​Six Reasons You Need to Fix Your Cracked Concrete in the Garage

Have you been ignoring the cement cracks in your garage for far too long, and are those cracks slowly creeping their way to the top of your home repair to-do list? If replacing your cracked cement garage flooring with a concrete floor epoxy isn’t topping your list, you may want to reconsider it after reviewing why it’s a great home to repair to make! Read all about the reasons you need to fix your cracked concrete in the garage!

It’s Just Cracked Concrete, right?

At a macro level, yes, it’s just concrete. When looking at it more closely, the cracked concrete can impact the functionality of your garage greatly, and below are just a few reasons to fix your cracked garage flooring.

Prevent further cracks - Cracks in concrete can be a result of excess water, dry weather, or the wrong choice in the cement grade. If you’re a car enthusiast and you drop a heavy part or piece of equipment on the garage flooring, this can also cause cracking. It’s important to prevent the cracks from spreading or new ones from forming.

• Resale value - If you’re planning on selling your home anytime in the near future, fixing the cracked concrete will greatly increase your resale value and the overall curb appeal. Potential buyers love to find issues with the home and put it under scrutiny, and this can result in a lower offer if they observe the cracked garage flooring. Don’t be the home on the block who has a perfectly manicured lawn, new architectural roof shingles, and beautiful wooden shutters, only to open the garage for a junky, unorganized appeal!

• Cleanly environment - A concrete garage floor attracts dust and harmful particles, especially when there are cracks around. The cracks are perfect breeding grounds for the hantavirus to be easily swept into, causing potential health risks to you and your family. Likewise, if you have any respiratory issues, concrete floor epoxy can mitigate the dust issues. If you do use your garage for auto mechanic work, if you’re constantly working under the hood and are prone to cuts and scrapes, being near a dirty dusty floor increases your risk for infection.

• Safer environment - Concrete cracks may seem like “just another feature” of the garage, but they can become a safety concern. If the cracks are wide or uneven, people can trip and fall over them. Shoes can also get stuck and people can roll or even break their ankles. Likewise, if any hazardous chemicals are stored such as anti-freeze, oil, or paint thinner and risk spilling or leaking they can seep into the cracks and flooring causing noxious fumes and a difficult cleanup.

• Cleanup - Concrete is notorious for its difficult cleanup. Whether it’s sweeping up dust and dirt or trying to clean up spilled liquids, or an onslaught of water from a heavy rain, you’ll spend more time and more energy trying to get everything back to working condition.

• Versatility - A cracked concrete floor can only function as just that, a garage floor. Sure you can use it to store you cars and use it for projects, but that’s about the extent. With cracked garage flooring you lose the versatility that concrete floor epoxy brings.

Why Concrete Floor Epoxy?

Easily and effortlessly fix your cracked concrete with concrete floor epoxy. New epoxy flooring will increase your home’s resale value, provide a clean and safer environment to you and your family, make cleanup much more low-maintenance, and cater to a versatility for dance parties or a man-cave addition.

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If you’re ready to up your garage floor game from the tired and dated cracked concrete to a concrete floor epoxy, call today for more information!