Hammond Epoxy Flooring installs commercial epoxy flooring in Hammond, IN, serving surrounding cities including Griffith, Riverdale, Harvey, Dyer and Homewood. Commercial floors take steady foot traffic, carts, cleaning machines and, in this climate, months of slush and brine at the door. Over more than 20 years on concrete, we have learned that the difference between a floor that lasts and one that peels is usually decided in the planning, before any coating is mixed.
Every commercial proposal starts with a walk of the space and a conversation with the people who run it. We map slab damage, old coatings and moisture, ask about traffic patterns, cleaning products and opening hours, and write the scope around what the business can close and for how long. The proposal names the product line, the coat count, the finished thickness and the phasing plan.
We coat retail floors, offices, dealership showrooms and service bays, schools and public buildings, locker rooms and back-of-house corridors. Wet kitchens and heavy industrial floors have their own systems, and we point you to them where they fit better.
Commercial Spaces We Coat
Retail, Showroom and Office Floors
Customer-facing floors need to look good and stay clean under constant foot traffic. Flake, quartz, metallic and solid color systems all work, topped with a polyaspartic or polyurethane coat that resists scuffs and holds its color under storefront glass. Satin sheens hide wear between cleanings better than high gloss.
Where customers come in from the parking lot, we plan for winter. Slush, brine and grit at the entry dull a floor fastest, so the first stretch inside the door gets a textured finish and room for walk-off mats.
Dealership Showrooms and Service Bays
A dealership needs two very different floors under one roof. The showroom wants a bright, clean finish that shows off vehicles; the service drive and bays need a floor that resists hot tires, oil, coolant and brine. We specify each zone separately so neither compromises the other.
Service bays get a thicker base, a broadcast for grip and a chemical-resistant topcoat, with joints and drains detailed so fluids are easy to clean up.
Schools, Clinics and Public Buildings
Corridors, locker rooms, stairwells and restrooms in schools and public buildings see heavy traffic and daily cleaning. Purdue University Northwest’s Hammond campus is one example of a public building with floors used all day. A seamless coating with a cove base at the wall is easy to clean and leaves fewer places for dirt to collect.
We work around class schedules, school breaks and office hours, and we confirm product choices against the facility’s own cleaning chemicals before install.
Planning Around a Business That Stays Open
Phasing and Overnight Work
Most commercial clients cannot close for days. We divide the floor into zones, work overnight or over a weekend and use fast-cure systems so each zone reopens on schedule. Furniture, fixtures and displays are moved in a planned sequence, and the plan is shared with the facility team in advance.
Horseshoe Hammond and hotel back-of-house operations run around the clock, and corridors, storage rooms and loading areas behind the scenes are typical places where this phasing matters most.
Odor, VOCs and Occupied Buildings
Coating an occupied building means thinking about who is breathing the air. We choose low-odor products where the system allows, isolate work zones, cover HVAC returns and ventilate during and after application. The most odorous steps are scheduled for when the space is empty.
Hammond sits in North Township, inside the Chicago 2015 ozone nonattainment area, and Indiana’s 326 IAC 8-14 limits floor coatings to 250 g/L of VOC. Illinois sets its own limits in Part 223 of Title 35 of its Administrative Code. Those rules bind the applicator, so every product we use is chosen to comply.
Licensing, Insurance and Paperwork
Commercial clients and property managers expect paperwork in order. Hammond requires every contractor working inside its limits to register, with a $5,000 bond recorded with the Lake County Recorder and a certificate of insurance naming the city. We confirm the rules in each neighboring town before booking a job there.
Building a Commercial Floor That Lasts
Surface Preparation and Repairs
Commercial slabs often carry old VCT adhesive, paint, sealers and years of patching. We diamond grind or shot blast to the profile the system needs, remove failed patches, rebuild spalled joints and fill cracks. Acid etching is never used.
A moisture test goes into every scope, because slabs on grade can push vapor into a coating. The proposal names the test and the reading the floor must meet.
Slip Resistance That Is Specified
Slip resistance comes from the broadcast media and the topcoat, not from a sales claim. Entries, restrooms, locker rooms and service bays get a quartz or flake broadcast or an anti-slip additive sized to the traffic. Dry sales floors can stay smoother for easier cleaning.
The texture is a balance. Too coarse a broadcast holds dirt and wears out mop heads and scrubber pads; too fine a finish turns slick under winter slush. We size the media to each zone and can show sample boards of the textures so the facility team can feel the difference before choosing.
Topcoats and Maintenance Plans
The topcoat takes the wear on a commercial floor. We recommend polyaspartic or polyurethane topcoats for abrasion and UV resistance, and we leave the facility team a cleaning guide that matches the system. Renewing the topcoat before it wears through keeps the base intact and costs a fraction of a new floor.
Cleaning chemistry matters more than most owners expect. Some degreasers, citrus cleaners and strong disinfectants soften or dull certain topcoats over time, so we check the products your staff or janitorial contractor already uses and choose a topcoat that tolerates them, rather than leaving the floor to fail slowly under the mop.
- 20+ Years on Concrete
- Moisture Test in Every Scope
- Free Written Estimates