Flooring Contractor in Fontainebleau, FL - Floors prepped for a high water table
Westmark Epoxy Floors of Olympia Heights coats, polishes and resurfaces concrete floors in Fontainebleau, FL, from condo units on the east side to garages, patios and pool decks at the houses and townhomes out west.
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Condos, townhomes and houses across Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau sits in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, just south of Doral, and it splits pretty cleanly by housing. The east side was laid out mostly for condos and apartments, so a lot of our calls there are for a single unit's floor, often with old tile or carpet to pull up first. The west side runs to single-family houses, village homes, garden homes and townhomes, where the work is more often a garage, a patio or a pool deck.
The ground here is close to sea level, with the water table just under the surface, and after a big storm the rain sometimes has nowhere to drain. That moisture works its way up into slabs, so before we pick a coating for any Fontainebleau floor, I check how damp the concrete is.
Permits, licenses and pricing for Fontainebleau floors
Fontainebleau isn't its own city, so the county runs things here, and building permits for unincorporated homes go through Miami-Dade County's Permitting and Inspection Center. If your property turns out to sit inside a neighboring city such as Sweetwater, that city's building official handles it instead. Before we schedule, I find out which office covers your address, and if the job needs a permit, we apply for it as the licensed contractor and handle the paperwork and inspections, so mostly what it changes for you is the wait before we start. The county's Contractor Licensing Section licenses everyone doing this work here, so when you compare contractors, ask whether their license is certified, which is good statewide, or registered, which only covers the places where they hold a certificate of competency. Ask for their county business tax receipt too, plus a city receipt if they're based inside a city. We're fully licensed and insured.
We're a flooring contractor based in Olympia Heights, FL, and we work the same kinds of slabs and houses in Tamiami and Westchester. Your price mostly comes down to the slab, meaning its size, how much cracking and old coating has to come off and whether moisture is coming through it, plus the system that fits how you use the room. The schedule turns on that same prep, on any permit, and on how long the coating needs to cure in this humidity before you walk or park on it, and the written estimate I leave gives you your own figure.
Get a written estimate for your Fontainebleau floor
Send the form or call (786) 408-1023, and we'll reply within one business day to set a time. I come out to your Fontainebleau home myself, look at the slab and leave you a free written estimate, with no pressure and no obligation.
Call (786) 408-1023Services in Fontainebleau, FL
Garage Floor Coatings
Garages at the houses and townhomes out west take hot tires, oil and rainwater. We grind, fill cracks and lay a flake coating that wipes clean.
Urethane Cement Flooring
When a slab here shows moisture coming up, regular epoxy is a gamble. Urethane cement handles damp concrete better, so we steer those floors toward it.
Concrete Grinding & Surface Preparation
Every coating we lay here starts with this, because rushed prep is why floors fail. We grind the slab open, fix cracks and check for moisture first.
Concrete Floor Stripping & Removal
Older condo units on the east side often have tile, glue or tired coatings to clear. We strip it all to bare concrete so the new floor bonds.
Polished Concrete Flooring
Once the tile's gone in a condo or townhome, the bare slab underneath can become the floor. We grind and polish it to a sheen that's cool underfoot.
Pool Deck Coatings & Resurfacing
Pool decks behind the single-family homes take sun, chlorine and pooled rain. We resurface them with a textured coating that grips bare feet.
What happens after you call us about a Fontainebleau floor
Call us or send the form
We get back to you and set a time for me to come out. Plan to be home for this visit so I can ask how you use the space.
I look at your slab
I check the concrete for cracks, old coatings and moisture, and ask whether you park, cook or work on that floor. Then I leave you a written estimate, so you're not guessing at the cost.
We set the date and prep
Once you say yes, we put you on the schedule. Our installers grind, repair and coat the floor, and the prep gets as much time as it needs.
We walk the finished floor
Before we pack up, I walk the floor with you and go over how long to stay off it. Satisfaction guaranteed on every job.
Common questions
Do I need a permit to put epoxy on my floor in Fontainebleau, FL?
A coating by itself counts as floor surfacing, which an older Miami-Dade County exemption list places outside the Florida Building Code, but the county also says other agencies may still need to approve work. Some jobs with no building permit still need a zoning permit, and any electrical, plumbing or structural work tied to the floor needs a permit every time, so I sort this out before we set a date.
Does Florida House Bill 803 cover my flooring project in Fontainebleau?
It can, if the project is valued under $7,500 and the property is a single-family home, duplex, townhouse or one of their accessory structures, in which case the county allows a simplified process with no building permit. Condo and apartment units, which make up much of the east side, aren't eligible, and neither is a property partly or fully in a flood hazard area. The owner or contractor uploads a written request with the contract through the county's permit exemption page, and a bigger job can't be split into phases to stay under the line.
How much does an epoxy garage floor cost in Fontainebleau, FL?
Your price comes from the written estimate after I see the slab, because two garages the same size can cost very different amounts depending on their condition. A clean, sound slab with a standard flake system keeps the cost down, while grinding off an old coating, repairing cracks, dealing with moisture or choosing metallic or urethane cement pushes it up.
What causes epoxy floors to peel in Miami-Dade homes?
Most peeling comes from rushed prep or moisture pushing up through the slab, and with the water table this close to the surface, Fontainebleau slabs see plenty of the second. Epoxy needs a ground, clean surface to grab, so we grind every slab and check moisture before choosing the coating. I'd rather tell you a slab isn't ready than coat over the problem.
How long does a garage floor coating take in Fontainebleau?
Most of the time goes to prep and cure, not to rolling on the coating, so it depends on how much grinding and crack repair your slab needs and which system you pick. Humidity here slows some coatings down, and polyaspartic usually gets you back on the floor sooner than epoxy, so I'll tell you how long to stay off it when we set the date.
Can you coat or polish the floor in a Fontainebleau condo?
Yes, and the job usually comes down to what's on the slab now and how we get equipment into the unit. Old tile, glue or coatings come off first, so we strip and grind to bare concrete, and we plan the work around your building's rules on hours and deliveries.
Call about your Fontainebleau floor today
We're on the phone until 11 PM on weekdays and 10 PM on weekends, so call (786) 408-1023 after work or send the form whenever it suits you.