Epoxy Flooring in Palmer Township, PA

Epoxy flooring in Palmer Township goes onto concrete from two big waves of building. In the early 1920s, subdivisions laid out along the inter-city trolley lines doubled the township's population within ten years. A second spurt came in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Today Palmer has about 22,300 residents and 9,087 housing units, and many of those homes are now 70 to 100 years old. Their slabs have stories, and we read them before we coat anything.

What we find under older Palmer floors

A garage or basement from the 1920s through the 1950s rarely has bare, untouched concrete. Common findings:

• Layers of porch or floor paint that have started to lift
• Black mastic left behind when old tile was pulled up
• Patches of different ages and mixes, some softer than the slab around them
• Settled or cracked sections near the door or a floor drain
• A rough, worn surface where decades of salt have eaten the top layer

Each of these changes the prep. Paint and mastic must be ground off. Soft patches are cut out and refilled. Cracks are opened and filled so they do not telegraph through the new finish. All of that goes into the written quote line by line.

A detached garage on an older lot

Many older streets have a single-car detached garage at the back of the lot. These floors often sit a little lower than the yard, so water runs in under the door during a thaw. We look at the slope and the door seal, and we may suggest a repair at the apron. A coating keeps brine out of the concrete, but it cannot stop water from pooling where the floor is lower than the driveway.

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February is the heavy month

Palmer averages 33.1 inches of snow a year, and February is the snowiest month at just under 11 inches. January's average temperature is 30.1°F. That means the township's garages see the most salt late in the season, when concrete has already been through weeks of freezing and thawing. If your floor is flaking now, it will be worse by April. We prefer to coat in the warmer months, and we can book spring jobs during the winter so you are ready when temperatures allow.

Industry has deep roots here

Palmer has a long working history. Iron ore was dug at Fairview Knolls, cement was made near Tatamy, and railroad equipment came from Taylor Wharton and Treadwell Engineering. Binney & Smith, the company that became Crayola, ran a crayon factory along Bushkill Creek. ITT arrived in 1964 and Acopian in 1965. Shops and light industrial buildings in the township still need floors that handle carts, oil and foot traffic. Our commercial systems use thicker epoxy layers and repair joints and spalls first.

Roads that carry the salt in

The township maintains 93.09 of its 113.47 miles of public road, and U.S. Route 22 and PA Route 33 both cross it. Commuters on Freemansburg Road, William Penn Highway or 25th Street bring the same brine home each night. On older, porous concrete that brine does damage fast. A coated surface keeps it on top, where you can rinse it out after a storm.

Services that fit Palmer best

• Concrete crack and floor repair for older, patched slabs
• Garage floor coating with flake for salt season
• Basement floor epoxy over moisture-tested slabs
• Commercial floor epoxy for shops and service bays