Epoxy floor in lanai
 

Hello! I’ll be moving into my home in September, and my lanai is bare concrete. Has anyone done epoxy flooring in their lanai? Pros & cons?
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If you leave garage door open a lot, sun can bleach the edges out.

That's why I always keep the garage door on my lanai down... :icon_wink:

Ours came painted (like our driveway), not epoxied. Looks nicer than plain concrete, maybe keeps the dust/dirt down...

Our garage is epoxied and it definitely keeps the dust down and makes it easier to keep clean...

You will get (I hope) several replies on firms to do this work, just make sure that a friction layer is the final coat. Epoxy floors can be very slippery when wet. A material like 'shark grip' or equal in the final coat will give you a surface that is much less slippery.

Same advice goes if you decide to just paint the lanai.

Most people only use epoxy in the garage because of the resistance to petroleum spills. They use a concrete "stain" which is painted on for the lanai, sidewalks, and driveways.

Had mine done, along with garage in new villa. Painter did not clear coat lanai, as he indicated that clear coat will yellow with sun exposure. If you get no exposure, that becomes moot.

The lanai is less glossy than the clear coated garage, but looks fine. If they sprinkle paint chips, that will greatly increase foot traction.

Excellent advice, and once you find someone researches their ratings here. There are a lot of people that don't know what they are doing working on TV. And finally, NEVER pay for work until it is done.

Thanks!

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When we moved in we had the same tile that we have in the house place in our lanai, we also had glass sliding doors added. It was not that expensive. No worries about fading and since we didn't add air conditioning or heat it's not considered a room. It was one of the best additions we ever made.

My epoxy garage floor "up north" served well for a number of years, but not gracefully. It lost its sheen within a couple of years and never was very good at repelling stains.

I wanted something more durable here and with some research discovered polyaspartic coating, a compound much more durable than epoxy. The material is available under the brand name "Liquid Floors," and as expected is more expensive. The typical Liquid Floors installation starts with a base coat upon which a layer of decorative flakes is applied, and ends with a clear top layer that is super tough. Installation usually takes a day, followed by 2 days of not parking on it. See the Liquid Floors site for a full description.

Liquid Floors is a brand name used by many local affiliates who do the installation work. I have had excellent results from a local Liquid Floors installer based nearby in Inverness. If you are interested in something more durable than epoxy, talk with Liquid Floors Amy at 352-518-0855.

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...and, as other suggest, when applied to a Lanai floor, a little bit of extra grit is good.

If you do not enclose the lanai, plain concrete is best since it absorbs the rain water. I had epoxy with shark bite on my garage floor and if it got wet (rain or car A/C) I had to mop up the water asap since it was a “slip and fall” waiting to happen…

How does it keep the dust/dirt down?

Our lanai is painted to match the driveway and garage. We love it!

We had epoxy applied to our screened lanai floor. I watched the installer use a 5 gal bucket full of shark bite on an 8x15' surface. 24 hours later, it looked beautiful. I loved it! Until I took my first step onto it. Couldn't see the dew that was on the surface, it was like an ice rink, very nearly fell. Because I was too scared to walk on the bare surface after that, I bought an outdoor area rug. The rug hides my pretty epoxy floor. DUMB DUMB DUMB. Should have forwent the epoxy and just bought the rug to hide the ugly bare concrete. If I had it to do over again, I wouldn't choose epoxy.

Missy
 

We had the floor of the birdcage, pergola and connecting sidewalk tiled with slip-resistant tile. Very easy to clean with hose. Do an occasional mopping with detergent. Always looks nice. So glad that we chose not to paint especially with the hot FL sun.

We have something on our lanai called "knock down". I don't know the correct name. We have a hot tub. It does not seem slippery. It is similar to what is on kour ceilings in the interior.

I can't remember the last time I saw "forwent" used in a sentence. :coolsmiley:

lanai floor
 

I installed indoor outdoor carpet from Home Depot 20 years ago, and it still looks good. I just run the vacuum cleaner once a week.

Get several estimates..some are almost triple for the same job. Get word of mouth references or check signs posted where they have done other jobs

Some people paint which we did in our last house that really turned out nice. We did a concrete overlay look on our new house that we really like. Personal choice though-

go for epoxy!
 

Most people do not know how versatile epoxy floors are. We had our garage, patio and screened porch floors epoxied in our Georgia homes. Now we are have our lanai and patios epoxied by Garage Floors Plus More. Epoxy floors withstand heat, sun, ice, rain, sun, etc. They do NOT change color, and they are NOT slippery when wet. Garage Floors Plus More is probably the best company to choose for your project. They use the latest technology and are wonderful to work with. Go for It. You will not be sorry!

Beg to differ w you, I live w it. Slick as snot, they are.

It was not done correctly. It takes two days to apply epoxy. It is not slippery when done correctly. We have had epoxy floors in garages, porches and patios. I heartily recommend Garage Floors Plus More—they know what they are dong. We are having them do our lanai and patio floors.

Can I ask who you used? That really turned out nice.

We did coat the lanai. We had them install “cool deck” first. It provides texture and covers the broom marks left from when the concrete was installed. Then we coated and it looks great and is clean. After we enclosed the lanai we have area rugs.

Our installation was a 2 day process. And it was THE same process 2 other companies described to me that they would use if awarded the job. Listen, I'm not looking for an argument w you, I described MY experience. I, and others (this string, as well as other threads on ToTV), report their epoxy floors are slippery. I'd hate to see someone injured bc they were assured the floor would NOT be slippery when in fact, they MAY be slippery. It's an important consideration for everyone, but particularly for those w mobility issues.

I second everything said here about Liquid Floors...and Amy! Extremely professional and the end result was exceptional. I had them do my garage and birdcage floors over a year ago. Each looks brand new. More expensive than most, but well worth it!

Use porcelain tile. Lowe’s ….look for closeouts. Not very expensive and lasts forever. You may need to drill some weep holes at the base to let out some moisture after heavy rain.

Thank you for your experience. I will not epoxy anything because traction is very important to me. Another poster said he had double shark added to his epoxy and when wet it was so slippery he fell and broke his backbone. No thank you! That’s one reason we left the north… ice and snow - not to be repeated here.

Plain concrete seems to give off dust. At least our garage up north does. Not so with our epoxied garage in TV...

Plus, when we do sweep out the epoxied garage, there is much less dust, only dried grass...

I recently purchased an 11 yr old home, the inside and outside lanai have river rock. Inside is enclosed. The outside has small birdcage. So far minimal upkeep and not hard on bare feet.

Anyone now of a good place for garage floor epoxy? If someone mentioned it in this thread I didn't see it

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Thx for that tip. We need ours done as well.

Who did you end up using?