Flooring Contractor in Coral Gables, FL - Coatings That Start With the Prep
Stonegate Epoxy Floors of Coral Terrace is a flooring contractor working in Coral Gables. We coat garages, resurface pool decks, polish and seal slabs, and restore old terrazzo after we test and prep the concrete underneath.
Concrete and coated floors in Coral Gables
We're a flooring contractor based in Coral Terrace, FL, and Coral Gables is one of the Miami-Dade cities where we coat garages, redo pool decks and bring old terrazzo back. Calls here come from older houses, newer homes, and shops and offices that need a floor that works, much like the calls we get in South Miami and Hialeah.
What changes the work here is what's already on the floor. In the city's older houses we usually find layers of tile, carpet glue, paint or old sealer on the concrete, and not every older house sits on a slab at all. So I look at what's underneath before I suggest a coating or a polish, because either one holds only as well as the surface under it.
What we do on Coral Gables floors
For slab rooms, laundry rooms and utility rooms in Coral Gables houses, we grind the concrete open first so the epoxy bonds to it instead of sitting on old sealer.
Commercial & Industrial Epoxy Floor Coatings
Learn more about Commercial & Industrial Epoxy Floor CoatingsShops, offices and service bays in the city get a coating built for carts, foot traffic and spills. We schedule the work around the hours your business is open.
Older garages here often carry years of oil stains and patches, so we clean and grind them out before coating, or the finish lifts there first.
For a Coral Gables garage you can't be without for long, polyaspartic cures faster than epoxy. It sets quickly, so our prep is finished before we mix.
Metallic epoxy suits a living room or home office on a slab. I tell you up front that every pour comes out a little different, so the pattern is yours alone.
Restaurant kitchens and food prep rooms in the city take hot water and heavy cleaning every day, and urethane cement handles that better than standard epoxy.
Under old carpet or tile, a sound slab can often be ground and polished into the finished floor. We can judge that once a test patch is open.
Stain soaks into the concrete rather than sitting on top, so it suits a patio or slab room where you want an earthy color. Old patches will still show through.
Terrazzo turns up under carpet and tile in a lot of the city's older houses. We lift what's on top, repair the cracks and chips, then grind and polish it back.
Coral Gables houses rarely have true basements, so here this usually means a ground-floor slab room, and we test it for moisture before choosing a system.
This is the part nobody sees. We grind old glue, paint and sealer off Coral Gables slabs so whatever goes on next has clean concrete to grip.
When a Coral Gables driveway or walkway doesn't need a full coating, we clean and seal it so oil and water don't soak into the concrete.
When an older patio or entry slab is worn, pitted or patched, an overlay gives it a new surface without tearing out, if the slab under it is sound.
Older slabs with dips and humps from past repairs can be leveled with a pourable overlay, so whatever floor goes down next sits flat.
Pool decks behind Coral Gables houses take bare feet, pool chemicals and splashing every day, so we repair the cracks first and then resurface or coat the deck.
Older homes here often have floors stacked on floors, so we strip tile, glue and failed coatings down to bare concrete and show you what's left.
What Coral Gables homes ask of a floor
I come out to every job myself and stay on site while our crew works. Before we start, I'll tell you what we can promise and what we can't.
Owner on site throughout
I look at your floor before we quote it, and I stay on site the whole time our crew works.
Slab tested before coating
We check the concrete for moisture and old sealer first, because that's usually where a coating lets go.
Permits checked early
We find out which office covers your address, and if the job needs a permit, we apply for it.
In business since 2017
I learned this trade under an experienced installer and started our business in Coral Terrace in 2017.
Insured, with work guaranteed
We're fully licensed and insured, and every job is backed by our satisfaction guarantee.
Coral Gables flooring questions
How much does a floor coating cost in Coral Gables?
The cost mostly comes down to the size of the floor, what's on it now and how much repair the concrete needs, so I give you a number after I've seen it. Grinding off tile glue or a failed coating, filling cracks and leveling dips add the most, and a plain sealer costs less than a full flake or metallic system. The schedule turns on that same prep, on the product's cure time and on how soon you need the room back, and I'll go over both when I come out.
Do I need a permit for a new floor coating in Coral Gables?
That depends on your address and the job, so we check early which office covers your property and tell you what we find. If the job needs a permit, we apply for it as your licensed contractor.
What causes an epoxy garage floor to peel?
Most peeling starts under the coating, when it went down on concrete that was dirty, sealed, oily or holding moisture. A coating that lifts under car tires usually traces back to the same thing, a surface that was never ground open so the coating could grip. That's why we test and grind the slab before anything goes on it, and if a test shows a problem, we tell you before we start.
When were the houses in Coral Gables' MacFarlane Homestead Historic District built?
City building permit records show that most houses in the MacFarlane Homestead subdivision went up between 1926 and 1939. The city describes them as a wood frame vernacular style not seen elsewhere in Coral Gables, and the district is the only one in the city listed on the National Register of Historic Places. For flooring, a wood frame house may not sit on a concrete slab, so I look at what's under your floor before suggesting anything.
How do I register my Coral Gables business for a 2026/2027 business tax receipt?
You create a new account and submit a new application through the city's CU and BTR registration portal, even if you've held a receipt before, because past accounts aren't linked. Once city staff approve the application, the city sends you a 2026/2027 BTR invoice. For this cycle, the city has extended the September 30 deadline through January 31 and says it won't charge late fees, but that covers the city receipt only.
What business tax receipt does Miami-Dade County require?
Miami-Dade County requires a local business tax receipt for each place of business and for each separate classification at the same location, and a business inside a city like Coral Gables needs both the city receipt and the county one. County receipts last one year, running October 1 to September 30, and you get them through the county tax collector. A receipt not renewed by September 30 picks up a 10% penalty in October plus 5% for each later month, up to 25% of the tax, and the city's January extension doesn't change that.
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Call (305) 786-6170 and tell me what's on the floor now, since knowing whether it's tile, carpet or an old coating helps me plan the visit.