Epoxy Flooring in Wyandotte, MI

Epoxy flooring in Wyandotte often goes into the oldest buildings we see anywhere Downriver. Wyandotte was founded in 1854, chartered in 1866 and is the oldest incorporated city in Wayne County after Detroit. About 30.3% of its housing was built in 1939 or earlier, a higher share than in most of its neighbors, and another 30.2% in the 1950s.

An industrial river town

The Detroit River forms the city's eastern boundary, and industry came early. Shipbuilding ran from the 1870s into the 1920s, and in 1873 the local works built the nation's earliest steel-hulled vessel, a tug called the Sport. The Michigan Alkali Company was founded here in 1893 and later became part of BASF's complex on the north riverfront. That history left the city with garages, outbuildings and small commercial spaces that have been working floors for generations.

What we find under a prewar house

A basement or garage from before 1940 can surprise you. Common finds in Wyandotte:

• Floors poured in sections at different times, with uneven joints between them.
• Thin or soft surface concrete that dusts when you sweep it.
• Layers of gray or red floor paint.
• Old repairs in a different concrete mix that do not match the rest.

We test hardness and moisture, then grind and repair until the whole floor is one sound surface. On older floors the prep can be the largest part of the price, and we say so up front.

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Matching the system to the building

Garages and carriage-style outbuildings: a flake floor with a polyaspartic topcoat for salt and grit.

Basements in older homes: a moisture-tolerant primer under a solid-color coat when readings run high, which is common near the river.

Shops and storefront back rooms: 100% solids epoxy, thick enough for carts, racks and spills.

Lower-level living space: metallic epoxy on a dry, sound slab.

A city that runs its own utilities

Wyandotte Municipal Services provides electricity from a city-owned power plant and also runs the city's water and cable service. For a floor job that matters in one small way: our grinders and vacuums plug into your outlets like any other tools, and we tell you ahead of time which circuits we will need.

Old homes and old materials

In houses this old, the floor may have tile or adhesive from decades ago. Some older floor tile and mastic can contain asbestos, and those materials should be tested before anyone grinds them. If we see tile like that, we will ask you to have it tested before we quote the removal. Paint on a prewar slab can also contain lead, so we grind with full dust collection and clean up as we go.

Owners who stay a while

Census estimates put the owner-occupied rate at 73.7%, with small households averaging about 2.27 people. Many of the calls we get here come from owners turning an old basement into usable space or finally fixing a garage floor they have looked at for years. Call (313) 217-4617 to book a visit.