Epoxy Flooring in Cincinnati, OH

Epoxy Flooring in Cincinnati often means coating concrete that is older than the people who own it. Point2Homes, citing Census figures, gives 1951 as the median build year for a Cincinnati home, and 40.8% of local housing went up in 1939 or before. A detached garage behind a brick house in Northside or a basement under a Price Hill two-family has usually seen decades of oil, patch jobs and paint. We plan every floor here around that history before we talk about colors.

What an old slab needs first

Older concrete is rarely flat, clean or dry. Expect us to look for three things on the first visit:

• Old coatings and sealers. Paint and cheap kits block a new coating from bonding, so they come off by grinding.
• Cracks and spalls. We fill and level them so the finish does not telegraph every flaw.
• Moisture. We test the slab, since many pre-war floors were poured with no vapor barrier under them.

That prep is where most of the labor goes on an older Cincinnati floor, and your written quote will show it line by line.

Summer heat and humid air

Wikipedia's climate summary describes Cincinnati summers as hot and humid, with highs at or above 90 F on about 27 days a year. Thick summer air matters for coatings. Damp air can leave a cloudy film on some epoxies and shorten working time. On sticky days we watch the dew point, run fans or dehumidifiers in enclosed spaces, and may choose a polyaspartic topcoat that tolerates the conditions better.

Winter slush on the garage floor

The same source lists about 23.3 inches of snow in an average winter and January lows near 23.6 F. That means treated slush dripping off cars for weeks at a time. Road salt sitting on bare concrete eats at the surface and leaves white crust. A sealed, non-porous coating lets you squeegee the melt out the door instead, and a flake broadcast keeps footing secure on a wet slab.

Flood history and low ground

The Ohio River crested at 79.9 feet in January 1937, flooding roughly 12 square miles of the city. Today flood walls guard downtown, but low streets near the river and creek valleys still see water. If your garage or basement has ever taken on water, tell us. We look for staining and efflorescence, and we will say plainly if a drainage fix should come before any coating.

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Work floors for a working city

Kroger employs more people here than any other company, and Procter & Gamble, Fifth Third and other large firms keep headquarters here. Behind the offices are kitchens, loading docks, labs and shops that need a floor they can hose down. We install thicker commercial systems with marked aisles and plan the work in phases so a business can stay open.