Epoxy Flooring – Why you should use a professional!
Epoxy flooring has become very popular choice of flooring recently. So much so that there are many people giving it go themselves on their own garage floors. Especially in the Queensland (& Sunshine Coast) region due to it’s durability & affordability.
What’s important to note here is the term “recently”. Epoxy flooring has been around for a long time! The epoxies as we know them first being invented in 1934. But wide use of applications for epoxy flooring didn’t really begin until the 1970’s. Although there were applications before this time. The point of the quick history lesson being that it’s been in wide use by the public for nearly half a century! In which time it quickly became known for it’s durable & aesthetic qualities.
The problem being that people lacked the application know how, expertise & experience. We also lacked a lot of the machinery and technological advancements in relation to the ease of application we have today. So because of this epoxy floors actually didn’t get the recognition they deserved. The longevity wasn’t as good as it could be & more labour intensive applications made it more time consuming & expensive. Until now! Because of it’s latest revival a lot of people try to give it a go themselves. Which we can only warn against, because although the applications may have become more affordable there is still a large amount of knowledge, steps & processes to all do correctly with many variables to consider. It is often the variables that you can’t research yourself and find are only known how to overcome through expertise. So please try to use a professional!
Do not just use any Professional!
But it’s also just as important to make sure you don’t just use any professional! Use a company with plenty of experience & is trusted! Like many other examples in life, the best way of choosing your epoxy flooring professional is to look at their reviews! This shows a good insight into how efficient they are, how competitive, how much of a good job they do and much more. Here are some of our reviews for example: http://www.epoxyflooringqueensland.com.au/epoxy-flooring-reviews/
There are many so called “epoxy flooring professionals” out there who are also less ethical in their approach, who you need to watch out for and reading this article will be of huge help to you by knowing. Make sure you discuss the preparation process & time with them. People are easily fooled by a nice looking finish that doesn’t last long becuase the preparation underneath was not done correctly. Unfortunately only something a professional can spot straight away (and not every time even for a professional). So if you want a good job & floor that has the true amazing durability properties of epoxy flooring then make sure you use someone who is trusted and has reviews!