Epoxy Flooring in Muhlenberg Township, PA

Epoxy flooring in Muhlenberg Township splits between business floors and home floors. The township shares its whole southern border with Reading and surrounds the borough of Laureldale. The 2020 census counted 21,915 people, making it the third most populous township in Berks County. Most of them live in the western and central parts. The eastern side climbs into the South Mountains.

The 5th Street Highway

The 5th Street Highway, U.S. 222 Business, carries the retail district for Reading's northern suburbs. It is lined with restaurants and national retailers, and it includes the former Fairgrounds Square Mall and the old site of Reading Fairgrounds Speedway. The Greater Reading Expo Center sits near PA Route 12. Businesses on and around this corridor ask us for:

• Service bay and shop floors that resist oil, coolant and hot tires
• Restaurant back-of-house floors that handle grease and daily washdowns
• Retail floors in a solid color or flake finish that cleans fast
• Storage and stockroom floors that stand up to carts and pallet jacks

We can schedule commercial work at night or on weekends.

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Homes from several decades

The township grew in two big steps. It had 12,638 residents in 1990, then grew 29.0% by 2000 and another 20.4% by 2010. Older neighborhoods like Temple, Hyde Park and Muhlenberg Park have earlier homes with smaller garages and older basements. Newer streets have attached garages with smoother slabs. We check each floor and plan the prep around what we find: grinding off old paint, filling cracks or opening a slick surface.

How we handle a commercial job

Business floors need planning that a home garage does not. We start by asking what the floor will carry, what will spill on it and how it gets cleaned. Then we write a scope that covers:

• Shutting down and reopening, by time and by area if the space has to stay partly open
• Grinding, joint repair and any patching for ruts or spalls
• The coating system, its thickness and the topcoat
• Line striping or color zones if you need them
• Cure time before foot traffic, carts and vehicles

You get that scope in writing before work begins.

Home garages north of the city

Most of the township is residential, and the garages we coat range from single bays behind 1950s houses to newer two-car attached garages. Flake floors are the common choice. Owners who use the garage as a shop sometimes want a solid gray or tan with a textured topcoat so small parts are easy to find on the floor.

Laureldale neighbors and shared streets

Because the township wraps around Laureldale and runs right up to the Reading line, many homes here look like their neighbors in the city and the borough: twins and small singles with a basement and a one-car garage. Those floors get the same careful prep we use in older city homes. Paint and adhesive come off, cracks are filled, and the slab is tested before anything is applied.

Near the river and on the slopes

The Schuylkill River forms the township's western boundary. Basements on lower ground near the river can carry more moisture, so we test before quoting. Homes up toward the South Mountains often have sloped driveways and garages where meltwater runs to the door. We fill low spots so water does not pool on the new floor.