Epoxy Flooring in Everglades City, FL

Epoxy flooring in Everglades City starts with a town that has seen nearly a century of storms. Collier County was created in 1923 with its seat here, and the Old Collier County Courthouse, the Bank of Everglades building and the old Everglades Laundry, now the Museum of the Everglades, still stand, according to Wikipedia. Wikipedia lists the town's elevation at 0 feet, on Chokoloskee Bay behind the Ten Thousand Islands.

Coating older slabs

Older concrete in a town this low has usually been wet many times. It may have patches, layers of paint, or sealers from different decades. We grind back to sound concrete, test for moisture, and look for spalling or salt. Where a building has historic value, we talk about how reversible a coating is and whether a thin penetrating sealer might suit better than a thick system.

The storm that moved the county seat

Hurricane Donna in 1960 destroyed 153 homes in Collier County and badly damaged 409 more, and Everglades was hit hard, per Wikipedia. Two years later the county seat moved to East Naples. That history matters for anyone coating a slab here. Coatings cannot prevent flooding. They can make a floor easier to clean and less absorbent when water does come through.

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The wettest summers we see

Wikipedia gives Everglades City about 55.28 inches of rain a year, with June averaging 11.70 inches, more than the Naples average. High humidity and wet ground slow curing and raise the risk of moisture under a coating. Before every coat we read the air temperature, slab temperature and dew point, and we schedule early-day work in summer to finish before afternoon storms.

Small businesses on the water

If you run an outfitter, restaurant or shop serving visitors to the Ten Thousand Islands, your floor gets used hard. Mud, wet gear and foot traffic call for texture and a stain-resistant topcoat. We can phase work so a shop keeps operating, and we write the scope clearly so owners know what each step includes.