Epoxy Flooring in White Sands, NM

Epoxy flooring in White Sands means working in a community unlike any other on this site. White Sands is a census-designated place at the southern end of White Sands Missile Range, about 27 miles east of Las Cruces and 4 miles south of US 70. Wikipedia describes it as the range's main residential area. The 2020 census counted 926 residents. The WSMR Main Post includes the housing area along with the golf course, the Navy Area and the Technical Area.

Start with who owns the floor

Before any work on a post home, check with the housing office. If you rent or are assigned a home on post, the garage floor belongs to the housing owner, and changes usually need approval. We are glad to give you a written scope, a product data sheet and a color sample to take to them. If the answer is no, we can still help with:

• A floor at a home you own off post in Las Cruces or the valley
• A shop or storage space you rent off post
• A floor you plan to coat before a move, so it is ready when you return

Getting through the gate

The range is an active Army installation, so outside contractors need to be cleared for access. We will work with you on the process and the paperwork the installation asks for, and we will not show up at the gate without a plan. Expect the first visit to take a little more scheduling than a job in town.

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Desert out past the Organs

The range sits in the Tularosa Basin between the San Andres and Sacramento mountains, near the largest surface gypsum deposit in the world. Wind moves dune sand up to 30 feet a year out on the dune field. Closer to home, that wind still means grit blown under garage doors and tracked across floors. We recommend:

• Flake floors for garages, because the chips hide fine dust between sweepings
• Polyaspartic topcoats where afternoon sun hits the floor through an open door
• Textured finishes on outdoor slabs, which can get slick when they are dusty

Young households, frequent moves

When Wikipedia's figures from the 2000 census were taken, the median age in White Sands was 27, and 56% of households had children under 18. Military families move often, so many people we talk to are thinking about resale or rental value of a home they own elsewhere in the county. A coated garage is easy to clean between tenants and shows well in listing photos. We can plan your job around a move-out date so the floor is cured before the movers arrive.

Planning a floor around a PCS move

A lot of the planning we do for range families revolves around timing. If you own a home in Las Cruces or the valley and are leaving for a new assignment, we can coat the garage during the window between packing out and handing the keys to a renter or property manager. If you are arriving, we can coat the garage before your household goods are delivered so you only move boxes in once. Tell us the dates you have and we will work backward from them, leaving enough cure time before anything heavy goes on the floor.