Residential Complex Epoxy Flooring Installation

Dwelling Cleanliness & Safety, For Your Residents

As a residential building complex owner or manager, you’re constantly looking for ways to reduce building maintenance fees and repairs, and improve the quality of your building for your residents. That’s where we can help!

Our 100% solid, commercial-grade epoxy is non-flammable and has zero volatile organic compounds (VOCs), making it perfect for a residence, and the hard, stain-resistant finish reduces dust, is easy to keep clean, and will last for years longer than cheap flooring solutions.

At Toronto Epoxy Pros, we offer a range of residential complex epoxy flooring services including:

New epoxy floor installation
Epoxy floor refinishing
Epoxy floor repairs

Epoxy Residential Complex Floor Essentials

Solid, Safe, & Clean Epoxy

Meet Health & Safety Guidelines

Our 100% solid commercial epoxy from PurEpoxy has zero volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This provides peace of mind, and ensures your residential complex floor meets food safety requirements and is environmentally safe.

Anti-Slip

Get Better Traction

Give your residents the traction they need with our anti-slip epoxy floor coating. This great feature prevents slips and falls when your floors become greasy or wet from spills, which improves safety standards and reduces liability, while allowing your residents to keep up with their usual pace.

Coving

Make Cleaning Easier

Prevent mold, bacteria, dirt, and mildew from finding a place to hide by eliminating the cracks and corners in your residential complex. Coving continues your epoxied floor up the wall 4” to 6” so there’s a seamless transition. It effectively eliminates hard-to-clean nooks and crannies, making it an important flooring feature.

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Superior Durability

Lower Long-Term Costs

Instead of solvent-based or water-based epoxies, we only trust and use 100% solid, commercial epoxy floor coatings. They produce thicker coverage for superior durability and do not require liquids to evaporate (so they do not contain VOCs). Our high-performance residential complex epoxy floor coating will stand up to the constant wear and tear and intense cleaning regimens in your building.

Dust Reduction & Easier Maintenance

Reduce Cleaning Time

With an epoxy floor, you’ll save time on maintenance and cleaning by reducing dust which benefits the health and safety of your residents, and their homes. Minimizing particles will make your regular vent cleaning routine much easier because there will be less dust/grease buildup to remove (which left unattended, could block your system and become fuel for a fire).

Safety Lines & Stickers

Reinforce Your Protocols

Want to kick your health and safety up a notch, and make the building a safer place for all residents? We can apply long-lasting safety lines or decorative stickers to your epoxy residential complex to remind staff about your protocols or locations of amenities, and how to best use the space. You’ll also have your choice of colour to create the best ambiance.

Why Work with Toronto Epoxy Pros?

Epoxy Experts

With more than 15 years of experience, our extensive knowledge will help you determine the right flooring specs for your needs. You’ll also be impressed by the superior quality our professional installation experts achieve with your residential complex flooring.

Eco-Friendly Epoxy

We use 100% solid, commercial grade epoxy for all our projects. It’s eco-friendly, has zero volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and makes for a safer residential complex surface to meet health & safety regulations.

Insured & WSIB-Certified

You’ll have added peace of mind working with our team. Our residential complex epoxy application experts are certified under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, as well as our $2-5 million liability insurance coverage.

Efficiency & Minimal Disruption

It’s difficult to shut down your residence to have your floors epoxied. You can count on us to develop a schedule that ensures minimal disruption, while completing the project on time - even if that means we work on weekends or outside of business hours.

Competitive Pricing

We know how to break jobs down to maximize effort and reduce installation time to create efficiencies. Using smart project strategies, professional equipment, and skilled residential complex floor installers, you can expect the job done right at a competitive price.

Committed to Our Craft

We continuously strive for better, faster, and more economical service by researching, investing, and using the best machines, tools, products, and processes in the industry. We guarantee you’ll be happy with the final results of your residential complex epoxy floor.

Residential Complex Epoxy Flooring Installation Process

The epoxy installation process involves four steps:

Patching
Patches are applied to any small and large cracks in the residential complex floor surface prior to the application of the epoxy to ensure a smooth surface.
Grinding
In order to ensure proper adhesion of the epoxy, we start by sanding or diamond grinding the residential complex floor. This opens up the pores on the surface and helps remove the surface contaminants and failing previous coatings. It should be noted that this process will not level the floor or correct imperfections. If the surface is not level or has deep pitting, we may suggest parging the multi-residential property floor prior to the epoxy application to ensure a smooth finish.
Vacuuming
Before applying the epoxy coating, the floor must be completely clear of any debris (regardless of how small) because it can affect the adhesion and the epoxy’s final finish. Using industrial vacuums, we carefully remove all debris and dust particles to ensure nothing will get trapped between the residential complex floor surface and the epoxy once it’s applied.
Epoxy Application and Drying
The final step is applying two coats of 100% solid, commercial-grade epoxy to the entire floor surface using squeegees and rollers. After installation, it takes about 24 hours before the residential complex floor can accommodate normal foot traffic, and 48 hours before heavy machinery can be placed on it. The coating will continue to harden over the next 7 days.

Patching
Patches are applied to any small and large cracks in the residential complex floor surface prior to the application of the epoxy to ensure a smooth surface.
Grinding
In order to ensure proper adhesion of the epoxy, we start by sanding or diamond grinding the residential complex floor. This opens up the pores on the surface and helps remove the surface contaminants and failing previous coatings. It should be noted that this process will not level the floor or correct imperfections. If the surface is not level or has deep pitting, we may suggest parging the multi-residential property floor prior to the epoxy application to ensure a smooth finish.
Vacuuming
Before applying the epoxy coating, the floor must be completely clear of any debris (regardless of how small) because it can affect the adhesion and the epoxy’s final finish. Using industrial vacuums, we carefully remove all debris and dust particles to ensure nothing will get trapped between the residential complex floor surface and the epoxy once it’s applied.
Epoxy Application and Drying
The final step is applying two coats of 100% solid, commercial-grade epoxy to the entire floor surface using squeegees and rollers. After installation, it takes about 24 hours before the residential complex floor can accommodate normal foot traffic, and 48 hours before heavy machinery can be placed on it. The coating will continue to harden over the next 7 days.

Residential Complex Epoxy Flooring Costs

Top 5 factors that affect the cost of a residential complex epoxy floor installation

The cost to epoxy a residential complex floor will depend on the type of epoxy you choose, the square footage to be covered, the amount of prep or repair work prior to installation, and aesthetic options.

The most common factors that affect the cost of your residential complex epoxy floor include:

The amount of patching, floor repair, grinding, and vacuuming to be done before the epoxy application
Choosing to add colour or decorative flakes
Adding coving
Increasing the number of epoxy coats or thickness
Requiring overtime hours to meet extreme installation timelines

How much does it roughly cost to epoxy a residential complex floor?

Our residential complex epoxy floor application typically starts at $3.00 per square foot, based on using 100% solid, commercial grade epoxy (however, the cost per square foot could be lower if the amount of square footage is higher).

There are many variables that can impact the price, so it's best to discuss your project with an epoxy professional who can assess your needs and provide an appropriate estimate.

Residential Complex Epoxy Floor Installation FAQs

Is Toronto Epoxy Pros insured?

Yes, our epoxy application experts are certified under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), and under our $2-5 million liability insurance coverage.

When is epoxy the right choice for a residential complex?

If you answer “Yes” to any of the following questions, epoxy is likely the right choice for your residential complex:

Do you have high traffic hallways or entranceways that have clear deterioration or patterns where people are walking constantly that makes common areas look dingy?
Do you get a high volume of traffic (people constantly using the floor every day)?
Do your floors need to be cleaned on a regular basis to maintain residential tenancy standards, to appease building residents, or to maintain the aesthetic appeal of the building?
Do you have a lot of dust in the space?
Do you have amenity spaces like a gym, pool, or cafe that creates messes or slippery surfaces?
Do you have a high utility bill that could be offset by floor coatings that reflect light and keep common areas like hallways or reception more well-lit?
Do you have a lot of units or areas that need many floors put in at once?
Do you need a solution that will last a long time so you won’t need to replace the flooring and create more downtime in the building?

Why should you choose epoxy for your residential complex floor?

You should choose epoxy flooring because it’s ideal for your residential complex or multi-residential dwelling by offering a hard, durable finish that will last for years to minimize long-term costs.

You’ll love the added health and safety features epoxy flooring can offer you such as:

Anti-slip coating for better traction and fall-prevention
Coving for easier cleaning by eliminating corners and cracks where harmful bacteria and mold can grow
Dust reduction for less buildup and cleaning time
Rich colour or decorative flakes for added ambiance
Safety lines or stickers to reinforce safety protocols
Easy-to-clean surface

The easier your floor is to clean, the more likely it is to be cleaned regularly and correctly, which will avoid long-term damages or other upkeep issues in the building.

What other areas in my residential complex would benefit from epoxy flooring?

Here are some of the most common areas in a residential complex that greatly benefit from epoxy flooring:

Management Areas: Main office, customer service, admin storage, back hallways, restrooms
Cleaning Stations & Facilities: Cleaning stations, cart storage, janitorial stations and rooms
Entrances / Foot Traffic Areas: Entrance/foyer, reception area, elevator, restroom, any hallway with regular foot traffic
Resident Amenities: Gym, laundry room, pool, sauna, hot tub
Dining / Retail Areas: Entrance, cafe, retail space
Interior Waste Disposal Areas: Garbage, refuse, grease
Storage: Basement, storage lockers/cages

How much downtime should I expect for residential complex floor installation and drying?

After patching, grinding, and vacuuming is complete, the length of installation depends on the amount of square footage to be epoxied. The application typically involves 2-3 coats depending on the system chosen. Once applied, it takes about 24 hours before the floor can accommodate normal foot traffic again, and 48 hours before vehicles can be placed on it. We generally suggest waiting up to 72 hours for best results.

In situations like a residential complex where you have tighter windows to complete the flooring because you can’t shut down, we have proven strategies to minimize disruption to your business to get the job done.

What exactly is epoxy?

Epoxy is a resin that is used as a floor coating solution because of its chemical resistance, durability, and strength. Epoxy coatings are normally used on floor surfaces in commercial buildings because it’s economical and ideal for large square footage surfaces.

Are all commercial-grade epoxies the same?

There are a variety of commercial epoxies, and they’re not all created equal. The differences between them will dictate the price of the product and its durability.

The three mains types of epoxy currently available on the market are:

Water-based epoxy – Water-based epoxy is water soluble and does not contain solvents. This epoxy is one of the most environmentally friendly, however its finish will not last as long as other types of epoxy.
Solvent-based epoxy – This epoxy contains solvents and is the oldest form of epoxy. The solvents evaporate during the drying process which results in a much harder finish compared to that of a water-based epoxy. Since this type of epoxy contains solvents, it can often be very smelly and is not suggested for areas that are not well ventilated.
100% solid epoxy – This type of epoxy produces thicker coverage for superior durability and does not require liquids to evaporate (so it does not contain volatile organic compounds). It’s environmentally-friendly, non-flammable, low-odor, and produces a surface that is stain resistant and incredibly hard.

With so many benefits to 100% solid epoxy, it’s the only one we use for every project, and the one you can feel good about choosing for your residential complex floor.