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Title: Utility bay rubber covering
Post by: George Hatfield on March 17, 2019, 02:42:10 pm
See the attached photo.  I want to replace this covering in my utility bay with something similar.  I thought this would be some sort of stair tread, but can't seem to find it.  Does anyone know a source?

Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: Utility bay rubber covering
Post by: Bob McGee on March 17, 2019, 02:58:53 pm
McMaster-Carr: ribbed rubber mat?
Title: Re: Utility bay rubber covering
Post by: wolfe10 on March 17, 2019, 03:08:00 pm
Frankly, I have never seen the advantage of the black rubber mat over just the clean white fiberglass.  But, there may some glue residue that makes recovering the fiberglass necessary.
Title: Re: Utility bay rubber covering
Post by: D.J. Osborn on March 17, 2019, 04:37:38 pm
A previous owner installed gray 12" vinyl tile on our basement floors. It is easy to clean and works quite well.
Title: Re: Utility bay rubber covering
Post by: wolfe10 on March 17, 2019, 05:12:18 pm
If you are going to replace it, I would lean toward one piece/no seams for less chance of water intrusion.
Title: Re: Utility bay rubber covering
Post by: D.J. Osborn on March 17, 2019, 06:53:07 pm
If you are going to replace it, I would lean toward one piece/no seams for less chance of water intrusion.
Definitely a good idea if the floor will get wet. I never mop or hose down our basement floors and I believe our door gaskets keep the outside water outside.
Title: Re: Utility bay rubber covering
Post by: Keith and Joyce on March 18, 2019, 12:43:05 pm
Somewhere on here I saw that someone had used pickup truck bed spray.  Properly done it will form a water tight covering.  A friend had the cockpit sides of his lobster boat style fishing boat done with it and it's still looks good 20 years later.

Keith
Title: Re: Utility bay rubber covering
Post by: John44 on March 18, 2019, 01:10:20 pm
Our rubber was still good,we put left over new carpet over the rubber,can drag boxes and things over the carpet.
Title: Re: Utility bay rubber covering
Post by: jor on March 18, 2019, 02:21:15 pm
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But, there may some glue residue that makes recovering the fiberglass necessary.

The residue is kind of red in color. Acetone removes it completely but it takes some scrubbing. I always use a rubber mat type material cut to size so I can just pick it up to clean.
jor
Title: Re: Utility bay rubber covering
Post by: Bob & Sue on March 18, 2019, 02:48:37 pm
I really like the vinyl tile idea. Seems like the truck bed stuff would be harder to clean. And I don't like touching anything in the sewer bay that I have to. I also consider "O" moisture in that area is my target

  Since the original rubber mat isn't sealed all that well, I always wonder if there's moisture under it
Title: Re: Utility bay rubber covering
Post by: Travelin' Man (RIP) on March 19, 2019, 08:31:45 pm
See the attached photo.  I want to replace this covering in my utility bay with something similar.  I thought this would be some sort of stair tread, but can't seem to find it.  Does anyone know a source?

Thanks in advance.

Home Depot and Lowe's have it on big rolls cut to order.