We're Benchmark Brownsville Concrete Coatings, a flooring contractor based in Brownsville, TX since 2020, and we coat, polish, seal and resurface concrete floors for homes and businesses in Mercedes. I come out to look at your slab myself, and I'll tell you straight what it can take.
(956) 505-5381
Most calls we get from Mercedes are for single-story homes on concrete slabs, where the garage is also the workshop, the laundry room and the overflow storage. By the time someone calls, that floor usually has oil stains, peeling paint or an old sealer, and a few cracks near the door, and that history matters more to the job than the color you pick. Business owners here call when a shop or kitchen floor needs redoing and they can't stay closed long, so we plan that work around keeping them closed as little as we can.
We reply within one business day. Then I set a time to come out to your place in Mercedes, look at the slab, ask how you use the space and write up what I'd do and why. The estimate is free, and there's no obligation.
(956) 505-5381For garages, we put down epoxy or polyaspartic coatings over a slab we've ground and repaired, and for patios and indoor floors we seal, stain, polish or resurface the concrete you already have. Shops and commercial kitchens that see heat and hot washdowns usually do better with urethane cement flooring than a standard epoxy, so that's what I'll point you to. If an old coating is failing, we strip it first, because nothing new holds well on a layer that's already letting go.
In Mercedes, the city's Planning Department is the contact for building projects, and we're licensed and insured, so before any job here starts we check with that office on what yours needs. If you need a permit, we tell you and work through the paperwork with you, and the city's timing can move your start date more than our crew does. If your floor job brings in a new drain line, the plumber needs a state license, and you can look that up on the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners site. For a business open to the public, the city's business license application comes with a paid facility inspection, a $100.00 application fee and a $35.00 fee if a denied inspection has to be redone, so get the new floor in ahead of that visit.
What moves the price here is mostly what the concrete already has on it, like old paint or sealer to strip, oil, cracks and low spots, plus the size of the floor and the system you pick. The schedule turns on the permit check, how fast the room can be cleared and how long the coating needs before you walk or drive on it, and your own numbers come from the estimate. When we grind, the dust and old coating leave with us, since the city treats debris left anywhere but your own side of the alley, or in a dumpster that isn't yours, as illegal dumping. We do the same work in Primera and La Feria, so Mercedes is regular ground for our crew.
I'm the one who comes out, and I check the concrete before I talk about coatings, looking for old sealer, oil, cracks and soft spots. If your slab can't hold the system you had in mind, I'll say so and tell you what it can hold.
Most failed floors we're called to peeled because the coating went over dirty or sealed concrete. Our crew grinds the slab open, fills cracks and strips old coatings first, because that's where a floor holds or lets go, and it's the step we won't rush.
I ran schedules for years before I learned this trade, so you'll hear what comes first, what needs to be moved and when the crew arrives. Our crew lead runs the install, and I stop by while the work is going on. Call (956) 505-5381 to start.
Your price comes down to the size of the floor, what's on the slab now and the system you choose, so you get your number after I've seen it. Stripping old paint, filling cracks and grinding out oil take more work than a clean slab, and a decorative metallic finish costs more than a solid color. Call (956) 505-5381 to set up the estimate.
Yes, the city requires an excavation permit for digging, trenching or underground utility work. If work starts without a needed permit and the city finds it while inspections can still be done, the permit fees double, work past an inspection point may have to come out, and the owner or contractor can be fined. We check with the city before we start, and its permits are listed on the city's building and renovating page.
If your project is under a permit, the city requires periodic inspections once work is underway, and its residential list includes a slab or floor inspection along with plumbing, electrical, driveway and others. Which ones apply depends on what the permit covers, so we sort that out when we check with the city and plan the inspector's visits into the schedule. The full list is on the city's inspections page.
Call the City of Mercedes at (956) 565-3114, which is where the Hidalgo County drainage district sends residents who want to know which areas flood. The district says flooding outside the mapped flood zones happens often in the county, and many homes flood when storm water can't drain away fast enough. If water sits against your garage or patio after a storm, tell me at the estimate, because it changes how we prep and which system makes sense.
Clear the floor completely, including shelving, bikes and anything stored along the walls, because the crew grinds wall to wall. I'll tell you at the estimate what has to move, where the crew needs power and how long to keep cars and foot traffic off, so nothing surprises you on install day.
