Sixteen systems, one crew
Sixteen floor systems, and Matt picks one for your slab
Garages, living rooms, lanais, pool decks, shops and kitchens. Each system below has its own page with how it goes down and where it does not belong.
Most people call us about one floor and find out there are three ways to do it. A garage can take flake, a solid color or a metallic pour. A pool deck can take a flake broadcast or a light-reflective coating that stays cooler under bare feet. A barn slab might be better off ground and sealed than coated at all.
So the list below is sorted by room, not by product. Find the room you are dealing with, read the one line under each system, and open the ones that sound close. If none of them fits, that is fine. Matt will look at the slab and tell you which one he would put down if it were his house or his shop.
Every system starts the same way: a moisture test, diamond grinding and repairs to cracks and spalls. What changes is what goes on top, how thick it is, and how long the job takes. Many garage and patio floors finish in a day. Metallic, quartz, urethane cement and industrial floors take longer, and we tell you that up front.
Most people call us about one floor and find out there are three ways to do it.
Sorted by the room you are standing in
Five groups, sixteen systems. Each name opens its own page with the build-up, the Florida problems it handles and the questions people ask. Every system on one page.
Where most of our calls start. Hot tires, oil, sand tracked in off the beach, and a slab that may be pushing moisture up from underneath.
For the two or three car garage that has to handle hot tires, oil drips and a workbench, picked by people tired of a stained gray slab.
A full broadcast of colored chips into the base coat; the blend hides dust and sand, which is why homeowners near the beach ask for it first.
Colored quartz sand broadcast in layers for a heavy, textured floor, chosen where grip and wear count for more than a mirror shine.
Inside the house, where the floor is the first thing people notice. These pours take more time than a garage, and the finish shows it.
Solid color, 100% solids epoxy in one even shade, for anyone who wants a clean, hard floor anywhere from a laundry room to a workshop.
Want a floor that looks like poured stone? Metallic epoxy moves while it cures, so no two rooms ever come out the same.
Patios, lanais, pool decks and walkways that bake in full sun and get soaked most summer afternoons. Grip and color that holds matter more out here than gloss.
Patios, lanais and screened porches get a UV-stable system meant to hold its color in the sun and keep its grip after an afternoon storm.
Pool owners choose this one for footing: a textured coating made for wet bare feet, chlorine splash and full sun from morning to dusk.
Shops, kitchens, bays and plants. Floors that take chemicals, hot water, rolling loads and a crew on them all day long.
Retail floors, offices and showrooms where the owner needs something that looks sharp, cleans fast and takes steady foot traffic for years.
Built for working bays with brake fluid, antifreeze, dropped tools and the point loads under a lift, and picked by shop owners who are done patching.
Kitchens and back of house see hot water, grease and a scrub every night, and owners pick this so the floor still looks clean after a Saturday rush.
Heavy builds for warehouses and plants running carts, pallet jacks and chemicals over the same slab, specified by people who count every hour of downtime.
When the floor sees boiling water, thermal shock or standing wet all shift, urethane cement is the system that stays put.
Sometimes the right answer is the concrete itself, ground, polished or sealed, with no thick coating on top.
We grind the slab itself to a sheen with no coating on top, for owners who like the honest look of concrete and want low upkeep.
Grinding on its own, taking off old coatings, glue, paint or high spots so the next floor, ours or a tile setter’s, has something sound to grab.
For driveways, stamped patios and walks that already look right and only need protecting from stains, sun and water.
We take the top off the slab to open up the stone underneath, then seal it glossy; people pick it for barns, porches and old floors with character.
Picking a system
How do I know which system I need?
You probably do not need to know yet. Tell Matt what the room does all day, what rolls or drips on it and how you want it to look. He tests the slab, looks at its condition and gives you one or two options that fit, with the reasons. Most people decide on the spot once they see chips and colors in person.
Is flake the same thing as epoxy?
Flake is one kind of epoxy floor. A base coat goes down, colored vinyl chips are broadcast into it until the floor is covered, and a clear topcoat locks them in. Solid color and metallic are epoxy floors too, finished differently. Quartz and urethane cement are heavier systems built for wet, hot or hard-working rooms.
Do you coat outdoor concrete?
Yes. Patios, lanais, porches, walkways, driveways and pool decks are a big part of the work. Outdoors we use topcoats that hold up to sun and do not yellow, and we add texture where feet get wet. Some outdoor slabs are better stained and sealed than coated, and Matt will say so.
Can you put a new floor over an old coating?
Sometimes, but usually the old coating comes off first. If it is peeling anywhere, it is not bonded well, and anything on top of it fails with it. We grind it down to sound concrete, fix what we find and start clean. That is slower than coating over it, and it is why the new floor stays put.
Do you work on businesses as well as homes?
Yes. Showrooms, restrooms, auto shops, restaurant back rooms, warehouses and other commercial floors are on the list above. Matt will walk the space with you, ask what happens on the floor each day and plan the work around when you can close an area.
Show Matt your floor
Not sure which of these you need? That is the normal starting point. Call Matt and describe the room.
Want to see more first? See all of Matt’s floors.