Waxahachie is a short drive south of us in Cedar Hill, and the calls we get from there look a lot like the ones from Red Oak and Midlothian. Most are garage floors, with a good share of shop floors and back rooms behind local businesses, plus the odd kitchen or warehouse that needs a floor that can take a beating. We've been coating floors since 2013, and we do the same work up in Balch Springs and the other cities around Cedar Hill.
Houses here run from older homes with garages that have soaked up years of oil, paint and tire marks to newer builds with slick, barely used slabs. Both need work before a coating goes on, because old stains and sealers keep it from bonding and a new slab's smooth finish gives it nothing to grip.
What moves the price and the timing
What does a floor here cost? It mostly comes down to how big the space is, how rough the concrete is and what you want on it. A clean slab with a few hairline cracks takes less work to get ready than one with deep pits, old paint or a peeling coating we have to strip, and a full flake or metallic system costs more than a clear sealer. Timing turns on the same things, plus how long each coat needs to cure and how quickly the room can be cleared out. Your own number comes from the estimate, once I've seen the slab.
Why the prep matters more than the coating
A coating is only as good as the concrete it's stuck to. Oil, old sealer and the smooth finish on a newer slab all keep it from grabbing, and that's when you see peeling by the door or hot tires pulling it up. So before anything goes on, our crew does concrete grinding and surface preparation to open up the surface, and we fill cracks and pits so they don't show through. If your slab needs more work first, or just isn't a fit for a coating, I'll tell you at the estimate rather than sell you a floor that lets go.
Getting your garage or shop ready
Clearing the space is the biggest thing you can do to keep the job moving. We'll ask you to move cars, bikes and anything stored on the floor, and to clear shelves along the walls if they sit on the slab, because we grind and coat right up to the edges. Pets and kids stay off while the coats cure, so you'll want somewhere else to park for a bit. Building an addition or remodeling a room that'll get a new floor? Call us before your plans go to the city, so the floor fits into the project instead of getting squeezed in at the end.