Peeling coating, worn traffic lanes or a bare slab that dusts? We prep it right and plan the work around the days you can close.
Commercial and industrial epoxy floor coatings in Brownsville, TX are coating systems our crew bonds to the concrete in warehouses, shops and service bays. The result is a floor that takes forklifts, carts, spills and cleaning instead of dusting and wearing through. Most of the planning goes into two things, the slab underneath and the number of days you can be closed.
Most calls start the same way. The old coating is peeling in the traffic lanes, the slab is stained and dusty, or you're moving into a building and want the floor done before the racks go in. The bad news comes first, because people should hear it up front. Price and schedule both depend on the slab. The condition of the concrete, how much moisture comes up through it, how much grinding and surface prep it needs, whether you want line striping and how many days you can shut down all change the number. When I come out, I look at the slab, ask how you use the space and write up what I'd do and why, so you plan from your own figure instead of a guess.
I'm the one who comes out to look at the job and check the slab. Our crew lead and installers do the prep and the install. I stop by while the work is going on, so the person who wrote the plan sees it carried out.
I started this business in 2020 after years of running schedules and watching crews get sent to floors nobody had looked at first. Prep is where floors fail. I'd rather talk you out of a system than put down one your concrete can't hold.
We're licensed and insured. Before the crew shows up, you'll know what needs moving, which areas close on which days and who to ask, so nobody's left guessing. Call (956) 505-5381 or use our estimate request form to set up a walkthrough.
Send the form or call (956) 505-5381 with your floor size in square feet, how the space is used and how many days you can be closed. Expect a reply within one business day, and the on-site estimate is free, with no pressure and no obligation. I come out, check the slab, ask how you use the space and write up what I'd do and why.
The City of Brownsville processes permits and reviews plans for all remodeling and new construction, and it inspects permitted work when the client asks for an inspection. I won't guess whether a floor coating needs a permit on its own. Before work starts we check with the city's building permits and inspections office. If your job needs a permit, we tell you and work through the paperwork with you. If the floor is part of a bigger build-out or a new building, the city's commercial construction steps run from plan review and the permit through inspections to a certificate of occupancy, the city's sign-off to use the space. We fit the floor into that timeline so it doesn't hold anything up.
We're based in Brownsville and work in the cities around it, including Harlingen and San Benito. Most commercial calls here are warehouses, shops, service bays and storefronts. Some are older slabs with a worn coating to strip, and some are newer pours that need a closer look for moisture. The city pages show some of the places we go, not all of them, so if yours isn't listed, call and ask.
A 2026 national guide puts commercial epoxy flooring across the US at about $3 to $12 per square foot installed. Where your floor lands in that range comes down to the slab and schedule points covered above. The written plan I give you after looking at your slab is the number to budget from.
A traditional epoxy system can take 3 to 7 days before it's ready for full traffic. Fast-cure systems can take traffic within hours, but the material costs more, and phasing the job as described above keeps part of the building open. One coating maker's data sheet says high humidity and cool temperatures lengthen dry, recoat and cure times, so the schedule can stretch in those conditions.
Moisture pushing up through the slab is one of the most common causes, especially on newer pours and on slabs without a vapor barrier, the plastic sheet laid under the concrete. Skipping the step that controls that moisture is a common reason coatings fail, so a contractor should test before quoting. One coating maker's guide calls for calcium chloride tests, a moisture test run on the slab, to tell whether the concrete is dry enough for epoxy. Ask any contractor how they'll test yours.
A properly specified and installed system usually lasts 10 to 20 years. Heavy-traffic areas like forklift lanes may need a fresh top coat every 5 to 7 years. It's worth budgeting for that upkeep from the start.
It can do both, so it's worth planning for. One coating maker cautions that any floor coating may get slippery when wet, and it advises adding an anti-slip aggregate, a gritty additive, where you want a non-skid floor. The same maker's data sheet says its heavy-duty floor epoxy will yellow and chalk in sunlight. Tell me which areas get rain or sun at the walkthrough, and we'll plan for them.
