Garage Floor Coatings in Casco, Maine

The process

What a garage floors job involves

A garage floor job starts with emptying the bay and a close look at the slab: cracks, spalled edges near the door, old paint or kit coatings, oil stains, and how the floor drains toward the apron. Then the diamond grinders come out. Grinding removes the weak top layer, old coatings and contamination and leaves an open profile the resin can bond to — the step that roll-on kits and acid etching skip, and the reason those floors peel under hot tires.

Cracks and spalls are filled and ground flat, and control joints are either honored or filled depending on the slab. On day two the base coat goes down, vinyl flake is broadcast until the surface will not take any more, the excess is scraped and vacuumed, and a chemical-resistant topcoat locks it in. Edges at the door line, stem walls and any granite or cobblestone apron are cut and finished by hand. Most one- and two-car garages run one to three days from first grind to topcoat.

What moves the price

Square footage and the number of bays set the baseline. After that, the condition of the concrete moves the number most: how much crack and spall repair it needs, whether an old coating has to be ground off first, and whether moisture readings call for a vapor-mitigating base coat.

The system matters too — a full-flake floor, a solid color, or a metallic pour each use different materials and labor — as do edge details like stem walls, steps into the house and aprons. We quote after walking the actual slab, so the estimate reflects your floor rather than an average.

Most garages we coat get a full-broadcast flake epoxy floor; if the space doubles as a showpiece, a metallic epoxy floor is the alternative. Homeowners often do the basement floor at the same time. We coat garages from our home base in Casco out through Windham, Gorham and Portland — see all service areas.