Epoxy Flooring in Evanston, IL

Epoxy flooring in Evanston is usually a job inside a house with a long history. By the 1920s the city was already called the City of Homes, known for its many architects and its mansions near the lake. Many of those homes still have their original basements and detached garages. We help owners decide which of those floors is worth coating, and how.

A housing stock older than most suburbs

ACS figures summarized by Point2Homes show 40.3% of Evanston housing units were built in 1939 or earlier. Another 13% came in the 1950s. On concrete that old, the questions are practical. Is the slab level enough to drain? Has a past owner sealed or painted it? Are there settlement cracks that move with the seasons? We check each one before we recommend a system, because a coating will not fix a slab that is still shifting.

May is the wettest month

Wikipedia puts Evanston's average yearly precipitation at 40.32 inches, with May the wettest month at 4.71 inches. Spring rain is when basement floors show their true moisture level. If you notice a damp line along the wall or a musty smell in spring, tell us. We test the slab, and if moisture is high we suggest a primer made to tolerate it, or we tell you plainly that drainage work should come first.

Choosing a basement finish

A basement in an older Evanston home is often used as a laundry, a workshop, a gym or a kids' room. Each use points to a different floor.

• Laundry and utility rooms: a flake floor with a little texture hides lint and handles water on the floor.
• Home gyms: a thicker coat that resists dropped weights, with rubber mats where you lift.
• Finished rec rooms: a metallic or solid color with a satin topcoat, which shows less glare.

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Apartments, condos and shared floors

Evanston is not only single-family. About 18.1% of housing units sit in buildings with 50 or more units and 13.7% in buildings with 20 to 49 units, per the same ACS summary. Condo boards and building owners sometimes want shared storage rooms, bike rooms or parking areas coated. Those jobs call for a plan that keeps residents moving, and for a finish that stays easy to mop. We can quote by section and work around a building's notice rules.

Institutional and medical spaces

Northwestern University tops the city's employer list with 9,471 workers, followed by NorthShore University HealthSystem at 3,727, according to Wikipedia's 2015 list. Clinics, labs and service areas around those campuses need floors that clean easily and stand up to carts. We can walk a commercial space and explain which coatings suit wheeled traffic and frequent cleaning.