Flooring Contractor in Palmetto Bay - Coatings Matched to What Your Slab Can Take

The village's Building and Permitting Department decides that, and we check with it about your address before we start. The village issues building permits to build, alter or repair a structure, and its list of work that needs no permit names ceramic tile, carpet and painting but not floor coatings, so we ask instead of guessing. If your job does need a permit, we handle our side of the paperwork and walk you through the part you sign.

Not automatically. A state law that took effect July 1, 2026 exempts certain projects valued under $7,500, but the village calls that exemption limited and says many typical home projects fall outside it. Electrical, plumbing, mechanical, gas and structural work still need a permit at any value, and so does any work on property in a flood hazard area, which the village says covers a substantial portion of Palmetto Bay. Claiming the exemption takes a written request to the Building Official showing the work qualifies, and splitting a bigger job into smaller ones to get under the line isn't allowed.

Yes, every contractor registers with the village through its online portal before applying for a permit there. That step belongs to the contractor, not to you, so if your floor turns out to need a permit, we take care of it as part of our side of the paperwork.

Your price comes down to the size of the floor, how much prep the slab needs and the finish you pick, and I'd rather give you a real number after seeing it than guess over the phone. Cracks to fill, an old coating or sealer to grind off, or a decorative flake or metallic look all push it up, while a sound, bare slab and a simpler finish keep it down. The written estimate spells out the prep next to the finish, so you can see where the money goes.

You'll know once someone checks it for moisture, cracks and whatever's already on the surface, which is the first thing I do at the estimate. A lot of garage slabs here have years of oil stains, paint or a store-bought sealer on them, and coating straight over that is the usual reason epoxy peels, so we grind it back to clean concrete first. If the slab has a problem a coating can't fix, I'll tell you that too, before you spend anything.

In the village, a dumpster or a storage pod falls under a zoning permit, which is separate from the building permit that covers the structure itself. It mostly comes up when old flooring is coming out of the whole house or you're emptying rooms into a pod, so we'll talk it through at the estimate if your job looks headed that way.