Old coating peeling, oil stains or a slick slab? We grind it to the texture your new finish needs, and no rougher.
Usually, yes. Concrete grinding and surface preparation in Brownsville roughens the top of your existing slab to the texture your new coating, sealer or topping needs. That texture is what lets the finish grip the concrete instead of peeling off it.
Most people call us because an old coating is lifting, a garage floor has soaked up oil, or they've picked out a new finish like a garage floor coating and want to know what the slab needs first. Four things move the price. The first is the size of the floor. The second is what's on it now. The third is how many cracks and chipped spots need repair. The fourth is how rough your finish needs the surface to be, because a thick coating takes more grinding than a sealer. The schedule depends on the same four things, plus how quickly the space can be cleared and any wait the finish itself needs before it goes down. You get the plan for your own floor at the estimate, when I look at the slab and write up what I'd do and why.
I'm the one who comes out to check the slab. I look at the cracks, the stains and any old coating, and I ask how you use the space. Then I tell you straight what your concrete can take, even if that means talking you out of a system.
I started this business in 2020. Before that I spent years scheduling crews and watched them get sent to floors nobody had looked at first. I learned the trade on grinders and coating crews, so prep is the part of the job I watch most closely.
We're licensed and insured. Our crew lead and installers do the grinding and the install. I stop by while the work is going on to check that what's happening on the floor matches the plan I wrote up for you.
Before the crew shows up, you'll know what needs to be moved, when we're coming and what follows the grind, so nobody's left guessing. When you're ready, call (956) 505-5381 or send us your project.
We reply within one business day, and the estimate is free, done at your property and comes with no obligation. I'll look at the slab, ask how you use the space and write up what I'd do and why. It helps to have the floor's size, its current condition and the finish you want ready when you call (956) 505-5381 or fill out the form.
In Brownsville, the city's Building Permits and Inspections Division processes permits and reviews plans for all remodeling and new construction. That doesn't settle on its own whether grinding a slab for a new finish needs a permit. Before work starts, we check with the office that covers your address. If your job needs a permit, we tell you and work through the paperwork with you.
Grinding concrete puts respirable crystalline silica into the air, which is a fine dust you can breathe in. A federal OSHA rule requires construction employers to limit how much of it workers breathe. Part of that rule is a written plan that keeps people out of work areas where exposure can run high. So expect us to close off the area we're grinding and to ask you, your kids and your pets to stay clear. We're based in Brownsville and work in the cities around it, including San Benito and Harlingen. Most of our calls are for garages, patios and indoor floors, often with oil stains or an old coating that's coming up. If your city isn't listed on the site, call and ask.
For most floors, yes. One coating maker's guide calls mechanical profiling, which includes grinding, the first choice and the safest way to roughen concrete. Acid etching works for some coatings, but it leaves oils and petroleum products in the slab, so an oil-stained garage floor points toward grinding.
Polishing concrete, which grinds the slab all the way to a shine, usually costs about $8 to $9 per square foot across the US. Prep alone for a coating or sealer is a different job. Its cost depends on the floor's size, its condition and how rough your finish needs the surface to be. The estimate is where you get the plan for your floor.
Aggressive methods that chip or cut the surface, such as scarifying, scabbling and milling, can add micro-cracking, which is fine cracks in the top of the slab. Any micro-cracking that shows up needs more surface prep before the finish goes down, so it adds work to the job.
Testing helps you head off moisture problems under a new floor. One meter maker says relative humidity testing, which measures moisture inside the slab, helps limit moisture-related flooring problems and the cost of fixing them. Under the testing standard, the slab and the air above it sit at normal room conditions for at least 48 hours before the test, so set the space up the way you usually use it.
Move cars, shelves, bins and anything else on the floor out of the garage so the crew can reach the whole slab. Point out oil stains, old paint or cracks at the estimate, because those change the prep plan. Before the crew shows up, we'll tell you what still needs to be moved and when to expect us.
