Epoxy Flooring in Meriden, KS

Epoxy flooring in Meriden starts with a small, settled town. Meriden was platted in 1872 on land owned by Albert Owens, got a Santa Fe depot in 1873 and was incorporated in 1891. The 2020 census counted 744 people in 333 housing units. That is a town where most garages belong to houses that have stood a long time, and where many owners also keep a shop or machine shed out in the county.

The town grid

Houses along Owens and Dawson Streets and the blocks around them were built over many decades. Garage floors here range from older detached pads to newer attached garages. Each has its own issues: 1. Older pads are often thin, settled and stained. 2. Mid-age slabs often carry a painted or sealed surface that is now flaking. 3. Newer slabs are smooth and need grinding so the coating can grip.

We grind every floor, fill cracks and level the apron before coating. A flake garage floor coating is the most common choice on town lots, because it hides patched areas and tracked-in dirt.

After the railroad

The Santa Fe line through Meriden officially ceased operations on December 31, 1996. Only a few old train bridges on private land remain. What replaced it is a quieter, mostly residential town, with Jefferson West USD 340 schools and families living close to them. At the 2010 census, 43.2% of households had children under 18. Busy households often ask us for a polyaspartic topcoat, which cures faster than standard epoxy and puts the garage back in use sooner.

Rural shops around Meriden

Outside town, Jefferson County farms and acreages have shops and equipment buildings. Those floors take tractors, implements, fuel and grease. We coat them with commercial and shop floor epoxy built thick, and add texture so the surface is safer when wet. If a pad has soaked in oil for years, we clean and grind it before we decide whether it can hold a coating.

Basements

For homes with basements, we test the slab for moisture before choosing a primer. Dry basements work well with basement floor epoxy in a solid color. A finished room can take a metallic epoxy floor with moving color and depth.

Timing a job in Meriden

Resin coatings cure best in mild weather. Spring and fall are the easiest seasons in an unheated garage or shop. In summer we start early so the slab is not too hot when the resin goes down, because a hot slab shortens working time and can leave marks. In winter we can coat a heated garage or basement after we check the slab temperature. If the conditions are wrong on the day, we reschedule instead of installing anyway.

Older homes and what is underneath

In a house that has changed hands several times, we sometimes find more than one coating on the garage floor: a paint from one owner and a kit epoxy from the next. Some older basements have glue or tile residue from a floor covering that was pulled up. All of it comes off with grinding before we coat. If we suspect old tile or mastic may contain asbestos, we stop and recommend testing before we grind it. That costs a little time and protects everyone in the house.

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