Decent Price for Epoxy?

[DRP6833]

I was at the Denver Garden & Home show last weekend. I chatted with someone who quoted me $4 per square foot to repair cracks, diamond grind, acid etch, and epoxy coat with two clear coats. It sounded like a decent price to me, but before I went any further I thought I'd run it by everyone here.

 

[dcs Inc]

How thick are they applying the epoxy? Have them state it in square foot per gallon.
What are the solids content of the epoxy? This will kinda give you an apples to apples comparison if getting other quotes.

 

[thomapa1]

Seems like a good price, just make sure you get good quality (100% solids epoxy - not water based).
For DIY reference - standard 2 car garage...assume a high quality kit would cost @$700 includes primer, epoxy, topcoat, flecks.
assume $100 for material to repair cracks, fill voids, etc
This leaves @$1,200 for labor to grind the floor...which sounds about right. (If you DIY, you might pay @$300 instead of $1,200 - but you are doing the work yourself)

Sounds about right - just make sure about the epoxy product and their install methods / guarantee.

 

[DRP6833]

Thanks. I should have mentioned this is for a 2-car garage. I did pick up a brochure from the guy but I don't have it here at work; hopefully it will provide more info about the product being used.

 

[OldracerJones]

I'm paying $0.86 per sq ft for armor ultra II. My labor though.

 

[Carnut12]

Seems like a good price, just make sure you get good quality (100% solids epoxy - not water based).
For DIY reference - standard 2 car garage...assume a high quality kit would cost @$700 includes primer, epoxy, topcoat, flecks.
assume $100 for material to repair cracks, fill voids, etc
This leaves @$1,200 for labor to grind the floor...which sounds about right. (If you DIY, you might pay @$300 instead of $1,200 - but you are doing the work yourself)

Sounds about right - just make sure about the epoxy product and their install methods / guarantee.

$700 for a 2 car garage???? That seems pretty high.

Personally I think it depends on how bad your floor is, how can they quote it with-out seeing what they have to do. To me $4 seems high.

 

[DRP6833]

...Personally I think it depends on how bad your floor is, how can they quote it with-out seeing what they have to do...

That was my initial thought. I can see this becoming a case of, "Oh, you need that done, it costs extra." In my case the floor is pretty bad; the house was a foreclosure and the previous owner must have done a lot of (careless ) engine work. The fact that the guy said they did a diamond grind was what got my attention.

Thanks everyone for the input. I'll definitely get on-site bids before I do anything.

 

[dcs Inc]

You have to understand on site visits cost a hunk because of fuel costs. I always give a estimated cost on the phone before taking off across town. If the correct questions are asked a contractor can get a pretty good idea of the shape of the slab.

Now that doesn't mean that who ever you talked to wont do the low ball bait and switch on ya.

Another thing to be watchful of is if there are oils on the slab. Oil is tough to remove from concrete. Sure you can get the surface stuff off but if it has penetrated over time, it will find it's ugly head to the surface. Oil becomes a major adhesion blocker. There are special formulated epoxies out there that will adhere to oil soaked concrete as well as wet concrete. gene

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[regguy1]

My DIY job cost .51 cents a SF ($400.00 / 780 SF) It's not 100% solids but has held up well for nearly 2 years.

The installation thread:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66867

You can see how it's holding up in the video link below.......

 

[Jkaz]

I was quoted $3.75/sq.ft. for 440sq. ft. ($1,650) full chip pro series:

https://www.rocksolidfloors.com/systems

Plus the contractor has a separate guy come in for $450 ($1,650+$450 = $2,100) and prep with an industrial sized riding blaster and hand grinds all corners. Check out my floor link below to see the floor condition. He said he would go through about a gallon of patch material for the seam and feather. Quote included first half gallon, then $200 for each 1/2 gallon after that.

All in all that's roughly $2,100.

Now if I calculate material cost for DIY (keep in mind contractor gets discounted materials):

Prep: $450
Kits: 2 @ $265
Full-Chip Add-on: 2@ $245
Patch Mix: 2 @ $200

Total material and Floor prep cost: $1870

$2,100 - $1,870 = $230

$230 for labor seems ridiculously low even when considering the fact that he pockets the material discount difference. Needless to say, this is price he gave me and he has shown me his experience and tons of floors he has done. I'm pretty much sold.

 

[dcs Inc]

100% solids colored epoxy 3 gal. kit $183.00
2 50 lb boxes of multi coloered chip $225.00
100% solids clear top coat 3 gal. kit $152.00

Patching. Mix a little silica fume or glass bead into the epoxy and make your own patching paste. Add another $15.00

Throw in another 1.5 gal kit at $84.00 to be on the safe side.


These are retail costs. There would have been a 10% discount if a guy attended my class. $575.00 -$57.50. final cost $517.50 + the 1.5 gallon extra.

 

[Interex]

Here is the breakdown in costs for my 400 sqft garage

Standard Epoxy Coat Kit: $285 (no tax, free shipping for GJ members)
Caulking/Concrete Patch: $15
Labor: ME (took about 4 hours of actual labor)

Cost: $0.75/sqft

Companies are quoting $4/sqft? Maybe I'm in the wrong business....

 

[dcs Inc]

Using good materials and then standing behind your work, overhead, tools, insurance, book keeping....... there's more. Sure, come on in. gene

 

[Garage-Tech]

+1 For DCS INC - You nailed it -

This discussion quickly jumped from a question about price installed by professional to a who did it cheaper match. Most professionals follow the same steps on every flooring job so a per sqft price is easily determined. Almost everyone in the installation business is north of $3.50 per sqft. After that, its all about the products they use and how far they stand behind their work.

 

[LW CONCRETE]

That is a fair price, just double check the product he is using and check background references etc. Also make sure you get warranty in writing.