Bubbles in finished garage Epoxy floor? Is this normal?
I had a local Epoxy company out to redo the epoxy in my garage. It had original epoxy flooring from 2006 and was pretty worn. Yesterday the guy prepped/sanded/etc and laid the epoxy and flakes. Today came back to do the polyurethane clear coat and was done after a couple hours. However I am not sure if the bubbles I am seeing is "normal" or if I am being too picky? I am hoping to get input from the community here. I did not pay the guy, which he was understandably upset at, so I need to decide quickly if I should pay him or what I should do. Attached are four photos of the finished product that is still slightly sticky and I was told will take another day to dry. I was told that the little dots are the anti-slip/grip functionality, which I first thought were bubbles, so I am mostly wondering about the actual bubbles that you can see in the photos. They are not everywhere but definitely there!
The bubbles are in the epoxy.... but should I pay for this job is the question. I have read completely differentiating opinions. Some people say that if prep work was done properly then there would be no bubbles. Others say bubbles are unavoidable and this is to be expected to some degree.
I had my garage professionally done. After a couple of days it looked like it had chicken pox. Lots of bubbles. I called the contractor and he told me that it was normal and that they would disappear in a few days. I was skeptical but he was correct.
I have no idea how to "reply/quote" a specific person, but thank you for the responses. It is definitely due to out-gassing and hopefully it goes away as CWBUFF mentioned, though I am skeptical as everything I read said that the bubbles stay until the pop, causing "pin-holing").
It's not, this is again nothing more than the myopic view of a new project.
I have them, I probably couldn't even find the bubbles in my garage floor now and you know what, it doesn't matter because it's just a simple minor visual defect, enjoy the garage, you will love it!
Hope they put down a ton of silicon sand, those floors are like ice when wet!
2 years ago (in summer), had a 16 inch high retaining wall replaced. (Wall is made of those decorative concrete blocks.) At the same time, also had a new 6ft x 20ft area of concrete put down, which goes from a deck over to the top of the retaining wall. (6ft between deck and top of retaining wall.) After the first winter, part of the concrete was now higher than the retaining wall top, whereas it originally was at the same level as the top of the wall. The top of the wall in just a very short spot right next to that raised concrete seemed to be ever so slightly less level than the rest of the wall (it wasn't that way before winter). During the second winter, the concrete got a lot higher than the top of the wall. But a couple of months later, it all went down to being at the same level as the top of the wall, and has been there ever since. No cracks in the concrete, fortunately. No additional spots on the wall appear to be unlevel. Rest of wall appears fine. (Wall goes almost halfway around the property.)
Do I need to be concerned about this? What could likely be the cause and what could likely be done about it? FYI: The 6ft wide space immediately beyond the 20ft length of this new concrete (between house and top of retaining wall) will be dug up in the near future to fix a crack in the home foundation. Also, although the company that built the retaining wall and put down the concrete gave it a 5 year warranty, they are so unreliable at showing up and returning calls that claiming the warranty would be a hopeless case. (Ex: They wouldn't show up or call when they were scheduled to do the original job, wouldn't return calls for a couple of weeks, then after a couple of weeks would just show up on a random day to start the job without ever calling or scheduling. I didn't want to use this company, but someone in the house insisted cause they were referred by a family member. Now she knows never to use them again.)
So who is libel?
"[color=#1d2228]In 2015, a lawsuit alleged building management failed to maintain an outside wall, resulting in water damage and cracks. The [b]owner [/b]who filed that suit had previously sued over the same issue, according to a court filing. The [b]management company[/b] paid for damages in the earlier case, according to records."[/color]
06-23-21, 04:26 PM
Bubbles in finished garage Epoxy floor? Is this normal?
