Epoxy Flooring in Springfield, IL

Springfield Epoxy Floors installs epoxy flooring in Springfield, IL and the towns around it: garage floors, basements, workshops and commercial spaces. Concrete here deals with two kinds of weather. Springfield averages 21.8 inches of snow a year, mostly from December through February, and January averages 27.9°F, close enough to freezing that slabs thaw and refreeze over and over. Summers swing the other way. July averages 76.5°F, the city's record high is 112°F, and average relative humidity sits around 71%. A floor coating in Springfield has to handle salty slush in winter and heavy, damp air in summer.

What winter leaves on a garage floor

When snow falls, city crews treat the main arteries first and then the side streets. NewsChannel 20 reported Springfield public works spreading more than 200 tons of salt in a single cleanup, with more than 1,500 tons ready to go. That salt comes home in the wheel wells and melts onto the garage floor. Bare concrete soaks up the brine. After a few winters you see flaking at the door, pitted tire tracks and a chalky white film that returns after every storm. A sealed coating holds the brine on top of the slab, where a squeegee can push it out.

Springfield's housing and what it means for slabs

American Community Survey estimates for 2019 to 2023, summarized by Point2Homes, put the median year built for Springfield housing at 1972. About 17.7% of homes date to 1939 or earlier, the 1970s are the largest single decade at 18.6%, and only about 5% were built since 2010. That adds up to a lot of ranch and split-level garages that are 40 to 60 years old, plus older houses near downtown and in neighborhoods like Enos Park and Old Aristocracy Hill with detached garages and basements poured long ago. Older slabs often carry paint, sealers, soaked-in oil and patched cracks. We find those at the estimate so the price reflects the prep your floor needs.

Cracks and the coal under Sangamon County

Springfield grew partly on coal mining and processing, and much of the county sits near old underground workings. The Illinois Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund counts 107,716 acres of Sangamon County in its mine-related zones and estimates that 52,838 of the county's 92,815 housing units are inside them. Mine subsidence coverage is mandatory on property policies here. Most cracks in Springfield garages come from ordinary shrinkage and settling, and we fill them as part of prep. Illinois Emergency Management Agency guidance says subsidence cracks tend to show up suddenly and widen, usually along with sticking doors and windows. If a crack looks like that, we point it out before quoting, because a coating cannot hold back a moving slab.

Basements, humidity and radon

Plenty of Springfield homes have basements, and a basement slab sits against cool, damp ground. In a humid summer the slab can sweat, and moisture can also move up through the concrete from below. Either one will lift a coating put down without a test. We take moisture readings before recommending a system, and we use a moisture-tolerant primer or hold off when the numbers call for it. Radon matters here too. An Illinois Times report citing the Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety found 29% of Sangamon County homes above the 4 pCi/L action level. A floor coating is not radon mitigation, so test before you finish a basement.

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Coating systems we install

• Flake broadcast floors: colored chips scattered into the base coat until it is fully covered, then sealed. They hide salt film and dirt and add grip.
• Polyaspartic coatings: a fast-curing resin that stays clear in sunlight and goes down in a wide temperature range, used as a topcoat or a full system.
• Basement epoxy: solid-color or flake floors over moisture-tested slabs, with a primer chosen for the readings.
• Crack and floor repair: filling cracks, spalls and pitted areas, rebuilding control joints and resurfacing worn concrete.
• Shop and commercial floors: thicker, chemical-resistant systems for workshops, machine sheds, storage rooms and light warehouse space.

A typical garage job, start to finish

• Everything comes out of the garage, or we agree on what stays and where.
• We grind the full slab with diamond tooling, edges included, and vacuum the dust.
• Cracks and spalls are filled and leveled; oil spots are degreased or ground out.
• The base coat goes down, followed by flakes or color, then a clear topcoat.
• You get written times for foot traffic, moving items back and parking.

Springfield is home base. We also coat floors in Chatham, Rochester, Sherman, Riverton, Leland Grove, Jerome, Grandview, Southern View, Spaulding, Auburn, Pawnee, Williamsville, New Berlin, Pleasant Plains, Loami and Divernon in Sangamon County, Athens and Petersburg in Menard County, and Virden, Taylorville, Lincoln and Jacksonville a little farther out. The floors vary by place. Chatham grew 25% between 2010 and 2020, so it has many newer attached garages. Leland Grove, Jerome and Grandview are older communities close to the city that did most of their growing between the 1940s and 1970s. Riverton, Pawnee and Virden are old coal towns, and Sherman, Pawnee and Taylorville have all rebuilt after recent tornadoes. Each area page covers what we know about homes and floors there.