A cold, dusty basement slab becomes a floor you can mop in a few minutes with basement epoxy flooring. Lethbridge families put it under treadmills, washers, kids' toys and storage shelving.
It is a smart pick anywhere carpet or laminate could be ruined by a leak.
A basement slab sits against the ground, so moisture can rise through it. Lethbridge air is very dry, but water still reaches the soil under slabs from lawn sprinklers, downspouts and the silty ground the city is built on.
Every basement gets a moisture reading first. A high number calls for a vapour blocking primer, and that one change is what stops bubbles from showing up a year later.
Solid colours, flake blends and metallics all work downstairs. Flake hides lint, scuffs and chalk dust, so it suits a laundry room or gym. A solid grey looks tidy in a storage room. For a rec room that should feel finished, our metallic epoxy flooring gives a glossy, swirled look.
In a home gym, we can leave room for rubber mats where weights get dropped.
Most basements come in at $5 to $9 a square foot. A vapour blocking primer or crack repair adds to that. Basements in older South side homes usually need more crack repair than newer homes in West Lethbridge.
Most basement slabs have shrinkage cracks, and older homes often have patches where plumbing was moved. We fill both before coating. Hairline cracks can still show as fine lines, and we tell you that before you choose. Wider cracks are cut open and filled so they stay flat.
Basement epoxy flooring cannot fix a slab that is heaving. If we see signs of that, we will say so before any work is booked.
Nearly every Lethbridge basement has a floor drain, usually by the furnace or the laundry. We coat right up to it and seal the edge, so water runs into the drain instead of under the coating. Low spots that send water the wrong way can be built up first, so a leaking washer or water heater drains where it should.
Coated concrete is firmer than carpet, so area rugs suit the sitting areas. Felt pads keep chair legs from scuffing the top layer. A dehumidifier, a sump pump or a chest freezer can all sit on basement epoxy flooring without harm.
Most basements take two to three days. Day one is grinding and crack repair, with plastic taped over the stairway to keep dust out of the house. Day two is primer and colour, and day three, when needed, is the clear top layer.
You can walk on the new floor after about a day and move furniture back after three. The odour is mild with the products we use indoors, and a fan venting outside clears it quickly.
Phone (587) 325-0923 to book a free slab check for your basement epoxy flooring. The moisture reading is part of that visit. Our other services are on the Lethbridge Epoxy Flooring home page.
Plenty of jobs here combine two systems, like a farm shop with an office upstairs or a garage with a basement gym.
Our garage floor coating locks out winter slush, road salt and oil drips while giving you a bright floor that sweeps clean in a minute. Each one is a ground, full flake system with a clear polyaspartic top layer.
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Tractors, grain trucks, welders and pressure washers all share one floor, so a shop floor coating has to be thick, textured and hard to hurt. We lay it down in farm shops, truck shops and dealer service bays around Lethbridge County.
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When a garage or showroom cannot sit empty for long, a polyaspartic floor coating hardens enough to walk on within hours and can usually take a vehicle the next day. It also stays clear in sunlight instead of turning yellow near the door.
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Plants that run carts, forklifts, hot water and sanitizer across the same slab every shift need industrial epoxy flooring laid down heavy and matched room by room. We put it down in food processing plants, packaging rooms and manufacturing shops around Lethbridge.
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Hot water, grease, steam and loaded carts hit commercial kitchen flooring every day, so the surface has to be seamless, sealed and grippy. We install it in Lethbridge restaurants, bakeries, hotel kitchens, school cafeterias and small food producers.
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Forklift wear, concrete dust and dim aisles are the three problems a warehouse floor coating solves. We coat distribution buildings, farm supply warehouses and cold storage rooms across Lethbridge.
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A dental office, boutique, fitness studio or car showroom gets a hard wearing seamless surface with no waxing schedule. Commercial epoxy flooring comes in a single colour, a flake mix or a metallic sheen.
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Cracks, pits, flaking and chipped edges all get fixed with concrete floor repair before any coating goes on. We also strip and redo failing coatings in garages, shops and plants around Lethbridge.
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Swirls of metal pigment suspended in clear resin give metallic epoxy flooring the glossy depth of polished stone or marble. It suits Lethbridge basements, living rooms, showrooms and salons.
View Metallic Epoxy FlooringRough square footage and a word on what rolls across it is enough for us to book a slab check.
A few lines about your slab are plenty. Expect a call from us within a day to line up the check. The office line is +1 (587) 325-0923.
