Franklin Park concrete floors
The borough next door to our own shop
Franklin Park is minutes from our base in Wexford, which makes it one of the simplest places on our map to get to. It is a residential borough of large lots in the North Hills, sitting between I-79 and Route 19 and running down towards Ohio Township and Sewickley.
Houses out here tend to have the two things that make this work worth doing: a big attached garage and a full basement, both sitting on slabs that were never finished. Most calls start with one and end up covering both. Have a look at what we do inside a house.
Long driveways, big garages, and a lot of salt
A three car garage on a long driveway catches more of everything. More meltwater, more salt, more grit, and usually more vehicles coming in and out through the worst of the winter. Bare concrete takes all of it into its pores, and then freeze and thaw lifts the surface off a flake at a time until the floor is pitted and dusty.
Inside, the basement slab has a different problem. It sits on ground that holds water, and vapor moves up through the concrete all year, which is what lifts old paint and tile adhesive down there. We test the slab before quoting a finish rather than after. See how we handle a basement.
What we handle here
Floors we finish in Franklin Park
Three Car Garage Floors
The most common job in the borough. Ground back to bare, cracks and pinholes filled, coated and flaked, then sealed so the salt stays on the surface. See the garage floor build.
Basement Living Space
Bars, gyms, playrooms and offices below grade. Stained, polished or coated concrete gives you a floor that never holds damp the way carpet does. See finishing a basement slab.
Metallic Feature Floors
When the floor is meant to be looked at rather than parked on. Pigment moved through the wet resin, no two ever the same. See epoxy and metallic systems.
Sunrooms, Patios And Pool Decks
One sealed surface with no grout lines and nothing to lift, which is exactly what you want where water gets spilled. We have done a full indoor pool deck this way. See the work.
Why Franklin Park calls us
Local, accredited, and easy to check
Elite Concrete Floors is based in Wexford, minutes away, and has been finishing concrete since January 2004. Rick Chase quotes every job himself and runs the crew, so the same person is responsible from the first visit to the last coat.
The company is a BBB Accredited Business with an A plus rating and holds Pennsylvania contractor registration PA108735. Both are public records you can check before you let anybody into the house.
Where you will find us around Franklin Park
Nicholson Road, Brandt School Road and the streets running off Route 19 carry most of our work in the borough. Being this close to home means an estimate is a twenty minute errand rather than a trip, which is part of why we say yes so readily out here.
The borough runs down towards Ohio Township and the Sewickley side, where the properties get older and the basements get more interesting. Different eras of slab, same approach: grind it open and read what the concrete tells you.
Where we work
Grinding, coating and polishing floors across Franklin Park
We cover Franklin Park end to end and the streets either side of Route 19. The same truck runs north to the Cranberry Township area, east to the Gibsonia area and south into Pittsburgh.
Ask the guy doing the work
Straight answers about your concrete floor questions
How quickly can you get out to Franklin Park?
Quickly. We are based in Wexford, which is minutes away, so an estimate is usually easy to fit in. Call (724) 313-7520 and Rick will give you a time.
Can you do the garage and the basement in one visit?
Often yes, and plenty of Franklin Park customers do. It saves a second mobilization and Rick can plan the sequence so the house is disrupted once rather than twice.
Will a coated garage floor handle three vehicles?
Yes, and three car garages are the norm in Franklin Park. The build is the same whatever the bay count: ground open, filled, coated, flaked and sealed. What matters is the prep underneath.
We have a sunroom on a slab. Can that be finished?
Usually. It is one sealed surface with no grout lines, which suits a room that gets wet boots and spilled drinks. Rick will look at the slab and the thresholds and tell you what it can take.
Do you cover the whole of Franklin Park?
Yes, end to end, and the streets either side of Route 19 as well. Being based in Wexford means almost every address in the borough is a short trip for us.
Do you pour concrete or fix a cracked slab?
No. We finish concrete that is already in place. If your slab needs pouring or structural repair you need a different trade, and Rick will say so on the first visit.