Concrete floor stripping & removal in Titusville FL - a clean slab ready for new flooring
Peeling epoxy, old tile or stubborn glue on your slab? We test what needs testing, take it off and leave concrete ready for what's next.
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How do you get old epoxy or flooring off concrete?
Concrete floor stripping and removal means taking old epoxy, paint, sealer, tile, vinyl or carpet glue off a slab. At Northline Titusville Concrete Coatings, we do it for homes and businesses in Titusville so you end up with clean, bare concrete that's ready for a new floor.
Most people call us when a garage coating is peeling in sheets, or when they've pulled up old tile and found a black layer of glue that nobody knows the age of. All of that has to come off before a new floor can go down, which makes removal the first half of concrete grinding and surface preparation. The price moves with the size of the floor, what's on it and how thick it is, whether the old material has to be tested first and which removal method suits it. The schedule mostly turns on those test results and on how much has to be cleared out of the room. Your estimate puts your own floor in those terms.
How our concrete floor stripping and removal works
I start by looking at what's on the floor and how it's stuck down, because a thin sealer and three layers of tile over glue are very different jobs. When old flooring or glue of unknown age is involved, we sort out testing before anyone starts grinding, so nothing gets turned to dust before we know what it is. Then we pick the removal method that suits your floor and your timeline. Our crew protects the rooms around the work, takes the old finish or covering off, clears the adhesive underneath and cleans up. The goal is bare, sound concrete, and I'd rather find a soft spot or a crack now than after something new is sitting on top of it.
Removal is usually the start of a job, not the end of one. If you're coating a garage or a room at home, the bare slab goes straight into prep for epoxy floor coatings. Shops, kitchens and warehouses that need the floor back under traffic usually move on to commercial and industrial epoxy floor coatings, and planning both together keeps the slab from sitting open longer than it has to.
What to check before concrete floor stripping and removal in Titusville
In Titusville, the City of Titusville Building Department handles permits, plan reviews and inspections for work in the city. Whether stripping your particular floor needs a permit isn't something I'll guess at, so it's a fair question to put to the Building Department, and we go over where it stands at the estimate. When a job does need one, we handle the paperwork and inspections with the city or county office that covers your address. Older houses and commercial buildings are where we slow down most, because a floor that's been down a long time is the one most likely to need testing before it comes up.
Licensing works a little differently at the county level. Brevard County's own certified licenses cover one trade and only allow contracting inside the county, while state-certified contractors register with the county just to pull permits, so it's worth asking which kind any contractor holds. We're based in Titusville and work across Brevard County and into nearby parts of Orange and Volusia counties, and we see the same peeling garage coatings and old glued-down floors on jobs in Mims and Port Saint John.
Stripped slabs and prep work
Get a written removal plan for your floor
We reply within one business day, and most days I'm the one who picks up. I'll come out for a free on-site estimate with no pressure and no obligation, look at the slab, test for moisture where the job calls for it and write up what the removal involves.
(321) 335-1578Questions about stripping concrete floors in Titusville
How much does it cost to strip an old floor off concrete in Titusville?
The removal method moves the price as much as anything, and you'll get your own figure after I see the slab. Diamond grinding and shot blasting take epoxy off quickly but cost more upfront, while chemical stripping costs less at first but is slower and takes more labor. Where the schedule matters, I usually lean toward grinding or blasting, because getting the floor back sooner is worth more to most people than the lower first price.
What is the best way to remove old glue from a concrete floor?
It depends on how thick the glue is, and one coating maker's prep guide says thin layers of mastic, adhesive or membrane can often be cleaned off with a shot blaster, a machine that throws small steel beads at the floor, while thick ones also need grinding. If your glue layer is thick, plan on that extra grinding step. We check the thickness at the estimate so the scope already accounts for it.
Could my old vinyl or tile floor contain asbestos?
It could, and an older national flooring industry guide says to presume old resilient flooring like vinyl tile and sheet goods contains asbestos unless you're positively certain it doesn't, noting that rules may require testing. That same guide rules out sanding, dry sweeping, dry scraping, drilling, sawing, beadblasting and mechanical chipping on the flooring, its backing and its glue. It's the reason testing comes before grinding on our jobs, as above.
Do I need to notify Florida before removing old flooring that has asbestos?
If your building falls under the state's asbestos rule and the old floor contains asbestos above the rule's thresholds, yes. Florida's Department of Environmental Protection says the rule covers renovations of all buildings except those that meet its residential exemption, and for covered buildings the owner or operator notifies DEP before work begins, at least 10 working days ahead when asbestos above those thresholds is coming out. DEP's notification guide also requires a thorough inspection by a licensed asbestos consultant on regulated projects, so if testing turns something up, build that 10-day window into your plans.
What causes epoxy to peel off a garage floor?
Most peeling starts underneath the coating, with prep that left the concrete too smooth, dirty or damp for the epoxy to grab. Most of the failed floors I've been asked to fix went wrong there, not in the coating itself. That's why we strip a failing coating down to bare concrete instead of patching over it.
How do I get ready for a contractor to remove my old floor?
Start by writing down what the floor is, roughly how old it is, the room size and any asbestos test results you already have. Those four things let us scope the job on the first visit instead of the second. Send them by calling (321) 335-1578, by email at contact@titusvilleepoxyflooringandconcretepolishing.com or through our contact page.
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