Three-car garages, basements and decks in Draper
Draper filled in fast after 2000, and the floor plans got bigger with it. Neighborhoods like South Mountain, Steeplechase and Hidden Valley run to large homes with three-car garages. A bay that size shows every stain, and the concrete is usually still bare. Bare concrete takes on oil, road salt and melted snow off the tires. A flake epoxy floor handles that and still sweeps clean. Basements are the other big one, since many Draper homes were built with a finished lower level. Cold storage rooms, gyms and workshops all sit on slab, and a coating keeps the dust down. We grind the old surface first, then repair cracks before any coating goes on.
Hillside lots in Draper come with decks and covered patios. Homes on the benches near Corner Canyon and the Draper Utah Temple sit on grade changes. Decks and walkout levels are common there. A deck over living space needs a waterproof membrane system. Our waterproof deck coatings start with a rubberized base coat, then a color layer, then a sealing top coat. Spring through fall is the season for that work. Older porches, steps and pool decks are a different fix. When the surface is worn but the slab is sound, concrete resurfacing puts a new colored layer over the top. We sandblast or grind first, repair the damage, then coat and seal it.
SunCrest snow, the Point of the Mountain and concrete wear
SunCrest sits on Traverse Ridge at about 6,000 feet. The Draper valley floor is around 4,500 feet, so the ridge runs about 1,500 feet higher. That gap changes the winter. SunCrest picks up a lot more snow than the valley, and the wind moves it around. In heavy winters, homes there have needed roof snow removal, and ice dams have caused water damage. Snow that piles on a driveway melts, runs into the slab, then freezes again overnight. That freeze and thaw cycle is what pops the surface off concrete. Down at the Point of the Mountain the wind runs hard, and I-15 through that stretch gets salted all winter. Salt tracks home on the tires and lands on the garage floor.
Road salt does the same thing to a driveway or a porch that it does to a garage floor. It gets into the top layer, and the surface starts to flake and pit. Left alone, the damage spreads and the slab gets rough. Fixing it early is cheaper than replacing the concrete, which is the point of concrete repair. We patch the bad areas, then put a coating or a sealer over the top so water stays out. On a garage floor we grind the slab, fill the cracks, then lay the epoxy and the flake. The floor comes back sealed, and salt sits on the surface instead of soaking in. A sealed surface also sheds the melt water that runs off a car after a storm.
Communities & areas we serve around Draper: SunCrest, Traverse Ridge, Corner Canyon, Historic Draper, Draper Town Center, South Mountain, Steeplechase, Hidden Valley, Point of the Mountain.
Draper ZIP codes served: 84020.