I have a Hydraulic Bench and wish I had bought it 10 years earlier and use it mainly for cleaning bikes. Now I have increased to 3 bikes - then 1 is kept on it - Mine is LV8 from Italy - was about £2000 10 years ago... I have floor tiles - BUT - when the sun hits them they expand and buckle up.... mine are black.... I left the recommended gap - but when you put cupboards or racks on them - then they do not move.... I had ceramic tiles underneath that are slippery when wet - so went to the 7mm PVC over tile..... wish I had not.... better choice would have been a more expensive tile - or perhaps these days - external porselaine pavers.... Although last year I did tile an extension with wood effect tiles - they are really non slip. The PVC tiles as well as bowing up - also do not like my Con Stand supports and wheels sink in - so have to share bike weight with stand and wheels... just jack up stand when want to move bikes around..... Think carefully... spend once not multiple times (like me) and still not be happy..
Yup, if you can afford it or DIY, I'd 100% go with porcelain tiles if I were redoing my workshop (with underfloor heating)... plastic tiles are shyte.
Sorry late to the party as I rarely come here these days. Tiles - I have same red/black check that are posted above. Tough. Easy to clean. Very easy to fit. I don’t have damp proof, floor isn’t totally level and has some old concrete dips and lumps, I get water in on one wall in particular from my neighbour who has a chicken pen fixed to it the other side. No issues at all, no blowing or flexing, I fitted skirting over top so there are expansion gaps. It does mark, if you leave a bike on a lift (abba in my case) it will have castor marks but so far all indents have come out in a few days after being moved. Recommend. Ramp - problem is that you have to store it when not in use. You can store a bike on it, not end of the world, but make sure you get one long and wide enough for front and rear stands to both be fitted or it’s very restrictive. Now have an abba one, ok it’s a bit restrictive but for most home mechanics perfectly good imho.
