Epoxy Flooring in South Ogden, UT

South Ogden homeowners usually call us about epoxy flooring after years of living with a tired slab. The reason is history. Wikipedia says the city's closeness to Hill Air Force Base and the Ogden Arsenal led to a housing boom in the 1940s. By 1946 South Ogden had passed 3,600 residents and was known as the City of Homes. Many of those houses, and their garages, are now around 80 years old.

Growth by the decade

| Census | Population | |---|---| | 1940 | 1,407 | | 1950 | 3,763 | | 1960 | 7,405 | | 1970 | 9,991 | | 2020 | 17,488 |

The town grew more than fivefold between 1940 and 1960. A lot of concrete went down in those two decades, and much of it is still in service.

What an older South Ogden slab looks like

We often find one-car garages, sometimes detached, with floors that slope toward a center drain or the door. The surface may be dusty, pitted near the entry or covered in layers of paint. Hairline cracks are common, and some joints have opened over the years. None of that rules out a coating. It does mean preparation takes up more of the job.

• Grinding takes off old paint and the weak top layer
• Crack and spall repair fills the damage so it does not telegraph through
• Patching low spots keeps water from sitting in one place
• Edge work gets the corners and walls that a floor machine misses

Fitting a coating to a smaller space

Smaller garages get a lot of use per square foot. A garage floor epoxy system with flakes is the usual choice because it hides wear and is easy to sweep. If the garage doubles as a workshop, we raise the build and use a chemical-resistant topcoat. Polyaspartic is a good fit when you cannot be without the space for long.

Basements in the City of Homes

Many South Ogden houses from this era have basements that were never finished. A bare floor there tends to stay dusty no matter how often you sweep. Basement floor epoxy seals that dust in and brightens the room. We test for moisture first, since an older foundation can pass more water vapor than a new one.

Old floors and new topcoats

A mid-century garage often has a single bare bulb and a door that stays open on summer afternoons. Sunlight on an older epoxy can turn it yellow over time. We finish most South Ogden garages with a polyaspartic topcoat, which is UV stable and holds its color near the door. It also cures quickly, which helps when the garage is the only place to store the lawn mower and the car. Inside, a light flake blend can brighten a dim one-car garage more than you might expect.

A dense, settled city

South Ogden packs 17,488 people into about 3.9 square miles, roughly 4,400 per square mile. Homeowner vacancy was just 0.6% in 2020. Houses here change hands rarely, so owners tend to invest in the space they already have. That often means turning a cramped garage or basement into something cleaner and more useful. Call (385) 494-4061 or

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