Garage Floors Take a Prominent Role in Home Design with Today's Decorative Floor Coating Options

Decorative garage floor coatings are quickly becoming a hot trend among homeowners and designers. The Concrete Network offers an extensive andeducational overview of the advantages and features of incorporating decorative floor coatings in the home, specifically for garage floors.

Yucaipa , CA September 27, 2006—Decorative garage floor coatings are quickly becoming a hot trend among homeowners and designers. The Concrete Network offers an extensive and educational overview of the advantages and features of incorporating decorative floor coatings in the home, specifically for garage floors.

In a time not too long ago, garages were all the same—outbuildings that were storage areas for parked cars, with boring gray concrete floors. Today, garages have taken a more prominent place in the design of homes, often built to house three vehicles, and more often than not attached to the home. Every bit of attention that a homeowner pays to the decorating of the home is paid to the garage as well, right down to what type of garage floor painting goes on the floor.

The Concrete Network, the largest and most comprehensive source for concrete information on the web, offers information on garage floor coatings detailing the many options available for updating the look of your garage floor and increasing resiliency to stains and hot tire marks. Read the latest on design options, floor preparation tips, installation guidelines, and care and maintenance tips.

Garage floor coverings have the versatility to go with any style of décor, the available design options are limitless and caring for and maintaining your garage floor coating is simple. Looks can range from simple gray concrete with a sealer to a more complex colored base with multicolor flecks in it, offering a design similar to granite or terrazzo. Color flakes come in a wide range of colors and are made of acrylic paint chips. This system provides an excellent wear surface that can stand up under walking and driving on, but if impact resistance is what you're looking for, decorative quartz is the way to go.

For more information on garage floor coatings and to locate a local contractor, visit The Concrete Network.

Established in 1999, The Concrete Network's purpose is to educate consumers, builders, and contractors on popular decorative techniques and applications including stamped concrete, stained concrete floors, concrete countertops, polished concrete, and much more. Over 872,000 visitors researched The Concrete Network Web site in June, 2006.

The site excels at connecting buyers with local contractors in their area through its Find-A-Contractor service. The service provides visitors with a list of decorative concrete contractors throughout the U.S. and Canada, and is fully searchable by 22 types of decorative concrete work and 199 metropolitan areas throughout North America.