Epoxy Flooring in Sunol, CA

Epoxy flooring in Sunol often means more than one building. Sunol is a census-designated place in Alameda County covering about 28.3 square miles of land, yet the 2020 census counted only 922 people and 398 housing units. That works out to about 14 homes per square mile. Properties are spread out, and many of the ones we see include a detached shop, a barn or an equipment shed with its own concrete floor next to the house garage.

The buildings we coat here

Equipment and tractor bays. Hydraulic fluid, diesel and grease soak into bare concrete and leave permanent stains. A heavy 100% solids system seals the slab so spills sit on top and wipe up.

Workshops. A light-colored floor makes dropped bolts easy to find and brightens a shop with few windows. Creepers and tool carts roll more easily on a smooth coated surface.

Tack rooms and feed rooms. A sealed floor is easier to sweep and wash, and it does not hold dust and spilled feed the way bare concrete does. We add texture where boots and hooves bring in water.

The house garage. Same as anywhere in the Tri-Valley: ground, repaired and coated with a flake or solid-color system.

Planning a job on acreage

Rural jobs take a little more planning. Before we come out, it helps to know:

• How far the building sits from the road, and whether a work truck can reach it.
• What power the building has. Our grinders and dust collectors need steady circuits.
• What the floor carries: a car, a tractor, a horse trailer, a lift or stored chemicals.
• Whether the building is closed in. Open-sided sheds see more dust and temperature swings.

We can quote several buildings on one visit and list each floor separately, so you can do them all at once or one at a time.

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Old slabs and outbuilding concrete

Farm buildings are often poured without much finishing. The surface can be rough, uneven or broom-textured, and older outbuildings may have cracks, chipped edges or a sunken section near the door. Grinding takes down the high spots and opens the surface. We fill cracks and chips, and where a slab has heaved or broken through, we tell you it needs concrete work first. A coating will not fix a floor that is moving.

A community with a long memory

Sunol is named for Don Antonio Suñol, whose Rancho Valle de San José covered the area in the 1840s. The Sunol Depot on the Niles Canyon Railway dates to 1884. Plenty of properties here hold older buildings that owners want to keep in use. A coated floor is one practical way to make an old shop or barn easier to clean and maintain without changing the building itself.

Getting here

Sunol sits near the junction of I-680 and State Route 84, a short drive south of our Dublin base. Call (925) 666-7993 to set up a site visit.

Choosing a finish for a working building

In a shop or barn, looks come second. We usually suggest a medium gray or tan base with a light flake, which hides dust and hay but still shows a dropped part. Texture matters more than color where floors get wet from hoses, boots or animals. We can add a coarser grit to the topcoat in those zones and keep it smoother under a workbench, where you want to sweep easily. For floors that see fuel or solvents, a chemical-resistant topcoat is worth the extra cost. We bring sample boards to the site visit so you can see them in the building's own light.