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Cost and Free Estimates
How Much Does Garage Floor Coating Cost in Fort Wayne?
Every floor is different, so we give a free on-site estimate, no charge, no pressure. A residential garage floor typically runs about $5 to $12 per square foot, and your estimate depends on the size, condition and prep your slab needs.
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How Do I Get a Free Estimate?
Call or text (260) 527-7744, email dan.durationcoatings@gmail.com, or fill out the contact form. Our general manager will come out to look at your floor and give you a written price.
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What Are Your Current Specials?
A Spring Special of $600 off any coating over 500 square feet (valid March through October), and a Winter Special of $500 off basement floors over 500 square feet (valid November through February).
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Installation and Cure Times
How Long Does the Installation Take?
Most residential floors are done in one day, about 4 to 8 hours. The Duralast polyaspartic system cures fast enough that we grind, repair, coat and finish in a single visit.
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When Can I Use the Floor After It’s Coated?
Walk on it after about 24 hours, set heavy objects on it after 48 hours, and park a vehicle on it after 72 hours.
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How Do You Install a Floor Coating?
In six steps: diamond-grind the slab to a CSP 1 to 3 profile, repair cracks and spalls, moisture-test and prime, apply the base coat, broadcast the chips, and seal with a clear topcoat. Most floors are done in one day.
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Do You Test for Moisture?
Yes. We run a calcium-chloride test (ASTM F1869) or an in-slab humidity probe (ASTM F2170). If a slab reads over about 3 pounds per 1,000 square feet or 75 to 80 percent humidity, we install a vapor-mitigation primer first.
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Epoxy, Polyaspartic and Polyurea
What’s the Difference Between Epoxy and Polyaspartic?
Epoxy is water- or oil-based and thinner; it cures slowly (days), can yellow in sunlight, and gets brittle in the cold. Polyaspartic is more durable, stays flexible, resists UV, and cures in hours, which is why it holds up better in Indiana garages and lets us finish in one day. It usually carries a longer warranty, too.
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What Is the Duralast System, and Do You Own It?
Duralast is our own polyaspartic coating system. Duration owns the Duralast system, so we install a coating we make and control, not an off-the-shelf kit. It is rated at 2,900 psi, engineered to be up to 5 times stronger than epoxy, UV-stable and flexible for freeze-thaw, and it carries a lifetime warranty.
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What Is the Difference Between Polyurea and Polyaspartic?
Polyaspartic is actually a type of polyurea engineered for a slightly longer working time and UV stability. True polyurea cures faster and is more flexible and heat-stable, so we use it on the most demanding industrial and high-heat floors, and polyaspartic on garages, showrooms and most commercial work.
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Will the Coating Fade or Yellow in the Sun?
No, the Duralast polyaspartic topcoat is UV-stable, so it won't yellow the way epoxy does.
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Winters, Cracks and Damp Floors
Will It Hold Up to Indiana Winters, Road Salt and Freeze-Thaw?
Yes. The Duralast system is built for exactly this climate, it seals the slab against salt and moisture and flexes with freeze-thaw movement instead of cracking off.
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Can You Coat a Garage Floor That Is Cracked or Pitted?
Yes. We chase and fill cracks, patch spalls, and rebuild pop-outs before we coat, so the finish goes over sound concrete rather than hiding a failing surface.
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Will a Coating Hold Up on a Damp Basement Floor?
Yes, if the slab is tested and prepared correctly. We run a moisture test on every basement, and where it reads high we install a vapor-mitigation primer before coating, so the finish does not blister from vapor pushing up through the slab.
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Warranty, Our Team and Where We Work
What Does the Lifetime Warranty Cover?
Our lifetime warranty covers peeling, flaking, chipping and delamination of the coating, UV/sun damage, normal wear and tear, and damage from hot tires, salt, oils, grease, chemicals, cleaners and chlorine.
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Is the General Manager Really on Every Job?
Yes. That is the idea Duration was built on. Dan, our general manager, is personally on-site for every project, which is how the prep and the finish stay consistent.
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What Areas Do You Serve?
Fort Wayne and all of Allen County, plus Northeast Indiana and adjacent Northwest Ohio. See our full list of service areas.
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Do You Do Commercial and Industrial Floors Too?
Yes, commercial kitchens, auto shops, warehouses, factories, dog kennels, showrooms and more. (See commercial coatings)
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