Our Service
A Local Installer, Not a Supplier
Search commercial epoxy flooring and you mostly find manufacturers and suppliers selling product. You need someone to grind your slab, fix it, test it, coat it and stand behind it, on your schedule, in Fort Wayne. That is what Duration does. Our general manager is on-site, the crew is local, and we plan the work around your operation so your floor is done with the least possible downtime.
We Work Around Your Business Hours
- Fast-cure systems. Our polyaspartic topcoat cures in hours, so we can turn a space around fast.
- Weekend and overnight installs. We schedule off-hours where downtime costs you money.
- Phased work. For larger facilities we can coat in sections so part of the floor stays in service.
Coatings Built for Working Floors
A commercial floor takes abuse a garage never sees: forklift traffic, dropped tools, hot equipment, chemical spills, wash-downs and, in an unheated space, real cold. We spec the system to the job:
- Polyaspartic and polyurea for speed, flexibility, and chemical and heat resistance on shops and industrial floors.
- Epoxy and epoxy-with-topcoat for cost-effective, high-build decorative floors indoors.
- Slip-resistant textures where safety codes and wet or greasy conditions demand grip.
Coating Systems We Install, Compared
| System | Cure to service | Film build | Suited to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epoxy | 24 to 72 hours | 10 to 40 mils | heated indoor retail, offices and showrooms |
| Polyaspartic (Duralast) | about 24 hours | 20 to 40 mils | fast turnarounds, cold spaces and wash-down areas |
| Polyurea | a few hours | high-build | heat, aggressive chemicals and heavy industrial traffic |
We often combine them, an epoxy base for film build with a polyaspartic topcoat for cure speed and UV and chemical resistance.
Every Slab Gets Tested First
For commercial concrete we run moisture-vapor testing before we coat, a calcium-chloride test (ASTM F1869) or an in-slab relative-humidity probe (ASTM F2170). As a working rule, a calcium-chloride result above about 3 pounds per 1,000 square feet per 24 hours, or an in-slab relative humidity above roughly 75 to 80 percent, means the slab needs a vapor-mitigation primer first. On a working slab, especially an older warehouse or a slab-on-grade with no vapor barrier, moisture is the top cause of a coating letting go.
How We Prep a Commercial Slab
A working commercial floor usually needs more than a garage. We often shot-blast rather than grind, opening the concrete to a CSP 3 to 5 profile so a high-build coating keys in and holds under forklift and foot traffic. We cut and fill control joints, repair cracks and spalls, and on a contaminated slab we make multiple passes to reach sound concrete before we prime.
Slip Resistance and Safety Markings
Commercial floors carry safety requirements a home garage does not. We broadcast an aggregate into the coating to hit the slip resistance your space needs, more grip in a wet kitchen, a wash bay or a walk-in cooler, and we can meet the traction and marking expectations that come with OSHA and ADA guidance. We also add line striping, safety markings and zoning in the topcoat where a shop or warehouse needs them.
What a Commercial Coating Handles
A properly built commercial floor takes forklift and pallet-jack traffic, resists the oils, hydraulic fluid, battery acid and cleaners a working shop sees, and holds up to the hot-tire pickup that lifts a painted floor. Polyaspartic can be installed in cold conditions, down to around 0 degrees F, where an epoxy needs a heated slab above about 50 degrees F to cure at all, which is why we reach for it on unheated warehouses and cold-storage floors. A high-build system runs 20 to 40 mils and can be built thicker in a heavy-industrial bay that sees steel wheels or dropped tools.
Cold Warehouses and Dock Doors
An unheated Fort Wayne warehouse, and the concrete right inside the dock doors, live through the same freeze-thaw and road-salt tracking as a driveway. Most commercial coatings are specified for heated interior slabs and fail at the doors. We spec a coating rated for the cold and the chloride where your floor actually needs it.
Maintenance for a Commercial Floor
A coated commercial floor is far easier to keep up than bare or painted concrete. Auto-scrubbers and a neutral-pH cleaner handle daily cleaning, spills wipe up rather than soak in, and the sealed surface does not dust the way an untreated slab does. For a busy operation that means less downtime cleaning and no annual resealing or repainting.
Downtime, Cure and Return to Service
A commercial coating's downtime is mostly cure time, not install time. A polyaspartic topcoat is typically tack-free in 1 to 2 hours and takes foot traffic within about 24 hours and vehicle or forklift traffic in about 72 hours, where a traditional epoxy needs 24 to 72 hours before you can drive on it. That gap is why we topcoat with polyaspartic on a floor that has to reopen fast, and why a Friday-night start can have a retail floor or shop bay back in service by Monday. On a large facility we coat in sections or bays, keeping the rest of the floor in production while we work.
Decorative and Functional Finishes
Durability aside, a commercial floor can carry a finish that fits the space: a full broadcast of vinyl flake for a showroom or retail floor, a quartz broadcast for grip and a heavier build in a kitchen or wash bay, a solid-color industrial finish for a shop, and gloss levels from satin to high-gloss. Color, flake blend and gloss are chosen to your brand and the room's lighting, and the same broadcast that adds grip also hides minor slab imperfections.
Commercial Floors We Coat
We coat floors for every kind of Fort Wayne business. Each has its own demands, and each has its own page:
- Commercial kitchens, seamless, sanitary and slip-resistant.
- Automotive and repair shops, oil-, solvent- and hot-tire-resistant.
- Industrial shops, forklift- and chemical-rated.
- Factories, heavy-load and downtime-sensitive.
- Warehouses, forklift traffic and cold dock doors.
- Dog kennels, sanitary, non-porous and odor-resistant.
- Locker rooms, wet-area slip and mildew resistance.
- Salons, chemical-resistant and decorative.
- Schools, low-odor and fast-return for occupied buildings.
- Showrooms, high-gloss decorative finishes.
- Fitness and gym floors, impact- and slip-resistant.
What a Commercial Floor Coating Costs
Commercial pricing is quote-based, because the system, the prep and the schedule vary so much between a 400 square foot kitchen and a 40,000 square foot warehouse. Your quote reflects the square footage, the slab's condition and moisture, the coating system and build, and any off-hours scheduling. We provide a firm written quote after we assess the floor.
Where We Work
We coat commercial floors across Fort Wayne, Northeast Indiana and adjacent Northwest Ohio. (See all service areas)
Our General Manager Is on Every Job
Founded in 2014, Duration keeps general manager Dan Diven on-site for every job, with a crew of 10 and 4,500 projects across Fort Wayne and Northeast Indiana, holding a 5.0 rating from 102 Google reviews.
