Epoxy Flooring in Struthers, OH

Epoxy flooring in Struthers almost always starts with concrete repair. This is an old iron and steel town. Daniel Eaton built the Hopewell Furnace on Yellow Creek in 1803, the Struthers Iron Company added the Anna Furnace in 1869, and a sheet mill and a gear works followed in the 1880s. The city grew with the mills until 1977, when several area plants closed. Population peaked at 15,631 in 1960 and stood at 10,063 in 2020. The houses built for that larger workforce are still here, and so are their floors.

What mill-era floors look like

Struthers had 4,766 housing units in 2020. Many were built for the mill workforce before the 1977 closures. When we look at a garage or basement here, we usually find some mix of:

• Hairline and structural cracks from decades of freeze and thaw
• Pitting and scaling where salt and water sat on bare concrete
• Old patches that have loosened at the edges
• Low spots that hold water by the drain or the door

Each of those gets handled before the coating. We cut cracks open so filler can get in deep, remove loose patch material, and build up low areas. Then we grind the entire floor so the coating bonds to fresh concrete.

When repair is the whole job

Sometimes a homeowner only needs the floor fixed and sealed, without a full decorative system. We do that too. A crack and spall repair with a clear or tinted sealer can stop the damage from spreading and buy time. If you later want a flake or solid color floor, the repaired slab is ready for it.

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Old industrial space, new tenants

After 1977 Struthers used its industrial infrastructure to bring in jobs outside of steel. Old buildings now hold small manufacturers, contractor shops and storage. Those floors carry decades of oil, metal dust and patching. We grind away contaminated concrete, repair joints and trenches, and lay down 100% solids epoxy that stands up to forklifts, rolling carts and chemicals. Safety lines and marked walkways can go in at the same time.

Close to the river and the state line

The city sits on the banks of the Mahoning River, about 4 miles west of the Pennsylvania border. River towns tend to have damp basements, so every basement we coat here gets a moisture test before we quote it.

Keeping repairs from coming back

Cracks in an old slab move a little with the seasons. We fill them with a material that bonds hard to concrete, and control joints that are meant to move get a flexible filler instead. Sealing the whole surface keeps water from getting back into the repaired areas and starting the freeze damage again. After the job, regular squeegeeing in winter helps the floor last.

Garages after the mills

Most Struthers garages are small and carry a car, a mower and years of stored tools. A flake floor seals the concrete, hides small drips and handles the salt that rides in on tires each winter. If the budget is tight, a solid-color epoxy over a repaired slab is a sound place to start.

Services Struthers customers ask for most

1. Concrete crack and floor repair 2. Epoxy flake floors for garages 3. Basement floor epoxy 4. Commercial and industrial floor epoxy 5. Polyaspartic floor coating