Concrete Coating in Chicago, IL

Epoxy has become the general word for any coated concrete floor, which is why most people in Chicago searching for one type it. It is worth being specific about what we install, because the difference shows up in how the floor behaves here.

Every floor we put down is two layers over a diamond-ground slab: a flexible polyurea base coat that bonds into the concrete, and a polyaspartic topcoat over it. Decorative flake goes between them. Most floors are finished in a single day, where an epoxy install often runs two to four.

Three things about that matter more in Chicago than they would further south. The base coat stays flexible, so it moves with a slab that freezes and thaws all winter instead of cracking as a rigid film would. The topcoat holds its color in sunlight rather than yellowing. And we install year round, including when it is below freezing, so an unheated garage in January is still a job we can book. The full comparison of the two systems sets them side by side on install time, flexibility and UV.

If you are here because a floor already failed, the usual cause in a garage is hot tire pickup: warm tires soften some coatings, and the film lifts off the slab when the car pulls away. Why floors lift under hot tires covers what causes it and what replacing a failed floor involves.

A residential floor usually runs $6 to $10 per square foot, and the size and condition of the slab are what move a job inside that range. Our guide to coating costs explains what pushes a number up.

Most jobs are one day on site. You can walk on the floor after 24 hours, put light items back after 48, and park on it after 72.

Residential floors under a roof, garages included, carry a lifetime warranty, backed by The Integrity Seal. Patios, pool decks, porches, walkways, garage aprons and commercial floors carry a 3-year warranty with the same coverage.

Quotes are free and we will look at the slab before we price it. Call (815) 220-5015 or request a quote.