Epoxy Flooring in Harlingen, TX

Harlingen asks more of its concrete than most Valley towns, and a lot of the epoxy flooring we put down here goes into work spaces. Valley International Airport bills itself as the Valley's air cargo hub and works with DHL, FedEx and Southwest Airlines Cargo. The Port of Harlingen sits 4 miles east of town on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. Freight, distribution and the businesses that serve them all need floors that can take pallet jacks, forklifts and constant traffic.

Commercial floors we coat in Harlingen

Warehouse and loading floors get the hardest use. Rolling loads grind dust out of bare concrete, and that dust ends up on every box on the shelf. A thick epoxy system seals the slab and gives it a surface that sweeps clean. We can add:

• High-visibility striping for aisles, dock lanes and pedestrian paths
• Texture where floors get wet near doors and wash areas
• Chemical-resistant topcoats for maintenance bays
• Coved edges where a floor meets the wall in wash-down rooms

Clinics, offices and medical buildings

Harlingen is also a medical town. Valley Baptist Medical Center has 586 beds, Harlingen Medical Center opened in 2002, and the UTRGV School of Medicine took its first students in 2016. Offices and clinics that grow up around hospitals often sit on slab floors. A seamless coating has no grout lines to trap dirt, and it holds up to rolling chairs and daily mopping. We coat in sections or after hours so a practice does not have to close.

Winter Texans and seasonal homes

Winter Texans, mostly retirees from the northern Midwest and Canada, spend roughly November through April in Harlingen, and Wikipedia credits them with a big share of the local economy. Many own homes or park models they leave closed up for the summer. That creates a scheduling question we get a lot: when to coat the garage or carport.

• Before you leave in spring, so the floor cures while the house is empty.
• Before you arrive in fall, with a key left with a neighbor and photos sent when we finish.
• During your stay, using a fast-curing polyaspartic so the car is back inside within a day or two.

A closed house in a humid summer can trap damp air in the garage, so we test the slab right before the install, not weeks earlier.

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What the ground is like here

Harlingen soils run from fine sandy loam to clay, with a pH of about 7.2 to 8.5. Most drain moderately well or well. That mix means slab behavior varies by neighborhood. A sandy lot may give you a flat floor with only small shrinkage cracks. A clay lot nearby may show longer cracks that open and close with the seasons. We map cracks at the estimate and price their repair line by line.

The wet month

Harlingen sits about 30 miles from the Gulf. Its rainfall peaks in September at an average of 5.76 inches, the same month storm season runs hottest. We keep our outdoor patio and carport work flexible that month and lean on early starts and quick-curing coatings.