Epoxy Flooring in Janesville, WI

Janesville is where we are based, so epoxy flooring in Janesville is most of what we do. The city sits on the Rock River, which divides it into east and west sides, and we work on both every week. Some days it is a 1920s detached garage near downtown. Other days it is a newer three-car garage at the edge of town or a basement that has always smelled a little damp. Each one gets the same first step: we look at the concrete before we talk about color.

A working city, and working garages

Janesville has a long manufacturing past. General Motors bought the Janesville Machine Company in 1919, and the plant that grew from it was the oldest GM plant in North America when it closed in December 2008. Parker Pen's factory here was once the largest writing instrument plant in the world. That history still shows up in local garages. A lot of homeowners here change their own oil, rebuild engines, weld, or keep a second car on a lift. Those floors see oil, brake fluid, coolant and dragged jack stands, and bare concrete soaks all of it up.

For a garage that doubles as a shop, we usually suggest one of these:

• Shop and commercial floor epoxy: a heavier build with a chemical-resistant topcoat for fluids and rolling tools.
• Epoxy flake floors: chips hide drips and tire marks between cleanings and add grip.
• Concrete crack and floor repair first: chipped joints and pitted spots get filled so a creeper does not catch on them.

January on the garage floor

January is the snowiest month in the city's 1991 to 2020 climate table, at about 10.8 inches, and the January record low is -30°F. By late winter a two-car garage can hold a gray film of dried brine, with sand ground into it under each tire. On bare concrete that film keeps working into the surface. On a sealed, textured floor it sits on top. A rubber squeegee and a floor drain or the open door handle most of it, and a spring rinse takes care of the rest.

If you want the garage back quickly in fall, before the first salt trucks, polyaspartic floor coating is the system to ask about. It cures faster than standard epoxy, so the parking downtime is shorter.

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Historic districts and older slabs

Janesville has ten historic districts. Courthouse Hill was added to the National Register in 1986, and Columbus Circle became the tenth district in 2005. The Lincoln-Tallman House, built in 1857, is one of 34 Janesville sites on the National Register. Homes in these older neighborhoods often have detached garages, carriage-house style outbuildings or basements with poured floors that have been patched more than once.

What we usually find on those floors:

• Thin concrete with wide, settled cracks
• Old gray or red floor paint, often in several layers
• Low spots where water pools near the door
• Basement floors with efflorescence, the white powder left when moisture moves through concrete

Paint and loose material get ground off. Cracks get filled. Basement slabs get a moisture test before we name a system. A floor coating is interior work, so it does not change the look of a home in a historic district. If your project also touches a garage door or exterior, ask the city about that part separately.

A growing housing stock

The 2020 census counted 28,430 housing units in Janesville, with 4.4% vacant. The 2024 estimate is 30,223 units, so the city has kept adding homes. The 2020 census counted 65,615 residents, making Janesville the 10th most populous city in Wisconsin. Newer homes usually come with attached garages and smooth, hard-troweled slabs. Those slabs need less repair, but a smooth trowel finish is too slick for a coating to grip, so they still get diamond ground.

Basements in a river city

The city's wettest month is June, at just under 5 inches of rain on average. Homes in the lower areas near the river and its creeks can see more ground moisture than homes on higher ground. We do not guess. Basement floor epoxy jobs start with a moisture reading, and if the slab is too wet, we tell you what needs to happen first.

Which service fits your Janesville floor

• Garage floor epoxy: most attached garages built in the last few decades.
• Epoxy flake floors: families who want a floor that looks clean through a salty winter.
• Polyaspartic floor coating: fall installs and anyone who cannot be without the garage for long.
• Basement floor epoxy: laundry rooms, gyms and storage areas after a moisture test.
• Shop and commercial floor epoxy: home shops plus local businesses, back rooms and service bays.
• Concrete crack and floor repair: older detached garages and any floor with scaling.

Call (608) 351-0386 or

Call (608) 351-0386

and we will come out, measure the floor and put the price in writing.