G EPOXY PROHow it runs
From the call to the cure.
A floor job runs in seven stages: a discovery call, a paid site visit, a same-day quote, scheduling, grinding, installation and cure. Commercial floors usually turn around inside a week. Residential averages about two weeks, most of it scheduling. The grinding stage is the longest and the one that decides whether the floor lasts.
The call
A short discovery call first — what the building is, how big the floor is, what is on it now and when it has to be finished. This is where we find out whether the job is a fit for either of us. Jobs under 400 square feet are below our minimum and we will say so on this call.
The site visit
A paid site visit, $50 minimum. We look at the slab rather than guessing from photographs — moisture, existing coatings, cracks, the condition of the surface. This is the step most contractors skip, and skipping it is the reason floors fail.
The quote
The quote follows the same day as the visit. Priced per square foot and by job type, with the preparation broken out rather than buried, because the preparation is where the cost and the quality both live.
Scheduling
Commercial jobs usually move inside a week, because they are working against a deadline. Residential averages about two weeks start to finish, most of which is scheduling rather than work.
Preparation
Mechanical grinding back to a clean, open profile. Old coatings come off entirely. Cracks and spalls get cut out and filled. This is the longest stage on most jobs and it is not negotiable — a coating is only as good as what it is stuck to.
Installation
The system goes down in the sequence it was specified: primer, body coat, broadcast if the system calls for it, then the topcoat. For polished concrete, a grit sequence through to the specified finish level.
Cure and handover
Foot traffic typically 24 hours after the topcoat, vehicles at 72, though cold buildings slow this down considerably. You get the actual numbers for your product and your building before the job starts, not after.
The honest part
Why the site visit is not free
Most contractors in this trade quote free. We charge $50 because a real quote needs someone standing on the slab, and a quote produced from photographs is a guess that gets corrected later — usually upward, usually after you have committed.
It also filters. A person willing to pay $50 for an accurate number is a person who intends to buy a floor.
On site
Most of the job is the part you never see.
Start with the call.
It takes a few minutes and settles whether there is a job here for either of us.