Flood-Proof Floors: The Water-Resistant Wonder of Epoxy

Can Epoxy Flooring Be Installed In Residential Homes, Or Is It Only For Commercial Spaces? 

Tired of replacing water-damaged flooring or maintaining high-traffic areas? You're not alone. Flooring challenges plague homeowners across Colorado's Front Range, but there's a solution that's transforming spaces from basements to garages, patios to commercial facilities.

President David Nanninga breaks down why epoxy flooring systems aren't just another pretty surface—they're game-changers for practical homeowners. When basement flooding ruins carpet, requiring costly replacement, epoxy shines (literally and figuratively) as you can simply mop up water without damage. This water-resistant quality alone has converted countless homeowners after experiencing the heartache of traditional flooring failures.

Cost-conscious renovators take note: quality epoxy applications typically cost less than luxury vinyl tile (LVT) and mid-grade carpet options while outlasting them substantially. David shares that his own basement installation has remained virtually unchanged after nine years with zero maintenance beyond regular cleaning. For garages, the company actually supersedes standard epoxy with polyaspartic coatings—the "crème de la crème" offering superior durability, abrasion resistance, and next-day usability compared to epoxy's seven-day cure time.

The diamond grinding preparation process ensures excellent adhesion to concrete, preventing the peeling and failure that plague DIY applications. Even outdoor installations outperform expensive tile and high-maintenance stamped concrete options. Discover why more Colorado homeowners and businesses are choosing professionally applied coating systems that combine beauty, durability and remarkable practicality. Ready for flooring that truly performs? Visit Milehighcoatings.com for a free quote or call 970-314-1023 to transform your space today.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Welcome to the Mile High Coatings podcast, where we
elevate your spaces to a newpeak in quality.
Hosted by David Nanega,president of Mile High Coatings,
this podcast explores howexpert residential painting,
concrete coatings and epoxyflooring can transform garages,
basements, patios and commercialspaces across Colorado's front

(00:25):
range.
So grab your favorite beverage,sit back and dive into the
world of high-quality coatings.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
Epoxy flooring isn't just shiny and durable, it's a
game-changer.
In this episode, we dig intowhat makes epoxy stand out from
traditional flooring isn't justshiny and durable, it's a game
changer.
In this episode, we dig intowhat makes epoxy stand out from
traditional flooring and why itbecomes a go-to for homeowners
and businesses alike.
Welcome back everyone.
This is Nick George, co-hostand producer, back in the studio
with David Nanenga, presidentof Mile High Coatings.
How's it going, david?

Speaker 3 (01:01):
it's going well today .
How are you?

Speaker 2 (01:02):
Nate good David, it always great to be back here.
With Mile High Coatings, we'reready to elevate things to a
whole new peak in quality.
What are the benefits of epoxyflooring compared to other
options?

Speaker 3 (01:16):
So there are definitely a lot of options when
it comes to flooring.
You know, obviously you know inbas basements you've got
options like LVT tile, carpet,maybe in some scenarios hardwood
could be an option and ofcourse, just treating the
concrete directly with polishedconcrete is an option.

(01:37):
And then you've got, of course,the the coating side of things
and there's definitely a fewdifferent options that we always
explore when it comes tobasements.
We have a few differentapplications.
We can do things like what werefer to as a grind and seal, so
if you think about it like aclear coat, just a clear sealer,

(01:57):
maybe a shiny sealer over theconcrete.
We can do other epoxyapplications that people see
online.
They kind of see that kind ofmarbly, swirly look is what
people refer to it as, but thatwould be a metallic epoxy system
and probably our most popularapplication for a basement would
be a dye and seal.

(02:18):
To answer your question withrespect to the benefits of epoxy
over some of your traditionaloptions like carpet, or
obviously the LVT is certainly areally popular option in
basements right now.
What does that stand for?
Lvt luxury vinyl tile.

(02:41):
so thank you so it's kind oflike those planks that mimic
hardwood.
You know all kinds of obviouslytons of different colors and
everything there's really withrespect to luxury vinyl tile
there's a pretty wide range ofprice.
I mean you can get pretty cheapor you can be fairly expensive,
which kind of brings me to oneof my.
One of the benefits of epoxy isit's relatively inexpensive,

(03:03):
especially compared to most LVToptions.
It's again carpet.
You can range in price withcarpet.
So I'd say most it's going tobe, it's going to be less
expensive than most probably mid, mid grade carpetsets.
Of course you can get somecheap carpet that's probably
going to be cheaper than youknow a stainless concrete

(03:25):
application.
So so, besides price and cost,probably one of the main
benefits or I should say one ofthe reasons why people call us
and explore coatings inbasements is because they've
experienced a recent water issue, whether it's a water heater
leaking, exploding, whatever youwant to call it, or maybe they

(03:46):
had a leak from outside or aflood or something and they've
realized and maybe it's not thefirst time that that's happened.
So they realized, man, this isreally terrible having to clean
up my carpet and having to dowater mitigation.
So one of the real benefitsthat you experience with epoxy
or with our dye and seal orconcrete stain application is

(04:07):
it's literally you can just mopit up, use a wet vac and clean
up the floor and you're notdealing with replacing the
flooring.
So that's a huge benefit forpeople that might be nervous
about experiencing a water issue.
Then, aesthetically, you know,it's a really popular, you know,
application for people that arekind of going for maybe kind of

(04:29):
that simple aesthetic.
Maybe some people might call itindustrial kind of aesthetic,
but it's just a really popularapplication these days when
people are finishing theirbasements.
It's extremely durable.
It's not going to wear down,it's not going to get matted

(04:49):
like carpet.

Speaker 2 (04:50):
Is there any maintenance With carpet?
You've got to do maintenanceright.

Speaker 3 (04:55):
True, absolutely.
I would say it's virtuallymaintenance-free.
Of course it can scratch.
I always tell people to treatit, you know, like you would
treat it like a hardwood floor.
Can a clear coat scratch?
Of course it can, but a lot oftimes I feel like for that to
happen you have to be almostintentional to make it scratch.
So from a maintenancestandpoint it's literally just,

(05:17):
I mean just clean it again likeyou would a hardwood floor or
tile even.
But from a recoding, ongoingmaintenance standpoint it's
pretty durable.
I've got the dye and sealapplication in my own basement
and it's been down for nineyears and it's great.
I mean it's basically as goodas the day it was done.

(05:38):
It looks the same Over time.
The clear coat as it getscleaned even a microfiber has
very subtle abrasion.
It goes from maybe a semi-glossgloss to settles into a nice
satin sheen, super easy to cleanand there's virtually no
maintenance.
We have virtually nobody that'sever has come back, even you

(06:01):
know from 10, 12, 15 years ago,and say, hey, I need another
coat, another clear coat in mybasement.
I mean it's, once it's down,it's, it's good to go.

Speaker 2 (06:10):
So it outlasts vinyl.

Speaker 3 (06:12):
Oh yeah, it's extremely durable.
Foot traffic in a householdisn't going to impact you know
it's not going to wear thecoating down.
I mean, that's outdoor carpetskind of rare these days, but
tile People certainly still dotile on outdoors and obviously

(06:44):
those options are extremelyexpensive relative to our
outdoor polyasparticapplications that we do a lot,
that we do a lot, and so from anexpense standpoint, again, the
coating application is likelygoing to win in that scenario.
Durability it has excellentadhesion to concrete.

(07:05):
We always diamond grind thefloor to make sure we have
really good adhesion, so you'revery likely not going to
experience coating failure inthat regard.
Another thing that's quitecommon that I see is obviously a
patio can crack and so if youhave tile, I mean certainly it's
going to crack your tile.
I guess another option would bestamped concrete or a stamped

(07:26):
overlay, and I see you know thatstuff cracks too, and stamped
concrete, stamped overlay,requires a lot of maintenance
and you maintenance andresealing of that which we do
that, but we just don't actuallyinstall sand concrete, and so,
again, there are some realbenefits to the coatings on
patio applications, porches,sidewalks, things like that.

(07:50):
We do a lot of those, especiallyin the summertime, of course.
With respect to garage floors,you know, epoxy is certainly the
most popular by far applicationfor when people are considering
coating their garage floor.
And I keep saying epoxy justbecause that is the kind of the
blanket general term.
But we actually use thepolyaspartic, which is what I

(08:14):
often say is the creme de lacreme of coatings.
It's extremely durable, it hassuperior adhesion to concrete,
it has superior abrasionresistance, it'll cure extremely
fast so that you're returned toservice, meaning you can use it
the next day, basically,whereas epoxy can be up to seven
days to cure, and so probablythe only other option that I

(08:38):
really see on garage floors andthey're not all that common is
the tile floor.
I think one of the common brandnames might be Swiss Tracks.
You know, it's kind of thoseinterlocking tiles and we have
certainly pulled up thoseflooring types to do epoxy, and
it's amazing how much dirt andhow much wear is underneath of
the tiles, from water andmoisture seeping in and you lift

(09:01):
up those floor tiles, you knowyou think your floor is clean or
whatever and it really candegrade the concrete quite a bit
.
There's been a few times wheresomeone calls us in to coat a
floor and they have the tilefloor and they're like, hey, can
you just rip us out, rip thisout and throw it away for me and
do the floor.

Speaker 1 (09:16):
And have the tile floor and they're like, hey, can
you just rip us out?

Speaker 2 (09:17):
rip this out and throw it away for me and do the
floor, and so so we show up andwe rip it out and, holy cow, the
concrete's in bad shape, soanyway yeah, In the third
episode I'd like for you to bethinking about answering a
question that I had about whataesthetic customization design
options are available tohomeowners that they may not
expect right now, but we'll dothat in the next episode.

(09:39):
Thanks for breaking that down,David.
As always, your insights arerock solid and I'm sure your
listeners are walking away witha whole new appreciation for
epoxy.
We'll see everyone next time.

Speaker 1 (09:55):
Thanks for tuning in to the Mile High Coatings
podcast.
Ready to give your space afresh, durable finish, visit
milehighcoatingscom for a freeprice quote or call 970-314-1023
.
At Mile High Coatings, we'renot just painting walls, we're
setting a new peak in quality.

(10:16):
Until next time, keep yourstandards high and your coatings
higher.