Car Mechanics

FITTING FLOOR TILES

1 Rob Hawkins volunteered to fit floor tiles to his garage workshop, so BiGDUG sent him 140 Swisstrax plastic tiles. After clearing the floor area and moving large objects over the inspection pit, he started to unpack.

2 Before fitting the floor tiles, Rob wanted to see how they fit together. Two sides of each floor tile have loops that stick out, whereas the other two have recessed pegs, so a peg and a loop need to be joined together.

3 The Swisstrax instructions recommend starting in the front left corner, nearest the door. After laying a couple of tiles down, Rob realised he couldn’t fit them flush to the side wall because of a couple of power cables.

4 He also realised he needed to check those first two floor tiles wouldn’t prevent

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