Epoxy Flooring in Columbus, IN

Epoxy flooring in Columbus gets asked to do more work than in most towns we serve. Columbus is the headquarters of Cummins, by far the region's largest employer. Toyota Material Handling's North American headquarters is just south of the city, and the area's manufacturing history runs back through Arvin Industries. A lot of people here spend their workday on industrial floors. When they come to us about their own shop or business, they already know what a good floor should handle.

Commercial and shop floors

Our shop and commercial floor epoxy is the main reason Columbus businesses call us. Typical spaces include:

• Small machine and fabrication shops
• Auto repair and detailing bays
• Warehouses and storage rooms with pallet jacks
• Dealerships, offices and break rooms on slab
• Service areas behind retail stores

For these floors we use a thicker 100% solids epoxy base and pick the topcoat for the work. That might be chemical resistance for fluids, a harder finish for carts and pallet jacks, or slip resistance for wet areas. We can mark walkways and work zones in a contrasting color. Before quoting, we test the slab and look at joints, since forklift and cart wheels hit open joints hard.

Working around your schedule

A business cannot shut down for a week to get a floor. We can split a job into sections, work weekends or nights where the space allows, and use polyaspartic topcoats where a fast return to service matters. You get the schedule and the cure times in writing before work starts.

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Home garages in Columbus

The 2020 census counted 50,474 residents, up 14.6% from 2010, and 22,110 housing units. Census QuickFacts puts the owner-occupied rate at 60.8% and the median owner-occupied home value at $244,200. That is a lot of homeowners with attached garages. For homes we most often install garage floor epoxy with a flake broadcast. Homeowners with a home gym or a finished lower level ask for basement floor epoxy in a solid or flake finish.

Columbus weather on a garage slab

NOAA normals for Columbus put the January mean at 30.0°F, with highs near 38.6°F and lows near 21.5°F. The city averages 47.34 inches of precipitation and 16.3 inches of snow a year, mostly from December through February. Temperatures that hover around freezing mean many freeze-thaw cycles on a bare garage slab, and every treated road adds brine. A sealed coating keeps meltwater on the surface so it can be pushed out the door.

What happens on install day

• Everything comes off the floor, or we work around fixed equipment in a commercial space.
• The slab is ground with diamond tooling and the dust is vacuumed as we go.
• Cracks, chipped joints and pits are filled and ground flush.
• Oil-soaked areas are degreased or treated.
• Base coat, flake or color and topcoat go down in order.
• You get written times for foot traffic, equipment and vehicles.

A city that cares about design

Columbus is known as the Athens on the Prairie for its modern architecture. Seven buildings from 1942 to 1965 are National Historic Landmarks, and about 60 more are part of the city's design showcase. People here notice finishes. For offices, studios and dealerships, a metallic or solid-color epoxy can give a clean, modern look over plain concrete.