Epoxy Flooring in Northville, MI

Northville sits on both sides of Eight Mile Road. The north half is in Oakland County and the south half is in Wayne County. Epoxy flooring in Northville is often requested for homes near downtown, where many houses are Queen Anne style and the city's historic district rules shape what owners can change on the outside.

What the historic rules cover

The city adopted its Historic Preservation Ordinance in 1974. Its Historic District Commission reviews construction, alterations, moves, exterior changes, exterior paint colors and demolition in the district. A garage or basement floor coating is interior work. It does not change siding, windows, doors or paint that anyone sees from the street.

If your project also includes a new garage door, a widened opening or a new driveway apron, check with the city about that part before it starts. Our quote covers the floor only, so it is easy to show what we are and are not doing.

Older garages and outbuildings

Homes in a town settled in 1825 have had garages added, rebuilt and extended over many decades. In Northville we see:

• Carriage houses or barns turned into garages, sometimes with a newer slab poured inside old walls
• Floors made of two or three pours from different years
• Slabs that crack along the line where an addition meets the original
• Low ceilings and narrow doors that limit how equipment gets in

We plan the grinding and dust control around the building. Concrete Crack and Floor Repair comes first, then the coating system.

In a basement under an older house, we also look at the stairs, the floor drain and any old pipe trenches cut into the slab. Each one affects how the coating is laid out and how the finished floor drains.

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Basements under older homes

Older Northville houses may have basements with uneven floors, old paint or a slab poured over a former dirt floor. A coating can make these rooms much easier to clean and use for storage or laundry. It cannot fix a wet foundation. We take a moisture reading, look for efflorescence and talk about the result before we choose a primer.

Choosing a finish for an older house

Owners of historic homes often want a floor that fits the house. A solid color in gray or tan looks quiet in a carriage-house garage. A fine flake blend hides dust well. For a finished basement, a metallic epoxy floor gives a polished look without adding seams. We bring samples and look at them in your own light.

Services for Northville

• Garage Floor Coating
• Basement Floor Coating
• Concrete Crack and Floor Repair
• Polyaspartic Floor Coating for a faster return to use
• Metallic Epoxy Floors
• Shop and Commercial Floor Epoxy for downtown businesses

Working carefully around an older house

Older homes call for a little extra care. We protect door thresholds, trim and walls with tape and plastic before grinding. Our grinders run with a vacuum to catch most of the dust, which matters in a garage attached to the house or a basement under finished rooms. If the slab has old paint that might contain lead, we talk with you about testing before we grind. We would rather slow down than send dust through a historic home. Coatings are applied with the garage door or basement windows open when fumes need to clear, and we tell you how long to keep the space ventilated.