Epoxy Floor Coatings in Pinecrest FL - a floor built on a checked, clean slab

I can't give you a fair number until I've seen the slab, because on most jobs the prep decides the price more than the coating does. A clean, sound floor costs less to get ready than one with deep oil stains, cracks or an old coating to strip, and a thick professional system costs more than a thin one. Your written estimate puts the number on paper.

Typically nobody can walk on a new epoxy floor for 16 to 24 hours, and cars stay off it for 2 to 7 days, according to one national flooring guide. That wait catches people out most in a garage, so we sort out where the car goes before the first coat goes down.

Most of the time it's something under the coating, either moisture in the slab or a surface that wasn't clean when the coating went on. One coatings maker points out that a slab can feel bone dry and still hold enough moisture to lift a coating within months, and that concrete ground to the right texture will still fail if it's dusty or oily. That's why the moisture check and a clean grind come first on our jobs.

Usually not, because the kits that are easy to roll out yourself go on thinner and don't hold up as well. The same national guide notes that low-VOC epoxy, the lower-fume kind, is easier for DIY but generally less thick and durable, while a professional-grade epoxy with nothing in it that evaporates goes on very thick and hard but cures fast enough that it takes a trained crew to lay it down well. Our work is backed by our satisfaction guarantee.

The guide says epoxy should only go down at about 60 to 85°F with humidity below 85%. Too much humidity or too low a temperature can keep it from curing properly or leave the surface cloudy, so your install date depends on conditions that day, and I'd rather move a day than put down a cloudy floor.

Contractors and tradesmen working in Miami-Dade County are licensed by the county's Contractor Licensing Section, and we're licensed and fully insured. If your job needs a permit from the Village of Pinecrest, the application is signed and notarized by you or your representative along with a registered contractor. If you pull it as an owner-builder, only you sign and notarize it, and the village's owner-builder requirements apply.