Should You Use Epoxy or Not on Your Floor?
There are different types of flooring that you could choose for the floor in one of the rooms in your house. One type of flooring that you could choose is Epoxy flooring in Wayne, PA. This type of flooring comes with certain advantages and disadvantages.
One advantage of this type of flooring is that it is more affordability than most types of flooring. If you can take in the cost per square floor, you should differently find it within your budget. Epoxy is also cheaper when it comes to installing it. The affordability of this type of flooring is probably the number one reason why should pick this kind of flooring.
Another advantage of epoxy is that it is quite resistant to just about everything. If you spill oil, gasoline, bleach, transmission, cleansers, etc., this type of flooring will remain intact. Its resistance to most chemicals is why mechanics and automakers use this kind of flooring.
Chemicals are not the only thing that it is resistant to. Heat and water have no effect on this type of flooring.
Since it so resistant to chemicals, hear and water, you are probably not surprised to find that epoxy is quite durable. This type of flooring lives longer than other kinds of flooring. To be quite durable, you must make sure that it is sealed and maintained. To ensure that it is sealed, you should put concrete beneath the epoxy. When epoxy and concrete are put together, they are quite durable and you should not have to worry about the epoxy as far as durability is concerned.
Like most things, epoxy flooring does have some disadvantages/
The biggest disadvantage of this kind of flooring is that it cannot take wear and tear. After a certain amount of time, you will have to put a new layer of epoxy on the old layer of epoxy or replace it with an entire new kind of flooring. To keep it looking good, you will have no choice, but to replace it in some way.
The basic problem is that epoxy can easily start cracking and chipping. At first, you will think that it is just annoying that it is chipping. You will find it more than just an annoyance when the epoxy layer comes off the floor entirely. If something has a wheel, the wheels will get caught in the holes in the epoxy layer. You should definitely fix the layer if wheels are getting caught in cracks.
Another disadvantage for epoxy is that floor preparation is very slow and tedious. The first thing that you do before putting on the epoxy, you must thoroughly clean the concrete to make sure that it is totally clean and free of any kind of oil, solvents or grease. You will have to ensure that there are no cracks in the concrete. Cleaning concrete cannot be done just one. You will have to do it multiple times. Floor preparation is a big drawback for using epoxy so you should think carefully before if you want your new flooring to be epoxy.
Applying the epoxy to the concrete is also a slow process.
After applying it, you will have to wait several days for the epoxy to dry.
Epoxy has certain advantages and disadvantages. You will have to decide whether it is really worth it to put epoxy on your floor.
Testimonials
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- Pam Orland Park, IL
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- Nathan
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- Chelsea
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- Tom T., Orland Park
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- Jenny P.
Covering our old, gray garage floor was a great aesthetic and functional improvement. This project requires 2 days: first day preparing the surface (major job requiring right equipment), putting down first coating and sprinkling the flakes. This requires about 4 hours. After this dries, they come back next day and apply the topcoat. They notified us when they would start the work and arrived as promised. They worked diligently, completed the work efficiently, left the work areas and our driveway clean. The owner Steve is a great guy to deal with.
- Bob H.
It was a pleasure dealing with the company’s owner Steve Chaloult. When we called him to give us an estimate, he arranged to come within a few days. We have a very large two car garage. His estimate was a bit more than the first company we called but he seemed very well prepared in showing us samples and very knowledgeable about his product and we just liked him. For personal reasons , we had to delay installation for about a month and he could not be more accommodating. we finally we able to have it done this past week and it was worth the wait. The garage floor is just beautiful and I never would have thought I would say that about a garage floor! We also had the lower walls around the floor done and very glad we did. At one time we were thinking we could do this ourselves using a kit. WHAT were we thinking? This is a job for a professional and we are so glad we used Steve.
- Moira J.
The owner Steve Chaloult was easy to work with and he’s very good at what he does. I highly recommend Floorguard as your contractor if you’re wanting to have a garage floor finished with a durable epoxy like colored finish. Floorguard came when they said they would and cleaned up after they were finished. Floorguard also installs garage storage cabinets.
- Andrew A.
Very responsive, good communicator. Was on time and did a top quality job. Very happy with the outcome.
- Anonymous Homeowner
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- John H.