Attention Interlocking Garage tile owners
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Attention Interlocking Garage tile owners
I just ordered 90 MotoFloor (Rebranded RaceDeck) plastic interlocking garage floor tiles. At work we have the Mastercraft version and I decided to try it out. It was fairly easy to LOCK together but found it VERY VERY Difficult to remove. In fact the stress of tilting and TRYING to figure out how to unlock it caused the female rings to lighten up (close to a stress fracture).
I contacted RaceDeck and they said THEIR brand comes with instructions on only how to install but not really how to remove. They said it was fairly easy to remove but I tried everything to unlock the MASTERCRAFT brand and all I got was VERY sore finger tips after trying to unlock 1 tile!
The lady who I talked to on LiveChat on the RaceDeck site said she uses a bar or something to pry the locks open.. Do I seriously have to pry open 768 male clips (96 tiles with 4 clips per 2 sides) individually??
What is the EASIEST way you found to remove them without the risk of breaking or stressing the female rings?
With the MASTERCRAFT brand, the moment you tried to remove the 1 clip, it caused the female ring to stress. I can't see stressing it very much (few times) before it would just snap.
Thanks!
I contacted RaceDeck and they said THEIR brand comes with instructions on only how to install but not really how to remove. They said it was fairly easy to remove but I tried everything to unlock the MASTERCRAFT brand and all I got was VERY sore finger tips after trying to unlock 1 tile!
The lady who I talked to on LiveChat on the RaceDeck site said she uses a bar or something to pry the locks open.. Do I seriously have to pry open 768 male clips (96 tiles with 4 clips per 2 sides) individually??
What is the EASIEST way you found to remove them without the risk of breaking or stressing the female rings?
With the MASTERCRAFT brand, the moment you tried to remove the 1 clip, it caused the female ring to stress. I can't see stressing it very much (few times) before it would just snap.
Thanks!
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We have name brand Race Deck. When removing a large chunk we'd use a broom handle, standing up and running it along the seams. It would just snap apart. Then just step on them break them apart individually. Never had much of an issue besides some of the male tabs getting trapped on top once and awhile in corners, but that was during installs. We have about 30X40 of the garage done in the Race Deck but never took it all up. We used the broom method to remove about 2 feet off one edge.
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We have name brand Race Deck. When removing a large chunk we'd use a broom handle, standing up and running it along the seams. It would just snap apart. Then just step on them break them apart individually. Never had much of an issue besides some of the male tabs getting trapped on top once and awhile in corners, but that was during installs. We have about 30X40 of the garage done in the Race Deck but never took it all up. We used the broom method to remove about 2 feet off one edge.
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expensive flooring to be using a broom to take apart isn't it...
i bought a few tiles just to see if i liked the setup and ended up going a different route, they look cool though.
i bought a few tiles just to see if i liked the setup and ended up going a different route, they look cool though.
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If you have enoogh tiles on either side with the broom at a 45 degree angle to the floor you start sliding the broom foreward. The tiles with then start seperating. It doesn't work if you are just trying to remove like one row of tiles, but works well for seperating large sections.
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