Floors that get hosed down every day
Kennels, veterinary practices and daycare floors. Sealed, coved, chemical resistant, and installed without the business closing.
Commercial work
Hygiene is a construction detail, not a cleaning routine
Animal facilities are the hardest wearing floors we do, and the requirements are unusual enough that a general commercial specification is not good enough. The floor takes urine, disinfectant and daily washing down, it has to drain properly, it cannot hold odour, and the occupants cannot be asked to stay off it while it cures.
Bare or poorly sealed concrete absorbs urine. Once it is in the slab it stays there, and no amount of cleaning removes an odour that is inside the floor rather than on it. That is the single most common problem in older kennel buildings and it cannot be cleaned away.
A properly sealed floor does not absorb anything, so what lands on it can be washed off entirely. That is a construction outcome rather than a housekeeping one.
Coving is the other half. A ninety degree joint between floor and wall traps waste and holds moisture no matter how well the room is cleaned. Running the coating up the wall removes the joint and turns the room into a single washable surface.
We show up, finish on time, and get it right. No hidden fees, no surprises.
Jimmy and Justyn, Cobra Epoxy
Drainage has to still work afterwards
Kennel floors are laid with falls to a drain or channel, and the coating has to follow those falls rather than filling them in. A floor that ponds is worse than the one it replaced.
Terminations into drains and channels are detailed properly so water goes where it is meant to and there is no lip for waste to collect against.
Where a facility is being rebuilt rather than refurbished, it is worth getting us in before the slab falls are finalised, because a small change at that stage saves a lot of compromise later.
What the price covers
Every one of these, every time
Every one of these is in the price as standard. The only thing that moves a number is what we find in the concrete, and you hear that at the walkthrough.
From bare slab to finished floor
Nothing goes onto a floor until the concrete is open. Diamond grinders with dust extraction take the surface skin off, along with any curing compound, old sealer, paint or soaked in oil, and leave a clean profile the coating can key into. Acid etching and pressure washing do not produce that, which is why coatings applied over them come off.
With the slab open, every defect is visible for the first time. Cracks get cut into a channel and rebuilt, pits and divots filled, spalled areas cut back to something sound and leveled flush. Whatever we find gets told to you rather than buried.
The base coat goes down into that profile, and the flake goes into the base while it is still wet, thrown by hand across the whole area until the surface is saturated. Full broadcast, not a scatter, which is what gives the floor its depth and a good part of its thickness.
The next day the loose chip is scraped off and vacuumed, and a polyaspartic topcoat goes over the top. That topcoat is the layer that takes the wear, resists the chemicals and gives you the finish you actually look at.
Doing it without closing
This is where the real constraint sits. A kennel full of animals cannot relocate for a week, and boarding bookings are made months ahead.
The job that Jimmy is proudest of is exactly this. A dog daycare had its entire original finish stripped off and a new epoxy floor installed, and the business did not close for a single day. The owner review says we worked around their busy schedule so they never had to close and there was no down time.
That was a scheduling achievement rather than a coating one. Sections sized to the runs and rooms available, work timed around when animals were in the building, and a clear dry route through the facility every morning.
Your doors stay open. We work in sections, at night, over a weekend, around you.
Cobra Epoxy and Flake Coatings, Boyertown PAPlanning around boarding and clinic hours
Every animal facility has a rhythm, and the schedule gets built from it. Boarding kennels have quieter weeks between holiday periods. Daycares empty in the evening. Veterinary practices have surgery days and consulting days with different room usage.
The first conversation is about that rhythm rather than about the floor, because it determines section sizes and therefore how long the whole job takes.
Curing smell is worth raising too. Modern systems are low odour and animals are more sensitive than people, so we plan which rooms are occupied while which sections cure, and ventilate accordingly. It is a normal part of the job in these buildings and it needs saying out loud rather than assumed.
On the map
Where we do this work
Boyertown sits where Berks, Montgomery, Chester and Lehigh all come within reach, which is the only reason a company this size covers four counties properly. The service areas page has the full list.
At the far edge of the radius we will be straight with you about whether a small job stands up as its own trip. Asking costs nothing.
Questions
Before you book
Straight answers to the questions that come up before anybody commits to anything.
What can this floor not tolerate?
Very little in a normal setting, and there are limits worth naming. Strong acids will attack any resinous floor given time, and some industrial solvents soften a topcoat if they sit on it. If your process involves either, say so, because the answer is a different specification rather than a warning label.
Can you work outside our opening hours?
Yes, and for most commercial jobs that is exactly how it runs. Evenings, overnights and weekends, in sections, with a clear route through the building the whole time. It takes more planning than doing it in one go, which is why the scope goes in writing before anything starts.
Is it safe for children and pets?
Yes. The system cures to a hard, non toxic surface with nothing continuing to come off it, and the flake texture gives better footing for a dog than sealed concrete does. It also stops the slab shedding the fine gray dust that bare concrete gives off constantly.
Can we phase the reopening?
That is normally exactly how it works. Each section comes back into service as it reaches the right point, so you are never waiting on the whole floor. The order the sections run in is planned around which areas you need first, which is part of what the walkthrough establishes.
How do I look after it?
A dust mop for the everyday and a mild cleaner with warm water when it needs more. No wax, no polish and nothing acidic. For a garage, hosing it out is fine. The finish does not need sealing or topping up, which is rather the point of it.
Will you match another quote?
Not usually, and here is the honest reason. If another number is meaningfully lower it is almost always buying you a different floor, most often an etched slab instead of a ground one or a partial broadcast instead of a full one. We would rather show you where the difference is and let you decide than cut the stage that decides whether the floor lasts.
What is the current lead time?
It moves with the season, so the answer you get on the phone is the real one rather than a standard line. Winter is generally the easiest time to get an interior floor booked because the outdoor calendar is closed. Spring and early summer are the tightest, mostly because of deck and patio work.
What products do you use?
American made materials throughout, which is a deliberate choice rather than a marketing line. We use them because they have proved themselves on floors we can go back and look at. The equipment is OSHA certified and the company holds Pennsylvania home improvement contractor registration 177204.
Book a walkthrough
Get pricing on your kennel epoxy floor
Tell us what you have and Jimmy will call back within a business day. He looks at the slab properly, brings the blend samples, and gives you a real number rather than a range.
Working out of Boyertown across Berks, Montgomery, Chester, Lehigh, Upper Bucks and northern Lancaster.
Jimmy picks up on (484) 942-3219 most of the day. Email works too, jfaust@cobraepoxy.com, and there is a longer form on the contact page if you would rather write it out.
Tell us about the floor
The more detail the better. Jimmy will call inside a business day to sort out a time to see it.
More of what we coat: quartz epoxy flooring, commercial epoxy flooring, anti slip floor coatings. See finished floors in the gallery, read about Jimmy and Justyn, or check the towns we cover. Ready to talk? Book a walkthrough.