Epoxy Flooring in Niles, IL

Most epoxy flooring we do in Niles goes over concrete poured in a short window. The village had about 3,587 residents in 1950 and 20,393 by 1960, according to the census table on Wikipedia. Former farms and nurseries were redeveloped into housing as veterans of World War II and Korea moved in. American Community Survey data on Point2Homes shows 32.4% of homes built in the 1950s and 24.2% in the 1960s, with a median year built of 1965.

One era, similar problems

When most of a town is built in fifteen years, the garages tend to age the same way. In Niles we usually see:

• Hairline and settlement cracks running across the slab
• Rough, worn concrete where tires have rolled for decades
• Salt scaling near the overhead door
• Floor paint or sealer that has partly worn off

Our crack and floor repair service handles these first. Cracks are routed and filled, damaged surface is ground back to sound concrete, and the floor is ready for epoxy or flake.

The river through the east side

The North Branch of the Chicago River runs north to south through the eastern part of Niles. Homes near any river can face high groundwater after heavy rain. Before we coat a basement in Niles we take a moisture reading on the slab and check the floor drain and wall joints. If readings are high, we use a moisture-tolerant primer. If there is active seepage, we tell you plainly that it needs fixing before any coating.

Winter at the garage door

Niles shares the same northwest Cook County winters as the rest of our area, with snow, slush and salt from late fall into spring. On a postwar slab, the first few feet inside the door usually take the worst of it. That is where we most often find flaking surface and pitting from salt brine. We grind that area back to solid concrete, fill pits with a repair mortar, and then coat the whole floor. A textured flake finish gives grip when melting snow runs off a car, and the sealed surface lets you push slush out with a squeegee instead of letting it soak in.

A note on detached garages

Some Niles lots have a detached garage at the back. These are often unheated, so we time the work for warmer days or choose a polyaspartic system, which can be applied in a wider temperature range than standard epoxy.

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Niles is also an industrial town

For a village of about 5.85 square miles, Niles has a lot of working floor space. A 2019 financial report cited on Wikipedia lists Woodward, Inc., Shure, Bradford Exchange and Coca-Cola Bottling Company among its top employers. Plants, bottling and distribution spaces need floors that can handle:

• Forklifts and pallet jacks, which grind through thin coatings
• Washdowns, where water should not soak into the concrete
• Chemical and product spills, which stain bare slabs

Our commercial and warehouse floor epoxy uses thicker, high-solids coatings built for this kind of use. We can add line striping for aisles and work around production schedules.

Choosing a finish for a Niles home

For a typical postwar garage, we often suggest a full flake floor. The chips hide minor surface marks that remain after repair, and they add grip when snow melts off the car. For a basement used for laundry or storage, a solid-color epoxy keeps the room bright. Call (224) 501-9895 to book a free estimate.