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How to choose a garage floor coating contractor
Posted on 5/19/25 at 6:03 pm
Posted on 5/19/25 at 6:03 pm
Like many SoLa. people I have a 2-car open-wall carport with a 3rd area enclosed and with a pull-down door. That area started off 40 years ago as a simple shop but drifted to a multigenerational furniture dump dominated by mud daubers and geckos.
I'd like to return the area to a nice shop space,but find the floor covering task to be complicated. What do I need to consider when evaluating estimates to: clean, grind, fill flaws, then apply a good coating?
Advice?
I'd like to return the area to a nice shop space,but find the floor covering task to be complicated. What do I need to consider when evaluating estimates to: clean, grind, fill flaws, then apply a good coating?
Advice?
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Posted on 5/19/25 at 9:52 pm to Tree_Fall
My suggestion is choose an installer that uses a Polyaspartic coating and not an epoxy.
Posted on 5/19/25 at 10:23 pm to Tree_Fall
Look for any contractor that does concrete stamping….same prep for stamping as for coating.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:55 am to Tree_Fall
We used Ninja, looks the same as it did when they installed it 4 years ago. Very impressed. I think they may be one of the most expensive but worth it in my opinion. FYI if you get a quote they negotiate. If I remember correctly I believe that I talked them down about $500.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 11:04 am to Tree_Fall
i'm a fan of swisstrax plastic tile. DIY and you can take it with you. I;'ve had it in 2 garages so far and i love it. Most dirt goes right through the mesh and I vacuum it once a year with the shop vac. Water from wet cars goes through the mesh and evaporates on it's own time and I dont heaves to deal with puddles.
Posted on 5/21/25 at 9:44 am to Spankum
Thanks for useful advice. As with any coating good prep is the critical part. Now I just need to know which franchise pays the most attention to prep.
Posted on 5/21/25 at 10:35 am to Tree_Fall
Call Derek at 301 flooring.
Uses the best equipment, is not a franchise, and does great work.
+1 225-328-9011
Uses the best equipment, is not a franchise, and does great work.
+1 225-328-9011
Posted on 5/21/25 at 2:35 pm to questionable
quote:
I talked them down about $500.
Get two quotes and use that as a talking point when negotiating with Ninja. Our garage looks great. Biggest pain in the arse was taking everything out of the garage. Threw a lot of stuff away.
Posted on 5/22/25 at 11:11 pm to Novastar
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