Glenn Heights is mostly homes, so most of our calls here are about a garage floor that's stained, dusty or peeling. We also get the odd patio, shop or bare slab inside the house. It's the same kind of work we do over in Red Oak and DeSoto, and it's close to home for us, since we're a flooring contractor based in Cedar Hill, TX.
Most houses we see here sit on concrete slabs with an attached garage, and that garage slab takes the most abuse, from hot tires to oil drips. So when I walk a job, I look hardest at the concrete, because a finish only stays put as long as the slab under it does.
What moves your price and schedule
Your price mostly comes down to how big the floor is, what shape the concrete's in and which finish you pick. A bare, sound slab is the easy case. Old paint or a peeling coating has to come off first, cracks and pits get filled, and a metallic or decorative finish takes more work than a solid color. The schedule turns on that same prep, plus how long the coating needs to cure before you can drive on it. I look at all of that in person when I come out for the estimate, so the number you get is for your floor and not a guess.
Working around Texas heat and cold
Both ends of the Texas weather matter, because a coating cares about the temperature of the slab and the air while it goes down and cures. This area averages about 20 days a year at 100° or hotter and about 29 days with lows at 32° or below, and a shut garage in July can run hotter than the yard. In summer we can start early in the day, and in winter we keep an eye on the forecast. If a scorcher or a hard freeze lands on your date, I'd rather move it than put down a floor that won't cure right.
Floors inside the house and out back
Not every call here is a garage. Say you've pulled up carpet and found a bare slab you'd like to keep, or you've got a patio that could use some color. Stained concrete flooring soaks color into the concrete itself, so there's no thick coat sitting on top. Polishing is another way to go on an indoor slab. Stain shows every patch and old glue spot, though, so on a slab that's been patched a lot, a coating usually looks better. If stain isn't a fit for your floor, I'll tell you so at the estimate.