Epoxy Flooring in Platteville, WI

Epoxy flooring in Platteville serves a different mix of owners than most towns we cover. This is a university city. UW-Platteville traces its roots to a normal school founded in 1866 and a mining trade school opened in 1908, and the 2020 census put the city's median age at 22.9. Close to 2,900 residents lived in student housing. So along with homeowners, we hear from landlords who want basements and garages that clean up between leases, and from businesses that need floors that take steady traffic.

For landlords and property managers

Rental floors take a beating. Move-ins scrape furniture across them, bikes and scooters drip in winter, and spills get left too long. A sealed floor makes turnover faster. Here is what we usually suggest:

• Basement floor coatings in shared laundry and storage areas, so the floor does not hold dust, odors or stains.
• Mid-tone flake floors in rental garages, which hide wear and can be patched in a section if damaged.
• Concrete crack and floor repair before every coating, so a small crack does not turn into a tenant complaint.
• Scheduling around the academic calendar. Summer, between leases, is often the cleanest window to get into a unit.

The city counted 4,423 housing units in 2020, with a rental vacancy rate of 9.4%. Good rental floors help units turn over quickly.

Snow, salt and a hilly street grid

Platteville averages 42.8 inches of snow a year under the 1991 to 2020 normals, and its record low is minus 43 degrees Fahrenheit. The city sits atop the Platte River valley in the southern Driftless region, and its ridges, narrow valleys and steep hills gave it an irregular street layout. Hills mean more road salt. That salt comes into garages on tires and turns into white rings on bare concrete. A bonded coating keeps it on the surface where it can be rinsed off.

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Commercial and shop floors

The north side of the city has grown along the U.S. 151 bypass, with a newer hospital and large retail stores. Smaller shops, restaurants, offices and service bays all have floors that see carts, spills and boots. Shop and commercial floor epoxy is built for that. We plan the work so your space is closed as little as possible and give written timing before we start.

Homeowners too

Plenty of Platteville owners just want the garage done. A two-car garage on one of the city's sloped lots often has a worn, pitted strip near the door where meltwater runs in. We grind that area back to sound concrete, fill the pits, and lay down a garage floor epoxy or flake system. Basements get the same moisture reading and prep as anywhere else we work.

Mining history under the city

Platteville was founded in 1829 during the lead rush. Lead and zinc mining ran heavily from the 1820s into the 1920s, and the Mining and Rollo Jamison Museums now tell that story. The area is known for karst topography, where limestone bedrock can be uneven. For a homeowner, this mostly shows up as older slabs that have settled or cracked over time. We repair cracks and grind uneven joints flush, and we will tell you if a crack looks like it is still moving and needs a closer look before coating.