Commercial Epoxy Floors in Salt Lake City, UT

Commercial epoxy floors in Salt Lake City take a beating that no home garage sees. Forklifts turn on the same spot hundreds of times a day. Pallet jacks drag. Kitchens wash down with hot water and degreaser. Service bays get oil, coolant and winter brine from every vehicle that rolls in. Commercial epoxy flooring seals the concrete under all of that, makes it easier to clean and lets you mark aisles and safety zones right in the floor. Epoxy Flooring Salt Lake City installs commercial and industrial floor systems for warehouses, shops, clinics, kitchens, garages and retail back rooms across the valley.

The valley's working floors

Government, trade, transportation, utilities and business services are the city's major sectors, and the airport is home to a Delta hub. Across the valley the mix is broad. In West Valley City, UPS and Swift Transportation ranked among the largest employers in a 2017 city report. Intermountain Medical Center is Murray's largest employer. Midvale's Bingham Junction redevelopment counted dozens of businesses and thousands of employees, and Northrop Grumman builds solid rocket motors in Magna. Tooele has an industrial depot full of warehouses and manufacturing. Each of those settings asks something different of a floor, and we specify the system around it.

Matching the system to the work

A light-duty storage room may need only a solid epoxy coat and a tough topcoat. A warehouse aisle needs a thicker 100% solids epoxy that resists forklift wear. A commercial kitchen or food prep area needs a seamless, washable finish with texture so wet floors stay safe. An auto shop needs oil and solvent resistance. A clinic or lab wants something smooth, easy to clean and light in color. HomeAdvisor's figure for 100% solids commercial and industrial systems starts at $12 per square foot and goes up, which reflects the extra thickness and prep these floors require.

Thickness is not the only variable. Some floors need a self-leveling epoxy to smooth out a worn slab. Others need a broadcast of sand or quartz for traction. Areas that see hot water, such as dish rooms, may need a different chemistry than a dry storage aisle. We walk the space with you and match each zone to the right build instead of coating the whole building the same way.

Road salt in service bays

UDOT reports spreading about 236,000 tons of salt on its roads over a winter, and the city averages about 127 days a year at or below freezing. Any business that brings vehicles indoors, from dealerships to fleet garages and car washes, deals with brine dripping on its floor for months. Bare concrete absorbs it and starts to scale. A coated floor with a chemical-resistant topcoat and slope-to-drain awareness holds the brine up top, ready for a squeegee and a rinse.

Brine and sand also wear on doorways and ramps, where traffic is heaviest. We often specify extra build or texture at overhead doors, entry vestibules and the first few feet of each bay. Those are the areas that wear out first on any commercial floor, and planning for them at the start costs far less than recoating them early.

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Working around your hours

Closing a business is expensive, so scheduling is part of the plan. We can phase work by section, work nights or weekends, and lean on quick-curing polyaspartic topcoats when the timeline is tight. According to Bob Vila, a polyaspartic install can mean shutting a business for one or two days, and epoxy systems usually take longer. We tell you exactly which areas will be closed and for how long before we start, and we put it in the written quote.

Safety and marking

Commercial floors often need more than a coating. We add anti-slip aggregate where floors get wet, coat cove bases so the floor runs up the wall in kitchens and wash areas, and paint aisle lines, forklift paths and hazard zones in contrasting colors that are sealed under the topcoat. Light colors also brighten a space, which can help visibility in warehouses and shops.

Prep on large slabs

Commercial slabs are large, and many have years of sealers, adhesives, oil or old coatings. We diamond grind or shot blast to open the surface, repair cracks, spalls and joints, and run moisture tests across the floor rather than in one spot. Whether a control joint gets filled or honored comes down to how that slab moves. The result is a floor that bonds the same way from one end of the building to the other.

Maintenance plans matter on commercial floors. We tell you which cleaners suit the topcoat, how often to scrub, and when a fresh topcoat might be due based on traffic. A floor that is cleaned with the right products and recoated on time lasts much longer than one that is left until it wears through to the concrete.