I do a lot of work on cars in my garage and I feel like it would be a pain to deal with.
So far I have spilled oil, transmission fluid and coolant on them and they wiped right up with no problem. The only very slight annoyance I would say is that some of the liquid may sit in the grating a little bit and it takes a couple minutes to wipe out, but other than that it cleans up no problem.
@@SourceGarage When that happens what's the process? Pull the affected tiles, spray down with brake cleaner, wipe dry and re-install?
@@gerrytseng Pretty much. Thankfully they pull up and reinstall very easily. and they don't seem to stain easily. The red transmission fluid I got on it sat for a few hours in a couple small spots I initially missed and they wiped right off later without leaving a mark on the white tiles.
Curious. Is your refrigerator sitting on the track or is the track surrounding it.
Sitting on it
@@SourceGarage One more question. How has the track held up. Reason I ask is think of getting this but have a refrigerator and freezer in garage. Those small wheels they have I think would put alot a weight in such a small area where the wheels are and break them
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Extremely well. They can take a lot of direct weight with no problem. Especially if you get the smooth trax like I have which are a bit flatter. The only thing i have managed to do that put a small dent in them was literally drop a vice I was moving and it made just a small dent in a tile. I would not be worried at all about feet on a fridge. If you are still, I would recommend just putting a thin piece of wood or furniture pad underneath.
I went on the website and this stuff is really expensive. Costs more than epoxy. If it was a little less costly then I would consider getting this
You get a better deal going through my contact than you find on the website. Also there are a lot of advantages over epoxy. The biggest being you can take it with you if you move and any damaged areas can easily be replaced.