Keeping your garage floors protected from heat and cold isn’t all that hard; not with the right floor coating to keep them safe. That’s where epoxy floor coatings come in handy.
Against the Cold
The Family Handyman says floor coatings provide protection against corrosive chemicals and stains. It also prevents moisture from getting into your floors. That’s one way you can keep your garage floors protected. With no moisture to seep through, your floors won’t be subjected to too much cold, giving you many years to enjoy your garage floors in tip-top shape.
Against the Heat
There are also specific types of floor coatings that help act as a handy fire repellent. When the floor coating is exposed to fire, it helps slow it down, stops it from spreading and rendering everything in sight into ash. The little lag time gives fire fighters a small window—but a window nonetheless—to fix the situation. Those few minutes can spell the difference between saving lives and losing those lives to the fire so it’s a major advantage of having a floor coating applied on your garage floors.
In addition, a floor coating can keep intense heat from cracking up your garage floors. A coat keeps your floors looking just the way you want them to: free of cracks or marks from exposure to too much heat or sweltering weather.
Other Tips
While applying an excellent choice of floor coating can do a lot, it’s not the only preventive measure you can take. You can also:
1. Install a dehumidifier. This helps keep the moisture in your garage well within the acceptable range.
2. Adjust garage temperature levels. Another way to keep your garage floors protected from too much heat or cold is to take the time to regularly adjust the settings on your temperature control. If you notice that the temp control isn’t working as efficient as it should, have it fixed. A faulty temp control unit can have a profound effect on the condition of your garage floors.
3. Make sure you dry your car before parking it in place. If you’re bringing in puddles of melted snow or road salt, those things have an adverse effect on your garage floor and could be the reason why you’re seeing cracks, marks, and dents prematurely. If you can, try to clean your car before you put it in your garage.
Hopefully, these tips will be enough to give you plenty of ideas to help you care for your garage floors.
