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Epoxy fails at the preparation, not the product.
An epoxy floor is a coating, and a coating is only as good as what it is stuck to. The floor has to be mechanically ground back so the surface is open and the epoxy can key into it. It has to be clean, and it has to be dry.
Moisture is the one that catches people out. If there is water coming up through the slab, whether because there is no vapour barrier under it or because of where the floor sits, epoxy will lift no matter how well it was rolled on. That has to be found before anything is applied.
The rest is choosing a system that matches what the floor actually has to put up with. A home garage and a workshop with machinery on it are different jobs.
What the number covers.
- Assessment of the slab, including moisture
- Mechanical grinding and surface preparation
- Crack and joint filling where needed
- Primer and epoxy coats to the system chosen
- Flake or grit additive where slip resistance is needed
- Cure time explained before you load the floor
What it does not.
- Repair of a slab that is cracked or moving
- Fixing a moisture problem coming up through the slab
- Removal of an existing failed coating, quoted per job
- Line marking and signage
The numbers we build to.
| Epoxy flooring | |
|---|---|
| Typical use | Garages, workshops, commercial floors |
| Preparation | Mechanical grind, clean and dry |
| Moisture | Checked before anything is applied |
| Slip resistance | Flake or grit additive where required |
| Typical duration | 2 to 3 days for a domestic garage |
| Before loading | Full cure time, which we tell you on the day |
Jobs we have finished.
Every photo on this page is our own work. None of it is stock.
We do not have photographs of our own epoxy work yet, so these are concrete floors we have poured rather than epoxy installations. We would rather show you that than put someone else's stock photo here. Epoxy photos are being taken now.
From the day you say yes.
No guessing what happens next, and no three-week silence after the quote goes out.
We measure it properly
On site, with the specs written down: thickness, grade, mesh, finish and access. The quote is itemised so you can see what each part costs.
Date booked, concrete ordered
You get a pour date, not a vague week. The mix is ordered to the spec on your quote and the crew is locked in around it.
Dig, base and steel
Excavation out, road base in and compacted, formwork set to the falls, mesh laid on bar chairs. The part that decides whether it lasts.
Pour, finish and cut
Placed, screeded and finished the way you chose, then control joints saw-cut once it is hard enough. We tell you when you can drive on it.
Worth asking before you commit.
How long does an epoxy floor take?
Can you epoxy over an existing garage floor?
Does epoxy peel or flake?
Is it slippery?
The rest of what we pour.
Moreton Bay out to the Sunshine Coast.
We are based at Elimbah, which puts Caboolture, Bribie, the hinterland and the coast itself inside an easy run. Eight tradesmen and our own plant means a job down the road and a job an hour away both get a full crew.
Tell us the floor area and what happens on it.
Traffic matters more than size with epoxy. A home garage and a workshop with forklifts want different systems, so tell us what the floor has to put up with.
Tell us about the job.
Takes about a minute. The more you can tell us, the closer the first number will be.
Got it, thanks.
We have your details and will be in touch to arrange a time to come and measure it. If it is urgent, ring 0499 649 685 and you will get someone straight away.