Retail Store Upgrades Floor with Epoxy Coatings
In 2013, we assisted with the fit-out of the new beverage sales location in the Queensgate Towne Center in York, PA with the installation of decorative chip and solid color epoxy coatings. The space was converted from a restaurant and required extensive floor clean-up. The customer was moving an existing retail store from the Mount Rose area of York to this larger, more trafficked location.
The owners of the Queensgate Beer Barn approached STRONGHOLD FLOORS to assist them after having used our epoxy coatings in a very large car barn which holds a private car collection. In addition, several employees of their other business have used our garage floor coatings services in Pennsylvania.
Issues addressed by STRONGHOLD FLOORS:
- Finished removal of mastic and glue.
- Filled holes and penetrations in the concrete slabs.
- Corrected transitions from multiple concrete pours.
- Filled cracks and joints in the showroom floor so that new epoxy coatings would be seamless.
We do apologize in advance for the plays on beer slogans. ;)
Less Costly, Looks Great!
To say this new location’s floor was in rough shape is an understatement. The floor was a combination of tile, glues, patches, new pours, and holes from conduits. Some parts of the floor had already been prepared by mechanical diamond grinding, but the final concrete surface profile was not yet achieved.
Even though STRONGHOLD FLOORS had coated his 4,500 square foot car collection garage in the past, he still had questions. Could we coat the floor in its current state? Would our coatings make a good fit for the retail location? Would the coatings be cost effective?
While the floor looked bad, it wasn’t even in our top 10 worst floors. The decorative chip coatings we recommended (and later installed) are common in showrooms and retail stores. The pricing was right in their budget (the customer even decided to have us coat the storage warehouse areas in our solid color coatings.
For All You Do, This Coating Is For You.
The Beer Barn’s coating's color was chosen to work with the rough barn planks used on the walls. Overall, the final look was exactly what the name says – except it’s the cleanest barn you'll ever walk through.
Our crews spent two days preparing the concrete, patching holes, and filling the cracks with epoxy pastes. On day three, the 5500+ square feet of retail area was base coated with 100% solids, gray epoxy and broadcast until refusal with a ¼” decorative chip blend. The warehouse also received its first layer of pigmented epoxy. On day four, the crews removed the excess chips and applied polyaspartic urethane to the retail area. The warehouse also received its top coat of pigmented epoxy. Aluminum oxide was added to all areas to assist with wear protection and increase traction.
The King of Coatings
The general manager, Tiffany, sent us an email over a year later. While she didn’t call us “The Champagne of Polymers”, she did say this:
“3 top features? Very easy to clean, appealing floor for a beverage distributor and [the floor coatings] can be for any type of retail store because you have the option of matching up your colored flakes in your floor to match the color theme of your store, and it’s easy to fix; if a chunk of the floor gets chipped by any chance, it's easy to repair and hard to tell it was repaired.”
Her email went on to express, "When you say Stronghold, you’ve said it all." She writes:
“Biggest reason to recommend STRONGHOLD FLOORS? The floor definitely holds to the name of the company. After having this floor for a year now and the traffic of all the customers and the skids of beer that get pushed around on it daily, you cannot tell this floor is a year old already!!”
Tiffany ends with:
“Since we opened a year ago, we have had many, many compliments from customers about the beautiful flooring we have. Most beer distributors are warehouses, so the floor is not usually appealing to the eye, but our customers love our store from the floor to the ceiling!! Customers have inquired about who installed our floor and we have passed on the information of [STRONGHOLD FLOORS] to the customer.”
We certainly appreciated all the feedback and are grateful for Tiffany allowing us to take and post the included pictures.
If You've Got the Time, We've Got the Coatings.
If you need a coating for your showroom, retail store or residential garage, you can request a free quote online today! There are many different types of polymer coatings and we will work with you to specify the proper coating system for your project.
