Epoxy Flooring in Evansdale, IA

Epoxy flooring in Evansdale often starts with a question about water. The town exists because of it. In 1947, residents of the Home Acres and River Forest area, just east of the Waterloo city limits, formed an improvement association because they faced a common drainage problem. They petitioned to incorporate that August, voted 205 to 106 in favor, and became a city on November 13, 1947.

Most of Evansdale was built in the years right after that. ACS estimates summarized by Point2Homes show 605 homes from the 1940s and 532 from the 1950s, which together make up just over half of the town's 2,220 housing units. The median year built is 1959. Wikipedia notes that postwar growth meant new sewer and water lines had to be laid, which tells you how fast the houses went up.

What 70-year-old concrete needs

A slab poured in 1948 has been through more than seventy Iowa winters. In Evansdale garages we usually find some mix of: 1. Hairline and wider cracks running out from the corners. 2. A worn, sandy surface near the door from years of salt. 3. Old gray or red floor paint, often in two or three layers. 4. A dip where the slab settled over soft fill.

We deal with those in order. The paint is ground off. Cracks are routed and filled with a rigid or flexible filler depending on whether they move. Spalls are patched with a repair mortar, and low spots can be leveled before the coating. Only then does the base coat go down.

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Basements on low ground

With that drainage history, we test every Evansdale basement before quoting. A slab that reads damp gets a moisture-tolerant primer, or a recommendation to fix gutters, grading or the sump first. A coating will not stop water coming through a wall crack. It will only show you where it is.

Floors for a mostly owner-occupied town

About 60.8% of occupied Evansdale homes are owner-occupied, and most are detached houses: 1,836 of 2,220 units. For these homes the common job is a one- or two-stall garage with crack repair and a flake coat. Flake hides the repaired lines in an old slab better than a solid color does, and its texture gives better footing on a wet floor.

Single-stall and tandem garages

Many Evansdale homes from the late 1940s and 1950s have a one-car garage, some attached and some at the back of the lot. A small garage can often be ground, repaired and coated in one day, with cure time after. If your garage is also the laundry room or workshop, we plan the layout so the floor around the washer or bench gets a full coat and a clean edge.

Duplexes and small rentals

About 39.2% of occupied homes in Evansdale are rented, and 130 units are in two-unit buildings. For landlords, a coated basement or garage floor cleans up fast between tenants and does not hold onto stains. We can quote each unit separately and work around move-out dates.

What the estimate covers

On an older floor the estimate takes a little longer. We measure, tap for hollow spots, look at every crack and run a moisture test. You get a written quote that lists the repair work apart from the coating, so you can see what the old slab is adding to the price.