Epoxy Flooring in West Reading, PA

Epoxy flooring in West Reading has to fit a tight space. The borough covers just 0.60 square miles on a hill west of the Schuylkill, and 4,553 people lived there in the 2020 census, a density of more than 7,600 per square mile. Homes sit close together, lots are small and garages are often narrow or set into the slope. We work with that. The equipment we bring fits through a basement door, and dust collection stays on during grinding.

Housing here

Point2Homes, using Census data for 2019 to 2023, puts West Reading's median build year at 1943. 45.5% of homes date from 1939 or earlier, and another 30% went up in the 1940s and 1950s. Nearly half (46.6%) are attached single-family homes. About a third of the units sit in buildings with two or more units. Owners and renters split almost evenly, at 51.3% and 48.7%.

That mix gives us three common jobs:

• Basements under twins and rowhouses, often painted, patched and uneven
• Small detached or tuck-under garages on sloped lots, where water runs toward the door
• Shared basements and laundry rooms in multi-unit buildings, where a washable floor saves the owner time

Slopes and water

The borough sits on hilly ground typical of the Piedmont, north of Wyomissing Creek. On a sloped lot, rain and meltwater tend to run toward the low side of the house and the garage door. Before we coat, we look at where water goes. Low spots are filled so water does not pool. If the slab has a pitch toward a drain, we keep it. A coating is a surface. It cannot redirect a downspout, so we will point out any drainage problem we see.

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Penn Avenue businesses

Penn Avenue is West Reading's main street, carrying U.S. 422 Business through the center of town, and Reading Hospital is the borough's largest employer. Small shops, salons, cafés, studios and offices need floors that look good and stand up to daily cleaning. For those spaces we offer solid color and flake systems with a chemical-resistant topcoat. Metallic works where the floor is part of the look. We can schedule work after hours or across a weekend so you can open on time.

Our crew on a small lot

Parking and access matter on narrow streets. Before the job, we look at where our truck can park, how far the hose and power have to run and how we get equipment to the floor. Grinders run with vacuum dust collection, and we seal off doors to the rest of the house with plastic. The odor from most of our products fades within a day, and we can use low-odor primers and topcoats for basements under occupied homes.

What a twin basement takes

In an attached home, the basement wall you share with your neighbor may have old mortar and moisture stains. We do not coat walls, but we do coat up to them. A small cove or a neat cut line at the base of the wall finishes the floor. If moisture is coming from that shared wall, we point it out, since it affects how long the coating will last.

Mill buildings

The Berkshire Knitting Mills operated here from 1908 to 1975, and its buildings later held the VF Outlet Village, which closed in 2020. Old mill and warehouse floors are thick but worn. They carry stains, ruts and joints that have moved over the years. If you are fitting out space in an older industrial building, we can grind, repair and coat the slab for its new use.