Better Life Technology, LLC
Roll-Out Garage and Concrete Floor Covers
• World's Largest Producer of Garage Floor Protector Mats
• Producer of the World's Widest Roll-Out Garage Floor Covering
Better Life Technology, LLC
• World's Largest Producer of Garage Floor Protector Mats
• Producer of the World's Largest Roll-Out Garage Flooring
More people look into your garage
than any other room in your home!
Take a look below to see what people are saying about
BLT Roll-Out Garage Flooring
…express my complete satisfaction with your product…
Dear Customer Service:
I wish to express my complete satisfaction with your company's product and the promptness in shipping. The shipper's driver was kind enough to assistance me in the placing and partly unpacking your product—a chore that wasn't part of his duties.
Prior to finding your website I inquired to many automobile suppliers and met with little success until I found your company's website. My garage looks like dealer's showroom.
Thanks again.
—Professor Paul Peter Hatgil
—Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Recently, BLT was privledged to participate in Destination Organization.
This is an annual project of the Arizona chapter of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO).
Each year, this chapter completes a total home-organization makeover project
for a fortunate family in the Phoenix area. This year, BLT provided two rolls of
Sandstone-color, Ribbed-pattern garage flooring for the project
I have purchased 4 10'x22' "rollls" of BLT ribbed flooring in forest green through Sam's Club online. I love the way it has transformed my garage which IS another room of my house—my laundry equipment, a second refrigerator, a freezer, and supplemental storage for everything. I loved the garage enough that I ordered 2 more rolls for my front entry and back porch. The "front" roll is stored until warmer weather but the back porch is laid, and has made my winter "sun room" a much more pleasant and functional place for my tropical plants and the people in this house…
…I do love it, and the improvement it has made in my home. Now that the amount of dirt that we track in from the garage has allowed me to replace the flooring inside the house - an improvement that we have been waiting for years to make.
—Thank you for your help, and Merry Christmas. —S. Harrell
—December 15, 2007
Hot New Trend:
Interior Décor for the Garage
The garage is very often the last place to be recognized as a space you can decorate. Indoors and out our houses are decorated with state-of-the-art updates -- even patios have outdoor kitchens and stylish stone underfoot. The garage is one of the highest traffic areas of your home, so adding the same style there increases square footage and value to your property.
No longer just a place to store your junk, the garage has become a place to spend time and many are even heated. Freezer and pantry shelves make it an extension of the kitchen; furniture, sound system and TV make it a great place for watching football or a kids’ play area when they can’t play outside.
Many companies are providing everything homeowners need to upgrade the garage to the condition of the rest of the house. “Start with the flooring and work your way up from there,” says Don Sneed, president of Better Life Technology. “Good floor covering improves the look, shields the floor and increases the value of the house. Roll out flooring is easy to install, durable, attractive and even comfortable to walk on.”
… For its overall practicality of installation, affordability, and
slew of advantages G-Floor® gets the FlooringNews.com™
stamp of approval. G-Floor is a premier flooring solution
for the garage and is definitely highly recommended.
Our overall grade: A Click logo at left to read entire article
Roll-Out Vinyl Garage Flooring vs. Polypropylene Tile Consider Your Needs Carefully
Choosing a garage flooring product can be difficult and very time consuming. While the process of choosing a garage floor can be cumbersome, it is important that you take your time and make sure that you choose the product that is right for your job. G-Floor® from Better Life Technology has some definite advantage over other products such as snap together garage floor tiles. G-Floor garage floor mats offer a virtually seamless floor that provides a high degree of protection to the concrete below. While garage floor tiles provide an attractive appearance, most tiles have a seam every 12" to 18" where water, dirt and chemicals can seep through and stain the floor below. For example a 2 car garage measuring 20' x 24' would have one seam with the G-Floor product as opposed to 480 individual tiles with a seam on each side of each and every tile.
Installing G-Floor® is often much faster than installing a snap together tile system. While most tile systems require you to interlock them on each and every side, G-Floor garage floor mats can be laid next to each other and can often be installed in under an hour.
One final advantage of G-Floor® garage flooring is that it is constructed from flexible PVC. The PVC provides greater anti-fatigue properties than a solid tile while still being strong enough to stand up to industrial garage conditions. G-Floor is less expensive than most tiles and PVC requires a thinner layer to accomplish the same function and PVC expands and contracts less than polypropylene.
There is a lot of garage flooring on the market and everybody has different needs. If you are looking for a simple, affordable, attractive product that provides a high degree of protection to your new or old concrete slab, then G-Floor is one option that I would definitely consider.
—Justin S. Krauss —Operations Manager;
—www.GarageFloor.com
—August 13, 2007
Glenn Haege: You can do it!
The Detroit News — May 26, 2007
Homestyle Section — page 12H
Garage-floor protector is very easy to install
Most garage floors become dirty, ugly things we would don't associate with our (usually) clean houses. This is to be expected. We drive our cars through slush, snow and mud, rain, and then park in the garage. Cars can also leak oil, gas and transmission fluid, and we spill just about anything you can think of on the poor, unprotected floor.
I get hundreds of calls asking how to clean, seal, and paint the floor. That's fine. You can do all of these things. All it takes is hard work and/or a relatively fat checkbook.
Whatever you do has drawbacks. Clean the floor and it just gets dirty again. Seal the floor and it usually becomes shiny or turns yellow. Stain the floor and it can still peel and flake.
As I get younger, easier, less labor-intensive options become more and more attractive. If you are tired of all the hard work, here is a labor-saving alternative that can give you an easy-to-clean, attractive, easy-to-install two-car garage floor for under $700.
The secret is Better Life Technologies' (913-894-0403, www.bltllc.com ) G-Floor Roll-Out Garage Flooring. It comes in several different colors, patterns, and thicknesses and is shipped in rolls that fit the most common garage dimensions. The best price I found was at Sam's Club (www.samsclub.com , $138.72 per 7 1/2 -foot by 20-foot roll). Other Web sites such as www.griotsgarage.com and www.garagefloor.com have broader selections.
Here's all you have to do Materials needed: Better Life Technologies (BLT) Floor Covering, indoor/outdoor carpet tape optional). Tools needed: Utility knife or large, sharp scissors. Instructions: 1. Clean the garage and driveway. Be sure to clean up any chemical spills. 2. The easiest way to get the garage floor protector to uncurl is to unroll it on the driveway in the sunlight. The warmer the day the better. If you can't do that, unroll it in place, directly on the garage floor. 3. When it has completely flattened, drag the floor protector into the garage and put it in place. Push out all the air pockets with a push broom. Allow the mat to relax in place for a couple of hours before cutting to size. 4. When perfectly flat, tug into the exact place and trim around corners with scissors or utility knife. 5. 10-foot wide G-Flooring has a 1 1/2 - to 2-inch wide unpatterned flap so that you can overlap the mat. Taping is unnecessary because the G-Floor mat will lay flat, but some people like to make the mat one unit. 6. You're done! It looks great. Brag about it.
The real beauty of this flooring is when it gets dirty you drag it out to the driveway and hose it down.
A definite "wow-factor" coming from the neighbors.
"I bought the mainstream epoxy coating at one of the big superstores a few years ago and within 2 years, the epoxy coating was noticeably pealing. After a while, it really looked dirty and unfinished - even after cleaning. I've had the G-Floor coin-pattern down for a few weeks, it looks fantastic, and there's no 7-day "cure time" like the epoxy coating required. Entirely own my own, I finished the G-Floor job in about 5 hours. Yes, it took some time (lots of nooks and crannies), but I'm very pleased with how attractive it looks, how well it cleans up, and how durable it feels! A definite "wow-factor" coming from the neighbors." —D. Davis —Portland, OR —April 17, 2007
Dear Glenn: Have you had any experiences with either the mat style or locking tile style floorings that can be used on garage floors? I decided against epoxy because of the cost, and there are several manufacturers of the mat and tiles.
Could you recommend one over the other and a local distributor versus buying the materials over the Internet? —Dan, Ortonville
Dear Dan: Check out Better Life Technologies before you buy anything, www.bltllc.com. The BLT G-Floor Mat is a vinyl mat that you can get to fit your garage floor. It's impervious to oil, salt, whatever. When it gets dirty, just drag it out of the garage and wash it off with a garden hose. It's that easy. The best price I've found for this was at samsclub.com. I have also seen it in their stores.
If the floor of your garage is stained and pitted, now is the perfect time to fix it. What you do depends upon the condition of the floor. There are four different levels: All busted up, cracked and heaving, pockmarked and, lastly, needs cleaning or cover-up. Each has a different solution. … Easy solution to a great-looking garage floor
If all this sounds like too much work you can just lay down a heavy-duty vinyl called G-Floor Roll-Out Garage Flooring. If you take the easy option, all you have to do is wipe up puddles, sweep out the garage, and lay down the flooring. Maintenance is also very easy. The vinyl Garage Flooring is made by Better Life Technology, www.bltllc.com. It is available on many car-care Web sites and catalogs. A little extra effort now will give you a garage floor you can brag about all summer long.
Dear Glenn: I want to coat my concrete garage floor with something that will last thru hot tires, salt, oil/grease, foot traffic, etc. Do you recommend any particular products? —Michael, Shelby Township
Dear Michael: Consider Better Life Technology’s Plastic Flooring for Garages, (877) 810-6444, www.bltllc. com, as an alternative. This plastic flooring unrolls on the floor of the garage. When it gets dirty, you just pull it out to the driveway and wash it off with a hose. When dry, pull it back again. The best place to buy it is the Sam’s Club Web site, www.samsclub.com. Flooring for a 10-by-22-foot garage sells for $170.
If you prefer to go the epoxy route, Home Depot sells Rustoleum Epoxyshield, www.rustoleum.com. Another epoxy product, U-Coat It, (800) 826-2848, www.ucoatit.com, has a greater variety of colors. U-Coat It sells nationwide and also installs in Michigan.
"I have 1,815sf to cover in my garage/shop. I wanted RACEDECK, but the cost was prohibitive. I considered epoxy, but leaving everything outside while it cured wasn't a possibility.
"I selected the vinyl roll out pads. I bought three bright blue 10x30' coin pattern rolls in the commercial thickness. Each roll weighs over 300#, but the truck driver helped me get them to my garage doors, then it simply roll them out. In less than three hours they were down. I kept the plastic rolls in case I want to take them with me in the future. I like it..."
"This stuff here is the bomb!—http://www.bltllc.com/
"We use it here at work in one of our RF Screen Rooms. The screen room is 40 ft x 10 ft and it covers the floor to allow the robotic vehicles to move without scratching up the floor. It is very durable. I have been wanting to use this in my garage and will do it this summer."
Extreme How-To magazine recently featured an article on
"how-to" install tough, beautiful, vinyl garage flooring
» "Armor Your Floor" by Matt Weber «
» G-Floor® Sandstone Coin Pattern «
Click Extreme How-To logo at left
"For Jeff Carpenter, a garage
needn't necessarily be defined by
the usual oil-stained conrete and
scattered piles of tools that
typically dominate the front-most
room of a house.…"
— Article provided by www.garageworksontario.com
— "Side Roads of Halton Hills"
— Story by Wayne Kirley
— Photos courtesy of Garage Works of Ontario
— Published in the Independent Free Press, March, 2005
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to see a Flash® video of Ron Hazelton
doing a G-Floor® installation using
Oatey® X-15 and a vinyl seaming strip
on the April 2006 show.
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"Although wall-to-wall carpet has yet to make its way into most garages, a raw concrete floor is quickly becoming a thing of the past. A finished floor improves the garage's appearance and preserves the integrity of the concrete. ... Vinyl mats have made their way onto the scene and are receiving acclaim for their ability to provide all of the benefits of a painted floor with none of the drawbacks ... A vinyl floor mat is hard to beat when it comes to price and ease of installation. The mat does not require adhesive and is rolled out into the space. ... Some mats are designed with an integral grooved surface that will easily shed water."
A customer with a unique intallation technique for installing BLT flooring
in his remodeled basement restroom.
"I used roofing tar paper to make the pattern - Home Depot - laid the paper along wall edges and made any necessary cut outs for plumbing ,door jam etc. Next step is to lay paper over remaining exposed floor and duct tape all pieces together so you will now have one sturdy piece that can be rolled up and taken to a flat concrete surface to trace onto vinyl piece.Tape pattern to vinyl piece in several places to ensure no movement while cutting with utility knife. Place tar paper pattern back on floor and lay vinyl on top to act as moisture barrier and tempature control.
"Worked great for me!"— A satisfied customer
BLT floor mats are awesome!!!!!
— Email received from a very happy customer of BLT Roll-Out Garage Flooring
— Date: February 27, 2005
— Subject: "BLT floor mats are awesome!!!!!"
"I had to write to say thanks for such a great product. I purchased two 10x22 BLT floor mats last November and I'm extremely happy with them. The mats do everything right. They protect my floor through our harsh upstate New York winters, the grooves keep the mats from becoming slippery and they clean up with ease. People who come to visit always comment about the mats! When I began looking for a floor protector I wanted an alternative to paint which cannot hold up to the harsh road salt. The mats were a perfect solution. It took some searching on the internet to find them but I'm glad I took the time. One important point I have to make, the mats are made in the United States. Had the mats been labeled "made in China" I would have never considered them, not for any price. I have passed your company info to the "made in USA" website which supports US companies that manufacture domestically. Keep up the great work. The mats are well worth the price. I do my best to spread the good word about them.
— Sincerely,
— Steve Scalise" — Followup email received from the same (still very happy) customer
— Date: September 1, 2005
— Subject: "BLT floor mat sales"
"Just wanted you to know you made three more sales. After looking at my mats three of my neighbors purchased a set for themselves. It's put some pressure on me to keep them clean in case a neighbor wants a peek but as you know because of BLT floor mats, cleaning your garage floor is as easy as washing your car. Anyway, keep the mats coming & I'll keep the garage door open!
— Regards,
— Steve"
Clean Garage—Wonderful!
— Email received from a very happy customer of BLT Roll-Out Garage Flooring
— Date: Thursday, April 07, 2005
— Subject: "Clean Garage"
"Wow! Are we excited. We have had our garage modernized - well, cleaned and it now just glistens. We bought some cabinets through Lowes and some BLT floor covering through Sparkle Auto in Kansas. We are so thrilled with the results. I don't get this excited about something that often, but it really looks great. Why did we wait so long?
The flooring is a PVC ribbed mat that was rolled up for delivery - and I figure that it took about two hours to move the cabinets, cut, install, stick down with two sided tape along the seams. It works out as less expensive and incredibly faster than cleaning, moving everything out for a week, painting, etc.... Hope you enjoy the Pix -
"The pictures were taken after a windy rainstorm; the white spots are the cherry blossoms from the trees along the driveway.
We learned a lot on this project and are very pleased. The flooring is ribbed from the back wall to front and made of flexible PVC. Wonderful!"
— Grace and peace,
— John — Date: Friday, April 08, 2005
— Subject: "RE: Clean Garage"
"Thank you. You are welcome to use any or all of my e-mail and photos. Today it looks even better than yesterday, if that were possible. You may use my first name, but obviously last and location would not be good.
Sparkle came through for you - fast delivery and they are very polite and seem to be a great company with which to do business."
(ARA) - The one-car garage has become almost extinct - no one would think of building a new home with anything smaller than a two-car garage, and in many neighborhoods, a three-car garage is the norm.
"The garage has become an extension of peoples' homes," says Don Sneed, president of Better Life Technology, a company that specializes in easy-to-install garage flooring. In addition to being bigger than they were a few years ago, garages are also becoming showplaces, with painted walls, custom storage and even fancy floors.
If you'd like to keep your new garage looking new, or give your older garage a facelift, start at the bottom, so to speak, with the G-Floor roll out garage flooring from BLT a Kansas-based company. The coin-patterned flooring is easy to install, durable and attractive.
Created by Don's son Brett, the G-Floor, made of specially formulated polyvinyl, hides cracks and stains while protecting floors from oil, battery acid, grease, brake fluid, antifreeze, salt, mud and other dirt that finds its way into the garage. The G-Floor puts a moisture and vapor barrier between the cold concrete and parked vehicles, making it a favorite of car buffs.
"Anyone who lives in a colder climate knows what a mess winter snow, slush and salt can make both in the garage and in the house," says Sneed. Because the G-Floor resists mildew and rot, it is perfect for damp areas, unlike carpeting. "Not only does our flooring beautify your garage, it also helps in keeping dirt outside, where it belongs.
The flooring comes in six attractive colors, and installation is a snap: Simply unroll and cut to size using a utility knife, overlapping or butting the flooring together for seamless protection and a custom fit; no adhesives are required. The flooring comes in a variety of different widths, up to 10 feet wide, and a typical garage will require two or three rolls of flooring, at a cost of $500 to $1,000. To clean, simply hose off the floor.
Among the company's happy customers is Steve Scalise of upstate New York. He says the product "protects my floor through our harsh winters, and it cleans up with ease. People who come to visit always comment on the floor."
Once you've finished sprucing up your garage, consider other uses for the G-Floor. The coin pattern looks great in other areas of the house, such as a workshop, laundry room, basement storage room, even a wine cellar. The floor is great for these areas, since it provides enough cushioning action to make it more comfortable to stand and walk on, offers impact resistance in case of dropped tools or wine bottles, and the surface pattern lets spills be easily wiped up.
The G-Floor is made totally in the United States, and carries a 5-year limited warranty. Better Life Technology products are now available through major catalogs such as Frontgate, Griots Garage, Northern Tool, Herrington, Sky Mall, Auto Sport, Sporty's, Solutions, Improvements, Preferred Living, and California Car Cover. Major web site marketers for their products are jnkproducts.com, samsclub.com, americangaragefloor.com., and www.pacificprodux.com. The product is also available at all Menard's home centers and can be special ordered through Lowes home centers nationwide. Installers include The Accessories Group and House Wall Garage System.
For more information, or for a retailer near you, visit www.bltllc.com or call (877) 810-6444.
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Better Life Technology makes extraordinary garage floor covering products. What's extraordinary is the material used for their products. It is a specially formulated polyvinyl that resists stains and contaminants commonly found in the garage.
It works. I placed a phosphoric-based acid wash, motor oil, antifreeze, and grease on a sample of the Parking Pad® material for 10 days. Each item washed off leaving no tell-tale signs.
The Parking Pad in my garage is 7.5' x 17'. Even though my garage floor is coated with epoxy, I roll out my pad in the winter to protect the floor from four, studded snow tires. The pad shows no signs of punctures! It is easy to clean because of the channel design that allows water to flow or be swept away easily. Admittedly, there is one stain; the type of stain is unknown. But save for that one exception the Parking Pad cleans like new.
The other standard Parking Pad sizes are 9' x 20' and 10' x 22'. Custom lengths are also available in widths up to 10'. The standard width is 4' in the flooring industry for this type of product. Garage size varies, so a cut-to-fit Parking Pad is good news.
It's easy to cover the entire garage floor surface with the slip-resistant Parking Pad material, and there's no need to apply an adhesive on the floor. Each 10'-wide mat includes an additional 4" flap that can overlap each other. These flaps can be cut off with a utility knife, and the edges butt together to create a seam. Applying an adhesive or double-sided tape along the flap line is optional. But there is no requirement to use an adhesive if the product is placed over the entire garage floor surface. If you decide to use an adhesive, Better Life Technology reports that their customers claim Liquid Nails or OATY X 15 are effective adhesives.
G-Floor™ Garage Floor Protector
The heavy-duty big brother to the Parking Pad is the G-Floor. This product is about double the thickness and comes in either the channel design or the attractive 'coin' design.
The G-Floor is cost-competitive when comparing it to an epoxy coating. Installation is also much faster than painting.
The G-Floor possesses the same qualities as the Parking Pad. This durable material cushions any floor surface. And the coin-pattern design looks great when it's installed in other areas of the house such as a workshop, laundry room, basement storage room, rec room in the basement, bonus room above the garage, outside storage shed, and even a wine cellar. The possibilities are endless.
The Parking Pad® and G-Floor® are available in a variety of colors that include Slate Grey, Sandstone, Brick Red, Forest Green, Royal Blue, and Black.…Contact the company for a distributor near you or for more information.
(ARA) - Every year, people spend thousands of dollars on home remodeling, and the rooms that get the most attention are the kitchen, bathrooms, family room and basement. The last place most people think of updating is the garage.
But the role of the room where you store your car (and your sports equipment, extra freezer, and assorted boxes of junk) is changing. Garages are now becoming an extension of the home, complete with flooring, cabinetry for all your storage needs, and even furniture. In fact, there are now entire companies devoted to nothing but helping your garage clean up its act.
If you're ready to upgrade your garage, start with the floor. Bare concrete floors are functional, but not very attractive—they crack and show stains. There are many concrete paint products on the market, but they can be messy and very time consuming to apply—and your garage will still look bare.
"Having had many years of experience in the floor coating business, I advise people against do-it-yourself floor coating kits," says Mike Parker of American Garage Floor, a company that specializes in garage solutions. "Not only do they involve a lot of preparation, but after all of the work, it is very possible for the coating to start peeling and chipping within a matter of weeks."
For an attractive floor that offers performance and value, Parker recommends the G-Floor roll out garage flooring by Better Life Technology. "This flooring is easy to install, durable and attractive," he says.
Created by father and son Brett and Don Sneed, the G-Floor, made of specially formulated polyvinyl, hides cracks and stains while protecting floors from oil, battery acid, grease, brake fluid, antifreeze, salt, mud and other dirt that finds its way into the garage.
The original G-Floor features a rib/channel design which controls debris while liquids are contained by the channels. The company recently introduced an attractive new coin pattern as well. "Anyone who lives in a colder climate knows what a mess winter snow, slush and salt can make both in the garage and in the house," says company president Don Sneed. "Not only does our flooring beautify your garage, it also allows you to keep dirt outside, where it belongs." Also important in winter weather, the flooring puts a vapor barrier between the cold concrete and your vehicles—and it's slip resistant.
The flooring comes in six attractive colors, and installation is a snap: Simply unroll and cut to size using a utility knife, overlapping or butting the flooring together for seamless protection and a custom fit; no adhesives are required. The flooring comes in a variety of different widths, up to 10 feet wide, and a typical two-car garage will use three rolls of flooring, at a cost of $500 to $1,000. To clean, simply hose off the floor. Among the satisfied customers is Edward R. Noble, publisher of Wheels magazine. "I have a nice garage, but the G-Floor makes it a show place," he says.
Once you've finished sprucing up your garage, consider other uses for the G-Floor. The coin pattern version of the flooring also looks great in other areas of the house, such as a workshop, laundry room, basement storage room, even a wine cellar.
Better Life Technology is based in Kansas. The product is made in the United States, and carries a 5-year limited warranty. BLT products are now available through major catalogs such as Frontgate, Griots Garage, Northern Tool, Herrington, Sky Mall, Auto Sport, Sporty's, Improvements, Preferred Living, and California Car Cover. Major web site marketers for their products are jnkproducts.com, samsclub.com, and americangaragefloor.com. The product is also available at all Menard's home centers and can be special ordered through Lowes home centers nationwide.
For more information, or for a retailer near you, visit www.bltllc.com or call (877) 810-6444.
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How to Make It Look Like New
Each week, Good Morning America's home-improvement guru, Ron Hazelton, answers questions about maintaining and upgrading your home.
—Nov. 8, 2004
"Q: Dear Ron,
HELP! Some of the old paint on the garage floor has been scraped and looks awful. Do I have options other than repainting, and how do I go about this?"
—Terry N.
—Oldsmar, Fla.
"A: Terry,
One of the best options available to you requires no scraping or repainting, can be done in a couple of hours and will give you a pristine floor that will clean easily and last for years. Sound too good to be true?
I, too, was skeptical when a father and son manufacturing team out of Kansas asked me to take a look at their new product — a vinyl, wall-to-wall, garage floor protector. But my doubts quickly faded as I watched them roll out a 10-foot-wide vinyl mat over a badly stained concrete floor. In minutes, the floor had been transformed.
In addition to its ability to conceal stains and marks, the vinyl can also act as a vapor barrier. The only adhesive required to put is down is a bead of construction adhesive along the edge at the garage door opening(s). The material can be easily trimmed around posts and other obstructions using a utility knife.
I strongly suggest you remove everything from your garage before laying the floor protector. This will reduce the cutting and trimming and allow you to rearrange things later without ending up with a bare patch of concrete where that storage cabinet once stood.
The product is manufactured by Better Life Technology; you can get more details and see photos at www.bltllc.com."
(ARA) - In many homes, the garage is the "final frontier." While the kitchen may be state-of-the-art, the bathrooms remodeled and even the basement clean and organized, chances are the garage is an eyesore.
But the role of the garage is changing from a place to store your car (and your sports equipment, extra freezer, and assorted boxes of junk) to an extension of the home, complete with flooring, cabinetry for all your storage needs, and even furniture. Entire companies are devoted to nothing besides helping your garage clean up its act.
If you're ready to upgrade your garage, start with the floor. Bare concrete floors are functional, but not very attractive—they crack and show stains. There are many concrete paint products on the market, but they can be messy and very time consuming to apply—and your garage will still look bare.
"Having had many years of experience in the floor coating business, I advise people against do-it-yourself floor coating kits," says Mike Parker of American Garage Floor, a company that specializes in garage solutions. "Not only do they involve a lot of preparation, but after all of the work, it is very possible for the coating to start peeling and chipping within a matter of weeks."
For an attractive floor that offers performance and value, Parker recommends the G-Floor roll out garage flooring by Better Life Technology. "This flooring is easy to install, durable and attractive," he says. Created by father and son Brett and Don Sneed, the G-Floor, made of specially formulated polyvinyl, hides cracks and stains while protecting floors from oil, battery acid, grease, brake fluid, antifreeze, salt, mud and other dirt that finds its way into the garage.
The original G-Floor features a rib/channel design which controls debris while liquids are contained by the channels. The company recently introduced an attractive new coin pattern as well. "Anyone who lives in a colder climate knows what a mess winter snow, slush and salt can make both in the garage and in the house," says company president Don Sneed. "Not only does our flooring beautify your garage, it also allows you to keep dirt outside, where it belongs." Also important in winter weather, the flooring puts a vapor barrier between the cold concrete and your vehicles—and it's slip resistant.
The flooring comes in six attractive colors, and installation is a snap: Simply unroll and cut to size using a utility knife, overlapping or butting the flooring together for seamless protection and a custom fit; no adhesives are required. The flooring comes in a variety of different widths, up to 10 feet wide, and a typical two-car garage will use three rolls of flooring, at a cost of $500 to $1,000. To clean, simply hose off the floor. Among the satisfied customers is Edward R. Noble, publisher of Wheels magazine. "I have a nice garage, but the G-Floor makes it a show place," he says.
Once you've finished sprucing up your garage, consider other uses for the G-Floor. The coin pattern version of the flooring also looks great in other areas of the house, such as a workshop, laundry room, basement storage room, even a wine cellar.
Better Life Technology is based in Kansas, and the product is proudly made in the United States, and carries a 5-year limited warranty. It is available through various catalogs and Web outlets, including garagefloor.com, americangaragefloor.com, Sam's Club, Griot's Garage and NorthernTool.com or at retail locations such as Menards and soon at Home Depot. For more information, or for a retailer near you, visit www.bltllc.com or call (877) 810-6444.
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"One of the things anyone with a garage battles are dirty floors. In the winter, they can really get nasty with saltwater from hot tires. I have found most of the garage floor paints don't work well. I now have the protection I wanted with a full-size rubber mat from the Better Life Technology Co. They make heavy-duty industrial-type mats that are available in a variety of sizes. The BLT mats are heavy and ribbed to keep that dirty water contained and ready to run toward the doorway. My mat cost about the same as one coat of "garage floor" paint.
"If you store vehicles in winter, the mats also will prevent dampness and possible rust damage to the undersides from humidity. The mats can be trimmed for custom applications and even taped down. Any size garage floors can be totally covered. The BLT mats should last for decades. BLT, the world's largest mat producer, offers mats for every possible need, including the fancy checkered patterns for show garages.
There are dozens of sizes, and prices range from $1 to $3 a square foot. … It worked for me."
"Sure, the weather's wonderful right now, and the leaves haven't even made their colorful metamorphosis. But count on this: Winter's coming, and along with it all the slush and road salt that drips from your vehicle onto your garage floor, waiting to be tracked into the house.
That's what happened to Brett Sneed, whose shoes left a trail of winter grime on his wife Shelly's new white carpeting. So Brett went to work with his father, Don, who already had created the Spillmaster adjustable vehicle cup holder, and developed Parking Pad, a polyvinyl garage-floor covering. When they couldn't find anyone with equipment to produce their pads, the Sneeds recruited 80 friends and investors and launched Better Life Technology LLC, a manufacturing facility in Lenexa, Kan., near Kansas City. Parking Pads come in various sizes, from as small as 7.5 feet by 14 feet to as large as 10 feet by 22 feet.
Company President Don Sneed says a typical two-car garage floor can be covered for $400 to $600. Installation, which involves sweeping the floor and rolling out the grooved material, takes about an hour. Once installed, the Parking Pad garage-floor protector can be hosed off or swept of debris that has dripped from a parked vehicle. Parking Pad material is available in six colors, two patterns and either industrial or consumer thickness. "New patterns will be added soon", Don Sneed said.
In addition to garage-size pads, the company makes smaller pads to place under motorcycles, inside trailer floors or even on the cargo floor of a sport utility vehicle or the floor of a dog kennel. Parking Pads and other Better Life Technology products, which include overhead storage bins for garages or basements, are available through various catalogs or Web outlets, including Griot's Garage and NorthernTool.com, or at retail locations such as Sam's Club, Menards and soon at Home Depot. For more information, as well as links to places to purchase Parking Pads, visit the Better Life Technology Web site at www.bltllc.com. Parking Pad garage floor covering comes in various colors, including black, with a special "Raceday" border."
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