Epoxy Flooring in Baldwin, ND

Epoxy flooring in Baldwin usually means a detached garage or a shop set apart from the house. Baldwin is a small unincorporated community in western Burleigh County on US 83, north of Bismarck. Its grain elevators came down around the turn of the century, and the business buildings across from them were removed between 2003 and 2005. The highway now bypasses the town, so traffic is light. What remains is a post office, a rural fire department, and acreage homes around it at about 1,939 feet of elevation.

Why detached garages are different

An attached garage shares heat with the house. A detached garage or shop often does not, or it is heated only when someone is working. That matters for a coating in two ways.

1. Install timing. A cold slab slows the cure and can stop some products from bonding. We check slab temperature on the day and schedule unheated buildings for warmer weather. 2. Daily swings. A building that is heated on Saturday and left cold all week moves through big temperature changes. A ground surface and a flexible topcoat handle that better than paint or a thin kit.

We also look at the apron. Detached garages often have a step or gap at the door where meltwater sits and freezes. We seal that edge so water stays out of the joint.

Size and setbacks in the county

Burleigh County's accessory building guide caps total accessory space at 4% of the lot when there is a house. Without a house, the limit runs from 1,200 square feet on lots under 10 acres to 2,200 square feet on lots over 34 acres. The guide also sets a 40-foot front setback on subdivision roads, 15 feet on each side and 50 feet in the rear. So most Baldwin shops are sized to fit those numbers, and a 1,200 to 2,200 square foot floor is a common job for us.

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Fire safety in a rural shop

Baldwin has its own rural fire department. Good shop housekeeping still matters, and a coated floor helps housekeeping in a shop where fuel, oil and solvents are used. Spills sit on top instead of soaking into the concrete, and oily rags and sawdust are easier to sweep clean. Keep a fire extinguisher by the door and store fuel in approved containers, coated floor or not.

Systems that fit

• Shop & Pole Barn Floor Epoxy for heated and unheated work buildings
• Garage Floor Coating or Epoxy Flake Floors for the detached garage
• Polyaspartic Floor Coating to get a building back in use within a day or two
• Basement Floor Epoxy for the house, after we test the slab

Before you call

It helps to know a few things before we come out: the size of the building in feet, whether it has heat, when the slab was poured, and whether anything has ever been put on the floor. Photos of the full floor plus close-ups of cracks, oil stains or flaking near the door give us a head start. If you are planning a new shop on an acreage, ask us about timing. New concrete needs to cure before we coat it, and we can tell you how long to wait for the system you want.