Why a General Contractor Recommends Epoxy Floors for Your Business in the Queens, NY Area

If your commercial floors need repairs or an upgrade, consider epoxy floor coatings: an incredibly durable and versatile flooring solution. Here’s why a general contractor or renovation contractor recommends epoxy floors for your business in the Queens & Manhattan, NY area. 

1. Durability and Longevity

It’s no accident that epoxy floor coatings are the preferred choice for high-traffic commercial spaces including garages, manufacturing plants, shopping malls, hotel lobbies, warehouses, schools, transit facilities, and medical facilities.

Epoxy is extremely durable and its high-gloss finish helps with maintenance: simply mopping the floor regularly keeps it shiny and looking like-new for many years. The floors are resistant to scratches and chips (both of which are easy to repair by application of more epoxy).

2. Safety

Clear epoxy can be applied over painted concrete floors, allowing directional signs, and colorful traffic guides to be clearly displayed without the need for above-floor signage. Non-slip additives can also be integrated into the epoxy coating to improve traction.

The surface is seamless and is highly resistant to oil, gasoline, bleach, transmission fluid, cleaning chemicals, water, food and beverage spills, and chemical spills. It is also heat-resistant (which is why it’s a favorite in institutional or large restaurant kitchens). 

Epoxy flooring is also resistant to bacteria and other pathogens, which makes them easy to sanitize. This makes epoxy an excellent flooring choice for hospitals, veterinary clinics, and other medical facilities.

Epoxy flooring is easily cleaned and does not emit noxious gases after the 24-72 hour curing period. 

3. Improved Working Conditions

The reflective, high-gloss finish that only epoxy can deliver can significantly increase the brightness of space even in windowless spaces; and behavioral scientists have determined that bright spaces are inherently better to work in.

To further improve the work environment, soothing or uplifting colors can be mixed in to improve moods and to proudly display an organization’s logos or colors.

4. Affordability

Compared to other types of flooring used in commercial spaces, epoxy floors are more cost-effective per square foot. Epoxy flooring can be installed directly over concrete and other flooring types, which lowers the installation costs. Affordability remains one of the main reasons commercial property owners choose epoxy flooring.  

5. A Bold Design Statement

The glossy finish brings out incredible depth and richness of color. This has the potential for epoxy flooring to make a bold design statement that results in a floor that is absolutely unique. Epoxy flooring could be the ideal solution for spaces that prioritize beauty and design.

Retail, hospitality, and restaurants are prime examples where the versatility of epoxy could make a dramatic statement. 

Adding metallics, or simply pouring colors randomly on the floor is used to achieve faux marble, water, or cloud effects make for one-of-a-kind floors. Blending colors thoroughly before the application will result in a more uniform color ideal for applications where bold colors are not appropriate.

Since epoxy (without additives) is clear it can be used to showcase company logos or other designs.

Creating a positive user experience begins at the ground level. It may seem like a small detail, but colors and patterns definitely have an effect on people. Epoxy floor coatings offer an opportunity to enhance the user experience, ensure a safe environment, set the mood (anything from serene to energetic), and promote artistic expression.

High-traffic commercial floors don’t have to look industrial (unless that’s the desired look). They can look sleek and modern, and most of all, bright and fresh. That’s the beauty of epoxy floor coatings.