Flooring Contractor in The Hammocks - Floors Prepped for Damp Slabs and Busy Garages

Florida now lets qualifying work valued under $7,500 go ahead without a building permit on single-family homes, duplexes, townhouses and their accessory structures. That exception doesn't cover multi-family units or property even partly in a flood hazard area, and electrical, plumbing, structural, mechanical and gas work still needs a permit at any price. Miami-Dade County's building department issues permits in unincorporated areas and a city's own building official issues them inside city limits, so before we start we check with whichever office covers your address. If a permit is needed, we handle our side of the paperwork and walk you through the part you sign.

I can't give you a fair number until I've seen the slab, because the prep and the system you pick drive most of the cost. A floor with deep cracks, old paint or damp spots takes more grinding and repair than a clean one. A full flake or metallic look usually costs more than a solid color, and a faster-curing polyaspartic top coat usually runs higher than standard epoxy. Your own figure comes on the written estimate after the visit.

It's usually poor prep, moisture coming up through the slab, or both. A coating rolled over concrete that hasn't been ground has nothing to grip, and with groundwater this close under the slab, damp concrete can push a coating loose from below. That's why we grind the floor open and check it for moisture before anything goes down. If a slab is too wet for a standard coat, I'll tell you that rather than sell you one.

Only with a county noise waiver, because noise-making equipment near homes is barred during the overnight hours in our steps above. Work in those hours needs a Temporary Noise Ordinance Waiver before it starts. The waiver covers work inside the property line and requires an active building permit. For most homes that's more hassle than it's worth, so we plan the loud work for daytime.

Ask to see their Florida license and check which kind it is. The state licensing board says a certified license allows work anywhere in Florida, while a registered license only covers the cities or counties where the holder has a certificate of competency. Miami-Dade also requires a business tax receipt for each place of business, renewed every year, even for one-person and home-based outfits. We're licensed and fully insured, and I'm glad to show you our paperwork at the estimate.

Under the county's 50% rule, a house has to be raised if its Elevation Certificate shows it sits lower than the required elevation and its damage or improvements go over half its market value. If your new floor is part of a bigger rebuild after water damage, find out where your house stands on this before the work starts.