In the instructions it says to leave a 1/4" gap from the wall to allow for thermal expansion. What if you put heavy cabinets, workbenches along the wall - would this prevent the tiles from expanding when needed? If so, would I be better off leaving the cabinets/workbenches/etc in place and cutting the tiles to fit around them with the 1/4" gap?

Placing heavy workbenches or cabinets on the flooring will not keep the flooring from expanding and contracting properly. The expansion gap is really for areas where the heating and cooling of the floor would be uniform. Since in most garages this is not the case, an expansion gap will not fix any expansion and contraction issues. Since our Ribtrax Tiles are vented, you don't get some of the issues that you see with our solid tiles. So we would recommend installing your flooring as per the instructions and feel free to place any equipment you like on our flooring.
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