Specialty Service
What a School Floor Needs
A school floor coating is a durable resin system chosen for low odor and fast return, so it can be installed in an occupied or soon-to-be-occupied building, in cafeterias, hallways, locker rooms and shops, and handle constant foot traffic while taking safety striping and color zoning.
A school floor is judged on three things. It has to be installed with low odor and a fast return to service, because the building is occupied or reopens on a fixed date, so we favor fast-cure, low-VOC systems and schedule around summer, breaks or weekends. It has to survive constant high foot traffic in hallways, cafeterias and common areas without wearing through. And it often needs safety striping, wayfinding and color zoning worked into the surface. Seamless, sealed floors also clean faster for custodial staff and do not shed dust the way bare concrete does.
The System We Install and How Long It Takes
We install a fast-cure polyaspartic or a low-VOC epoxy system (well under 100 g/L VOC) matched to the space, durable for high traffic and easy for custodial teams to maintain. It is our own Duralast system, built at roughly 20 to 40 mils, and we work safety striping and color zoning into the topcoat. Because polyaspartic is tack-free in 1 to 2 hours and back in service in about a day, we can turn a hallway or cafeteria over a weekend with minimal disruption.
Every floor gets the same six-step process: we grind the slab to a CSP 1 to 3 profile, patch cracks and spalls, moisture-test and prime the concrete, apply the base coat, broadcast the chips and seal it with a clear topcoat.
Built for Indiana Winters
Entryways, vestibules and any unheated shop or storage floor take tracked-in road salt and freeze-thaw at the doors all winter. We spec those transition zones for the cold and chloride so the coating does not scale where students and staff track salt in.
What It Costs
We price every floor in person with a free on-site estimate. The cost depends on the square footage, the slab's condition and moisture, the coating system and build, and any off-hours scheduling. You get a straight, written price before any work starts.
Where We Work
We install school floor coating across Fort Wayne, Northeast Indiana and adjacent Northwest Ohio, including Fort Wayne, New Haven, Huntertown, Auburn and the surrounding communities. (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. This service is part of our commercial floor coating work.
