Decatur, IL

What we run into on Decatur floors

Decatur's ag-processing and manufacturing base means the floors here are frequently large, hard-used and chemically abused — the sort of slab where a thin roll-on coating would not survive a season. Those jobs get shot blasting or heavy grinding, full joint and crack treatment, and a high-build chemical-resistant system, usually with line striping where the traffic patterns need marking out. Residentially, Decatur has some of the best older housing stock in Central Illinois. The West End Historic District and the streets around Millikin University hold grand early-1900s homes, many with detached carriage-house garages on original concrete that has been patched more than once. The mid-century ranches out toward Mound Road and the neighborhoods around Fairview Park are more straightforward. South Shores, on Lake Decatur, is a different case again — lakefront properties, plenty of detached shops and boat storage, and slabs that see a lot of wet traffic and so usually want non-slip aggregate worked into the topcoat.

Serving Decatur and Forsyth, Mt. Zion, Cerro Gordo, Clinton. Macon County is inside our 50+ mile radius, so there is no trip charge to come out and quote your floor.

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Poured amber metallic floor finish in a large interior, the kind of feature floor we install in Decatur, IL

Garages

Garage Floor Coating in Decatur, IL

Garage floor coating in Decatur ranges from a standard attached two-car to a detached carriage house that has been standing for a century. On the older properties the concrete is the deciding factor, and we will tell you honestly at the estimate whether a slab is worth coating or whether the money is better spent replacing it — occasionally it is, and we would rather say so than take the job. Where the slab is sound, the process is the same one we run everywhere: grind, chase and fill, patch the spalling, coat, flake, seal. Around the lake we normally recommend non-slip aggregate as standard.

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Blue and gray flake epoxy garage floor, the finish we install on garages in Decatur, IL

Epoxy floor quote in Decatur?

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Call and tell us the room. We cover Macon County with no trip charge, and we can usually say on the phone roughly what your slab will need.

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Service area

Where Decatur sits in our range

Fifty minutes southwest via Route 121 or I-72. Decatur, Forsyth, Mt. Zion and Argenta are all inside the radius with no trip charge.

We are based in Champaign County and work 50+ miles in every direction, so Decatur and the rest of Macon County are well inside it, along with Forsyth, Mt. Zion, Cerro Gordo, Clinton.

Call (217) 417-5950 and we will tell you straight away when we can get out to look at it.

Map shows the Decatur, IL area we cover.

Services

What we install in Decatur

All six services are available across Macon County and the surrounding towns.

Nearby

Other towns we cover

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Questions

Before you book a Decatur quote

How long does epoxy take to cure?

Most floors are ready for light foot traffic about 12 to 24 hours after the final coat, furniture and light use at 24 to 72 hours, and vehicle traffic after roughly 5 to 7 days. Full chemical cure takes about a week.

Those windows move with temperature and humidity, so we give you the exact dates for your floor before we start. And we would much rather tell you to wait two extra days than watch tire marks press permanently into a coating that was still green.

How long does an epoxy floor last?

A properly prepped residential garage or basement floor commonly runs 10 to 20 years. Commercial and industrial floors under forklifts, steel wheels and constant traffic are usually in the 5 to 10 year range before they want a recoat — and a recoat is far cheaper than a new install, because the prep is already done.

The single biggest factor is not the epoxy. It is the surface prep underneath it. That is exactly why we grind every floor instead of acid-etching it and hoping for the best.

Can you put epoxy over an existing floor?

Over bare concrete — yes. That is the ideal surface, and we grind it first to open the pores so the coating can key into it.

Over an existing coating — it depends. If the old coating is sound and well bonded, we can abrade it and go over the top. If it is peeling, chipping, bubbling or flaking, it has to come off first — and we do that too.

Over tile, wood, vinyl or carpet — no. Epoxy needs concrete to bond to, so those have to be removed first. We will tell you which situation you are in at the estimate, before you have committed to anything.

How much does epoxy flooring cost?

Epoxy is priced by the square foot, and four things move the number:

Square footage. Bigger floors cost less per foot — the setup is the same whether the room is 400 or 4,000 square feet.
Slab condition. A clean, sound slab needs a grind. One with cracks, spalling, pits or an old failing coating needs repair work first.
The system you pick. Solid color is the most economical, full flake sits in the middle, and metallic is the premium option.
Extras. Non-slip aggregate, line striping, cove base and heavier build thicknesses all add to it.

We will not quote a floor we have not seen, because a number pulled over the phone helps nobody. Call (217) 417-5950 and we will come measure. The estimate is free, itemized and in writing, so you can see exactly what you are paying for.

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