Epoxy Flooring in Grand Rapids, MI

Epoxy flooring in Grand Rapids starts with the garage, because that is where a West Michigan winter does its damage. NOAA's 1991 to 2020 normals at Gerald R. Ford International Airport put average snowfall at 77.6 inches a year, and January alone averages 22.6 inches. Every one of those inches rides into the garage on tires and boots, melts, and leaves salt brine sitting on bare concrete. A coating seals the slab so that slush wipes up instead of soaking in.

Why bare concrete struggles here

Grand Rapids has a humid continental climate with warm, humid summers and cold, snowy winters. January nights average 18.6°F and days barely reach 31°F, so a garage floor can freeze and thaw many times in a single season. Lake-effect storms can arrive quickly, which means salt trucks are out early and often. Unsealed concrete is porous. Water carrying de-icer gets into the surface, and repeated freezing can lead to pitting, flaking and white salt rings that never fully scrub out. A properly bonded coating keeps that brine on top, where a squeegee can push it out the door.

What we install in Grand Rapids

• Garage floor coating: the most searched-for floor job in the city, a full system from ground concrete to a durable topcoat
• Epoxy flake floors: broadcast color chips that hide dirt and add texture for grip on wet days
• Polyaspartic floor coating: a faster-curing topcoat that can shorten the time your garage is out of service
• Basement floor epoxy: a cleaner, brighter surface for laundry areas, gyms and storage rooms
• Metallic epoxy floors: a poured, swirled finish for finished basements and retail spaces
• Commercial and shop floor epoxy: for workshops, small warehouses and service bays

Old houses, new houses and everything between

This city has been building homes for a long time. It was incorporated as a city in 1850, and Heritage Hill, directly east of downtown, holds about 1,300 homes dating from 1848 in more than 60 architectural styles. Older garages and basements in neighborhoods like Heritage Hill, Eastown, Creston or Alger Heights can have patched, uneven or previously painted concrete. Newer slabs have their own issues, such as a smooth troweled surface that coatings will not grip until it is ground. We look at the floor first and tell you what preparation it needs before we price anything.

Historic districts and your garage floor

The city's Historic Preservation Commission reviews exterior renovation in Grand Rapids' six historic districts and on designated landmarks. Coating a garage or basement floor is interior work, but if your project also changes a garage door, windows or the outside of the building, check with the city about a Certificate of Appropriateness before that part starts. We can give you a written scope that separates floor work from anything else.

Owners and landlords alike

About 54.0% of Grand Rapids homes are owner-occupied, according to Census estimates, so a large share of the city is rental housing. Landlords use basement and garage coatings for a practical reason: a sealed floor is easier to clean between tenants and does not hold onto oil stains or musty smells the way bare concrete can. Owner-occupants tend to ask for flake or metallic finishes that suit how they actually use the space.

How a job runs

We start by checking the slab for moisture, cracks and old coatings. Then the surface is mechanically ground so the coating can bond, cracks and spalls are filled, and the base coat, flake or color layer and topcoat go down in order. Most two-car garages take one to two days depending on the system and the weather, with a cure period before you drive on it. In Grand Rapids, spring through fall is the most comfortable window, but we can discuss cold-weather timing for heated garages and basements.

Pricing your floor

What a Grand Rapids floor costs depends on slab condition, the system you choose and how much crack repair is needed, so we do not put a number on it until we have measured. Our service pages list published national cost ranges if you want a starting point. Call (616) 779-7733 or

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and we will measure the floor and give you a written price.