Epoxy Flooring in Oakland Park, FL

Epoxy flooring in Oakland Park covers two kinds of work in about equal measure. One is the house: a garage, a carport, a back patio or a ground-floor room in a neighborhood that has been lived in for generations. The other is the business: a bay off Dixie Highway, a studio, a salon, a tasting room or a small warehouse. Oakland Park has plenty of both, and we plan each job around how that floor is actually used.

A city that started over

The town began in the 1920s as Floranada, a blend of Florida and Canada. After the hurricane of 1926 it was forced into bankruptcy. When it reincorporated in 1929, residents voted to become a city and chose the name Oakland Park. Since then it has grown through annexation, taking in neighborhoods such as Twin Lakes South and North Andrews Gardens. The result is a patchwork. One street may have small older homes, the next a row of duplexes, and the next a strip of light commercial buildings.

That patchwork shows up in the concrete. Older slabs have often been painted, tiled or sealed more than once. Slabs in annexed neighborhoods may have been poured to different standards at different times. We do not assume anything about a floor until we have seen it, scraped a test spot and checked it for moisture.

What we often find under an older Oakland Park floor

• Garage paint that peels when a hot tire sits on it
• Ceramic tile or terrazzo in a converted garage or Florida room
• Patched cracks that were filled but never ground flush
• Clear sealer that looks fine but stops new coatings from bonding

Business floors near the rail line

The Florida East Coast Railway runs through downtown parallel to Dixie Highway, and the city has adopted zoning meant to turn the downtown into a mixed-use, walkable district. Mixed-use areas bring a steady flow of small renovations: a retail suite changing hands, a back room turned into a kitchen, a storage bay turned into a studio. Funky Buddha Brewery is based here, which is a reminder that production and hospitality floors are part of the local picture too.

For those spaces we usually recommend a thicker commercial system rather than a thin garage coat. Floors that see carts, kegs, hand trucks or daily mopping need more build, a textured topcoat where people walk on wet concrete, and a cove or clean edge at the walls where water collects. We can also schedule around business hours so a suite is not closed for longer than it has to be.

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Matching the service to the space

• Garage Floor Coating for single-car garages, carports and workshops at home
• Concrete Crack & Slab Repair for older slabs with settled joints or old patches
• Patio & Lanai Coatings for back patios and screened porches that take full sun
• Commercial Floor Epoxy for shops, taprooms, kitchens and storage bays
• Polyaspartic Floor Coating when a business or household needs the floor back fast
• Metallic Epoxy Floors for dealerships, studios and converted rooms

Owners, landlords and tenants

The 2020 census counted 20,596 housing units in Oakland Park, with 7.3% vacant and a rental vacancy rate of 6.9%. A good share of the city's homes are rentals or turn over between owners. Landlords often ask us for a coating that is easy to clean between tenants and hides wear. Owners staying long term tend to choose a flake or color finish they like. If you are a tenant, the property owner needs to approve the work before we book it.

Call (754) 342-5374 or request a visit and we will come look at the floor, explain the prep it needs, and leave a written price.