Garage floor stained, dusty or peeling? We grind to sound concrete and check for moisture first, so your new coating has a solid slab to grip.
An epoxy floor coating is a resin layer bonded to your concrete floor, and in Castro Valley we put it down mostly on garage slabs, where its grip on the concrete and its resistance to chemicals like oil and road grime do the most good.
Most calls start with a garage floor that's dusty, spotted with oil or flaking where an old paint or sealer gave up. Before anything goes down, we grind the surface and look the slab over, because a coating can only hold as well as the concrete under it. That part never shows in a photo of the finished floor, and it's the part I spend the most time on.
The price moves with the size of the floor, the cracks and old coatings we have to deal with, what the moisture check shows and which system you choose. The schedule turns on the same things, plus how soon the space can be cleared out. Once I've seen your slab, your written estimate gives you the figure for your floor and the prep it covers.
Every floor comes to us with its own history. These are the things I look at on site, because each one changes the prep, the price or the system I'd recommend for your garage.
Most garage slabs have a crack or two and some chipped edges near the door. We fill those and grind them flush before coating, because epoxy follows the surface it sits on and an open crack usually shows right through the finish. If a crack looks wide or seems to be moving, I'll point it out at the estimate.
A floor that was painted or sealed before has to come back to bare concrete, since a new coat can't grip concrete it can't reach, and old paint often lets go on its own. Taking it off means more time on the grinder, so it shows up as its own line in your estimate.
A garage that holds two cars and a workbench asks something different of the floor than one used as a gym or a hobby room. I'll ask about your cars, tools and any chemicals you keep there, because those answers help decide the product and how many coats your floor should get.
From the first call to the last walk across the finished floor, here's who does what, so you know what's coming at each stage of the job.
Please call (510) 931-7868 or send the form, and if you can, include the floor's size in square feet and a short note on its condition. We'll get back to you to set up a visit.
I come out myself, check the slab for cracks, moisture and old coatings, and ask how you'll use the space. You then get a written estimate with the price and the prep spelled out.
Once you're ready, our crew and I prep the floor down to sound concrete and put down the system we agreed on in the estimate. I'm on the job the whole way through.
Before we leave, I walk the finished floor with you, so you can look at the edges, corners and surface up close and ask anything you'd like while we're still there.
On a garage slab, what matters most is what's under the epoxy. We grind the floor down to sound concrete and check it for moisture before anything is mixed, because I'd rather tell you your slab needs more work than coat it and hope for the best. If it does need more, you'll hear that from me plainly, along with the reason.
Once we know what the slab can take, I'll talk through with you whether epoxy or polyaspartic suits your space better. Homeowners usually call us about garages and basements, and our page on garage floor coatings goes further into the slab you park on. Shop and business owners with floors that have to work hard can read about our commercial and industrial epoxy floor coatings.
One even color across the whole floor gives a smooth, plain look that suits a workshop or a garage where you want the floor to read clean and simple.
Colored chips broadcast into the wet coat give the floor a speckled look and a little texture underfoot. Many homeowners like it for a garage they also walk through every day.
We reply to every call and form within one business day to set up a visit. I'll come out, look at your slab in person and give you a free written estimate with the price and the prep, with no pressure and no obligation.
(510) 931-7868Castro Valley is one of Alameda County's unincorporated communities, so building permits here come from Alameda County's permit service, the same office that covers neighbors like San Lorenzo and Cherryland. If your project needs a permit, we'll say so at the estimate and file it with the county for you, or walk you through it if you'd rather file it yourself.
Many of the garages we see around here have slabs that have carried years of cars, a coat of paint or sealer from a past owner and oil spots where the car usually sits. We see the same in Hayward, San Leandro and the other cities around it, and the prep is the same wherever your house is.
I got into this trade grinding and coating my own garage floor and reading every product sheet I could get my hands on, then learned the rest on real floors, one slab at a time. We've been in business since 2017, and I do the on-site estimates myself and stay on the job with our crew from the first pass of prep to the final walk-through.
We're licensed and insured. We treat your home as someone else's property, because it is, so we cover what's next to the work area and sweep the garage out before we go. Satisfaction guaranteed on every job. If you'd like that kind of care on your floor, please call (510) 931-7868 or send us the form.
If the slab you park on every day is stained, dusty or peeling, this covers the finishes and prep we use for home garages.
For a shop or business floor that takes heavy traffic, spills and long workdays, see how we plan coatings for floors that have to work hard.
We're based in Castro Valley and put down epoxy floors in Hayward, San Leandro, Oakland, Dublin, Pleasanton and many other cities around it. Pick yours below to see how we work there.
Lean toward epoxy if a strong bond to the concrete and chemical resistance matter most, and look at polyaspartic if you want color that holds up in sunlight. Epoxy can yellow over time without added stabilizers, while polyaspartic resists UV damage. Many systems use an epoxy base coat with a polyaspartic finish coat on top to get some of both.
Installed epoxy garage floor coating across the US usually costs about $3 to $12 per square foot. That's a national figure, so treat it as a guide rather than a local quote. Where your garage lands depends on its size, how much grinding and crack repair it needs and the system you choose, and your written estimate spells that out.
Grinding and a moisture test come first because they decide whether the coating stays put. Weak concrete has to come off down to sound concrete, since a coating can grip a top layer that later lets go and takes the coating with it. A slab can also feel bone dry and still hold enough moisture to lift a coating within months, so we test first.
Usually not. The prevailing view among flooring professionals is that acid etching falls short as preparation for resin floors, which is why we grind instead. If you're comparing bids, it's fair to ask each contractor exactly how they'll prepare your concrete before any coating goes on.
Clear the floor completely, including cars, shelves, bikes and anything stored along the walls, because we need to reach every edge and corner with the grinder. If something is too heavy to move, please tell me at the estimate and we'll plan the work around it.
I can't give you a fair answer until I've seen the slab, because grinding, crack repair and the moisture reading set the schedule more than anything else. Once I've looked, your written estimate lays out the prep and the system, so you can plan around the work.
Please call (510) 931-7868 or send the form before you buy a store-bought kit, so you know what your concrete needs before anything goes on it.
