Mandeville floor coatings, done in a day
Lakefront and near-lakefront housing where the water table is high, so we test slabs before quoting rather than after. Residential floors are usually a one day job start to finish.
St. Tammany Parish, LA
Floors we coat around Mandeville
Lakefront and near-lakefront housing where the water table is high, so we test slabs before quoting rather than after.
Gulf Coast concrete carries moisture. Slabs poured on sand without a vapour barrier wick water up through the mix continuously, and that vapour pressure is what lifts a coating months after it looked perfect. We test for it before quoting, because the honest answer sometimes is a moisture-tolerant system rather than standard epoxy.
What a Mandeville job usually involves
Detached shops and workshops are common on the bigger lots, and those slabs are a different job. They are often unsealed, frequently damp because there is no vapour barrier underneath, and they have usually had something spilled on them. Moisture testing decides the system.
Most houses are done inside a day, then 12 hours to foot traffic.
New construction is the opposite problem. The slab is clean but green, and coating concrete before it has cured traps water under the film. We would rather push the date than come back to blisters.
Pool surrounds are seasonal work here. The concrete gets hot underfoot and slick when wet, and a textured coating with a cooler pigment fixes both.
The slab decides the spec.
Before we quote anything
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.
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.
Living with it afterwards
Hot tyre pickup is a failure mode of cheap coatings, not of a properly installed flake and polyaspartic build. You can park on it hot without lifting the finish.
Sunlight through a garage door will fade a cheap floor unevenly along the door line. UV-stable topcoats exist precisely for that.
Most asked for here
Everything else is on the services page.
Commercial work around Mandeville
Garages here tend to be attached, which changes two things. The dust has somewhere to go, so containment matters more, and the slab usually shares a pour with the house foundation, so movement is less of a problem than on a detached shop.
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.
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 colour
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.
Moisture, contamination and surface profile are the three things that decide whether a floor lasts. Colour is the easy part and the only part most people ask about.
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.
Grinding is most of the job.
Getting to you
Laurel is home, and from here we reach Hattiesburg, Jackson, the Gulf Coast, coastal Alabama and the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain comfortably. Coast jobs and Baldwin County work are a normal week for us.
Mandeville sits in St. Tammany Parish. See the other towns we cover on the St. Tammany Parish page or the full service areas list.
Choosing somebody to do our Floors was a hard decision but I am so happy we picked ICM coating masters. The results are beautiful and The time and effort put into the work was amazing.Verified review
How the day runs
Every job starts the same way, with the slab itself. 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.
Kevin built the company in 2021 around doing the work they promised. The crew has not changed. Nothing gets lost between the quote and the floor because it is the same people doing both.
Rubber mats left permanently on a coated floor can mark it. Not damage, but a visible outline. If you use mats, move them occasionally. If you want to see blends first, the chip deck comes to you, and there are finished floors on the gallery page.
Mandeville questions
Do you cover Mandeville?
Yes. We are based in Laurel and Mandeville is inside our normal working radius.
How long does a garage take?
A typical garage is a one day install. You are walking on it that evening.
What is the slab likely to need?
Lakefront and near-lakefront housing where the water table is high, so we test slabs before quoting rather than after.
Can you match a colour?
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 St. Tammany Parish.
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.
Ring the shop and we will tell you honestly what it takes.
This is a family crew. Kevin founded it in 2021 and works alongside Aaron, Kyler and Averie. Covering Laurel and south Mississippi, the Gulf Coast, coastal Alabama and St. Tammany Parish. Send us the details or see finished floors.