Peeling paint, oil stains or a dusty slab? We test and grind the concrete first, so your new coating bonds and stands up to sun.
A garage floor coating in Country Walk, FL is a layered system of primer, base coat, a flake or metallic layer and a topcoat that we bond to your concrete slab, so a dusty, stained floor turns into one you can sweep and wipe clean.
Most calls start with a floor that's shedding dust, soaking up oil or peeling where a store-bought kit let go under hot tires. What moves the price is the size of the garage, how much grinding and crack repair the slab needs, what the moisture test shows and which topcoat fits the sun coming through your door, and the written estimate I give you after testing the slab puts a figure on your own floor.
The schedule mostly turns on the slab, because concrete that's holding too much moisture or was poured only a few weeks ago has to wait, and on any sign-off your association wants first. Before we put you on the calendar, we check which office covers your address and handle any permit application the job needs, so all you do is sign where we show you.
From the first call to the last coat, you deal with the same people, and I'm one of them.
When you call, I set up a time to come out, look at your floor and test the slab, the same way I've done it since we opened in 2017. You get a written estimate for the system we'd put down and the prep your slab needs.
We find out which office covers your address before we book your start date. If the job needs a permit or other approval, we handle the application and tell you what you need to sign.
Our crew preps the slab and puts down the system we agreed on, and I work the floor with them. We're fully licensed and insured, we walk the finished floor with you, and your satisfaction, guaranteed.
If your garage gets a lot of sun, the topcoat matters as much as the base, so I ask about that before we pick a system. Then we grind the bare slab so the coating has something to grab, fill the cracks, vacuum up every bit of dust and build the floor up in layers, primer first and topcoat last.
Some garages need a different finish on top of that same prep. Our page on polyaspartic floor coatings covers the topcoat side in more detail, and if you'd rather have a glossy, swirled look than flake, see metallic epoxy flooring.
Each step sets up the next one, so we don't skip ahead.
We ask you to move cars, shelves and boxes out before we arrive, because we need the whole slab open, wall to wall. Then we tape off the walls and the door track so the dust and coating stay where they belong.
We test the concrete before any material gets mixed, because the reading decides whether we go ahead or wait. A coating over a damp slab is a gamble I won't take on your floor.
We grind the whole floor down to fresh concrete and fill the cracks and chips so the surface is even. Then we vacuum it thoroughly, because dust left behind is something the coating would sit on instead of grabbing.
We roll out the primer and base, broadcast the flake or pour the metallic, and finish with the topcoat. When the last coat is down, we clean up and haul our gear out.
Tell us how often your garage door stays open, about when the slab was poured and whether your HOA has rules on garage work, or call (786) 733-0104. We reply within one business day to set up a time, and I come out, test the slab and give you a free written estimate on site. There's no obligation to go ahead.
(786) 733-0104A topcoat built to resist sunlight, such as polyaspartic, holds up better than a standard epoxy topcoat in a garage with the door open a lot. One Florida guide says the state's strong sun turns standard epoxy topcoats yellow and chalky over time, and since sun-resistant topcoats cost more, a sunny garage is worth budgeting for. The same guide says polyaspartic cures faster, handles humidity better and is often finished in a single day.
Because Florida's groundwater sits close to the surface, which is what we mean by a high water table, and it pushes moisture up through slabs from below. One Florida guide calls moisture testing essential for that reason. One coating maker applies its epoxy and urethane coatings only when the concrete holds no excessive moisture, so the test result shapes the whole plan.
Some small jobs may, under Miami-Dade County's rules. The county says some work valued under $7,500 on single-family homes, duplexes and townhouses may skip the building permit, but properties partly or entirely within a flood hazard area aren't eligible. You can read the county's permit exemption rules and search your address on FEMA's Flood Map Service Center to check your flood zone.
Miami-Dade County's Contractor Licensing Section licenses contractors and tradesmen who work in the county. Florida law also lists flooring and painting among the jobs a local government may not require a license for. I'm glad to talk through what applies to your job when I come out.
At least 28 days, going by one coating maker's instructions for its epoxy and urethane coatings. If your garage floor was just poured, plan the coating for after that point, and we still test the slab for moisture before we start.
We're based in Country Walk, FL and work across the cities around it in Miami-Dade County, including The Hammocks and Kendall. A lot of the garages we see here double as a workshop or a shady spot to sit, so the door stays up for hours and the floor gets more sun and damp air than people expect.
Miami-Dade County tells owners to follow their homeowner association guidelines and the county's zoning requirements before starting any work. If your home is in an association, check its guidelines before you book a start date, so the floor isn't held up once we're ready to grind.
Our phone hours run seven days a week, starting at 6 AM on weekends, so you can call (786) 733-0104 while you're standing in the garage looking at the floor.
If you've got a question about your garage slab before you book anything, send it our way.
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