Stained concrete flooring in Titusville FL - color that soaks in and won't peel

Most people who call about stain have a plain gray slab they're tired of looking at, or a painted floor that's started to peel, and they want color that lasts. The price moves mostly with the size of the floor, whether an old sealer or coating has to come off first, how much crack repair the slab needs, and whether it's inside or out. If there's an old coating in the way, concrete floor stripping and removal comes first. The schedule turns on drying time between steps and, outdoors, on the weather. At the estimate I look at your slab and give you a written scope you can hold up next to anyone else's.

I start by walking the floor with you and checking for old sealer, because stain won't take through it and a lot of floors have been sealed at some point without the owner knowing. If it's there, our crew, led by our crew lead, strips it or grinds it off, then cleans the slab and repairs cracks so the stain has bare, open concrete to work into. I check that prep before any stain goes on. Then the crew applies the stain, lets it dry and puts down a clear sealer to protect the color. One thing I'm straight about from the start is that stain takes on the character of your concrete, so the same color can look different from one slab to the next, and even across one floor.

Stain isn't the right answer for every room. If you want real stone or glass chips set into a polished surface, terrazzo flooring gives you that pattern instead of a tinted slab. If you're finishing a lower-level or below-grade room, our basement flooring work covers the systems built for those spaces.

Whether a stain job needs a permit isn't something I'll guess at, so ask the City of Titusville Building Department, which handles permits and inspections in the city, or we'll 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. Brevard County's contractor licensing office handles licensing for contractors and trades, and a state license comes in two kinds, certified, which is good anywhere in Florida, and registered, which covers only the cities or counties where the holder has a certificate of competency.

Outside, the sun is the bigger worry. Standard sealers yellow and break down within a year here, so an outdoor stained floor needs a UV-resistant sealer, one made to stand up to sun, and one Florida guide adds that pool decks and walkways need a slip-resistant additive in the sealer to keep wet concrete safer underfoot. We talk through both before we start, since patios, lanais and pool decks come up often on our calls here, in Mims and Port Saint John, and across Brevard County into nearby parts of Orange and Volusia counties.