Flooring contractor in Frankfort, IN - garage, basement and shop floors that hold up

Maybe, because the city's permit list doesn't name floor coatings, so we check with the office that covers your address, which can be the city or the county, before we start. In Frankfort the Building Inspector issues building permits, a valid permit is required before construction begins, and the city's permit handouts cover work like detached garages, home additions and driveways, with questions taken at (765) 654-5278. If a permit turns out to be needed for our part, we take care of the paperwork with you.

An overlay district or a pre-permit inspection can add time. The city says overlay districts may delay a permit, and it lists the east and west State Road 28, Crosstown, Airport, Historic Preservation and Floodplain districts among them. Some permits also need a pre-permit inspection that approves the work before any permit is issued, so if your job is one of those, that inspection comes first and we plan our start around it.

There's no flat price, because it comes down to the slab's condition, the size of the floor and the system you pick, and I write your number after I've seen the floor. Grinding, crack and pit repair or stripping an old coating add the most work, and a full flake or metallic epoxy costs more than a sealer or a stain. A garage that's already peeled once usually needs the most prep, and that's the part I won't cut, because it's where the floor holds or lets go.

Usually it's the slab under it, because the concrete wasn't ground open, was still damp, or still had old sealer on it, so the coating never really bonded. Hot tires and winter salt then find that weak spot and pull the coating up in patches. When we redo one, we strip what's failing, grind to clean concrete and test for moisture before anything new goes down.

Test the slab for moisture first, then pick the floor to match what the test shows. If the concrete stays dry, epoxy, polished concrete or a stain can all work well, and if it's pushing moisture, a breathable sealer or a coating made for damp slabs is the safer pick, or fixing the water problem first. We'll walk you through what the test found before you choose.

The city's permit office takes cash in exact change, checks or credit cards, and every card payment carries an extra 3% fee. If your job needs a permit, we go through the paperwork with you so you know what's due before it's filed.