Peeling coating, old tile or a cracked slab in the way? We check what's in it, then strip or remove it for your next floor.
Concrete floor stripping and removal in Castro Valley means taking an old coating off your slab, or taking the concrete itself out, so the space is clean and ready for the next floor that goes down.
Most calls start with something you can see, such as an epoxy coat peeling in the garage, old tile lifting in a basement or a shop floor where the finish has worn through. Some of those floors only need one area repaired. Others need the coating stripped back to bare concrete, and a few need the slab broken out, so the first job is working out which one you have.
The price moves with the size of the area, what's on the floor now, how thick it is and how well it's still stuck, and it climbs when the concrete itself has to come out, because that takes heavy equipment. The schedule turns mostly on testing and on what we find once the old floor starts coming up. The written estimate puts your price and the prep in front of you before we begin.
Three things shape almost every removal job we look at. Knowing them ahead of time will help you follow what I'm checking when I walk your floor.
A coating, a layer of old tile and a sheet of vinyl glued down all come off differently, and older tile and glue need testing before anyone disturbs them. I'll ask what you know about the floor's history, because the answer shapes the method, the timing and the price more than anything else.
One supplier's guide treats a floor that's about 90% bonded and solid as a spot repair, not a removal job. Full removal makes sense when the coating is failing everywhere. If yours is only lifting by the door or under the tires, we'll talk about repairing that area before stripping the whole room.
Taking out a slab is a different job from taking off a coating. Removing a garage floor usually takes a bobcat and breaker equipment, so the work is louder, needs room to stage and costs more. I'll tell you plainly whether the slab is past saving or whether stripping the surface will do.
Here is how a removal job runs with us, from your first call to the bare floor we hand back. I'm there for the estimate and for the work itself.
You call (510) 931-7868 or fill out our form, ideally with the floor's size and what's on it now, and we get back to you to set a time for me to come out.
I look over the slab for cracks, moisture and old coatings, ask how you'll use the space and ask about testing. You then get a written estimate with the price and the prep spelled out.
Once you're ready and any test results are in, our crew strips, grinds or removes the floor we agreed on. If testing turns up asbestos, the Air District notice I explain further down sets the start date.
Before we leave, we clean up and walk the finished floor with you, so you can see what's ready for the next coating or covering. If anything needs another look, please tell me then.
Before we lift any old flooring, I want to know what's in it, so I ask about testing first. Old tile and glue can hide material you can't spot by eye, and I'd rather wait on a result than find out halfway through the job. Once we know, I'll tell you plainly whether your floor needs a spot repair, a strip or full removal.
While we work, we keep the mess to the floor we're working on and clean up as we go, because it's your home or your business, not ours. We leave bare, clean concrete, since the prep under a floor decides whether the next one holds, and I'd rather tell you the slab needs more work than cover a problem and hope.
Removal is usually the first step toward something new. Homeowners often follow it with epoxy floor coatings in a garage or basement, and shop and business owners with commercial and industrial epoxy floor coatings built for carts, spills and long shifts. When we plan both together, the slab gets prepped with the next coating in mind.
We take off the old coating or floor and leave you clean concrete, and you decide later what goes on it. This suits you if the new floor isn't settled yet.
We plan the strip and the new system together, so the surface is prepped for the coating you've chosen. One crew is then responsible from bare slab to finished floor.
We reply to every call and form within one business day to set up a visit. I come out, look at the floor in person and give you a free written estimate with the price and the prep, and there's no obligation to go ahead.
(510) 931-7868Castro Valley is an unincorporated part of Alameda County, and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District covers the county, so its asbestos notice rule applies to jobs here. That rule is the reason testing comes before removal on our jobs, because a result tells us early whether it applies to your floor.
If a renovation will remove 100 square feet or more of regulated asbestos-containing material, the owner or the contractor has to notify the Air District at least 10 working days ahead. Homes with four or fewer units can give 72 hours' notice instead by paying an extra fee.
We're based in Castro Valley and work in Hayward, San Leandro, Oakland, Dublin, Pleasanton and many other cities around it. The calls are much the same across them, such as garages with a worn-out coating, basements with old tile glued to the slab and shop floors that need a clean start.
We've been in business since 2017, 9 years now, and I got into this trade by grinding my own garage floor and reading every product sheet I could find. I do the estimates myself, and I stay on the job with our crew from the first pass of prep to the final walk-through, so the person who looked at your floor is the one watching it come up.
We're licensed and insured. In California, anyone who alters a building must be licensed by the Contractors State License Board once a job uses any extra workers or costs $1,000 or more in labor and materials, so it's fair to ask any contractor about it. Satisfaction guaranteed on every job.
If your floor is peeling, lifting or simply in the way, please call (510) 931-7868 or send us the form, and I'll come out and take a look.
Once the old coating is off, a fresh epoxy coat gives a garage or basement a sealed, easy-to-clean surface on concrete that's already prepped for it.
Shops, warehouses and kitchens that need a floor to stand up to carts, spills and long hours can go straight from bare slab to a tougher system.
We're based in Castro Valley, CA 94546 and take floor removal jobs across the nearby cities, including the ones listed here. If yours isn't on the list, please call and ask.
It could, if it has vinyl asbestos tile, asphalt tile, some asphalt-based cutback glue or certain sheet vinyl backings, and you can't tell by looking. The Air District says a building might need asbestos testing before work begins, which is why we ask first. If a test is positive, the removal crew must be certified by the state board and registered with DOSH, so ask them for proof of both.
A chemical stripper usually fits a thin, single coat on a home floor or a small patch, because it softens the epoxy so it can be scraped off. Diamond grinding removes the coating and preps the concrete in one step, but it makes a lot of silica dust, a serious breathing hazard, so the space has to be planned around it while the work runs.
Across the US, removing concrete, including disposal, usually costs about $3 to $8 per square foot. That's a national figure for taking the slab out, not for stripping a coating, and the size, thickness and access on your job move it. For a coating strip or your own slab, the written estimate gives you the price and the prep.
One industry guide puts a typical 1,000-square-foot area at about one to three days for epoxy removal, including cleanup and prep for the next floor. A garage is usually smaller, but a thick coating, widespread failure or a positive asbestos test can stretch the schedule. I'll walk you through the timing for your floor at the estimate.
Clear everything off the floor, including cars, shelving and stored boxes, so our crew can reach the whole slab without stopping. If you have an asbestos test result or know what the old coating is, keep it handy, and plan to keep children and pets out of the space while we work.
Call (510) 931-7868 or send the form with the floor's size, what covers it now and any asbestos test results, so I arrive with the right questions.
