Day one
Preparation
- Clear and clean the slab
- Diamond grinding, not acid etch
- Crack routing and repair
- Spall and pit patching
- Moisture check before anything is applied
Skipped grinding is why coatings fail.
Epoxy and garage floor coatings, GTA.
FOUR40 coats garage, basement, utility and shop floors across the GTA — diamond-ground preparation, crack repair before coating, and flake, metallic or solid-colour finishes. Free on-site estimates.
Based in
Whitchurch-Stouffville
Estimates
Free & on-site
Before we start
Written scope
On site
Same crew throughout
What's included
Prep is the job.
A floor coating is only as good as the surface under it. Most of the labour and all of the difference sits in the day before the colour goes down.
Day two
Coating
- Primer coat
- Base colour
- Flake broadcast where specified
- Topcoat, clear or tinted
- Edges and thresholds cut in
Where it works
Suitable floors
- Garages
- Basement and utility rooms
- Workshops and shop floors
- Laundry and mudrooms
- Small commercial units
Unheated garages are scheduled around temperature, not squeezed into winter.
The section
What is actually on your slab.
We have not photographed a finished floor of our own yet, and we will not borrow a supplier's. So here is the build instead — drawn to the system we use. Four layers over concrete that has been opened up mechanically, not chemically.
Ask any coating quote how the slab is prepared. If the answer is acid etching rather than diamond grinding, that is the answer that decides whether the coating is still down in five years.
Bare slab, before
Reserved: the floor as found, cracks and all.
Grinding
Reserved: diamond grinder mid-run.
Flake broadcast
Reserved: flake going down over the base coat.
Finished floor
Reserved: the finished floor with the door open and the reflection showing.
In the meantime, the work on our gallery page shows the standard of finish and site tidiness you can expect from the same crew.
What it costs
What moves the number.
Typical range
Ask for a figure
We publish real numbers rather than "it depends" — but only once they're ours to publish. Our written ranges are being finalised; call and we'll give you one over the phone in a minute. What moves the number:
- Floor area, and how many corners, steps and thresholds it has
- Condition of the slab — cracks, spalling and pitting all add preparation time
- Whether the space is heated, and therefore whether it can be done now or in spring
- System: standard epoxy, flake, metallic, or polyaspartic for faster cure
- Whether the garage needs emptying and where the contents go
- Moisture in the slab, which can require a different primer
Working with us
Five steps, no surprises.
01
Site visit
We measure, check drainage and grade, and talk through what you actually want. Free, and no pressure to sign anything.
02
Written quote
Scope, materials, base depth and price in writing. You'll know exactly what's included before a shovel moves.
03
Schedule & locates
Ontario One Call locates booked, materials ordered, start date confirmed. A realistic window, not an optimistic one.
04
Build
Excavation, base, compaction, install. Site cleaned at the end of each day — you still have to live there.
05
Walkthrough
We walk it together before final payment. Anything on your list gets fixed, then we're back if settling shows up.
Questions
Epoxy floors, answered.
Do you grind the floor or acid etch it?
Diamond grinding, every time. Acid etching is faster and cheaper and it is the single most common reason a garage floor coating peels in year two. Grinding opens the concrete profile mechanically so the coating keys into it. If a quote you are comparing does not say how the floor is prepared, that is the question to ask.
Can it be done in winter?
It depends on the space. Coatings need the substrate above roughly 10 °C, and most GTA garages are unheated from November to March. Heated basements, utility rooms and shop floors are fine year-round; unheated garages are either tented and heated or scheduled for spring. We will tell you which applies to yours rather than coating a cold slab and hoping.
What about cracks and pitting?
Repaired before coating, not covered by it. Cracks are opened, filled and ground flush; spalled and pitted areas are patched. A coating follows the shape of what is underneath — it hides nothing.
How long before I can park on it?
Typically light foot traffic after 24 hours and vehicles after 72, depending on the product and the temperature. Polyaspartic systems cure considerably faster and tolerate lower temperatures, which is what makes them worth the extra cost in a Canadian garage.
Flake, metallic or plain?
Flake is the most forgiving in a working garage — it hides dust and tyre marks and gives grip. Metallic looks spectacular and shows everything. Plain solid colour is cheapest and the least tolerant of an imperfect slab.
Service area
Across the GTA, based in Stouffville.
Close enough to come back if something needs attention — which matters more than it sounds.
MarkhamStouffvilleRichmond HillAuroraNewmarketVaughanUxbridgePickeringAjaxScarboroughNorth YorkKing City
Elsewhere in the GTA? Call and ask — we travel for the right project.
Related
Other things we build.
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