Choosing a suitable home renovation project can mean facing an overwhelming array of choices and expenses. Garage floor coatings offer a practical, cost-effective, and quick alternative to expensive kitchen or bathroom remodels.
Instead of spending thousands of dollars and losing the use of your kitchen for weeks, it pays to consider coating your concrete surfaces. In this post, our team at Global Garage of Central Texas explains the benefits of garage floor coatings in San Antonio and why they add value to your home.
The Benefits of Coated Floors
While we are discussing concrete coatings for garages, these systems work well for any floor. The benefits of garage floor coatings extend to any concrete surface.
Makes the Space Functional
Your garage floor may feel cold and uncomfortable in the winter. The surface is hard, chilly, and not very enticing. Cracks or slight differences in slab heights result in an uneven floor that is difficult to navigate.
A coating evens out the floor and provides an extra barrier against the cold. The floor is firm, but has some give, so it is slightly more comfortable to walk on than concrete. By sealing the floor, you can therefore create a more functional space to use as a workshop, office space, or gym.
Aesthetics
Garage floor coatings are among the most versatile decorative treatments. They cover a range of issues in the substrate like stains, cracks, and rubber marks. If your garage floor is brand new, you may elect to have a simple clear coat to give it a glossy sheen so that it resembles polished concrete.
However, there are many other options here as well. You can add:
- Colors
- Metallic flakes and elements
- Vinyl flakes
- Mica
- Quartz
- Aggregate
- Stones
- Pebbles
The vast number of additives makes achieving a unique look very simple. You may choose flakes in generic colors or your favorite shades. You may opt to replicate an expensive Italian marble or sandstone floor. Forget plain gray; garage floor coatings open up a new world of style choices.
Protection
If you think about the wear and tear on a garage floor, it makes sense to protect the concrete. Coatings reinforce the concrete and lend it chemical resistance. The layer also absorbs some of the shock from the vehicle driving over it and holds the concrete in place.
The barrier keeps spills away from the underlying substrate, ensuring that the surface remains pristine. Add a polyaspartic topcoat and you also prevent the concrete layer from fading.
Safety
Concrete can become slippery if you wet it. Garage floor coatings solve this dilemma with the addition of aggregate. These inclusions roughen the surface enough to add traction without detracting from the finish. Your floor becomes slip-resistant even when you wash it.
Durable
When it comes to durability, there are few solutions like coatings. The average residential garage coating lasts between 10 and 15 years. It may last longer if you care for it properly. During this period, you will not need to refinish your floors or worry about delamination or flaking.
Low-Maintenance
Painting your garage floor is a quick and cheap solution — that is, until you realize that paint chips easily. If you drop a tool or a dumbbell on the floor, the paint will lift. A painted floor requires regular refinishing, making it a high-maintenance, expensive option over its lifetime.
In contrast, your coating requires no refinishing. If you accidentally scratch the surface, you can easily buff the scratch out or use a patch kit. Other than that, cleaning is the only maintenance you require.
Easy to Clean
Coatings make the floor repel liquids. Therefore, spills are easy to clean. Much of the time, you don’t even need to use a detergent, because warm water is sufficient. We do offer a professional cleaning product for those grimier messes like oil and grease that are harder to clear up.
Aside from that, we may recommend polishing the floor occasionally.
Quick Installation
The average garage takes a day to coat. We use a high-quality polyurea base and polyaspartic topcoat because of their fast-curing times. Your floor is move-in ready 24 hours after we finish the installation.
Environmentally-Friendly
Carpeting, rubber tiles, and metal flooring are all popular options in a garage. However, the downside of these methods is that they require the use of strong adhesives. These are generally high in volatile organic compounds, as evidenced by the strong smell that lingers for days. You may also have to touch up the adhesives every few years.
Garage floor coatings are more environmentally friendly because they contain lower levels of VOCs. The smell dissipates quickly, leaving the air clear. The coatings are also more environmentally friendly because they last so long.
Why Choose Us?
Global Garage of Central Texas is your go-to company when it comes to garage floor sealing. Our patented one-day process means that your flooring goes in quickly with minimal inconvenience to you.
We honed our processes over several years to ensure that we deliver the best services every time. We equip our skilled team members with the top-quality gear and supplies they need to achieve the results you deserve.
We offer you our lifetime warranty because we are confident you will love the results we achieve.
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