Grove City Coatings installs garage, basement and shop floor coatings in Idaho Falls, about 25 minutes north of our Blackfoot base on I-15. Idaho Falls has its own older housing stock and its own city permit office, and both change how we prep and coat a slab here. Ask for a free quote on your Idaho Falls floor.
Half of Idaho Falls homes were built before 1978, the city's median year built. That older stock means many garage and basement slabs were poured before under-slab vapor barriers were standard. Before we quote a coating for one of these floors, a moisture read or a moisture-tolerant primer is part of the conversation, not an upsell.
About 38 percent of Idaho Falls homes went up between 1950 and 1979, according to Census housing data. Slabs from that era often went in without control joints or rebar, so they crack as they settle. We grind those cracks open and patch them before any garage floor coating goes down, and we price that repair as its own line item on your quote.
Idaho Falls winters run cold. Fanning Field averages a 12.1 degree F low and a 28.7 degree F high in January, and a 13.4 degree F low in December (NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, station USW00024145). Freeze-thaw cycling plus salt tracked off tires is what eats bare garage concrete here. Every coating system we install handles salt and freeze-thaw, and a winter install happens in a heated space so it cures right instead of setting soft.
If a coating job turns up a structural slab repair or a moisture-barrier retrofit, that piece goes through the City of Idaho Falls Building Division at 380 Constitution Way, not Bonneville County, and we tell you which office to call. Idaho Falls is a strong homeowner market too: 67.0 percent of occupied homes here are owner-occupied. See our full floor coating lineup, or ask for a free quote.
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Our services in Idaho Falls
Flake and polyaspartic garage floor coatings for homes and shops across Blackfoot and eastern Idaho. Sealed against oil, road salt, and freeze-thaw, with a full diamond grind and a strong clear top coat that wipes clean.
See garage floor coatings details →Epoxy flooring from Grove City Coatings turns basement, shop and interior concrete into a hard, sealed, easy-clean surface. Poured in bonded layers over ground concrete, it resists stains, water and wear across eastern Idaho.
Epoxy Flooring in Blackfoot →High-end metallic epoxy floors with a poured, marble-look finish for basements, showrooms, feature rooms and showpiece garages across Blackfoot and eastern Idaho.
Explore metallic epoxy floors →A warm, low cost way to finish a concrete floor. We work an acid or water based stain into the slab itself, then seal it, for a colored floor that will not peel. A favorite for basements, interior rooms and patios.
Our stained concrete process →Ground and sealed concrete floors for garages, basements, and shops across eastern Idaho. A tough, low cost finish that keeps the natural concrete look and wipes clean.
See grind and seal details →Grove City Coatings comes to Idaho Falls from Blackfoot, about 25 minutes north on I-15. Idaho Falls is one of our stated service areas, and we coat garage, basement and shop floors here with the same 25-year limited warranty we back every job with. Call or send the short form on this page and we will set a time to look at your slab.
Maybe. The median Idaho Falls home was built in 1978, before under-slab vapor barriers were standard on residential pours. On a slab that old, we run a moisture check before we coat it. If it reads high, we use a moisture-tolerant primer instead of skipping the step, so the coating bonds instead of lifting later.
A straightforward floor coating is cosmetic work, so it does not need its own city permit. If the job uncovers a structural slab repair or a moisture-barrier retrofit, that piece routes through the City of Idaho Falls Building Division at 380 Constitution Way, through its own Cityworks portal, separate from Bonneville County. We tell you up front if your job needs that step.
Yes, if the slab is recent. About 14.0 percent of Idaho Falls homes were built in 2010 or later, and a new pour still needs a full cure window, roughly 28 to 45 days, plus a moisture vapor emission test before a coating goes down. Skip that step and trapped vapor can push the coating loose from underneath.
Idaho Falls is one of the towns we cover for concrete coatings from our Blackfoot base.
Idaho Falls, ID
We serve customers near The 600-foot-wide waterfall and diversion dam on the Snake River that gives the city its name, and The Snake River Greenbelt, a 5-mile paved riverwalk loop through downtown.
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Licensed & Insured · 25-year limited warranty · No obligation