Epoxy Flooring in Bloomington, IN

Bloomington is where our crew is based, and epoxy flooring in Bloomington covers a wider range of concrete than almost anywhere else in the county. In one week we might see a 1920s garage behind a house near the courthouse square, a basement under a rental a few blocks from campus, and a newer slab in a subdivision on the edge of town. The city was platted in 1818 and has been building ever since, so its floors come from very different eras and very different hands.

Three kinds of Bloomington slab

• Old-neighborhood concrete. Bloomington has seven National Register historic districts, including Vinegar Hill, Prospect Hill, Steele Dunning, University Courts and the West Side. Garages and basements in these areas often carry patches, old paint, worn trowel marks and slabs poured in sections.
• Rental concrete. Many basements and garages under student and long-term rentals have had years of hard use and quick cleanups.
• Newer concrete. Slabs poured in the last few decades tend to be flat and sound, but they are often smooth and dense. A coating will not grip them until the top is ground open.

Older garages near downtown

In the historic districts, the first job is finding out what is already on the floor. Many older slabs have been painted, sealed or patched more than once. Paint and sealer have to come off completely, or the new coating is only as strong as the weakest old layer. We grind to clean concrete, fill pits and old anchor holes, and grind high patches flush. Sectioned slabs get their joints cleaned out and filled or honored so the coating does not crack along them later. For these floors, our Concrete Crack & Floor Repair work often matters as much as the coating itself.

A city of renters and landlords

Census QuickFacts puts the owner-occupied rate in the city at 34.7% for 2020 to 2024, with an average of 1.91 people per household. The 2020 census counted 36,454 housing units, and 42.1% of households were one person living alone. That means a large share of the floors we coat belong to landlords. For a rental, a coated basement or garage is about upkeep. It wipes clean between tenants, it does not soak up oil or spilled drinks, and it shows a new tenant a clean floor on move-in day. Landlords often ask us to schedule around a lease turnover. Tell us the gap you have, and we will tell you which system fits it. Polyaspartic coatings cure fast enough to suit a short turnover window.

Owners in established neighborhoods

The median value of an owner-occupied home in Bloomington was $321,400 in the 2020 to 2024 Census estimates. Owners who plan to stay usually want a floor that suits how they use the space: a flake finish in the garage, a solid color in a laundry room, or a metallic finish in a basement den. We will walk the floor with you and talk through what holds up best for that use.

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Water, rock and Bloomington basements

The city sits on a divide between the West Fork and East Fork White River basins. Wikipedia notes that it has no major watercourses and little groundwater, and that its largest stream is Clear Creek, whose eastern branch runs through the IU campus. What the city does have is limestone full of sinks, fissures, underground streams and caves. Rainwater moves through that rock in ways that are hard to predict from the street. Two basements a block apart can test very differently. We test every basement slab before quoting Basement Floor Epoxy, and we pick the primer from the reading, not from the zip code.

Cold snaps and garage doors

January in Bloomington averages a daily high of 37.0°F and a low of 20.6°F, and the record low is -21°F. A garage floor near the door goes below freezing on many winter nights and above it many afternoons. Slush and road treatment melt off the car each time. Our Garage Floor Epoxy systems seal the surface so that water sits on top, and a flake broadcast adds texture so the floor is less slick when it is wet.

Shops and small businesses

Bloomington's economy runs well beyond the university. Life-science employment here is about six times the national average, and the city has a long history of manufacturing, from the Showers Brothers furniture factory to plants once run by RCA, General Electric and Otis. Today we coat floors in small labs, storage rooms, garages behind storefronts and light-industrial spaces. Those floors take carts, chemicals and constant foot traffic, so we use the heavier systems described on our Shop & Commercial Floor Epoxy page.

What to have ready for the estimate

• Access to the whole floor, including corners and the strip under shelves if you can clear it.
• Anything you know about the floor's history: old paint, past water, a crack that has grown.
• For rentals, your turnover dates and whether tenants will be on site.
• For businesses, your hours and whether the work has to happen on a weekend.

We measure, test for moisture, note every crack and give you an itemized written price. Call (812) 616-5721 to set a time.