Epoxy Flooring in Short Hills, NJ
Jersey Epoxy installs garage, finished-basement, and pool-deck floor coatings in Short Hills. A lot of the homes here are older, so we diamond-grind, repair, and make sure the slab is dry and sound first, then seal it with a flake, polyaspartic, or metallic system built for the road salt and freeze-thaw winters. Free on-site quotes.
- Diamond-ground prep
- Serving Essex County
- 20+ years installing
- Free on-site quotes
- Diamond-Ground Prep
- Profiled, dry, and sound first
- Homes & Businesses
- Residential and commercial systems
- 20+ Years Experience
- Floor coatings across NJ & eastern PA
- Free On-Site Survey
- A written spec and a firm number
Short Hills up close
What a Short Hills floor is really up against
A lot of Short Hills housing is older, with full basements and attached garages on slabs that have aged for decades. We grind to a clean profile, repair the cracks, and make sure the slab is dry and sound before coating, then put a hard, hot-tire-resistant flake or polyaspartic floor in the garage that handles the winter road salt off Route 24 and JFK Parkway.
Finished basements and interior living spaces take a metallic or solid-color epoxy floor over a moisture-tolerant build, since the humid summers here drive vapor up through an unsealed slab. Pool decks and patios get a UV-stable, slip-resistant coating.
Zone-by-zone
We spec each area of the building for the job it actually does
No single coating is right everywhere. Here is how we read a floor and match the chemistry to the punishment.
Why prep wins
The floor lasts or fails on what happens before the first coat
Most failed floors in New Jersey were not beaten by the wrong resin. They were rolled over a dusty or damp slab that the coating could never bond to. We diamond-grind every floor to a clean profile, repair the cracks and pitting, and make sure the slab is dry and sound before anything goes down.
From there the system is matched to the room: a hard-wearing flake or polyaspartic build for a garage that sees tires and salt, a moisture-tolerant epoxy for a basement, a decorative metallic for a finished living space. The prep is the same rigor every time; the system changes with the job.
- Diamond-ground to profile so the primer keys into sound concrete, not a dusty top layer. [ICRI CSP]
- Dry, sound slab before the first coat, the single most common cause of early delamination, so a moisture test is worth doing where the slab could be wet. [ASTM F2170]
- Cracks and pitting repaired and joints honored, so the finish does not telegraph the slab beneath it.
- System matched to the load, from flake garages to forklift-rated warehouse floors, instead of one coating everywhere.
How it works
From your first call to the final coat
We map the whole job before we touch the floor, then phase the work around your production.
- Free Quote(877) 376-9965No-cost on-site assessmentGet my quote
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Tell us about the space and your timeline.
- Walk-through
- Garages
- Basements
- Commercial
On-Site Survey
A free walk-through and a written floor spec.
- Slab PrepProfiledDry & sound
Preparation
Slab diamond-ground and prepped to dry, sound concrete before coating.
- Sealed
Installation
Seamless system installed and sealed.
Standards & specifications
Held to the standards a coating is actually tested against
Every floor answers to load, slip, adhesion, and moisture before it answers to looks. Here is each requirement and the published standard we hold the spec to.
Slab moisture
Older NJ and PA slabs often have no vapor barrier, and vapor pushing up from an unbarriered slab is the leading reason a coating lets go from underneath. The slab has to be dry and sound before we coat, and on a high-water-table or below-grade slab a moisture test (ASTM F2170 or F1869) is worth doing first. [ASTM F2170 / F1869]
Surface profile & adhesion
We diamond-grind the slab to a concrete surface profile that the primer can key into, so the coating bonds to sound concrete rather than to a dusty top layer. Pull-off adhesion is measured to ASTM D7234. [ICRI CSP / ASTM D7234]
Slip resistance (wet)
Anti-slip aggregate broadcast into entries, ramps, and any area that gets wet, dialed toward the ANSI A326.3 wet DCOF benchmark of 0.42. Texture is set area by area, and no wet floor is ever fully slip-proof. [ANSI A326.3]
Compressive & abrasion strength
Industrial epoxies and resinous mortars carry compressive strengths well above plain concrete (ASTM C579) and resist abrasion under Taber testing (ASTM D4060), matched to the traffic the floor actually takes. [ASTM C579 / D4060]
These targets are met by the systems we install and the products we specify into them. Jersey Epoxy is the installer, not a certifying body, so we point to the standard on the spec rather than calling ourselves certified.
What you get
A floor in Short Hills that holds up to the work and the weather
Residential: Garage floors in flake and polyaspartic, metallic and solid-color floors for finished basements and interiors, and UV-stable pool-deck and patio coatings. Commercial: Floors for the Millburn and Short Hills retail district, to the same finish standard.
Built for NJ & PA Winters
Sealed against road salt and moisture and able to ride 30 to 40 freeze-thaw swings a year without lifting at the joints.
Diamond-Ground, Not Rolled Over
We profile and repair the slab and make sure it is dry first, the step most one-day coaters skip and the reason their floors peel.
One Crew, Homes and Businesses
The same crew that coats a garage handles warehouse, kitchen, and retail floors, phased around your hours.
Cleanable & Slip-Rated
A seamless, non-porous surface that sweeps and mops clean, with anti-slip texture dialed in where floors get wet.
Fast Return to Service
Polyaspartic options let a garage or a bay come back the same day instead of waiting out a multi-day cure.
A Real, Written Quote
A free on-site survey and a written, firm number for your specific floor before any work starts.
Recommended systems
The coatings we install most
The systems that carry most residential jobs, with the chemistry behind each.
Flake Epoxy
A broadcast vinyl-flake floor with a tough topcoat: the go-to for garages and basements, hard-wearing and easy to clean.
Explore systemMetallic Epoxy
A seamless, one-of-a-kind marbled finish for interiors and finished basements where the floor is part of the room.
Explore system
Polyaspartic
A fast-cure, UV-stable topcoat that installs in cold weather and returns to service in a day. Strong over garages and exterior slabs.
Explore systemProudly Serving New Jersey & Eastern PA
Our crews are on the road daily. Select your region to see our coverage.
New Jersey
Statewide Coverage- Bergen & Essex County
- Monmouth & Ocean County
- Middlesex & Somerset County
- Camden & Burlington County
- Hudson & Morris County
FAQ
Epoxy flooring in Short Hills, answered straight
Can you do a metallic or solid-color basement floor?
Yes. Metallic epoxy is one of our most-requested basement finishes. Every pour is one of a kind, built over a moisture-tolerant primer, and we bring samples to the quote. Solid-color epoxy is the cleaner-look option.
Will a garage floor handle road salt and our cars?
It will, when the slab is ground and sealed first. A flake or polyaspartic floor with a hard topcoat keeps salt off the concrete and resists hot-tire pickup.
Do you coat pool decks and patios?
Yes. Pool decks and patios get a UV-stable, slip-resistant coating built for sun, water, and freeze-thaw.
Which towns do you serve near Short Hills?
Short Hills, Millburn, Maplewood, Summit, Springfield, Livingston, and Chatham.
Get started
Let us spec a floor for your Short Hills project
We walk the space at no cost, read the slab, and come back with a written spec and a firm number.
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