(PRUnderground) December 19th, 2025
Across the Great Lakes region, garage floors face heavy moisture, long winters, thaw cycles, and constant vapor pressure coming up through the concrete. Those conditions make the warranty behind your garage floor coating every bit as important as the materials used. Garage Floor Coating of the Great Lakes wants homeowners to know what to look for, because most warranties in this industry fall apart when moisture becomes involved.
Here are the five questions that reveal whether a warranty is actually worth anything.
- “Does your warranty cover all moisture-related issues?”
Most companies say no. They hide moisture exclusions behind technical benchmarks like 3 lbs or 6 lbs MVER, or Tramex readings homeowners never see performed. When a coating fails—usually because vapor pressure pushes it off the slab—the installer points to those numbers and voids the warranty.
At Garage Floor Coating of the Great Lakes, our 15-year warranty fully covers moisture-related issues, and every installation includes a moisture-mitigating vapor barrier primer.
- “Is moisture mitigation included automatically, or only if you ‘discover’ a problem?”
Many installers wait until installation day to “find” moisture and then charge extra for a special primer.
In Northwest Ohio, moisture in concrete is not rare—it’s routine.
Our systems include moisture mitigation upfront, with no upsells and no surprise fees on installation day.
- “Does your warranty exclude tire staining?”
Plasticizer migration—permanent tire staining—is extremely common in cold-weather states where hot tires meet cold concrete, especially after winter driving. Many thin epoxies, 1-day systems, and inexpensive polyaspartics can’t resist it, so companies quietly exclude tire staining from their warranties.
Our multi-layer systems use 100% solids materials, a full-broadcast flake layer, and two polyaspartic clear coats, engineered to resist tire staining in Great Lakes conditions.
- “Does the warranty cover both materials and labor?”
Some installers advertise “long warranties” but only cover materials—leaving homeowners to pay the labor costs to fix a coating that shouldn’t have failed in the first place.
Garage Floor Coating of the Great Lakes provides a 15-year, full-coverage warranty that includes both materials and labor.
- “Can you provide Technical Data Sheets for every product used?”
If an installer can’t produce the specs, the products likely aren’t designed for high-moisture Midwest concrete. Transparent companies share this information without hesitation.
We provide full Technical Data Sheets for all products we install.
A Garage Floor Coating Warranty Built for Great Lakes Conditions
Harsh winters demand garage floor coatings—and warranties—engineered for moisture, salt, and long-term durability. Asking these five questions helps Toledo homeowners avoid the fine print that weakens most warranties.
Garage Floor Coating of the Great Lakes delivers high-performance coatings backed by a clear, honest 15-year warranty without loopholes.
About Garage Floor Coatings The Great Lakes
We are your epoxy, polyurea-polyaspartic coating installation specialists, offering free estimates and the highest-grade floor coatings to our retail, commercial and residential customers. Our floor coatings are moisture resistant, extremely durable, and chemical and stain resistant, and are offered in a host of colors, styles and pricing options. From simple solid flooring to sparkling mineral-mica and glass-like metallics. Our flooring can be installed on exterior patios, walkways and driveways, and inside too, in kitchens, basements and office spaces. We coat huge warehouses, restaurants, parking garages and airplane hangars. Winter, spring, summer and fall…residential, retail and commercial! Any time, any space.
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