Flooring Contractor in Lafayette, IN - Floors That Start With the Slab
Sterling Lafayette Epoxy Floors is a Lafayette, IN flooring contractor. We coat, polish, seal and resurface concrete in garages, basements, patios, shops, plants and commercial kitchens, starting with the slab underneath because that's where floors fail.
- Licensed and fully insured.
- Free estimates at your property.
- Expect a reply within 1 business day.
Concrete floor work in Lafayette, our home city
Lafayette is home for us, so a good share of our week is spent here. Homeowners call about garages in newer neighborhoods, basements under older houses and back patios that have seen better days, and business owners call about shop floors, plant floors and restaurant kitchens. We get many of the same calls from West Lafayette and Frankfort, and we handle them the same way.
The slabs here vary as much as the houses do. An older basement may carry decades of patches, paint and dampness to sort out, while a newer garage may need only a good grind before it's coated, and we don't know which until we've looked.
What we do on Lafayette floors
Epoxy Floor Coatings
For dusty or stained garage and basement slabs in Lafayette, we grind the concrete open and lay a tough epoxy coat that cleans easily.
Explore Epoxy Floor CoatingsCommercial & Industrial Epoxy Floor Coatings
Lafayette shop and plant floors take forklifts, spills and long shifts, so we match the system to the traffic and plan around your hours.
Explore Commercial & Industrial Epoxy Floor CoatingsGarage Floor Coatings
Garages take hot tires, dropped tools and whatever drips off the car, so we build the coating for that on a slab ground clean.
Explore Garage Floor CoatingsPolyaspartic Floor Coatings
When you need the garage back sooner, a polyaspartic coating cures faster than epoxy and holds its color where the sun hits it.
Explore Polyaspartic Floor CoatingsMetallic Epoxy Flooring
In Lafayette, finished basements and showroom-style garages are where we lay metallic epoxy, a swirled, glossy finish that looks more like stone than paint.
Explore Metallic Epoxy FlooringUrethane Cement Flooring
Restaurant kitchens and food plants get hot washdowns and grease daily, which is the job urethane cement handles better than a thin epoxy coat.
Explore Urethane Cement FlooringPolished Concrete Flooring
Offices and storefronts with a sound slab often need only polishing, since we refine the concrete itself and leave no coating to wear through.
Explore Polished Concrete FlooringStained Concrete Flooring
Stain soaks into concrete instead of covering it, so on older patios and basements every patch shows. We'll tell you if that suits yours.
Explore Stained Concrete FlooringTerrazzo Flooring
Terrazzo suits lobbies, entries and commercial spaces that want a floor built to last, with chips of stone or glass set in and ground smooth.
Explore Terrazzo FlooringBasement Flooring
Basement slabs are where moisture shows up, so we check first and pick a system that suits what's coming up through the concrete.
Explore Basement FlooringConcrete Grinding & Surface Preparation
Nobody sees this step and I care about it most, because a coating only grips concrete that's been ground clean and open.
Explore Concrete Grinding & Surface PreparationConcrete Sealing
Bare garage slabs, patios and walks that just need protection get a clear sealer, chosen for how the surface gets used day to day.
Explore Concrete SealingConcrete Resurfacing & Overlays
Older slabs with flaking, chips and patches can often be topped with an overlay instead of torn out, if the concrete underneath is sound.
Explore Concrete Resurfacing & OverlaysSelf-Leveling Concrete & Overlays
In older houses where a floor dips or slopes, a self-leveling overlay flattens it before tile, plank or a coating goes on top.
Explore Self-Leveling Concrete & OverlaysPool Deck Coatings & Resurfacing
Pool decks take bare feet, pool chemicals and standing water, so we resurface them with a textured coating that's less slick underfoot.
Explore Pool Deck Coatings & ResurfacingConcrete Floor Stripping & Removal
Failed epoxy, old paint and tile glue have to come off before anything new will hold, so we take it down to bare concrete.
Explore Concrete Floor Stripping & Removal
What Lafayette slabs ask of a floor
I started this business in Lafayette in 2023 because, running a detailing shop, I kept seeing garage floors peel and wanted to know why. We're known for floors other people gave up on, and that comes from starting with the slab.
The estimate comes from me
I come out, look at your slab and write the estimate myself. Then I'm on the job with our installers, so what we talked about is what gets done.
Open early, late and weekends
We pick up Monday through Sunday from 6 AM to 11 PM, so you can call before work or after the kids are down.
Straight answers, even when it's wait
If your slab isn't ready, I'll tell you to wait or pick a different system. I'd rather lose the job than put down a floor I don't believe in.
Get a free on-site estimate for your Lafayette floor
Tell us what the floor is, roughly how big, and what's bothering you about it, and we'll reply within one business day. Then I come out, look at the slab and write your free estimate, with no obligation.
Lafayette floor questions we get
Do I need a permit for an epoxy floor in Lafayette, IN?
Your floor job might need one, so we check before we start instead of guessing. The City Engineer's Office issues building permits for alterations, repairs and changes to existing buildings inside city limits, and its list doesn't name floor coatings one way or the other. I find out which office handles your address, since that can be a city or a county office, and if a permit's needed, we take care of the paperwork with you.
How do I find out if my house is inside Lafayette city limits?
The city's GIS and zoning maps show whether a property is inside city limits. That matters because the city issues permits only for properties inside its limits, with few exceptions, so an address just outside may go to a county office instead. If you'd rather call, the county points Lafayette residents to 765-807-1050 for building permits.
How long does a building permit review take in Lafayette?
Review can take up to seven days for a residential project and up to ten business days for a commercial one. The clock only starts once every required document is in and the administrative steps are done, so one missing page pushes it back. When your job needs a permit, we put the packet together with you so it goes in complete.
How much does an epoxy garage floor cost in Lafayette?
Your price comes from the floor itself, mostly its size, the shape the slab is in and which system you pick, and you get the number at your free estimate after I've seen it. Grinding off an old coating, filling cracks or dealing with moisture adds time and material, while a sound slab with a simpler system costs less. If the job needs a city permit, the fee goes by square footage, which the city lists as .15 cents per square foot with a $200 minimum for residential work and .25 per square foot with a $250 minimum for commercial.
Can I do my own floor work in Lafayette, or does a contractor have to?
You can do the work yourself on a residential project in Lafayette if you live there or plan to. If the job needs a permit, the city also asks for a copy of your homeowners insurance. If you'd rather hand it off, the grinding is the hard part, and we're glad to take it.
What causes a garage floor coating to peel?
Usually it's the slab, not the coating. Concrete that wasn't ground open, oil soaked into the surface, an old sealer left on top or moisture coming up from below can each keep a coating from gripping. I check for those when I come out, before I price anything.
Working near Lafayette? Give us a call
Pick your city below to see how we work there. If yours isn't listed, call (765) 250-3629 and ask, since we work in other cities around Lafayette too.