SLEEK FLOORS & MORE

Garage Experts of Kane County specializes in epoxy floor coatings and clean, organized garages

By Chris Walker | Photos provided by Garage Experts

As a true family man, Eric Lyon is devoted to his wife and twins. As the owner of Garage Experts of Kane County, he thanks his mom for helping introduce him to the epoxy floor coatings that his company installs on residential garage floors. “My mom bought a house and one of the things that sold her on it was the garage floor,” he says. “We’re able to transform what’s gross and dingy and make it all nice … the garage is the most used in the house and it’s undervalued, especially after COVID. Nobody uses the front door anymore. They all come through the garage.” Garage Experts of Kane County offers the residential epoxy floor coatings as well as commercial and industrial strength epoxy and polyaspartic floor coatings. Lyon and his team can also customize a garage cabinet system to help create an uncluttered, clean and organized garage. “You no longer have to track stuff in and out of the house from the garage,” he says. “It’s so easy to keep clean.” Since Garage Experts of Kane County is part of a national franchise, Lyon has access to great resources across the country, which has helped him grow tremendously in less than two full years of business. He’s already received a Platinum badge, which is only awarded to locations that rank highly for the number of installations completed with high customer satisfaction. Lyon’s business is among the top 20% of all Garage Experts locations nationwide. “Things are going great, but they can always be better,” he says. “We’re grateful for what we have and it’s always continual growth and trying to better ourselves. Garage Experts was a great franchise to go with. We have the experience of 100 different owners across the country and no two garage floors are going to be the same, so they’ve given us a lot of great tools to lead the industry.” The impact of the pandemic led Lyon to research how many people wanted epoxy floor coatings and then start his own business. He previously served as president of operations for a group of restaurants. “I was at a golf outing and one of the guys said he left his company after 30 years and then I read a newspaper article about being your own boss,” he says. “I started looking at different things I could do as my livelihood was being crushed, and the fact that there are no nights or working weekends struck a chord with me.” It means more time to be a family man who also can make your home a better place to live in, thanks to his company’s flooring and organization products and services.

 GARAGE EXPERTS OF KANE COUNTY 630-523-8989 www.garageexperts.com/location/kane-county