I'm in the snow belt as well. Own two houses in northern Illinois, two garages at one and one at the other. One was built in 1978 and the other in 1991. All three have uncoated naked floors and none have any pitting from salt. I like my garage floors like my woman....naked.
Honey, do you mind not pulling into the garage in the middle of a blizzard and take the 2yr old and new born out through the side entrance door?I'm in the snow belt as well. Own two houses in northern Illinois, two garages at one and one at the other. One was built in 1978 and the other in 1991. All three have uncoated naked floors and none have any pitting from salt. I like my garage floors like my woman....naked.
Also, there's a little trick, don't pull the cars inside as soon as you get home. Leave em sit outside for a little while to drip and when you do pull em in, no puddles. I'm 66 years old and that's been my practice for years. I also don't pull my heat monster black Shelby inside the air conditioned garage right away either. I let it cool down outside for a time before pulling it inside.
Nowadays with all the focus on environmental bullcrap, all the municipalities in our area are cutting way down on salt usage in lieu of these newfangled sprays of beet juice and god knows what else. I don't care what kind of garage floor you have, that stuff is black, nasty and stinks like vinegar. If you pull in right away with a coating of that junk under your car, you'll have a mess in the morning. Only puddles I ever have in the garage is when I spill a beer.
I was just quoted $6500 to epoxy the 1600 SQFT of garage space i have (attached and detached). The Mrs. is OK with it and looking forward to it...now if i told her to not park in there during the winter until her car drips off I might end up sleeping out there with the cars!!!!!
Lol... yeah my wife would die laughing and tell me to change places with the mutt.
I have a 3 car attached and 27*32 detached so it's a lot of space. It works out to 4 dollars per square foot plus they will do the epoxy up the stem walls. I don't believe it's diamond reinforced. It will have flake and an aggregate to make it no slip. Then they put a clear coat over the top of everything.
Im gonna second that Dayum, do yourself a favor and get a few quotes.
Yes its a big area but still always better to get mult quotes. Maybe the floor need a lot of prep or something, that will raise the price.
Not much floor prep. For a good quality epoxy coat 4 bucks per square foot is a good price. I could get multipe quotes, and typically do, but I've seen their work at comercial buildings that I've been to and a friend of mine used them. So word of mouth goes a long way for me.
That looks fantastic! I'm about to buy a 'forever' home, and I've been back and forth about different garage floor solutions. We're moving back to Charleston, SC in a few months, so there are various issues that I'll need to deal with, namely, humidity. I'm worried that any moisture in the garage will end up condensing on the floor and causing it to be slippery. It doesn't look like your tile has a glaze on it (so probably porous and non-slip).
Nohr-S is an awesome agent. But, to be honest, ANY epoxy or pokyurea agent is only as good as the prep.
