Kitchen or wash room floor peeling, or slick after every washdown? A textured urethane cement floor gives you grip and stands up to hard daily cleaning.
Urethane cement flooring is a cement-based urethane floor we trowel over your existing slab in Waxahachie, TX. It's made for commercial kitchens, wash rooms and other rooms that see hot water, harsh cleaners and quick swings between hot and cold.
Most people call me because the floor they have can't keep up. Paint or a thin coating lifts where hot water sits, grout lines hold grime, and a smooth floor gets slick the minute it's wet. A room that's hosed down every day needs more than a coat of paint, the same as a barn floor does. Urethane cement goes down as a real floor layer, not a film on top.
The price moves with the size of the room, how much old coating or tile has to come off, and how many cracks and joints need work before the new floor goes down. The schedule turns on that prep and on how long your space can close while the floor cures. For a business, we also check any permit early, since it can set the start date. At your estimate I lay out your options and your figure.
Before you pick this floor, it helps to know what it stands up to, what can undo it from below, and what keeping it clean looks like once it's down.
Urethane cement is built to handle harsh chemicals and thermal shock. That's what happens when a floor goes from cool to scalding in a second, like a stockpot of boiling water dumped on a cold slab. It also resists wear and slipping, so it holds up where carts, boots and spills are part of every shift.
Concrete can carry moisture up from below, and most floor failures I've seen started under the surface. One maker sets moisture limits for its urethane cement and says priming may be needed when readings run higher. It's fair to ask any contractor how they'll test your slab before anything goes down.
Regular cleaning and upkeep matter on any polymer floor, and this one is built for hard washing. One maker says its urethane cement stands up to steam cleaning, high-pressure hot water washdowns and a wide range of degreasing cleaners, the kind of cleanup a busy kitchen does every night.
From the first call to the last walk-through, here's who does what, and where the city's review time and the floor's cure fit into your schedule.
Call (972) 903-8033 or use the form and tell us a little about the room. We'll get back to you and set a time for me to come see the floor in person.
I look over the slab and point out cracks, joints, old coatings and any sign of moisture. Then I explain your options and what each one means for your room before I give you an estimate.
If your space needs a city permit, Waxahachie asks you to allow at least 15 working days to review a commercial remodel, so that review sets the start. Our crew does the prep first, then puts the floor down.
When the floor is down, I walk it with you so you know how to look after it. We also go over when it's ready for feet, carts and deliveries.
I walk the slab first, the way you'd look over a tractor before taking it to the field. I'm finding the cracks and joints we'll need to carry through the new floor. A joint made to move will show up in the new surface if we just cover it over, and shrinkage cracks can show through too. Planning for that up front beats chasing it later.
Color is the other thing we talk through. If how the floor looks matters to you, we plan a top coat into the job from the start, because sunlight changes this floor's color. It's simpler to put the top coat on during the same closure than to shut the room again later. If color doesn't matter much to you, we can talk about leaving it off.
This isn't the right floor for every room, and I'll tell you when it isn't. If your space stays dry and you want the look of the concrete itself, polished concrete flooring grinds and shines the slab you already have. Stained concrete flooring puts color into the concrete without a thick layer on top. Urethane cement earns its place where water, heat and cleaners hit the floor every day.
For a kitchen or wash room, we suggest texture, because it gives your feet something to grip when the floor is wet or greasy. A smoother surface wipes down easier, so it can make sense in a drier corner.
We can run the floor up the wall in a curved edge called a cove base. That leaves no seam where floor meets wall for water and grime to collect, which makes it the usual pick where a room has to stay sanitary.
Send the form with your floor size, how the space is used, any cracks you know about and when it can close. We'll reply within one business day to set a time for me to see the floor. The estimate is free and done in person at your property, with no obligation.
(972) 903-8033Waxahachie's Building and Community Services Department processes permits in the city. Its commercial permit type names additions, alterations, remodels and repairs but not urethane cement flooring, so that list doesn't settle whether your job needs a permit. We check with the permit office while we plan your job and handle any permit the work calls for. If you'd like to ask yourself, the department takes questions at 469-309-4020.
When old tile or flooring comes out of a business space, the city's commercial remodel checklist asks for a current asbestos survey of the work area if state law requires one, so bring up the old floor early. Most of our calls for this floor come from kitchen and shop owners whose floors work hard every day. We do the same work in Midlothian and Ennis.
I started this business in Waxahachie in 2013, so I've been running my own crew for 13 years, after years on other people's crews. I come out myself to look at your floor and go over the job. When the work gets done, our crew does it and I'm on the job with them. Most failures start under the surface, so I'd rather spend extra time on prep and on explaining it to you.
We're licensed and fully insured. I won't rush you toward a decision, and if urethane cement isn't the right fit for your room, I'll tell you that standing on the slab. Your satisfaction, guaranteed. When you're ready, call (972) 903-8033 or send us a note through our form and I'll come take a look.
A good pick for a dry shop or office space where you'd rather keep the bare concrete look and skip a layer that sits on the surface.
Worth a look for a dining room, entry or front-of-house floor that wants rich color but doesn't get scrubbed with hot water every night.
We're based in Waxahachie and work in many cities around it, including Midlothian, Ennis, DeSoto, Mesquite and Grand Prairie. If your city isn't listed here, call and ask.
A textured urethane cement floor gives good grip under most wet conditions. One maker says a textured surface reduces slipping in places like dairies, commercial kitchens, breweries and bakeries. For a kitchen or wash room, ask for the textured finish when you get your quote.
For one maker's self-leveling urethane cement at 77°F and 50% relative humidity, light foot traffic can go on after 12 hours. That product takes light wheel traffic after 24 hours and reaches full cure in 7 days. We plan your reopening and deliveries around the stages for the product we use.
It can, if sunlight reaches it. One maker says its urethane cement isn't UV stable, meaning the sun's ultraviolet light gets to it, and it will discolor unless it's top coated with a UV stable coating. Where sun comes through doors, windows or skylights, the top coat is worth planning in.
The city's Building and Community Services Department issues permits in Waxahachie. For a commercial remodel, the city takes applications through its online portal, called CSS. We take care of that side while we plan your job, as I covered in the permit section above.
I give you a figure after I've seen your floor, because the price comes from your slab and your choices. A textured finish, a cove base up the walls and a color top coat each add to the job. A slab with few cracks and no old coating to remove keeps it lower.
Clear out anything you can move before our crew starts, like carts, shelving and stored stock, because prep and the new floor need open slab wall to wall. Tell me at the estimate what can't move, such as fixed sinks or equipment, and we'll plan the edges around it.
Call (972) 903-8033 while you still have room to choose your closure, because the slab walk can turn up cracks or moisture that change how much prep the job needs.
