Epoxy Coatings - Tips for Coating Fire Departments’ Apparatus Bays
Over the past 20 years, we have interacted with many Fire Departments looking for epoxy coatings...
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Matching Your Exterior Home Colors & Garage Floor Coatings
Exterior home colors can vary based on region, climate, and personal preference. Some popular...
Why It's Important to Wash Your Car & What Soap Works Best
Your car is more than just a means of transportation. It's an investment that you've worked hard to...
Considering an Epoxy Garage Floor? Get it Done Now!
There is not going to be a better time to have a professional garage floor coating installed than...
Why Garage Floor Roll-Out Mats are a BAD IDEA!
There are all sorts of garage floor solutions. Some are professional solutions, such as our ...
Professional Garage Floor Coatings – Not Just Lipstick on a Pig
I was driving past a condo building where new siding was being applied the other day. Since the old...
Asbestos in Your Home and What You Can Do
How often do you consider the hazards that could be present within your own home? Gases and...
4 Health Hazards in Your Home and How to Protect Yourself
Your home should be a safe and healthy refuge for the entire family. While you may be diligent...
Grinding vs. Shot Blasting: How We Prep Before Epoxy Floor Coatings
One of the defining factors in professionally applied garage floor coatings is the surface...
Epoxy Floor Coatings – Beyond Our Service Area
We, STRONGHOLD FLOORS, provide epoxy floor coatings in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia....
5 Reasons Stronghold Floors Beats Any Garage Floor Coating Franchise
Franchises can be a great thing. We've all had the hamburgers and subs from popular chains. But,...
Looking for Concrete Floor Coatings? SKIP the HOME SHOWS!
Every year, the home builder and home remodeling/improvement shows are filled with more and more...
CAUTION AHEAD When Hiring a Home Improvement Contractor
MIKE (Stronghold Floors): "I was having a conversation with our insurance agent Bill about...
Garage Floor Epoxy - Done! Now It's Time to Paint.
Just recently, I was out with one of our Harrisburg based coatings crews. We had multiple garage...
Professional Garage Floors Epoxy – Skip the Paint Kit & Frustration
One of my professional pet peeves is the use of the verb “paint” instead of “coat” when it pertains...When Garage Floor Coatings Require Serious Storage Solutions
After talking with a few booth visitors today about garage floor coatings, I walked around the 2017...
Garage Coatings Math: When 3 is Greater Than 5
Before anyone sends me flaming responses about how the whole numbers 4 and 5 are greater than 3,...
Garage Floor Coatings in Winter?
Every year, we interact with homeowners in many states who do not realize we can apply garage floor...
What Makes a Professional Garage Floor Coating Last?
Do you ever look at your garage and notice how much of a beating your concrete floor has taken...
Removing Road Tar from Garage Floor Epoxy Coatings
I recently received a call from a distressed customer. They were in a panic. Some new asphalt had...
Looking for Garage Floor Coatings Companies? Don’t Ask Angie Anymore!
In 2016, Angie’s List (now Angi) changed the way it shows their customers the top service providers...
Why Our Garage Floor Coatings Are SO Popular in 55+ Communities
There has been huge growth in the number and size of 55+ housing communities. These communities are...
How to Epoxy Coat a Garage Floor the Easy Way
There are plenty of articles, videos, and discussion threads on the Internet about how to epoxy...
Man Cave 2 – More Epoxy Coatings & More Special Features!
Two years ago today, we published Special Spaces: Man Cave Highlights Antique Tractors Over Epoxy...
Finding a Licensed Epoxy Flooring Contractor in Virginia
I was recently asked why we have so many Home Improvement Contractor numbers on our paperwork. I...
Protect Your Concrete In-Ground Swimming Pool Deck With Sealer
After 14 years, our in-ground swimming pool needed a new liner. We had to drain the entire pool and...
Metallic Epoxy Meets Mid-Century Modern Architecture
With so many customers, I rarely get to visit their homes to see our epoxy floor coatings when they...
Our Epoxy Garage Floor Versus Dried On Paint
Lisa and Brian contacted Steve, our Pennsylvania Sales Manager, back in June 2015 to learn more...
Are Vapor Retarders Necessary for Basement and Garage Floors?
When meeting with homeowners to discuss garage and basement floor coatings, we often find the...
12 Tips for Use & Care of Your Epoxy Floor Coatings
I have had my garage coated since 2004. While some of our experiments have done minor damage to my
Epoxy Floor Coatings: What Are Those Cracks In My Concrete Floor?
The purpose of this blog is to deal with questions we get so often when it comes to epoxy floor...
Top 5 Myths About Garage Floor Coatings
These are the top 5 myths I’ve heard over the past 10 years working in a garage floor coatings...
5 Things to Consider Before You DIY Concrete Floor Coatings
We all hear the jingle "You can do it, we can help" on TV and many get the urge to play with power...
Adding Some Finishing Touches After the Epoxy Garage Floor
You’re enjoying your STRONGHOLD FLOORS garage floor coating. It’s as if a magical transformation...
Ribbon Cutting at the Havre de Grace Maritime Museum
On November 14th, 2015, we (Dave, Kim and I) attended the Grand Opening ceremony for the ...
Garage Makeovers: The Clean Out Before the Renovation
As a homeowner, there are many factors to consider when it comes to renovating your garage. One...
What Makes the Best Garage Floor Coating?
Now that is a loaded question. Too often chemical companies make claims that their products or...
Epoxy Coatings for a Suspended Deck Garage Floor
In the Mechanicsburg, Camp Hill, and Harrisburg areas (west and east shore of the Susquehanna...
Building a New Home? Build a BIGGER Garage!
No one has ever (in 11 years) said these words to us: “I should have built a smaller garage!”
Quite...
Is My Garage Floor Sweating?
It’s one of those questions we get every now and then. Often, the homeowner is unsure of what is...
What is a Concrete Densifier?
There are a lot of products that are used with concrete. One newer item that causes some confusion...
Protecting the Concrete Deck of an In-Ground Swimming Pool with Sealer
After 14 years, our in-ground swimming pool needed a new liner. We had to drain the entire pool and...
7 People Who Love Garage Floor Coatings - Are You 1 of Them?
Epoxy garage floor coatings transform garages from dull, ugly rooms into special spaces. They add...
Green Floor Coatings?
The title is not talking about the floor being green in color (although we have installed a few of...
Garage Coatings: Getting More from Having Less
Everyone hates clutter. When our business included garage organization, it drove me CRAZY when...
Garage Floor Coatings: 1 Do-It-Yourselfer's Story @ the PA Home Show
Each year, we used to exhibit at the annual Pennsylvania Home Show in Harrisburg. We get to meet...
Basement Epoxy Coatings & Sealing Against Radon
Over the years, we have been asked about applying epoxy coatings to basement floors to mitigate...
Extend the Life (and Look) of Your Commercial Floor Coatings
We continue to install more commercial coatings that will have a lot of traffic on them. Some will...
Winterize Your Garage
Every year, winter rears its ugly head and levels its yearly assault on us. Everyone hopes to avoid...
Garage Makeovers: 3 Ways to Heat Your Garage
If you live in our Pennsylvania service area (especially the State College area), you probably get...
Baltimore Raves Over Epoxy Flake Garage Floors
While I am not a big football fan, I am always amazed at the lengths fans will go to show support...
Harrisburg Capitalizes on Epoxy Garage Floor Coatings
While garage floors in Harrisburg, PA don't often see the punishment of somewhere like State...
Industrial Epoxy Floors: Variety in Systems and Usage
Last Thursday, Dave and I went to see three commercial prospects in northern Virginia and Maryland....
5 Challenges at Maryland’s Stay Pet Resort (Part 2)
In Part 1, we discussed 3 of the 5 challenges we faced on this coatings project near BWI airport....
5 Challenges at Maryland’s Stay Pet Resort (Part 1)
We talk about our animal projects a LOT! It’s because we love animals. Let me tell you about one of...
7 Reasons Why Epoxy Coatings Fail
Our team gets asked all the time about why floor coatings fail.Sometimes it’s for a garage floor...
Garage Makeovers: Remodeling the Garage
In our last article, Garage Makeovers: Getting the Ideas Going, I posed many questions that should...
Garage Makeovers: Getting the Ideas Going
In prior blogs, I’ve discussed how to get ready for garage floor coatings and I’ve briefly...
Project Profile: Queensgate Beer Barn’s Epoxy Floor
I’ll apologize ahead of this article for all the plays on beer slogans.I just couldn’t help it. :)
Project Profile: Novolac Epoxy Coatings Provides Secondary Containment
The word "epoxy" is used too much, even many architects and general contractors do not realize how...
Project Profile: Trails & Trees Environmental Learning Center
Back in 2012, we were asked if we had any flooring solutions that might work for the new...
From the Land of the Free on Independence Day
I was just out mowing my lawn. I normally use that time to come up with new blog posts. Today was...
Why Do You Abuse Your Garage Floor?
You paint your walls to beautify and protect them.You put siding, stone or stucco on the outside...
Garage Coatings on the Fringes
Recently, Kim and I were down in Ocean City, Maryland with four other family members. My...
Garage Floor Coatings Criteria Part IV: Selecting the Coating System
We are now in the home stretch. So far, we have covered:
Garage Floor Coatings Criteria Part I: Evaluating the Current Floor Condition
If you have decided on a garage floor coating, we recommend considering 3 items before selecting...
The 4 Legged Ambassadors of Stronghold Floors
With thousands of customers, we cannot place a value on our customers. They really do speak for us....
Materials & Maintenance of Garage Floor Coatings: DIY vs Professional
Last week, we published an article on the differences of surface preparation by a professional...
Surface Preparation for Floor Coatings: DIY vs Professional
“A house is only as strong as its foundation.”It’s a quote we have all heard at one time or...
Special Spaces: Man Cave highlights Antique Tractors over Epoxy Coatings
Over the Memorial Day weekend, many people start to tackle their Spring & Summer projects.To help...
Epoxy Floor Coatings: Concrete Surface Profiles Explained
In epoxy and other polymer coatings, there is always the question of whether the concrete has been...
Concrete Floor Coatings vs. Polished Concrete
Polished concrete is commonly featured in decorative concrete magazines and websites. For the later...
Decorative Chip Epoxy Coatings: Size Really Does Matter
Decorative chip (or flake) floor coatings are the most popular type of coatings for residential...
5 Disastrous Garage Floor Solutions! (Part 2)
In our last blog, we began by discussing two very poor choices for garage floor solutions. They...
5 Disastrous Garage Floor Solutions! (Part 1)
Every year, I see advertisements for garage floor finishes that make no sense to me. The most...
The “Color of the Year 2014” goes to…
Spring has finally beat-out the Polar Vortex and color is returning to our backyard in Dillsburg....
Project Profile: Auto Showroom Coatings in Valley View, PA
Small Town America in Valley View
In February 2012, we received an inquiry via ServiceMagic.com...
Garage Floor Coatings: Do it right ALL the time!
As a society, we have become used to items being upgradeable or enhanced. We super-size our value...
Project Profile: Prince George’s County Garage Coatings Install
We recently installed a decorative chip, garage floor coating in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. This...
Getting Ready for a Garage Floor Coating
Last fall, we got our blacktop driveway re-sealed. We have a long driveway with woods on each side....
Bike Shops & Epoxy Coatings Shops: Get Great Customer Service
I started running at the age of 14, competing in cross country and track. During college and my...
Throwback Thursday: Our 2004 Garage Enhancement Press Release
I’m doing some spring cleaning in my office. Found some pictures of our first shows where we...
Garage Floor Clean-Up: Confession of a Lazy Homeowner
My Dirty Little Garage Secret - I have a confession to make.I’m a garage slob.There, I’ve said it.
Garage Floors Coatings: The Pitfalls of One Day Coating Installations
A complete garage floor coating in just one day! Sounds fantastic; I don’t have to keep my stuff...
Epoxy Coatings “Outside the Box”
Thinking “Outside the Box” often leads to interesting, innovative ideal.Our team recently was...
See real reviews - Moving beyond the Website Testimonials
If you are in the market to get an epoxy coating applied to a garage, basement or other concrete...
5 Myths about Garage Floor Coatings
These are the top 5 myths I’ve heard over the nearly 20 years working in a garage floor coatings...
Need a Commercial Floor Coating? Think local.
In the past 12 months, we have completed a wide array of commercial floor coating projects.Some...
Decorative Coatings, Las Vegas & the World of Concrete
Kim and I just returned from a week at the World of Concrete in Las Vegas. I’m really not trying to...
Epoxy Floor Coatings: What about the Cracks? What if I have a Joint? (Part 2)
Again, sorry if the title threw you off.This is not a blog poking fun at plumbers’ beltlines or...
Epoxy Floor Coatings: What about the Cracks? (Part 1)
The purpose of this blog is to deal with questions we get so often when it comes to epoxy floor...
Epoxy Floor Coatings – From the Dairy to the Dinner Table
It's Pennsylvania Farm Show time again. This event is one of the largest indoor agricultural shows...
Concrete Contemplations: 10 Years in 2014
2014 is a special year for Stronghold Floors. It’s our 10th year in business. It marks 10 years we...
Happy Holidays from Stronghold Floors
This is an interesting time of year from the team at Stronghold Floors.Every year, the garage...
Concrete Contemplations: Coatings provide DEFENSE at Heinz Field
This past weekend, I was out in Pittsburgh to see the Steelers play the Dolphins.Holy Cow, was it...
Project Profile: Customized Epoxy Coatings for sweetFrog of Carlisle
During the last couple of months, I have had the pleasure to work on a variety of different epoxy...
3 Parts SLIME +1 Part BLAZE ORANGE +1 Part BLACK = 1 INSANE Coating
Happy Halloween! - From STRONGHOLD FLOORS. The title of this blog may sound like something we are...
Project Profile: Epoxy Coatings are (at) the Bark of the Town
Here at Stronghold Floors, we love animals. And we love when our coatings help make the lives of...
Concrete Contemplations: Warranties for Epoxy & Polyaspartic Coatings
When I was a new platoon leader in 1993, I had the additional duty of being the company maintenance...
Commercial Floor Coatings: 5 Reasons to Epoxy Coat your Service Bays
Seeing gray epoxy coatings in commercial service bays are not going to shock anyone - we’ve all...
See Garage Floor Coatings at the 2013 Harrisburg Parade of Homes
While we increasing turn to the Web to research and collect ideas for home improvement projects,...
Ultimate Garages - How to Begin the Garage Makeover Process
In previous Ultimate Garage blogs, we have discussed why homeowners create their ultimate garage....
Ultimate Garages–Best of Breed Garage Floor Coatings & Organization
Garage Coatings Only vs. Garage Everything
I am a big believer that no small business can be the...
Concrete Contemplations: From Epoxy Floor Customer to part of the SF Team
Its funny how some friendships never go away; they just stay in a stand-by mode until your life...
Frustrations with Plastic Tiles – Coatings vs. Plastic Tiles (part 2)
When it comes to protecting your garage floor, there are a few options. You can purchase plastic...
Protecting Your Garage Floor: Coating vs. Plastic Tiles
If you are like me and my husband, you use your garage space for many purposes. Besides a place to...Ultimate Garages: Create Your Special Space
There are some lovely newer neighborhoods in our mid-Atlantic region, but most of their attached...
Project Profile: Decorative Chip Epoxy Floor in a Harrisburg Residential Garage
Its not very often I get to revisit and see our garage floor coatings in private residences. Even...
Epoxy Floor Coatings: 10 Tips for New Construction of Concrete Floors
Planning ahead can save a lot of time, money and frustration. Frustration that usually is tied to...
Epoxy Floor Coatings: 12 Tips for Use and Care of Your Coatings
Ive had my garage coated for more than nine years. While some of our experiments have done minor...
Project Profile: The Frosty Llama serves up COLD treats on a HOT floor
Its really hot out there, so I thought I would talk about a very cool place. Cool looking, cool...
Epoxy Floor Coatings Create a Mold-Proof Basement Floor
I will never forget when Tropical Storm Lee blew into Central Pennsylvania nearly two years ago...
New Technology & Training Center for Precision Machine Tool Solutions
When Precision Machine Tool Solutions contacted us in August 2012, we did not appreciate the full...
Concrete Contemplations – 9 Years of Serving our Communities
In the July 1st edition of TIME magazine, there is a great article called ÂCan Service Save UsÂ....
5 Problems with Plastic Garage Floor Tiles | STRONGHOLD FLOORS
Interlocking plastic tiles are a popular choice to finish off a garage floor. The plastic tile...
5 Criteria to Consider Before Going All DIY With Concrete Floor Coatings
We all hear the jingle "You can do it, we can help." on TV and many get the urge to play with...
Second Generation Customers
We are coming up on our 8th Memorial Day celebration since I started our company as PremierGarage...
Just Because You Can…
Just Because You Can, Doesnt Mean You Should. This is a saying that I constantly reiterate to my...
Very Hard Concrete
My friend, Carl, is a brewmaster the lucky guy. He recently posted an article on his blog...
The Color of the Year 2013 Goes to…
Aloe! Yup, Aloe. Sherwin-Williams awarded Aloe the color of the Year for 2013 (FYI, Argyle was the...
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