Proper epoxy floor maintenance is essential to maximizing the lifespan and performance of your investment. Routine care should include daily dust mopping or auto-scrubbing to remove abrasive particles, weekly wet mopping with a pH-neutral cleaner, and prompt clean-up of chemical spills to prevent surface degradation. Avoid using harsh acids, bleach, or steel wool pads that can erode the topcoat. For high-traffic facilities, periodic re-coating of wear zones may be necessary every 3–5 years, depending on usage. T.W. Hicks offers a dedicated Floor Maintenance Program specifically designed to extend the service life of epoxy and urethane flooring systems, ensuring your floors continue to perform under the most demanding conditions.

Gypsum concrete underlayment, commonly known as Gypcrete, is a lightweight, pourable floor underlayment composed of gypsum, sand, and water. It is engineered to provide superior sound control, fire resistance, and a smooth, level surface ideal for finished flooring applications. T.W. Hicks specializes in Gypcrete installations for multifamily residential buildings, hotels, healthcare facilities, and commercial construction projects that require building code compliance for sound and fire ratings. Compared to traditional concrete, gypsum concrete underlayment cures faster, is significantly lighter (reducing structural load), and creates a flatter substrate, making it the preferred choice for elevated wood-frame construction and large-scale renovation projects.

Both polish and seal concrete and epoxy floor coatings are durable, high-performance flooring solutions, but they serve different functional and aesthetic purposes. Polished and sealed concrete works by grinding and densifying the existing concrete slab to achieve a sleek, reflective finish, then sealing it for stain and wear resistance. It requires no additional coating layer and is ideal for a low-maintenance, natural look. Epoxy floor coatings, on the other hand, apply a polymer resin system over the concrete surface, offering a thicker, more chemical-resistant barrier with options for slip resistance, anti-microbial properties, and custom colors or broadcast designs. T.W. Hicks can assess your facility's specific needs, traffic load, chemical exposure, and aesthetics, and recommend the best solution.

T.W. Hicks delivers industrial flooring services across a diverse range of industries throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Alabama, Missouri, and Kansas. Our clients include food and beverage processing plants, aviation hangars, pharmaceutical and cleanroom facilities, manufacturing and distribution centers, automotive dealerships and service bays, animal care facilities, multifamily housing developments, and hospitality venues. Each industry has unique flooring performance requirements, from FDA-compliant, seamless floors in food production environments to heavy-load-rated coatings in logistics warehouses. Our team of specialists brings industry-specific expertise to every project, ensuring compliance, safety, and long-term durability are built into every installation.

One of the key advantages of gypsum concrete underlayment is its fast installation and early foot-traffic readiness compared to traditional concrete. In most commercial and multifamily projects, gypsum underlayment can be poured and will typically reach light foot-traffic readiness within a few hours after installation, depending on ambient conditions such as temperature and humidity. Drying time before finished flooring (tile, carpet, hardwood, LVT) can be installed varies with thickness, temperature, humidity, and airflow, and finished flooring should only be installed once the underlayment has reached the moisture level required by the flooring manufacturer, verified by on-site moisture testing. T.W. Hicks' experienced installation crews are trained to work efficiently on large floor plates, minimizing project downtime and keeping your construction schedule on track.

T.W. Hicks is a woman-owned industrial flooring company with 26 years in business and over 40 years of combined industry expertise. We have successfully completed more than 2,500 projects from small tenant improvements to large-scale industrial facilities across Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Alabama, Missouri, and Kansas. Our team specializes in high-performance epoxy and urethane coatings, underlayments, polished and sealed concrete, and specialty floor systems. What sets us apart is our client-centered approach: we work closely with general contractors, facility managers, and project owners from planning through completion, delivering precision craftsmanship on time. We are also an authorized distributor of Maxxon commercial products, providing our clients with access to the highest-quality underlayment materials in the industry.