This Floor Has Game

Most of the floors we coat hold cars, tools, and a few bins of holiday decorations. This one holds crossovers and free throws.

A Sunriver homeowner came to us with a big idea: turn a 1,158-square-foot room with glass garage doors into a half court for the family. They needed a floor that could take a pounding, give sneakers real grip, and look sharp enough to show off.

We built it with a polyurea concrete coating. Here's how we did it, and why the same floor might be exactly what your space needs (even if you've never owned a basketball).

Drawing up the play

Every good court starts with a plan. We used high school half court dimensions and the home's blueprints to lay out the key, the free throw circle, and the three-point arc.

Then we picked colors that make the court read like a court:

• Orbit, a deep cobalt blue chip blend, fills the key.
• Tidal Wave, a white and light blue blend, covers the rest of the floor.
• Crisp 2-inch black lines tie it all together.

It's the same coating system we put in garages all over Central Oregon. It just has a very different personality.

The work you don't see

A coating is only as good as the slab under it, so we put real time into prep.

Moisture first. Our moisture meter showed readings as high as 6%. Polyurea needs the concrete at or below 5.5% to bond for the long haul, so we kept testing until the slab was ready. Coating too early is how floors fail, and we don't skip this step.

Then the grind. We ground the entire floor with an industrial walk-behind planetary grinder fitted with diamond tooling. That opens up the concrete so the basecoat can lock in. Triple-filtered HEPA vacuums pulled the dust as we went.

Then the seams. We filled 39 feet of cracks and 193 feet of saw-cut joints with a polyurea joint filler and coated right over them. On a typical garage floor, we leave those joints open. On a basketball court, a seam means a bad bounce, so we made it one smooth surface from wall to wall.

Building the court

With the slab ready, our crew moved fast:

1. Basecoat. We rolled polyurea across the full floor, 12 inches up the stem walls, and down the 3.5-inch drop edge at each garage door.
2. Color. We broadcast chips to full coverage: Orbit inside the key, Tidal Wave everywhere else.
3. Topcoat. A clear polyaspartic topcoat sealed it all in. We mixed in Shark Grip, a fine texture additive that gives shoes something to bite into.
4. Lines. We measured and marked every line, double-taped the borders, and laid down a bonding primer. Then we applied two coats of black tinted striping, pulling a layer of tape between coats. That's how you get clean edges on a curve.

Once our crew wrapped up, the floor was ready to walk on 12 hours later, and ready for anything you can roll or park on it after 48.

Why polyurea plays so well

A court asks a lot of a floor. Here's how polyurea answers:

• It's tough and it flexes. Polyurea is 4x stronger and 10x more flexible than epoxy. It moves with the slab as Central Oregon temperatures swing, so it doesn't get brittle.
• It stands up to sunlight. Those glass garage doors flood the room with light. Polyurea is UV stable, so the colors stay true and the floor won't yellow.
• It grips. Shark Grip texture keeps sneakers planted on hard cuts.
• It cleans up easy. The surface is non-porous and resists chemicals and stains. Sweep it, mop it with household cleaner, and you're back in the game.
• It's backed. Our coatings carry a lifetime limited residential warranty against chipping, peeling, and delaminating.
• It's fast. The whole install took days, not weeks.

No court? Same floor, different game.

Most people reading this don't need a key and a three-point line in their house. That's fine. This project shows what polyurea can do: it goes wherever your hobbies go, and it looks however you want.

• Home gym. It handles sweat, chalk, and rolling equipment, then wipes clean.
• Pickleball, four square, or a kids' play zone. We can add lines for nearly any game you can draw.
• Workshop. Oil, solvents, and sawdust don't stand a chance against a chemical-resistant floor.
• Ski and mudroom. Wet boots, snowmelt, and tracked-in cinder meet their match. Grab a mop and move on.
• Pet room or dog run. An antimicrobial surface makes cleanup quick.
• Patios, walkways, and pool decks. Outside, we add Gator Bite and silica sand for extra grip when it's wet.
• Your colors. Ducks fan? Green and yellow chips are on the table. So is almost any combo you can dream up.

What's your game?

Tell us what happens in your space, or what you want to happen there, and we'll design a floor around it. Pick your colors, add lines or a logo, and let our crew handle the rest. Pick a time that's best for you for your FREE QUOTE. We'll follow up to confirm your time.
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