Garage floors, basements and patios in Bountiful homes
Bountiful did most of its growing between the 1950s and the 1970s, and the garages show it. The median home here was built around 1972. Val Verda homes mostly went up between 1940 and 1969. Those garages sit on slabs poured 55 to 85 years ago. The concrete is usually sound underneath, but the top layer is worn and stained. Oil, dust and old sealer sit in the pores. Grinding takes that layer off and opens the slab so the coating grips. We fill the cracks and low spots before any color goes down. The result is a floor you can sweep or hose off.
Basements are the second call we get in Bountiful. An epoxy floor in a basement wipes clean and holds up to storage bins and gear. It also works in a laundry room or a food storage room. Basement stairs and landings can be coated at the same time. Some owners on the east bench want the marble look, so we install metallic epoxy flooring. Outside, porches and patios get decorative concrete coatings with color, flakes, stencils or a border. Pool decks get a slip resistant finish that stays cooler underfoot. Color choices are made on site, with the samples in hand. A shop floor or a detached garage gets the same prep as the main slab.
Bench slopes, snow and salt: Bountiful concrete conditions
Bountiful sits at about 4,771 feet, with the Wasatch Range right above the east side. The city averages close to 59 inches of snow a year. Streets climb from the valley floor toward Bountiful Boulevard and Mueller Park Canyon. Meltwater runs the length of those bench driveways and keeps the surface wet. The Wasatch Front runs through 50 or more freeze-thaw cycles each winter. Water soaks into the slab, freezes, expands and pops the surface loose. Road salt and de-icer speed that up. The flaking and pitting on older Bountiful driveways comes from that cycle. Shaded slabs on the north side of a house stay frozen the longest.
A coating changes what the salt touches. On a driveway or a porch, a coating puts a bonded layer over the concrete. Concrete sealing is the lighter option, and new concrete has to cure at least 30 days first. Sealer goes down between 50 and 90 degrees, which keeps this work out of the coldest months. Acrylic sealers get redone every 1 to 3 years, and penetrating siloxane sealers last around 10 years. Some sealers take up to 3 days to dry, so plan around parking. Elevated decks and balconies take waterproof deck coatings with a rubberized membrane under the color. That work runs spring through fall and can take up to 6 days.
Communities & areas we serve around Bountiful: East Bench, Val Verda, Stone Creek, Mueller Park, Maple Hills, Bountiful Boulevard, Orchard Drive corridor, Downtown Main Street, Bountiful Ridge.
Bountiful ZIP codes served: 84010, 84011.