Epoxy Flooring in Kieler, WI

Epoxy flooring in Kieler covers two kinds of buildings: homes along the highway corridor and the shops and sheds on rural lots around them. Kieler is an unincorporated community in the Town of Jamestown, about seven miles northeast of Dubuque on U.S. 61 and 151. It is about four miles southwest of Dickeyville. That short drive makes it an easy place to live for people who work in Dubuque.

Kieler is growing

The 2010 census counted 497 people in Kieler. By 2020 that number was 557, a gain of about 12% in ten years. Most small villages in this corner of Wisconsin held steady or lost people over the same stretch. Growth means newer houses, and newer houses usually come with attached two- or three-car garages and poured basement slabs.

New concrete has its own prep needs

People are often surprised that a new slab still needs grinding. Fresh garage floors are usually finished with a steel trowel, which leaves a dense, slick surface. A coating has nothing to grab onto there. We grind the whole floor with diamond tooling so it has a rough, open profile, then vacuum it clean. On a new home, it also pays to wait until the concrete has cured fully before coating. We check that with a moisture reading at the estimate.

The wider Town of Jamestown

Kieler sits inside the Town of Jamestown, which covers about 32.7 square miles and had 2,181 residents in 2020. The town also includes Sandy Hook, Fair Play, Louisburg and Rutledge. Much of it is rural, and rural lots tend to have outbuildings. We coat those too:

• Pole shed and machine shed floors where equipment, trucks or boats are stored
• Detached shops with a workbench, a lift or a welding area
• Garages that double as a gym or hobby room

For a shop floor, we build the coating thicker and pick a topcoat that resists oil, fuel and hydraulic fluid. A light flake broadcast can add grip near the door, where snow melts off equipment.

Living on a busy highway

U.S. 61 and 151 carry a lot of traffic through Kieler, and in winter that road is salted often. Every trip home pulls brine into the garage. A sealed floor keeps it on the surface. Most owners here go with a flake floor for a daily-use garage and a polyaspartic topcoat when they want a quick return to service.

Basements

Kieler's newer basements are often dry enough for a solid epoxy finish, but we test every one. If moisture readings are high, we will talk through options before quoting.

A community with deep roots

Kieler takes its name from John Kieler, a Prussian immigrant who came to the area in 1855. Immaculate Conception Church was built in 1858 and given its rock exterior and two front towers in 1896. Older homes near the church may have very different slabs from the new builds at the edge of town, so we look at each one.

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