This is a garage in La Jolla with a 5+ year old professionally epoxy floor. When we first
visited the project site, the epoxy coating was coming up in sheets.The company that
installed the floor had been out of business for several years and was obviously unable to
provide any warranty coverage for the homeowner.
Epoxy Garage floor in San Diego professionally installed 3+ years ago. The epoxy was
coming up in sheets.
This is a 5+ year old epoxy floor in La Mesa. Homeowner had this floor professionally
installed.
This is a 3+ year old epoxy floor in College Area of San Diego. Professionally installed.
Home Depot installed floor coating in Orange County, CA. 2 years old.
3+year old epoxy floor failing in Del Mar. Professionally installed.
Professionally installed epoxy floor in Carlsbad, 3+years old.
“Do it yourself” epoxy floor installation in Carmel Valley. Less than 2 years old.
Professionally installed epoxy floor in San Clemente. 4+ years old.
“Do It Yourself” floor from Home Depot. Installed less than 3 years ago.
Same floor from Home Depot kit. The concrete was acid washed. Note the damage to the
concrete from the acid wash. Acid was is no longer considered to be an acceptable
means of floor preparation. If someone gives you a bid to install a new floor for you and
they want to acid wash your floor in order to prepare it to accept the coating, RUN, don’t
walk away as fast as you can!!!!!
Epoxy floor coating professionally installed with a “UV inhibitor”. This part of the floor
was outside the garage door (this is North facing garage too) and yellowed, peeled& chipped within 3 years. So much for UV inhibitors (they wear off over time leaving your
coating without any protection….)
This is a professionally installed epoxy floor coating in Irvine. The homeowner had a carpet
put down in their garage under their exercise equipment and had the carpet removed for
cleaning. The UV from the florescent lights in the garage caused the epoxy to yellow like
this in 3 years.
Please don’t make the same mistake these homeowners did. Poor quality epoxy floors, even
when professionally installed like some of these were, may save you a little money (probably
very little) in the short term, but obviously, in the longer term, they were a very poor
investment by these homeowners. Do It Yourself floors can also be attractive in the short
term due to their low upfront cost. However, they just don’t last. |
