Hi Anthony. Of the three we mention, our pick would be either the TrueLock or GarageDeck tiles. The Nitro tiles with the glossy finish will scratch much easier and look nasty after a while in the areas where you perform your work. When using rolling floor jacks with interlocking tile, you will need to place the jack on a 1/4″ piece of plywood or similar. If not, the round steel wheels will sink into the tile as you add weight since they are not flat. Jack stands should have flat feet and not the sharper angled feet. The tiles will take a lot of weight in a small area as long as it’s a flat foot print. We have done suspension changes and pulled transmission on our tiled floor following those simple rules. We always had a piece of 1/4″ plywood cut to size for the floor jacks up against the wall.

Hello Scott. Not necessarily. The tiles do not have to be 100% in contact with the floor. Since they are depressions and not high spots, they will be OK as long as they can span those areas and remain fairly flat. Grinding is not the best option because you would need to lower the entire floor to the lowest point. The best option is to clean the surface and then knock out any remaining loose concrete. After that, use a polymer-modified self-leveling repair mix or epoxy slurry to fill those spots and be level with the rest of the floor. It would be far easier and much less costly.

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Thanks for the quick response. I will probably paint the vertical portion of the step. My current thinking is that I will glue a 2” rubber outside trim piece to the step to cover the cut edge of tile tile. I will let you know how it turns out.
Thanks

Hello Robert. There is not a solution by the tile manufacturers to cover and interlock vertical edges like that. Typically, the raised area around the floor is treated as a separate floor. Most people paint the vertical surface. You could always cut the tile and glue it to the surface, but you still have the issue of the exposed cut edge. Some people have used 6″ tall vinyl cove molding. They glued it to the vertical surface and then trimmed the excess off even with the top of the tile on the raised portion of the floor.