Old coating peeling or in the way of a new floor? We take it off and leave clean, sound concrete ready for what's next.
Concrete floor stripping and removal in Waxahachie, TX, means taking an old coating like epoxy off your slab, down to clean, sound concrete, so the next floor has something solid to grab onto.
Most calls start the same way. The old coating is peeling in patches, it's worn through where the car parks, or it's fine but it's in the way of the floor you want next. You can't put a good floor over a bad one, any more than you'd weld a new part onto a rusted bracket and expect it to hold. The old layer has to come off first.
Price mostly follows the size of the floor, what's on it now and how hard it's stuck, which method fits, and how much debris has to be hauled off. The schedule turns on the same size and method, plus the cleanup and when your next floor is set to go down. When I come out, I'll look at the slab, explain your options and give you an estimate for your floor.
There's more than one way to get an old coating off, and each one trades speed against dust or fumes. Here's how they compare, so the method makes sense when I suggest one.
Grinding wears away the coating and a thin layer of concrete with it until we reach solid material underneath, which is what a new coating needs to bond to. It does leave a fair amount of debris behind, so hauling it off is part of the job and something we plan for from the start.
Shot blasting is fast on big areas and leaves the surface ready for a new sealer or new flooring. The catch is dust, and a lot of it, so containment and dust collection have to be in place before the machine runs. On a large shop or warehouse floor, the speed is usually worth that setup.
Chemical stripping is slower, but it can cost less on a small room or a delicate surface where a big machine would be too much. It gives off fumes, so the space needs good fresh air moving through it and the crew wears protective gear while it works.
Here's how a stripping job goes from your first call to a bare slab, and what you'll know at each point before anything comes off the floor.
Call (972) 903-8033 or use our contact form. It helps to have the floor's rough size, what coating is on it now and what you plan to put down next. Then we set a time for me to come out.
I look over the slab and point out cracks, the old coating and any sign of moisture. Then I explain which removal method fits your floor and why, and give you an estimate.
Once you're ready, our crew does the prep and the removal, and I'm on the job with them. We take the coating off down to clean concrete, then collect the debris and haul it away.
At the end, I walk the floor with you so you can see what we found under the old coating and know how to keep it clean until the next floor goes down.
We pick the removal method by the size of the floor and what's on it, not by whichever machine is on the trailer. A two-car garage with thin, flaking epoxy doesn't need the same tool as a big shop floor with a heavy coating. Before anything comes up, we set up dust control or get fresh air moving, depending on the method, so the work stays out of the rest of your house.
Most floor failures I've seen started under the coating, not in it. Growing up on the farm, I patched barn floors, and a patch over loose concrete just breaks loose again. So we take the old layer off and leave you a clean slab, whether you're putting down new epoxy floor coatings at home or commercial and industrial epoxy floor coatings in a shop or kitchen.
If you already know what's going down next, we can plan the stripping around it so the slab doesn't sit open collecting dirt and oil. It also lets us leave the surface the way that next floor needs it.
If you're not sure yet, seeing the bare concrete often settles it, because cracks and old repairs show up once the coating is gone. I'd rather you pick a finish knowing what's under it than guess.
Send us the floor's size, what's on it now and what you'd like next, and we'll reply within one business day to set a time for me to come out. The estimate is free, done in person at your place, and there's no obligation.
(972) 903-8033I won't guess on whether stripping your floor needs a permit. In Waxahachie, permits are tracked and processed by the city's permitting office, so that's the place to ask. We check with them while we plan your job and handle any permit the work calls for, so you're not the one making the calls.
Cleanup matters here too. The city's stormwater eventually flows to Lake Waxahachie and Lake Bardwell, the lakes that supply its drinking water, so anything washed into a street drain ends up in what people here drink. We collect the slurry and rinse water from a stripping job and haul it off instead of hosing it down the driveway.
If the floor is in a school or another public building, Texas requires anyone doing asbestos-related work there to be licensed or registered with the Department of State Health Services, and the state notes asbestos turns up in many public buildings. That's a question to settle before any old flooring comes up. We do this same stripping work on garages, shops and kitchens in cities around Waxahachie, like Midlothian and Ennis.
We've been in business since 2013, 13 years now, and before that I spent years on other people's crews. I come out myself to look at your floor and go over the job with you. When the work starts, our crew does it and I'm right there on the job with them.
We're licensed and fully insured, which matters on a job that runs grinders and blasting machines in your garage or shop. We'll also take the time to show you what we find under the old coating before you settle on anything. Your satisfaction, guaranteed. When you're ready, call (972) 903-8033 or send us the details of your floor.
Once the old coating is off, a fresh epoxy coat gives your garage or basement a floor that's easy to sweep and stands up to tires and spills.
Shops, kitchens and warehouses that take forklifts, hot water and daily scrubbing usually need a heavier system, and a freshly stripped slab is where that starts.
We're based in Waxahachie and strip coatings in many cities around it. The cities below have their own pages, and if yours isn't listed, give us a call and ask.
One consumer guide says a typical 1,000-square-foot area might take one to three days, and that includes cleanup and getting the slab ready for the next floor. Your floor's size and the method decide where it lands, so if you're booking a new floor, leave room for that window.
There's no set price, because it comes down to your floor. A bigger floor, a thicker or tougher coating, a method that needs full dust containment and more debris to haul all push it up, while a small room with a thin coating usually costs less. I'll give you a number for your own floor at the estimate.
Ask which method suits your floor's size and surface, because speed, dust and fumes differ a lot from one method to the next. It's also fair to ask how the crew meets OSHA's construction silica standard, which requires employers to limit workers' exposure to breathable crystalline silica and take other steps to protect them.
Epoxy removal leaves a slurry that has to be collected and disposed of under local rules. It's generally not hazardous waste, though some solvents and cleaners used on the job may need special handling. We gather it up, haul it off and keep it out of the storm drains that feed the city's lakes.
Move furniture, appliances and anything stored on the floor out of the space before we arrive, and cover the doorways into the rest of the house to keep dust from spreading. If something's too heavy to move, tell us when you call so we can plan around it.
Our hours run 6 AM to 11 PM, seven days a week, so call (972) 903-8033 whenever you've got a few minutes to tell us about your floor.
