Quartz epoxy is the heavy-duty cousin of flake epoxy — colored quartz granules broadcast into an epoxy base and sealed under a durable topcoat. The quartz gives the floor visual texture and color while providing serious impact resistance, slip resistance, and thickness. Quartz systems are common in locker rooms, commercial kitchens, schools, hospitals, industrial facilities, and anywhere the floor needs to look good and take heavy abuse at the same time.
When You Need Quartz Epoxy Flooring
Quartz is the right call for heavy-duty commercial and institutional floors where flake epoxy isn't durable enough. Locker rooms (gyms, schools, athletic facilities) need the slip resistance quartz provides when wet, plus the impact resistance for dropped equipment. Commercial and institutional kitchens use quartz systems for the combination of slip resistance, chemical resistance, and health code compliance. Schools, hospitals, and senior living facilities use quartz in high-traffic corridors and service areas because it holds up to equipment carts, constant foot traffic, and frequent cleaning with aggressive chemicals. Industrial break rooms, food processing areas, and pharmaceutical clean rooms are all candidates. If you've tried flake floors in a commercial environment and they've worn or damaged, quartz is usually the upgrade.
Our Quartz Epoxy Flooring Process
Quartz installs start with the same prep as any other system — diamond grinding, moisture testing, crack and pitting repair. The epoxy base coat goes down, then colored quartz granules get broadcast densely into the wet coating — much heavier coverage than flake, usually until the surface won't absorb any more. After cure, excess quartz gets scraped and swept off, and a clear epoxy or polyaspartic topcoat is rolled over the quartz layer to seal everything in. For high-abuse environments, we can do a double broadcast — two layers of quartz with intermediate sealing — for a thicker, more durable finish. Color options include solid colors, blended colors, and custom mixes. Total install time is 3 to 4 days depending on scope and whether single or double broadcast is used.
Quartz Epoxy Flooring Cost in Memphis
Quartz epoxy in Memphis runs $9 to $16 per square foot depending on system thickness, coverage density, and topcoat choice. It's more expensive than flake because the quartz is more material and the broadcast is heavier. A typical 1,000-square-foot institutional install runs $10,000 to $16,000 fully finished. Commercial and institutional projects often get volume pricing. Free on-site assessments where we evaluate conditions and specify the right system for the use.
Why Choose Us
Quartz systems require dense broadcast, proper sealing, and experience reading how much aggregate the coating can hold. Done wrong, quartz floors are rough, uneven, or shed aggregate. Done right, they last decades under real abuse. Our trained crews use industrial materials and bring commercial and institutional experience across Memphis.
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