I check your slab before quoting
I'm the one who comes out to your property, looks over the slab and asks how you use the space. Then I write up what I'd do and why, so you're comparing a plan built for your floor, not a price from a phone call.
We're a flooring contractor based in Brownsville, TX, and we coat, polish, stain and resurface concrete for homes and businesses in La Feria. I check every slab myself before we recommend anything for it.
(956) 505-5381
La Feria sits where US 83 meets FM 506, about 24 miles northwest of Brownsville in the western part of Cameron County, between Harlingen and Mercedes. Most calls we get here are homeowners with one floor in mind, and it's usually the garage.
We find garages with oil spots and old paint or sealer starting to lift, patios that bake in full sun, and shop floors behind the house that were poured and never finished. None of that rules out a good floor, but it decides how much grinding and repair has to happen before any coating goes down.
We reply within one business day, and the estimate is free with no obligation. I come out to your place in La Feria, check the slab, ask how you use the space and write up what I'd do and why. From there it's your call.
(956) 505-5381Most La Feria calls are for garages, back patios and the shops or storage buildings some lots have out back, plus a few business floors. A garage that takes cars and oil usually gets garage floor coatings in epoxy or polyaspartic, put down on a slab we've ground first so the coating can grip. Indoors, where you'd rather see the concrete than cover it, stained concrete flooring or polishing works with the slab you already have. Patios and pool decks get resurfacing or a sealer that holds up to the sun, and worn or uneven slabs get grinding, an overlay or self-leveling before anything else goes on.
Permits in La Feria start with the city's Planning Department, which has the building permit application and the electrical, plumbing and mechanical application on the same page. Rules differ from city to city, so we check with that office about your address before work starts, and if your job needs a permit, I tell you and we work through the paperwork with you so it isn't holding things up after the crew is booked. That page also carries the city's new business application, so it's a fair place to ask about any contractor working in town, and you can look up a state license yourself, which I cover in the questions below.
From Brownsville it's a straight run up US 83, so La Feria jobs get the same crew and grinders as any job close to home, and we plan them the same way we do in Port Isabel on the coast. Your price moves with the size of the floor, how much grinding and crack repair it needs, whether an old coating has to come off and which system you pick. The schedule turns on that same prep and on the cure time the coating maker sets, and your own numbers come from the estimate, where I look at the slab and write up what I'd do and why.
I'm the one who comes out to your property, looks over the slab and asks how you use the space. Then I write up what I'd do and why, so you're comparing a plan built for your floor, not a price from a phone call.
Floors fail at the prep, so our crew grinds the slab, repairs cracks and strips old coatings before anything goes down. If your concrete can't hold the system you want, I'll tell you and suggest one it can, even if it's the cheaper job.
We're licensed and insured, and since 2020 I've made a point of telling people what happens next, so nobody's guessing when the crew pulls up. To get on the schedule in La Feria, call (956) 505-5381 or use the form above.
Your price depends on the size of the slab, the shape it's in and the system you choose, and I give you your number after I've looked at the floor. Oil stains, old paint and cracks all add grinding and repair, and a full flake or metallic system costs more than a stain or a clear sealer. If the budget is tight on a garage you park in every day, I'd put the money into prep before a fancier finish, because a plain coating on a well-prepped slab holds up better than a showy one on a bad slab.
It depends mostly on how much prep the slab needs and how long the coating has to cure, so I give you the schedule at the estimate instead of guessing over the phone. Grinding, crack repair and stripping an old coating come first and take the most time. After the last coat, you wait out the cure time the coating maker sets before you walk or park on it, and we tell you when that is.
Most peeling comes from prep that was skipped or rushed, like coating over oil, old sealer or smooth concrete the epoxy can't grip. Moisture coming up through the slab and hot tires on a thin coat cause it too. That's why we grind the slab first, and if I don't think your concrete can hold a coating, I'll tell you at the estimate instead of selling you one.
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation has an online license search that shows whether a person or business holds a current license from that department. Beyond that, ask any contractor what licenses and insurance they carry and get it in writing before work starts. We're licensed and insured, and I'm glad to go over it when I come out.
Plan on clearing everything off the floor, including cars, shelves, tools and anything stored along the walls, because the crew grinds and coats wall to wall. I walk through what needs to move at the estimate, so there are no surprises the morning we start. Our crew lead and installers do the prep and the install, I stop by while it's going on, and you can ask either of us what's next.