When you’re looking for strong, durable flooring capable of taking a lot of punishment while looking great, Epoxy flooring is a great solution. Epoxy is a synthetic, resin-based mixture that can be applied to a base substrate to create aesthetically diverse, durable, low-maintenance flooring with great longevity. It’s tough, capable of withstanding shock impacts, and difficult to scuff or scratch.
If you’re considering an epoxy floor, hiring a professional flooring company brings you the benefit of their experience and knowledge. Selecting the best company, however, can be tricky. Finding an experienced flooring company is the difference between a great floor that brings you all the benefits of epoxy and an expensive mistake.
Here’s why experience matters when hiring a professional epoxy flooring company.
What is Epoxy Flooring?
Epoxy flooring is the perfect solution for industrial spaces and areas with heavy machinery or high traffic. They’re created from resins and hardeners for a durable finish capable of withstanding a great deal of wear and tear. Epoxy resin flooring is also a great choice for areas likely to experience leaks and spills. It’s water-resistant, easily maintained, and capable of withstanding rigorous and regular cleaning.
Benefits Of Hiring Experienced Epoxy Flooring Contractors
There are many advantages to hiring experienced flooring companies. The installation process isn’t always smooth sailing where epoxy is concerned, which means experience is essential for keeping costs down, avoiding mistakes, ensuring quality, and so much more…
Professional, Incredible Outcomes
While there are a lot of practical benefits to epoxy flooring, a professional finish is essential for aesthetics and ensuring durability and functionality. Experienced epoxy flooring contractors are meticulous in their work. They understand that extra diligence during installation is key to creating incredible floors.
The level of experience your flooring company has will impact the extent to which they can pay attention to the details during installation. The more floors they work on, the more they learn and recognize the little things that can lead to imperfections.
Environmentally-Friendly Tools
Epoxy flooring can be a great green solution to your flooring needs, but only if your flooring company has the right tools and experience to create environmentally friendly flooring. For example, water-based epoxies can be used instead of solvent-based epoxies. This effectively prevents harmful chemicals from being released into the environment as the floor is fitted.
You will also find experienced flooring professionals who have learned to use recycled materials to reduce the waste created by their flooring.
Beyond Aesthetics - Safety Matters
While epoxy flooring looks fantastic, it’s more than just the aesthetics that make these floors so great. They’re capable of supporting heavy-duty equipment and machinery, yet they’re easy to maintain and clean. Laying epoxy floors comes with many considerations for the final look of the floor, but there are many other factors to consider, such as the special equipment that will be needed.
Your flooring company needs to clearly understand all concerns (not just the aesthetic ones) before they begin. Experience is critical to reading the conditions of a situation and understanding how they will impact the floor and safety concerns. For example, does the floor need a coating that’s resistant to liquids or one that has anti-slip properties? What temperature and moisture conditions will the final floor be exposed to?
These factors can impact your choice of coating and finish. The wrong choice can create a floor that creates safety concerns rather than eliminating them.
Mistakes Can Cause Big Expenses
Mistakes happen; they’re inevitable. If your flooring company is relatively new, it will still be in a learning phase by trial and error, to some extent, in that it won’t have made all the mistakes yet. They haven’t had a chance to see the knock-on effects of those mistakes further down the line. They’re unaware of how minor mistakes during installation can lead to huge, expensive issues later.
For example, designing a floor with an anti-slip coating when unnecessary will mean the coating needs to be removed in the future. That’s an additional expense. It’s also possible that the subfloor may have been damaged by the weight of machinery placed on it, leading to even greater expense as that must also be replaced.
Removing the coating can be problematic as epoxy waste is often regulated, requiring additional expense to safely dispose of it.
The more experienced your flooring company is, the better it will be able to predict and plan for the needs of your floor, the conditions it will experience, and the future circumstances that will arise depending on the design. This allows them to avoid mistakes that lead to a lot of expense effectively.
Time Considerations
Finally, an experienced epoxy contractor can complete a project promptly while maintaining the highest standards. They’re aware of potential delays and how to avoid them and can effectively judge the time needed to complete a project. If you have a fixed deadline in mind, they can tell you if it’s realistic to complete by that point. And once a deadline has been agreed upon, they will ensure the work is finished within the specified timeframe and budget. This ensures minimal disruption on your end.
The Concrete Coatings of the Carolinas team provides industrial-grade concrete coatings in commercial spaces and facilities across various industries. Our track record is a testament to our experience, giving you peace of mind that your floor is in capable hands. Book a consultation today to discuss your epoxy flooring project with one of our experts.