Garage Flooring - Cheap and Easy Ideas?

[mrbounce]

I live in a rented house so can't do anything permanent, but my garage floor is ridged concrete and is blinking uncomfortable. I am looking to put some sort of flooring down that I can easily remove should we ever need to move. I also don't want to have to spend a silly amount of money - spending £100 on a bunch of purpose-made tiles is not an option - I want to do this cheaply with a minimum amount of disruption. That is to say roll out the project, remove everything else else in the way, put down flooring, then, a la Haynes, "refitting is the reverse of removal". 

We've got a carpet shop about a mile away, so an offcut is a great idea and wouldn't be expensive, but I know absolutely nothing about flooring, how to keep it in place and to not trip on an edge (like at the door). As the floor is concrete, how do I go about fixing it down? Is carpet tape going to be effective on the ridged concrete? And what should I do about the edging? Carpet tiles could also be an option as there's usually an office being refurbished somewhere nearby and they're also cheap.

I am open to your suggestions. Ideally about £30 or less...   Thanks in advance 

[kevins]

If you just want something comfy too roll about on with you budget the best bet would be something like some offcuts or secondhand office carpet. Short pile and hard wearing, obviously would need some protection if you are using heat or spilling liquids. I have some pieces I can put where I need them and roll up out of the way when I don't.

[theoldman]

Carpet shops have to pay to dispose of used carpet as trade waste. Private individuals do not.

Before I fitted purpose designed garage tiles I used old carpet. The local carpet shop happily gave me old carpet they had taken up. Plenty of houses have old fitted carpet large enough for a single garage in one piece.
When it got too oily/dirty/smelly I took it up and off to the tip and collected replacement on my way back home.

No need to stick it down.

[MkX]

With your budget I'd look at the freebies on Gumtree, for example, that said I'm not sure that carpet would be remotely practical in the average garage due to likelihood of leaks & spills? It doesn't sound as though vinyl would be an option due to the ridges in the concrete.

[skkylinedave]

Have a look at the bigdug website which sells warehouse racking etc. Pretty sure they do various rubber tiles starting a a few quid each

[lesgrandepotato]

Big dug stuff looks good but it does add up fast. I use a camping karrimat.

[avg]

used a secondhand carpet years ago looked ok until I laid down on it... GOD IT STUNK!. Another carpet caught fire when welding near it! Just use a thick bit of cardboard, try bike shops. Bikes come in large cardboard boxes, shops glad to get rid of it.