Epoxy Flooring in Pittsfield Township, MI

Epoxy flooring in Pittsfield Township gets a lot of calls from newer homes. The township had 34,663 residents in 2010 and 39,147 in 2020, a gain of about 13% in ten years. I-94 runs across the north side, US 23 runs down the east side and US 12 cuts across the south. Many owners here commute, and the garage takes the brunt of it.

The commuter garage

A highway commute in a Michigan winter means a car covered in salt spray every evening. The car drips while it sits, and the slush melts in the same two strips of floor all season. Over a few winters, bare concrete in those strips turns rough and flaky. We see it often on garages that are only ten or fifteen years old.

A coated garage floor changes the routine:

• Melt water stays on top, where it can be squeegeed out
• Salt residue rinses off instead of soaking in
• Tire marks and oil wipe up with a mop
• The floor reflects light, which helps on dark winter evenings

Newer slabs still need a grind

A newer floor can look perfect and still be a poor surface for a coating. Builders finish garage slabs smooth and hard. Some also add a curing compound or sealer. A coating on that surface can peel in sheets. We diamond-grind the entire floor, edges and corners included, to open the surface before the first coat. That step is the same on a new floor as on an old one.

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Basements in newer homes

Many Pittsfield basements are poured, dry and ready to finish. Owners use them for offices, gyms, playrooms and storage. A coated floor works well in all of those spaces:

• Solid epoxy or fine flake for gyms and storage rooms
• Metallic epoxy for finished rec rooms and bars
• A simple clear or tinted coat for utility and mechanical rooms

Even a newer basement gets a moisture test before we coat. Readings vary with the season and the lot.

Mostly owner-occupied

Census QuickFacts lists about 61.7% of Pittsfield homes as owner-occupied, with a median owner home value of $401,200. Many owners treat the garage as an extension of the house. They ask for flake blends that match the trim, coatings carried up the stem walls and a coated step into the mudroom.

Older pockets too

Pittsfield is not all new. The area was part of Ann Arbor Township when that was organized in 1827. It became the Township of Pitt in 1834 and took its current name in 1839. There are farmhouses, older ranches and outbuildings scattered among the subdivisions. Those floors get the same full check: cracks, old paint and moisture.

Coating the whole room

Owners in newer homes often want the garage to look finished from edge to edge. Options we can add to a standard floor:

• Coving the coating a few inches up the stem walls
• Coating the step or landing into the house
• Matching flake color on a separate storage area or shed
• A non-slip texture near the house door, where shoes are wet

Each option gets its own line on the written quote, so you can choose what you want.

Cold-weather scheduling

Most Pittsfield garages are attached and unheated. In the coldest months a slab can be too cold for a coating to cure well. We check slab temperature on the day of the job. If it is too cold, we reschedule rather than put down a floor that will not cure right. Basements in heated homes can be coated in any season.