Epoxy Flooring in Edwardsville, KS

Edwardsville is an old name on the map with mostly younger houses, and that shapes how we approach epoxy flooring here. The town was platted in 1869 on land that once belonged to Half Moon, a Delaware chief, and was named for John H. Edwards, a Union Pacific passenger agent. For a century it stayed tiny. Census counts show 274 people in 1950 and 619 in 1970. By 1990 the town had 3,979.

What that growth means for your floor

A population jump like that means most homes in Edwardsville went up in the 1970s and 1980s or later. Garages from that era are usually attached, sized for two cars and poured with a smooth troweled finish. They tend to be in decent shape, with fewer deep repairs than a prewar slab. They have their own problems though:

• A slick, hard surface that will not grip a coating until it is ground
• Shrinkage cracks along control joints
• A spalled strip near the door from 40 years of winter slush
• Old clear sealers that look fine but stop new coatings from bonding

Households with kids

At the 2020 census, 39.2% of Edwardsville households had children under 18. In those homes the garage is a mudroom, a bike shop and often a play area. We usually suggest a flake floor in that case. The chips hide dirt and scuffs, and the textured topcoat gives better footing for small feet on a wet day. It also wipes clean after a muddy soccer practice.

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Choosing a system

| Your goal | What we usually install | |---|---| | Clean look, quick return to parking | Polyaspartic floor coating | | Hide dirt and add grip | Flake epoxy floor | | Thick, tough bond for heavy use | Garage floor epoxy with a clear topcoat | | Brighter storage or rec room downstairs | Basement floor epoxy after a moisture test |

Small town, short drive

Edwardsville covers about 9.4 square miles in Wyandotte County, between Bonner Springs and the rest of Kansas City, Kansas, and shares the Unified Government with KCK. About one in five residents lived in areas the census counts as rural in 2020. Some properties have a detached shop alongside the house garage, and we are glad to quote both on the same visit.

How the day goes

We measure the garage and test the slab, then send you a written quote. On install day we grind every inch, edges included, and vacuum the dust as we go. Cracks and the worn strip by the door get filled. Base coat, flake or color, and topcoat follow. We tell you when you can walk on it and when the car can go back in, based on the product and the weather.

Clear sealers and a simple test

A lot of 1980s and 1990s garages were sealed at some point with a clear acrylic or silane product. Many owners do not know it is there. One quick sign is water beading up instead of darkening the concrete. Any sealer has to come off before a coating goes on, and diamond grinding removes it along with the smooth top layer. We check for it at the estimate so it is in the price from the start.

Storage and organization

Once the floor is done, many Edwardsville families add wall storage to get bikes and bins off the slab. We do not install racks or cabinets, but we can time the floor so it is fully cured before anything is mounted or rolled back in.

Call (816) 575-9782 to book a free estimate in Edwardsville.