Epoxy flake, quartz and metallic floor systems for warehouses, kitchens, shops and storefronts, installed in phases, overnight or over a weekend so your doors stay open. Most areas are back in service within about a day. Written 4–5 year warranty.
Pick how your business runs to see how we would phase the floor.
Open, not yet coatedClosed for coatingCoated and back in service
What is a commercial floor coating?
A commercial floor coating is a seamless, resin-based system bonded to a concrete slab to make it harder wearing, safer underfoot, easier to clean and better looking than bare or painted concrete. The concrete is diamond-ground, repaired and sealed with an epoxy base coat, built up with flake or quartz where grip and wear matter, and finished with a clear, chemical-resistant polyaspartic topcoat.
JDS Concrete Coatings installs commercial floor coatings across Northeast Ohio, including Canton, Massillon, North Canton, Jackson Township, Green and Akron, for warehouses, shop floors, commercial kitchens, retail, restrooms and animal-care facilities. Work is phased around your operating hours, and most areas return to service within about a day.
Systems
Epoxy flake, quartz, metallic
Surface prep
Diamond grind, dust-extracted
Scheduling
Nights, weekends, phased
Back in service
Most areas in about a day
Warranty
Written, 4–5 years
Coverage
Insured & bonded
Service area
Stark & Summit counties
Downtime is the real cost
Three Ways We Coat a Floor Without Closing the Business
For most businesses the coating is not the expensive part. Lost hours are. So the schedule gets planned before anything else, and it gets planned around how you actually run.
If you close on weekends
The weekend turn
We start when you lock up on Friday. The floor is ground and repaired, then coated in two halves across Saturday and Sunday, and handed back for Monday opening.
Best for offices, retail, salons, clinics and single-shift shops.
If you open every day
One zone per night
The floor is split into zones. We close one after you shut for the evening, coat it overnight, and move to the next. Customers and staff only ever see finished floor or untouched floor.
Best for restaurants, kitchens, breweries and seven-day retail.
If you never stop
Lane by lane
In a building that runs around the clock, we coat alternating lanes so traffic always has a route. Once the first set is back in service, traffic moves over and we coat the rest.
Best for warehouses, distribution and multi-shift production floors.
After hours, under work lights, with the shelving covered. Open as normal the next day.
Every building is different, so the real plan is drawn on your floor plan at the site walk. You get it in writing, with the dates and the times each area will be closed and reopened.
Commercial Floors We Coat
Different businesses break floors in different ways. Here is what each one is up against, and the system we would usually specify for it.
Warehouses and distribution
Pallet jacks, rolling racks and constant wheel traffic grind bare concrete into dust. A sealed floor stops the dusting, brightens the building and sweeps clean.
Dropped parts, coolant, cutting oil and heavy carts. The floor has to resist chemicals and impact, and it should not turn slick the moment something spills.
The floor is part of the brand. It has to look sharp under steady foot traffic, shrug off tracked-in salt all winter, and clean up fast before opening.
Offices, churches, schools, gyms, municipal buildings and multi-tenant properties all come up. If it is concrete and it is indoors, we can almost certainly coat it.
Swipe sideways to see every sector.
For whoever writes the spec
Which System for Which Demand
All three systems share the same diamond-ground prep, epoxy base coat and polyaspartic topcoat. Start from what the floor has to survive, and the choice usually makes itself.
Whether you own the building, manage it, or are the general contractor on the job, here is what comes with a JDS commercial floor.
A fixed, written quoteMeasured on site, with the scope, the system and the schedule spelled out. No surprises after the grinders are running.
Insured and bondedA certificate of insurance is available on request for your landlord, property manager or general contractor.
A schedule in writingWhich areas close, when they close, and when each one is back in service.
Dust kept under controlGrinding is done with vacuum extraction at the tool, so stock, equipment and the rest of the building stay clean.
One point of contactYou deal with the same local crew from the site walk to the final walkthrough.
A written warrantyEvery commercial floor is backed by a written 4–5 year warranty, handed over at completion.
How a Commercial Job Runs, and Who Does What
The jobs that go smoothly are the ones where both sides know their part in advance. This is ours, and this is yours.
Stage
What JDS does
What we need from you
1
Site walk
What JDS doesMeasure the floor, check the slab for cracks, joints, moisture and old coatings, and ask how the space is used hour by hour.
What we need from youSomeone who knows the building and its schedule, and a floor plan if you have one.
2
Scope and schedule
What JDS doesSend a fixed written quote with the recommended system, the phasing plan and the closure times for each area.
What we need from youSign-off on the plan, and any landlord or general contractor requirements up front.
3
Prep
What JDS doesDiamond-grind the concrete with dust extraction, repair cracks, pits and joints, and apply the moisture-vapor-barrier epoxy base coat.
What we need from youThe zone cleared of stock, equipment and furniture before we arrive, and access at the agreed times.
4
Install by phase
What JDS doesBuild the system zone by zone: broadcast, scrape and topcoat. Each closed zone is barricaded and marked.
What we need from youStaff kept out of closed zones, and ventilation left running where we ask for it.
5
Handover
What JDS doesWalk the floor with you, confirm the return-to-service times for foot traffic and for equipment, and hand over the written warranty and care guidance.
What we need from youHold heavy loads off the floor until the time we give you. That patience is what protects the warranty.
Our work
Check Our Record, Then Ask for References
Read what local customers say about working with JDS, then ask us at the site walk about recent floors near you that you can go and see.
A Local Crew for Stark and Summit County Businesses
JDS Concrete Coatings works out of Canal Fulton, right between the two counties. That puts us a short drive from the warehouses and light industrial buildings around the Akron-Canton Airport in Green, the retail of Belden Village and the Strip in Jackson Township, downtown Canton, Lincoln Way in Massillon, and the shops and plants on the south side of Akron.
Being close matters on a commercial job. Night and weekend phases mean a lot of trips, and a local crew can come back for a second phase, a punch list or a warranty question without it turning into an expedition.
CantonDowntown, Belden Village area
Jackson TownshipThe Strip, Belden Village
MassillonLincoln Way, downtown
North CantonMain Street, industrial parks
GreenAkron-Canton Airport area, Massillon Road
AkronSouth and west sides
Canal Fulton, Navarre, Hartville, UniontownAnd in between
Outside that list? Call (330) 575-5513. For larger commercial floors we travel further.
Commercial Floor Coating Questions
Often it does not have to close at all. JDS phases commercial floors around your hours: over a weekend, one zone per night, or lane by lane in a building that runs around the clock. Thanks to a fast-curing polyaspartic topcoat, most areas are back in service within about a day of being closed. You get the closure and reopening times for each area in writing before work starts.
For most warehouses the best choice is a full-broadcast epoxy flake or quartz system over diamond-ground concrete, finished with a polyaspartic topcoat. It stops the concrete dusting, stands up to pallet jacks and rolling loads, brightens the building and sweeps clean. Quartz is the better pick in the hardest-worked traffic lanes and anywhere the floor gets wet.
Yes. Night and weekend installs are a normal part of commercial work for us, and for many businesses they are the only way the job can happen. Tell us your operating hours at the site walk and the phasing plan is built around them.
A properly prepared, full-broadcast system is built for it. What makes a coating fail under wheel traffic is almost always poor surface prep or a thin, single-coat product. JDS diamond-grinds the slab so the base coat bonds to the concrete itself, then builds thickness with a full broadcast of flake or quartz. For the heaviest loads, quartz is the stronger system.
Yes, and it is one of the most common reasons businesses call us. Ohio's food safety code calls for floors that are smooth, durable, non-absorbent and easily cleanable. A sealed, seamless quartz floor is built to meet that description while still giving staff grip on a wet, greasy floor. Requirements vary by operation, so confirm the details with your local health department before work starts.
In most cases, yes. Old paint, sealers and failed coatings are removed by diamond grinding, and cracks, pits, spalls and worn joints are repaired before the base coat goes down. Floor tile and adhesive usually have to come up first. If the slab has a moisture problem or is structurally unsound, we will tell you at the site walk rather than coat over it.
Floor coatings do have some odor while they are being applied and while they cure, and how noticeable it is depends on the product and the ventilation. We plan the phasing and the ventilation with that in mind, and staff can normally work in other parts of the building. If you have sensitive stock, food or occupants, tell us at the site walk and ask for the product data sheets.
JDS Concrete Coatings is insured and bonded. A certificate of insurance is available on request, which landlords, property managers and general contractors normally ask for before work begins. Let us know early if your building has specific requirements.
It depends on the square footage, the condition of the slab, the system you need, and how the work has to be phased. Night, weekend and multi-phase schedules add trips, so they affect the figure too. Larger floors are generally more economical for their size than small ones. JDS measures and inspects the floor in person and gives you a fixed written quote. Site walks are free and there is no obligation.
Walk the Floor With Us. Get a Plan in Writing.
A short visit is enough for us to measure, check the slab, understand your hours, and come back with a fixed quote and a phasing plan. It's free, and there's no obligation.
