Epoxy Flooring in Leesport, PA

Before we talk colors for epoxy flooring in Leesport, we talk about water. The Schuylkill River runs right through the borough. Leesport took in West Leesport, on the opposite bank, in 1957, so homes here sit on both sides of the river. Basement slabs close to a river often carry more moisture than slabs on higher ground. That moisture decides which primer we use and whether a coating will last.

Our moisture-first approach

• We test the slab in more than one spot on the first visit.
• A dry slab gets a standard epoxy primer.
• A damp slab gets a moisture-tolerant primer made to bond in those conditions.
• Standing water, wet walls or active seepage get fixed first. A coating cannot stop water coming in, and we will not pretend it can.

Once the slab checks out, basement floor epoxy gives you a sealed floor that mops clean and does not hold onto musty smells the way bare concrete does.

Two building eras in one small town

Leesport stayed small for a long time. Samuel Lee laid out lots in 1840, and the borough had 535 people in 1950. The count jumped to 1,138 by 1960, the decade the two boroughs joined, and it reached 1,954 by 2020. So the housing ranges from older homes near the old rail station to postwar houses. Older basements tend to need crack and floor repair before coating. Postwar garages usually just need good grinding and a flake system.

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Iron, canal and rail history

The Leesport Iron Company built an anthracite furnace here in 1853, and the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad had a station in the village. The Leesport Lock House, a reminder of the canal days, is on the National Register. Freight still runs on the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad. Small shops and commercial spaces along Route 61 can use our commercial floor coatings, which handle carts, pallets and constant foot traffic.

What to expect on install day

We protect walls and doors, then grind the floor with dust collection. Cracks and spalls get filled and ground flush. The primer or base coat goes down next, then the color or flake, then the topcoat. Most basements and two-car garages take one to two days. We give you written walk-on and move-back-in times based on the products and temperature that day.

Planning a basement after a wet season

If your basement has taken water in the past, give it time to dry out before you coat. We can test the slab after a dry stretch and again closer to the install date. That way the coating goes onto concrete that is ready for it.

Floors in older Leesport homes

The houses near the old Reading Railroad station and along the river date from the borough's early decades. Their basements often have uneven, patched floors and old paint. We grind to sound concrete, fill cracks and low spots, and then coat. In postwar homes the slabs are usually flatter but may be sealed or painted, and they still need grinding before a coating will bond.

Garages on the Route 61 corridor

PA Route 61 runs through the borough as Centre Avenue, and Route 73 begins just south of town. Salted roads in winter mean garage floors here see a lot of brine. A clear topcoat over flake keeps it on the surface so it can be swept out.