Epoxy Flooring in Benton, LA

A lot of the epoxy flooring we quote in Benton is outside the garage. Wikipedia notes many newer lakefront homes around Cypress Lake and says the lakefront area's population nearly doubled between 2004 and 2008. Lake houses tend to have big back patios, covered porches, walkways down toward the water and sometimes a pool deck. Those slabs see sun, rain, wet feet and fishing gear, and bare concrete starts to look tired quickly.

Coatings for patios and lake-side slabs

Outdoor coatings need different choices than a garage floor:

• UV stability. Standard epoxy can yellow in direct sun. Outside, we use a UV-stable polyaspartic or similar topcoat.
• Grip when wet. Every outdoor finish we install here gets texture, either from flakes or an anti-slip aggregate, so wet feet coming up from the water do not slide.
• Lighter colors. A pale coating stays cooler on a July afternoon than a dark one.
• Drainage. We check that water runs off the slab before we coat. A coating will not fix a patio that holds a puddle.

Rebuilt neighborhoods and their slabs

On April 3, 1999, an F4 tornado struck parts of Benton, killing six people and injuring 90. Wikipedia lists Haymeadow Trailer Park, Palmetto Park and Palmetto Place, Bay Hills, Woodlake South and the Twin Lake Community among the areas hit, along with homes near the Palmetto Country Club. Homes rebuilt after that storm now have slabs about 25 years old. That is often the point where a garage floor shows its first real wear, with tire marks, oil spots and cracks that have opened over a few dry summers. It is a good age to coat, since the concrete is fully cured and usually still in sound shape.

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The garage still matters

In town, Benton is a small, settled place. The 2020 census counted 2,048 residents in 818 households, and the homeowner vacancy rate was 2.5%. Most garages we see here belong to people who have been in the house a while and want a floor that will last as long as they stay. For those garages we usually recommend a full flake system. It hides wear, handles a boat trailer's wet tires and cleans up with a hose.

Boat trailers and lake gear

Lake households store a lot in the garage: boats on trailers, kayaks, life jackets, outboard fuel and fishing tackle. Trailer tongues and jacks put heavy point loads on a small area, and fuel and two-stroke oil drip onto the slab. A thicker base coat and a fuel-resistant topcoat handle that better than a thin coat. We also suggest a sacrificial pad or a plate under a trailer jack that sits in one spot for months.

A typical Benton visit

We look at every slab you want coated, inside and out. We check the garage for moisture, oil and old paint and the patio for drainage, cracks and any sealer that has already been applied. You get one written quote that lists each area, the system for each and the total. If you only want to do the garage now and the patio next spring, we write it that way.