Epoxy Flooring in Katy, TX

Katy grew from a railroad stop on the old Missouri-Kansas-Texas line into one of the busiest suburbs west of Houston, and epoxy flooring here covers a wide spread of concrete. The city counted 21,894 residents in 2020, up 55.3% from 2010. That kind of growth means some Katy garages were poured last year while others have carried cars since the 1970s. We coat both, along with workshops, warehouses and retail back rooms near I-10, and we start every job by looking at what the slab has been through.

A town built on rice

Before the subdivisions, Katy was farm country. Rice became the main crop on the fertile Buffalo Bayou floodplain, and the first concrete rice driers in Texas went up here in 1944. They still stand. The town incorporated in 1945, and Interstate 10 arrived in 1966. The prairie that once grew rice is flat and holds water after a heavy storm, which matters for garage slabs that sit right on the ground. We take a moisture reading before we quote any floor in Katy.

Two kinds of Katy garages

The floors we see fall into two groups.

• Older slabs in 1970s and 1980s neighborhoods such as Memorial Parkway, Kelliwood and Nottingham Country. These often have oil stains, old paint, patched cracks and worn control joints.
• Newer slabs in places like Pin Oak Village, Cane Island and The Falls at Green Meadows. These are usually smooth and sound, with a curing compound or builder sealer on top that blocks a coating from bonding.

The prep is different for each. An older floor needs more crack and joint repair. A newer floor needs a full grind to open the surface. Either way, every Katy floor gets diamond ground before any resin goes down.

Which system fits a Katy garage

For most family garages we recommend a flake floor: a solid epoxy base, a full broadcast of vinyl chips and a polyaspartic topcoat. The chips hide the dust and grass clippings that blow in off a wide driveway. The polyaspartic top holds its color when the door stays open in the afternoon sun. If you want the garage back in service quickly, a full polyaspartic system can cut the downtime. Metallic epoxy suits a game room, a home gym or a garage that doubles as a show space for a weekend car.

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Shop and commercial floors along I-10

Katy is also a working city. Amazon opened a 1-million-square-foot distribution center near Highway 90 and Woods Road in 2017, and retail has grown around Katy Mills and along Katy Fort Bend Road. Smaller businesses in that orbit include auto shops, storage units, warehouses and service companies with concrete floors that take forklift traffic, dropped tools and chemical spills. Our commercial and shop floor systems are thicker than a garage coating and can include a textured topcoat for grip. We schedule commercial work around your hours where we can.

Planning around the weather

Katy has a humid subtropical climate with hot, humid summers. Coatings have a comfortable temperature window, and a closed garage on a July afternoon goes well past it. In summer we start early and choose products that suit the slab and air temperature that day. In the cooler months the schedule is more flexible. We give you a written time for walking on the floor and another for parking on it.