Built by a Homeowner Who Couldn't Find the Answers

The Problem I Couldn't Solve — Until I Built the Solution

A few years ago I decided I wanted to epoxy my garage floor. Living somewhere with cold, snowy winters, the floor had taken a beating — cracks, stains, the works. Epoxy seemed like the perfect fix: it would seal and repair the floor, make it easier to clean, and give the garage a completely different look and feel.

Finding the right contractor turned out to be surprisingly frustrating. Pricing was nearly impossible to find online. Nobody explained clearly how the process worked, how long it would take, or what I needed to do to prepare. I had a lot of cracks to deal with — would that be a problem? Who was even qualified to do this work in my area?

Then there was the harder challenge: convincing my wife. She wasn't sold on the expense. I knew that if she could actually seewhat the finished floor would look like — our garage, our dimensions, a real finish — she'd be on board. But every visualization tool I found online looked like it was built in 2005. Flat swatches, generic renders, nothing that looked like a real floor.

So I built one. A realistic visualization tool that took a photo of your actual space and showed you the finished result. My wife saw it, and she was immediately on board. That's when I knew this tool wasn't just useful for me — it was exactly what every homeowner going through this process needed.

That personal experience became the blueprint for EpoxyScout. I set out to build the resource I wish had existed — one that solved all three problems at once:

There was one more piece I hadn't anticipated but turned out to be just as important: making it easy to actually hire someone. Not just find them — connect with them, get bids, and move forward without a dozen phone calls. We built that too.