A MESSAGE FROM INDIANA'S #1 FORT WAYNE GYM FLOOR MATCH TEAM:
Fort Wayne, IN property manager,
We sand, refinish and recoat wood gym floors, and repaint game lines, logos and lettering. We schedule around your season, because the floor has to be out of service while it cures. We work across Fort Wayne and the towns around it.
The finish has gone — dull where the traffic is, and slick enough that somebody has mentioned it. A wood floor is the most expensive surface in the building and recoating on schedule is what keeps you from replacing it. Once the wear reaches bare wood, the cheap option is gone. You want somebody who turns up, tells you straight what it needs, and does it properly the first time. The typical Fort Wayne property dates to around 1971, so the building stock here is mostly seventies and eighties. With roughly 84 freeze-thaw days a year, anything that traps water moves and cracks.
Somebody comes out, looks at the actual condition, and measures what is there. No quoting off a photo.
You see what the work covers and what it does not, so you can hold any quote next to it and compare like for like.
If it does not need doing yet, we will tell you that. If it needs more than you were hoping, we will tell you that too.
You might know this as gym floor refinishing. Same work, either name. Everything below is work we handle directly, not passed to a third party.
Board condition, cupping, dead spots underfoot, and subfloor moisture are checked. Refinishing over an active moisture problem locks the damage in and wastes the whole cost.
The existing finish is abraded to give a mechanical key, the floor thoroughly tacked, and one or two coats applied. This is the routine cycle that most facilities should be on.
Multiple sanding passes remove all finish and surface damage, allowing board replacement, repair of cupping, and a genuine reset of the surface.
Damaged, water-stained or loose boards are cut out and replaced, with new material woven into the existing pattern and left to acclimatize before sanding.
On a full sand, all lines and center-court artwork come off with the old finish and have to be laid out and repainted. On a multi-sport floor this is a significant share of the total.
Sealer then multiple coats of gym-grade finish, either oil-modified or waterborne, applied to the specified slip resistance and cured before the floor returns to play.
A cross-section of the jobs we handle around Fort Wayne — different sizes, different conditions, same standard.
We work Fort Wayne and the towns around it every week. We also cover New Haven, Huntertown, Leo-Cedarville, Harlan, Hoagland, Ossian, Roanoke and Hessen Cassel. We know what the buildings here are like and how they age.
Everyone who turns up is licensed, insured and ours. Nothing gets farmed out to a subcontractor we cannot vouch for.
Gym Floor Match is what we do, not a sideline bolted on to something else. Boards, fasteners and subfloor are inspected and moisture readings taken. A floor that is cupping from humidity needs the cause fixed before any sanding is scheduled.
Quoted before we start, and held there. Anything that would move it gets shown to you and agreed before we carry on.
Anything to do with gym floor match. To start with: condition and moisture survey, screen and recoat, full sand to bare wood, board repair and replacement, game lines and logos, sealer and finish coats. If you need something that is not on that list, call and ask – we can usually quote it or tell you honestly who should.
We cover Fort Wayne, IN and the surrounding towns – New Haven, Huntertown, Leo-Cedarville, Harlan, Hoagland, Ossian, Roanoke, Hessen Cassel, Churubusco, Woodburn, Zanesville, Coesse, Grabill, Lake Everett, Laotto, Arcola, Maples, Huntington, Auburn, Bluffton, Decatur, Columbia City, Garrett, Tri-Lakes, and more. If you do not see your town listed, call anyway and we will tell you straight whether we can get to you.
Condition and moisture survey – Board condition, cupping, dead spots underfoot, and subfloor moisture are checked. Refinishing over an active moisture problem locks the damage in and wastes the whole cost.; Screen and recoat – The existing finish is abraded to give a mechanical key, the floor thoroughly tacked, and one or two coats applied. This is the routine cycle that most facilities should be on.; Full sand to bare wood – Multiple sanding passes remove all finish and surface damage, allowing board replacement, repair of cupping, and a genuine reset of the surface.. Which one is right depends on what we find when we look at it, and we will walk you through the trade-offs rather than picking for you.
Condition and moisture survey is the one we are asked about most often in Fort Wayne. Board condition, cupping, dead spots underfoot, and subfloor moisture are checked. Refinishing over an active moisture problem locks the damage in and wastes the whole cost.
Most jobs land between $1 and $8 per square foot, depending on condition and scope. We come out, look at it, and give you a written estimate at no charge. We are not the cheapest outfit in Fort Wayne and we will not pretend to be – but you will know exactly what you are paying for before anything starts.
Recoat versus full sand: A three to four times difference, and the first thing to establish in any quote. Many floors that get quoted for a full sand only need a recoat, and vice versa. That is usually the biggest single swing in a quote, which is why we look before we price.
Yes. We stand behind what we do and we put the terms in writing with the estimate, so the guarantee is not a handshake you have to remember later.
Call us at (260) 407-7536, or fill in the quote form on this page. We will get back to you, set a time that suits, and come look at the job.
Free estimate, in writing, from a Fort Wayne team that does this every day.
Call us whenever suits. We handle every size of job, residential and commercial, across Fort Wayne and the towns around it.
Your partner,
Fort Wayne Gym Floor Match