Reno's commercial floors take more punishment than residential ones. Forklifts and pallet jacks, rolling tool carts, hot tires from service drives, chemical spills in shop bays, foot traffic and food carts in retail and restaurant back-of-house. We install commercial epoxy and polyaspartic systems across Reno and Sparks for shops, showrooms, dealerships, fleet bays, light manufacturing, and small-format commercial space. The system is sized to the traffic and chemistry the floor actually sees, not just rolled out with a residential spec.
The basic structure is the same as a residential garage floor: prepared concrete, base coat, optional decorative element, topcoat. The differences sit in the spec. Commercial floors are typically heavier build, often 20 to 60 mil total dry film thickness compared with 8 to 15 mil for a residential garage. The decorative element is often a broadcast quartz aggregate rather than vinyl flake, giving more slip resistance and impact tolerance. The topcoat is selected for the chemistry the floor will see. And the prep is more thorough because the consequences of a failed bond are bigger when forklift traffic is involved.
| Use Case | Typical System | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Auto service bay | Diamond-ground prep, 100% solids epoxy base, broadcast quartz, polyaspartic topcoat | Heavy build, chemical resistance, impact tolerance |
| Showroom | Decorative flake or metallic over epoxy, polyaspartic topcoat | Customer-facing finish, lighter traffic |
| Fleet maintenance | Heavy-build epoxy with broadcast aggregate, chemical-resistant topcoat | Forklift loads, fluid exposure |
| Food and beverage back-of-house | USDA-compliant urethane mortar or epoxy with cove base | Sanitation and code compliance |
| Brewery production floor | Urethane mortar with chemical-resistant topcoat | Hot water, organic acids, sustained wet conditions |
| Gym and studio | Decorative epoxy with broadcast quartz | Impact and equipment traffic, slip resistance |
| Light warehouse | Solid color epoxy with polyaspartic topcoat | Visibility, durability, cost balance |
Most Reno commercial customers cannot shut the whole space down for a multi-day install. We work around that. The two common approaches are phased installs (we do half the floor while you work on the other half, then swap) and weekend or overnight installs (we work Saturday night through Sunday afternoon and you reopen Monday). Polyaspartic chemistry is what makes both possible because it shortens cure times enough to fit inside a real operating schedule. We will quote both approaches and let you pick which one fits your operation.
Call (786) 571-7457 - Mon-Sat 7AM-6PM. We work around your operating schedule.