Epoxy Floor Coatings
When a bare garage or workshop slab stains, dusts and never looks clean after sweeping, a ground and epoxy-coated floor gives you a surface that wipes off easily.
Flooring contractor in Lancaster, TX - slab prep done before any coating goes down
Slabworks Epoxy Floors of Waxahachie is a flooring contractor serving Lancaster, TX. We grind, repair and coat concrete in garages, patios, pool decks, basements, shops and restaurant kitchens, and we polish, stain and seal bare slabs.
Slabworks Epoxy Floors of Waxahachie coats, polishes, stains and repairs concrete floors in Lancaster, TX, for homeowners and for the shops and kitchens that work hard every day. I come out to look at your slab first, because what's under a coating decides how long it holds.
Concrete floor work for Lancaster homes and businesses
Most Lancaster calls we get are about garage floors and patios on slab-built houses, with the odd pool deck or kitchen floor mixed in. The sign is usually the same. A coating is peeling in the tire tracks, a patio has gone chalky, or a stain won't scrub out. Most of the time the cause sits under the surface, in a slab that was never ground open or cleaned before something went on it.
We work Lancaster the same way we work Red Oak next door and cities farther out like Venus, because concrete doesn't care which city it was poured in. I look at the slab, check what's already on it, and tell you plainly what it can and can't take. It's like looking over a tractor before you fix it. You don't order parts until you know what's worn.
- Based in
- Waxahachie, TX 75165
- Hours
- Mon–Sun: 6 AM–11 PM
Floor services we offer Lancaster homeowners and businesses
Commercial & Industrial Epoxy Floor Coatings
For Lancaster shops, warehouses and kitchens with carts, forklifts or daily mopping, we lay thicker epoxy systems built to take the traffic and the spills that come with it.
Garage Floor Coatings
If your garage floor is peeling in the tire tracks or soaking up oil, we grind off what's failing and lay a flake coating that hides dirt between washes.
Polyaspartic Floor Coatings
A good pick when you need the garage or porch back quickly, since polyaspartic cures faster than epoxy and holds its color better over time.
Metallic Epoxy Flooring
For a living room, showroom or bar where you want the floor itself to stand out, with swirls and depth that come out different on every pour.
Urethane Cement Flooring
What we point restaurant kitchens toward, because it stands up to hot-water washdowns, grease and the sudden temperature swings that can crack a regular epoxy floor.
Polished Concrete Flooring
When your slab is sound and you'd rather keep the concrete than cover it, we grind and polish it into a hard, glossy floor that's simple to keep clean.
Stained Concrete Flooring
Stain soaks into the concrete instead of sitting on top, so it suits patios and interior slabs where you want color without a film that can peel.
Terrazzo Flooring
For lobbies, storefronts and entryways that want a long-lived decorative floor, terrazzo sets marble or glass chips in a binder that's ground smooth and polished.
Basement Flooring
Below-grade slabs can draw moisture up from the ground, so we test before choosing a system rather than trusting whatever looked good in a store.
Concrete Grinding & Surface Preparation
Every coating we put down starts here, because grinding opens the concrete so the coating can grab it, and skipping it is where most failed floors went wrong.
Concrete Sealing
For driveways, patios and bare garage floors that are starting to stain, a sealer slows down how fast oil, water and wear get into the concrete.
Concrete Resurfacing & Overlays
When a slab is pitted, scaled or patched in a dozen spots but still solid underneath, an overlay gives you a fresh surface without tearing it out.
Self-Leveling Concrete & Overlays
When a floor dips or has low spots that would show through tile, wood or a coating, self-leveling compound flows out and sets flat for what goes on top.
Pool Deck Coatings & Resurfacing
For pool decks that have cracked, faded or turned slick, we repair the concrete and lay a textured coating that gives wet feet something to grip.
Concrete Floor Stripping & Removal
Old epoxy, paint, glue or tile residue has to come off before anything goes down, or the new floor ends up only as good as the old layer under it.
Get a free on-site estimate for your Lancaster floor
Send us a few lines about your Lancaster floor and we'll reply within one business day to set a time. I come out myself to look at the slab and go over the job with you. The estimate is free, and there's no obligation.
(972) 903-8033What to know before a floor job in Lancaster
In Lancaster, permits come from the city's Building Inspection Division, which covers work that builds, alters or repairs a building, along with electrical, gas, mechanical and plumbing systems. Its list of typical home projects doesn't name floor coatings, so whether your job needs a permit is the division's call. Any permit that is needed has to be applied for before work starts, and that's the one thing that can push a start date.
We check with the city while we plan your job and handle any permit the work calls for. Contractors who register with Lancaster have to file a certificate of insurance listing the city, with $1,000,000 in general liability, so it's fair to ask whoever you hire for proof of coverage. We're licensed and fully insured.
Price and schedule turn mostly on the slab. A clean, sound floor moves along, while old coatings, glue, cracks or low spots add prep time and cost before a coating ever goes down, and the system you pick sets the cure time. It works the same in DeSoto, and the estimate is where you get your own number.
How we work on your floor, and who shows up
I grew up on a family farm and first learned concrete pouring and patching barn floors, then spent years on other people's crews before starting Slabworks in Waxahachie in 2013. Most floor failures I've seen started under the coating, not on top of it. So I'd rather spend extra time grinding and patching, and explaining why, than watch your floor peel up a year from now.
I come out to your Lancaster property myself, show you what's going on with your slab before you pick a finish, and stay on the job with our crew while they do the work. Take whatever time you need to decide. Your satisfaction, guaranteed. When you're ready, call (972) 903-8033 or send us the project form.
Lancaster floors we see most and what they need
Floors in Lancaster tend to fall into a few patterns we run into again and again. Here's what each one usually needs, and why we handle it the way we do.
Rebuilt downtown storefronts
A travel guide notes that a 1994 tornado took down many of Lancaster's original downtown buildings, and new restaurants and shops have been filling in since. So a lot of the commercial floors here are younger slabs under busy businesses. Kitchens and storefronts need a floor that handles daily mopping and steady foot traffic, so we ask how the space is used before we suggest a system.
Garages that work as shops
A lot of garages hold more than cars. People run a workbench, a freezer and a weight rack in there, and that means dropped tools, oil and heavy loads. We pick a coating thickness and texture for how you really use the space, because a slick showroom finish is the wrong answer where you weld or wash a truck.
Old coatings and kit floors
Plenty of slabs we look at already have something on them, whether it's a hardware-store epoxy kit, paint, or sealer from a previous owner. A new coating holds no better than whatever it's stuck to, so that old layer usually has to be ground or stripped off first. I'll show you where it's letting go so you can see why.
Patios and porch slabs
Outdoor slabs take furniture, grills, foot traffic and hose water, and it shows up as cracks, chalky spots and grease stains. We fix cracks before anything goes on top, because a coating laid over a moving crack just splits again along the same line. Sometimes a sealer or stain is all a patio needs, and I'll tell you when that's the case.
Lancaster floor coating questions we hear most
How much does it cost to epoxy a garage floor in Lancaster, TX?
The price comes down mostly to your slab, so I give you a number after I've seen it. Old coatings or glue to remove, cracks and pitting to fill, and the size of the floor all move it. The system matters too, since a flake epoxy and a polyaspartic floor cost differently, and I'll walk you through both.
Why is the epoxy peeling off my garage floor?
Almost always because the slab wasn't prepared before the coating went on. Epoxy needs concrete that's been ground open and cleaned so it can grab, and a quick scrub or acid etch often leaves a smooth, dusty surface it can't hold. Moisture coming up through the slab can push it off too, which is why we check for it first.
What do I need to do before you coat my garage floor?
Clear the floor completely, including shelves along the walls if we're coating under them, and plan to park somewhere else until the coating cures. We handle the grinding, crack repair and dust cleanup. If you have outlets, a water heater or a drain near the floor, point them out so we can plan around them.
How long before I can park on a new garage floor coating?
It depends on the system, and I'll tell you the cure time for yours before we start. Polyaspartic cures faster than epoxy, so it suits people who can't spare the garage for long. Foot traffic comes back well before tires do, because hot tires on a coating that isn't fully cured can lift it.
When do I apply for a building permit in Lancaster, TX?
Before any work starts, because the city requires every permit to be applied for before construction begins. Plan review fees are due when the plans are submitted, and plans sent without the fee aren't processed. The permit cost itself follows the cost of construction. On our jobs that gets sorted out while we plan, so it's settled before the crew shows up.
How fast does the City of Lancaster do building inspections?
An inspection the city receives before 7:00 a.m. on a business day is made that same day, and later requests go to the next business day. Depending on the project, a permitted job can need inspections at several stages, and the permit holder learns which ones when the permit is issued. We line up our work around those.
Talk to us about your Lancaster floor
We pick up from 6 AM to 11 PM every day, so you can call (972) 903-8033 after work or before the house wakes up, or send the form whenever it suits you.