Flooring contractor in Sierra Madre - floors built on a properly prepped slab

Sierra Madre's permit list doesn't name floor coatings, so the answer for your job comes from the city's Building and Safety Division, which issues permits for any project that alters a structure in whole or in part. Its examples are things like new wall or ceiling coverings, moving non-bearing walls and property line fences. We check with the city before work starts and tell you what we find, and if the job also moves a floor drain or adds wiring, that part needs its own mechanical, electrical and plumbing permit because the city has no all-in-one permit.

Yes. Sierra Madre requires a City Business License from businesses based outside the city that work within its limits, and a contractor needs one before applying for any construction-related permit there. That rule covers us, since we're based in Glendale, and it's a fair question to ask anyone you're thinking of hiring.

Under the Contractors State License Board's rules, a contractor needs a state license when the job needs a building permit, uses hired workers, or costs $1,000 or more in labor and materials together. A job done by a crew meets that test on its own, and in Sierra Madre a building permit only goes to a state-licensed contractor or the property owner. We're licensed and insured.

The price for your floor comes from the on-site estimate, because it turns on the size of the slab, how much prep it needs and which coating system you pick. An older slab with paint to strip, cracks to fill or moisture coming up costs more to get ready than clean, sound concrete, and a flake or metallic finish costs more than a plain coat. I come out, look at the floor and write the estimate myself.

Most peeling starts underneath, from a slab that wasn't ground and cleaned well enough for the coating to grip, or from moisture pushing up through the concrete. Oil soaked into an old garage floor, old paint and leftover sealer all keep a new coat from bonding. That's the reason prep takes the time it does on our jobs.

Look for cracks you can catch a fingernail in, one side of a crack sitting higher than the other, spots that sound hollow when you tap them, and dark patches that stay damp. Those usually mean repair or a moisture check before any coating, and you'll only know how deep it goes once the slab is ground open. I'll walk the floor with you at the estimate and tell you what it can and can't take.