YPSILANTI WASHTENAW COUNTY MICHIGAN
Ypsilanti mixes Greek Revival, Italianate and Queen Anne houses in its historic district with the neighborhoods and subdivisions of Ypsilanti Township. 3rd Coat Restoration paints them, puts down epoxy and mica floors, remodels kitchens and baths, refinishes worn wood and polishes boats, driving down US-23 from Whitmore Lake, where the business is based.
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Settled in 1823 and named for Greek independence leader Demetrios Ypsilantis, Ypsilanti sits on the Huron River in Washtenaw County. The 2020 census counted about 20,600 people in the city and roughly 55,700 in Ypsilanti Charter Township around it. Eastern Michigan University, founded in 1849 as the Michigan State Normal School, sits on the west side of town.
The city’s historic district includes about 400 structures, from Greek Revival and Italianate houses to Queen Anne and Tudor Revival, and most of the Depot Town storefronts by the river went up between 1850 and 1880. The 147-foot stone water tower, finished in 1890, still stands on the highest ground in town. Around three in ten homes in the city were built before 1940.
Clapboard on a century-old house needs scraping, priming and sometimes rotted wood repaired before new exterior paint goes on.
Vinyl and painted siding that has turned dull and filmy can be brightened with a low-pressure soft wash instead of a full repaint.
Older layouts can get new cabinets, floors and finishes through a kitchen or bathroom remodel, or just fresh interior paint.
Bare concrete in a garage or lower level can be sealed with an epoxy garage coating or a basement floor system.
Tap any service to open a full page on how the work is done, the choices you have and what people usually ask. They are sorted by the part of the house they cover, so a historic home near Depot Town and a newer township build can both find what they need. Combine as many as you like on one estimate.
Exterior House Painting
Clapboard, trim, porches and doors scraped, primed where bare and given fresh exterior paint.
Pressure Washing & Soft Washing
Fences, decks, drives and chalky siding cleaned, with gentle low pressure wherever paint or vinyl could be hurt.
Surface Restoration
Cabinet doors, original trim and metal railings stripped and refinished, and soft wood rot repaired.
Interior Painting
Bedrooms, living spaces and stairwells repainted, from walls and ceilings to the trim around each window.
Drywall Installation & Repair
Holes cut back to a clean square and patched, long cracks taped over, or whole rooms hung new.
Interior Renovation
Bathroom and kitchen remodels plus basement finishing, with licensed trades lined up for plumbing and wiring.
Garage Floor Coatings
Flake, mica flake, polished or acid-stained concrete for an attached or detached garage.
Basement Epoxy Flooring
Acid stain, flake or mica over a slab that passes a moisture test first. No waterproofing work.
Mica & Decorative Epoxy
Hand-poured swirls of color for lower levels, entries, kitchens and showroom-style garages.
Have an Ypsilanti house that needs more than one thing done? Describe the problem, send a few photos and we will tell you which services fit.
An Ypsilanti mailing address does not always mean the city itself. The 48197 and 48198 ZIP codes also take in Ypsilanti Charter Township and parts of Superior Township. Below is a quick guide to six parts of the area, with the painting, floor and drywall work we do in each.
Your street is not on this list? Put the address on the form with a short description of the house, and we will check whether it is inside our service area.
A Washtenaw County winter means salted roads, and the brine that sprays onto your car melts off onto the garage floor. Bare concrete drinks it in, along with oil drips and tracked-in dirt, and the surface slowly pits and dusts. Sealing the slab under a coating, or polishing it, leaves a floor that wipes clean.
Many Ypsilanti homes are close to a century old, and their basement slabs need a careful look. We note cracks, past coatings and stains, and run a moisture test on any basement floor. We are not a waterproofing company, so a slab that lets water in has to be dealt with by a waterproofing contractor before we coat it.
| Finish and what it looks like | Garage | Basement |
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Epoxy Flake
Decorative chips broadcast into the base coat give a speckled, lightly textured surface that helps disguise dust, and a slip-resistant option is available.
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Offered | Offered |
Mica Epoxy
Pearly mica pigments move through the epoxy as it is worked, leaving swirls that never repeat from one floor to the next.
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Offered | Offered |
Polished Concrete
Here the slab is the finish: the concrete is ground through finer and finer stages until it takes on a sheen, with nothing coated over it.
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Offered | Not offered |
Acid-Stained Concrete
A chemical stain soaks into the concrete and leaves earthy, mottled color, and a clear sealer then protects the surface.
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Offered | Offered |
Each system comes in a set range of colors, and we go over the options with you when we put your estimate together.
Houses built a century ago often still have their first doors, casings and oak floors. When those pieces look tired, it is often only the coating that has failed. If the material underneath is still solid, we take it back, mend it and put a new finish on, so the original stays in the house. If a piece cannot be saved, the estimate will say so.
In the local historic district? The City of Ypsilanti’s Historic District Commission reviews exterior work there, painting included, and it has to be approved before the job starts. Same-color touch-ups are generally exempt. Check with the city early so the approval is in place when you are ready to book.
Slide the handle to see both versions, or focus the slider and press the arrow keys.
Wondering if your floors or doors are worth saving? Send photos with your estimate request, or see how surface restoration works.
Older Ypsilanti houses often have small kitchens and baths that were last updated decades ago, while newer township homes may just need a change of style. Our interior renovation crew handles both, from a light update to a complete rebuild, and the first step is settling how far the changes go.
New wiring or plumbing? Licensed electricians and plumbers handle that part, scheduled by us, and any required permits are pulled before the walls close up.
Ford Lake, the roughly 975-acre reservoir on the Huron River in Ypsilanti Township, has its launch for motorized boats at the township’s Ford Lake Park. If your boat lives on that water or sits on its trailer at home between trips, we bring the buffers and gelcoat repair to it.
When a fiberglass hull turns dull and leaves white residue on your hand, the gelcoat has oxidized. Machine polishing cuts through that light layer and restores the shine.
Read about hull polishing
Launch-ramp scrapes, chips and small cracks are filled, sanded and color-blended into the surrounding gelcoat. Structural fiberglass work is outside what we offer.
How gelcoat repair works
Aluminum tubes stained by lake water are buffed back to a bright finish, and the fence panels can be polished as well.
Pontoon polishing detailsYou do not need to tow it anywhere. Let us know if it is moored at a dock or resting on a trailer, and include a photo when you ask for an estimate. See how the mobile visits work.
Fill in the form with the address and what needs doing, and add a few photos of the area. We look everything over, reach out if something is unclear, then send an estimate that breaks down each step, prep included. It costs nothing, and you are never pushed to sign.
Call 248-692-3655 Email [email protected]3rd Coat Restoration is owned by Anthony Williams and operates from Whitmore Lake, MI 48189, up US-23 from Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti.
Jobs in the City of Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti Township and Superior Township are all welcome, along with the rest of the towns in our service area guide.
Give us your street address and the services you have in mind; a single form covers one job or several. Photos of the space can also be emailed to [email protected].
Ypsilanti sits on the east side of Washtenaw County, with the Huron River running through town. Our base is Whitmore Lake, north up US-23, and the towns we take jobs in stretch across Washtenaw and Livingston counties and over to South Lyon in Oakland County.
We take on work in nine towns, Ypsilanti included. Pick a name below to read about that place, or view all nine together on the service areas page.
A brick house in the historic district and a newer build near Ford Lake start out the same way. You send the address and some photos, we go through them, ask about anything unclear, and a free estimate comes back with every prep step spelled out.
More than one project? Cabinet refinishing plus a basement floor coating, or a kitchen update plus interior painting, can be priced side by side.
Enter your address in the form above. If you live east of Ypsilanti Township or just outside these towns, you will hear back from us on whether the trip is workable.
What people in the city, Ypsi Township and around Ford Lake ask most before they book work with us.
Yes. Homes outside the city limits are just as welcome as those inside them, so an address in Ypsilanti Charter Township or Superior Charter Township is fine. Put the street address on the request, and we will confirm whether it falls inside our area.
Our home base, Whitmore Lake, sits about 22 miles from downtown Ypsilanti by road, or roughly a half-hour drive south on US-23. All nine towns we cover are on our service areas page.
Yes, once the city signs off. Exterior changes in the district, a new paint color among them, go through the Historic District Commission first. Talk to the city about your plans early, and send us the details in the meantime so the estimate is ready when the approval comes through.
Yes. Old paint on brick tends to peel and fade, on a chimney, a porch wall or an indoor fireplace alike. We prep it and put on fresh paint that leaves the brick’s texture visible. See painted brick refinishing.
Yes. Interior doors and trim can be prepped and then repainted or stained, so the old woodwork stays in the house. More on door and trim refinishing.
Yes. Chipped or faded metal railings and fences are part of our surface restoration work, and they can be handled on the same estimate as exterior painting. Read about railing refinishing.
Usually. Before anything is applied we check the concrete, test it for moisture, repair cracks and strip off any failing coating, and plan the prep around what that particular slab needs. The steps are on our garage floor prep section.
Yes. New drywall, taping, finishing and paint can all be part of a basement finish, along with trim and flooring. We test the slab for moisture first and do not offer waterproofing. Details on our basement finishing section.
Yes. Our crew travels to the boat, at your home or your dock, and polishes it afloat or sitting on its trailer. Repairs to fiberglass chips and dock dings can go on the same estimate. See boat polishing.
We pull permits when a remodel needs them, through whichever office covers your address, the city or the township. When electrical or plumbing work is involved, we coordinate licensed trades. Our kitchen and bath section explains the scope.
Still wondering about something? Phone us, or add the question to your estimate request and we will answer it with your quote.
