Collinsville floor coatings, done in a day
Around Meridian. Residential and light commercial. One day, one crew, then cure time does the rest.
Lauderdale County, MS
Floors we coat around Collinsville
Around Meridian. Residential and light commercial.
A slab that has been acid etched instead of ground has an inconsistent profile. Some areas take the coating and some do not, and you cannot tell which until it fails. We grind regardless of what was done before.
What a Collinsville job usually involves
We see a lot of two-car garages where only half the floor has ever been parked on, and the wear pattern is obvious once the grinder starts. That does not change the spec, but it does explain why one side looks worse.
A day on site is the normal answer for a residential floor.
Where a property has been rented out the slab has usually had a harder life than the owner realises. We would rather look at it than quote off a description.
We see a lot of two-car garages where only half the floor has ever been parked on, and the wear pattern is obvious once the grinder starts. That does not change the spec, but it does explain why one side looks worse.
The slab decides the spec.
Before we quote anything
Concrete keeps moving for years after it is poured, and it moves more near the coast where the ground is wet and sandy. That is why we detail edges and joints rather than laying one continuous rigid sheet and hoping.
Cementitious urethane costs more than epoxy and outlives it in any wet or thermally cycled room. In a brewery or a food plant it is not an upgrade, it is the correct product.
Living with it afterwards
Sunlight through a garage door will fade a cheap floor unevenly along the door line. UV-stable topcoats exist precisely for that.
Furniture and jack stands want pads under them. Point loads with sharp edges are the realistic way a residential floor gets damaged.
Most asked for here
Everything else is on the services page.
Commercial work around Collinsville
The honest answer for most homes in this area is that it is a one day job on a sound slab, and the only thing that changes that is what we find when we start grinding.
Driveway aprons are worth mentioning because they are a separate pour from the garage slab and they move independently. The transition between them gets detailed deliberately rather than coated straight across.
The full roster runs to seventy five different rooms, from garages through to food plants and clean rooms. It is all on the services page.
Why the prep matters more than the color
A slab poured in sections often has slight height differences at the seams. Those get ground flat rather than coated over, because a coating follows the shape it is laid on.
Slabs with in-floor heat or embedded conduit change how aggressively we can grind. We locate it first rather than finding it with a diamond.
Metallic pigment is moved by hand while the resin is still open, so no two floors are the same. That is the appeal and it also means the installer matters more than the product.
Grinding is most of the job.
Getting to you
The service area runs from Jones County out to the coast and along it. Gulfport, Biloxi, Ocean Springs and Pascagoula in Mississippi, Gulf Shores and Foley in Alabama, Covington and Slidell in Louisiana.
Collinsville sits in Lauderdale County. See the other towns we cover on the Lauderdale County page or the full service areas list.
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How the day runs
What goes wrong with coatings almost always goes wrong underneath them. We arrive with the grinder and the dust extraction, and the first stretch is noise and containment rather than anything that looks like progress. Getting the slab open and clean is what the rest of the day depends on.
Cracks get chased out and filled, high spots come down, and any old coating comes off rather than getting buried. Then the primer goes on and the day becomes a sequence with cure windows in it. One day on site for most homes. Full cure for vehicles is 48 hours.
We are not a franchise. Kevin, Aaron, Kyler and Averie are the company. Nothing gets lost between the quote and the floor because it is the same people doing both.
Snow and road salt tracked in should be rinsed off rather than left to dry. Salt is more aggressive to the concrete than to the coating. If you want to see blends first, the chip deck comes to you, and there are finished floors on the gallery page.
Collinsville questions
Do you cover Collinsville?
Yes. We are based in Laurel and Collinsville is inside our normal working radius.
How long does a garage take?
One day down for most homes. Commercial work is phased to your hours.
What is the slab likely to need?
Around Meridian. Residential and light commercial. Some floors do not need coating at all. If the slab is sound and the use is light, polishing or sealing the concrete itself is cheaper and lasts longer. We will say so.
Can you match a color?
Yes. The chip deck comes to you so you choose against your own light.
Do you do commercial work here?
Yes. Shops, kitchens, clinics and warehouses across Lauderdale County.
How do I get a quote?
Call 601-319-9619 and describe the room, or send the details and we will come look at the slab.
Call the crew direct.
One crew, four names, and the founder on site. That is the whole company. Covering Laurel and south Mississippi, the Gulf Coast, coastal Alabama and St. Tammany Parish. Send us the details or see finished floors.