Garage Floor Coating in La Vergne, TN
Your La Vergne garage likely dates from the town's boom years. By now your slab has collected its share of oil drips and hairline cracks. Our garage floor coating in La Vergne, TN grinds it clean, fills the cracks and tests it for moisture, then lays full flake under a clear topcoat.
- Moisture-tested first
- Cracks ground flush
- Park in 72 hours
- Lifetime adhesion warranty
Your La Vergne garage floor coating
We start by grinding your slab with diamonds, never acid, so the coating grips clean, open concrete. Every crack and control joint gets filled and ground flush. Then we lay a polyurea base coat and cover it in vinyl flake. A clear polyaspartic topcoat with grit in it seals it all, so wet shoes keep their footing.
Before any of that, we test your slab for moisture. If it reads high, a vapor barrier primer goes down first, and your job takes two days instead of one. Either way, you walk on it the next day and park on it after 72 hours.
Pricing epoxy flooring in La Vergne? What we install is the step up from an epoxy floor. It has the same grind and flake look, but it cures in hours, stays flexible and won't yellow in the sun. It's also backed by a lifetime adhesion warranty.
You pick the flake color. Try a few on a photo of your own garage in our color preview tool before we visit, or choose from samples when we come out for your free estimate.
Your garage floor probably dates from the boom
About three in five La Vergne homes went up between 1990 and 2009. Yours may well be one of them. Those are the same years Lake Forest Estates, often called the largest subdivision in Tennessee, filled in.
So your slab has had time to finish shrinking, show its hairline cracks and soak up years of oil drips and tire marks. None of that rules out a coating. It just tells us where the grinder and the crack filler have work to do.
Did someone paint the floor or roll on a kit along the way? That layer comes off first, because your new coating is only as strong as whatever it's stuck to.
What the clay under your slab means for your floor
La Vergne sits on limestone with a thin layer of clay on top. That clay shapes three parts of your garage floor coating.
Moisture
Clay holds water
Clay drains slowly, so after a rainy stretch, water can linger under your slab and rise through the concrete as vapor. That's why the moisture meter comes out before anything else.
Movement
The slab moves a little
Clay swells when it's wet and shrinks when it dries, so your slab shifts a little with the seasons. We fill every crack, grind the repairs flush and lay a flexible polyurea base that moves with it.
The catch
Some cracks need more
A crack wider than a quarter inch, or one with a raised edge, needs concrete repair before any coating. That's a different trade, and we'll tell you at the estimate, before you've paid a cent.
Road salt rides home on your tires
You won't see much snow in La Vergne, but an ice storm brings out the salt trucks. In one icy week in 2021, city crews spread nearly 500 tons of it on the main roads, and TDOT pre-treats Murfreesboro Road with brine.
All that salty slush drips off your car onto the garage floor. Bare concrete soaks it in, and the white crust it leaves keeps pulling moisture from the air. On a coated floor it sits on top, so a hose or a mop takes it away once the roads clear.
Winter is a fine time to install your floor, too. Our base coat and topcoat cure in a cold garage, while most epoxy needs a warm floor.
A floor for the boat, the kayaks and the trailer
La Vergne runs right up to Percy Priest Lake. The city has two public ramps on its side: Hurricane Creek off Stones River Road and Poole Knobs off Jones Mill Road.
If your boat or a stack of kayaks spends the winter in the garage, your floor picks up some extra jobs. Lake water off a hull wipes right up, and so do gas and oil if you get to them soon.
Set a block or a mat under the trailer jack so its weight isn't parked on one small spot. The grit in the topcoat gives your shoes some grip when the floor is wet.
How your La Vergne garage floor goes in
Most floors take one working day. If your slab needs the moisture barrier, add a day, because that primer has to cure overnight.
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A free visit
We come to your house, measure the floor and test your slab for moisture. You get an itemized price in writing and decide in your own time.
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Grind and repair
Diamond grinders open up your whole slab, edges by hand, with the dust collector running. Every crack and joint is filled and ground flush.
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Base and flake
The polyurea base goes on in your color, and vinyl flake is thrown into it until it won't take any more. Full flake hides small stains.
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Topcoat and cure
A clear polyaspartic topcoat with anti-slip grit seals it. Walk on it tomorrow and park in 72 hours. It keeps hardening for a week or so.
What garage floor coating costs in La Vergne
We don't post a rate card, because your slab sets the price. For a sense of the market, here's what a professional flake floor typically runs around Nashville.
- $5–$9per square foot, installed
- $2K–$4.5Kmost two-car garages
Your number moves with the size of the floor and how many cracks need work. Old paint or a kit to grind off, the moisture barrier, cove base and coated steps add to it, and you'll see each one itemized. The full breakdown is on our Nashville cost page.
Where we coat garage floors in La Vergne
Looking for garage floor installers near you? We cover all of La Vergne, zip code 37086, and every one of the city's more than 65 neighborhoods. Here are a few you'll know.
- In La Vergne
- Lake Forest Estates
- Lake Woods
- Heritage Valley
- Woodland Hills
- Cedar Grove Estates
- Rutherford Pointe
- Next door
Pick a color, then see it on your garage
A few of the flake blends you can choose from. See them all in the gallery, or try a color on a photo of your own garage before the estimate.
La Vergne garage floor questions
How much does garage floor coating cost in La Vergne, TN?
For a typical two-car garage, expect somewhere around $2,000 to $4,500 for a professional flake floor in the Nashville area. The size of your floor, crack repair, any old coating to grind off and the moisture barrier move it. Your exact price comes in writing after a free visit. Details are on our cost page.
Do you install epoxy garage floors in La Vergne?
We install the step up from epoxy: a polyurea base coat and a clear polyaspartic topcoat over the same diamond-ground slab and full flake. It cures in hours, flexes a little with your slab and doesn't yellow where sun hits the floor. You park after three days, while most epoxy floors make you wait about a week.
My garage floor has cracks. Can it still be coated?
Almost always. Hairline cracks and cracks along the control joints are normal in a slab that's been around a while, especially on clay ground. We fill them and grind them flush on every floor. A crack wider than a quarter inch, one with a raised edge, or a slab that's still settling needs concrete repair first, and we'll tell you at the estimate.
Will road salt damage a garage floor coating?
No. Salt and brine sit on top of the clear topcoat instead of soaking into your concrete. Rinse or mop the floor after an icy week, and use a soft broom or a squeegee rather than a metal shovel. On bare concrete, the same salt works its way into the surface every winter.
How long does the install take, and when can I park?
Most floors take one working day, or two when your slab needs the moisture barrier, since that primer cures overnight. Every Premium floor includes the barrier, so a Premium install is always two days. You can walk on it the next day and park after 72 hours. Go easy with heavy shelving for the first week while it keeps hardening.
Can I keep a boat or a trailer on a coated floor?
Yes. Wipe up lake water, gas or oil when you see it. Put a block or a mat under the trailer jack and any jack stands so the weight is spread out. The anti-slip grit in the topcoat helps when your floor is wet, and a coated floor hoses out far more easily than bare concrete.
Do I need to empty the garage first?
Yes, completely. We grind wall to wall, so cars, bins, bikes and freestanding shelves come out the night before. We also need a working outlet, an outside tap within about 50 feet, and your cars parked somewhere else for the whole job. You can head out during the job as long as we can reach you, and we'll walk the finished floor with you at the end.
Which parts of La Vergne do you cover?
All of it, from Lake Forest Estates and Lake Woods to Heritage Valley, Woodland Hills, Watersedge, Cedar Grove Estates and the rest of the city's neighborhoods. We also coat garage floors in Smyrna, Antioch, Murfreesboro and across the Nashville area, and your estimate is free wherever you live.
Get a written price for your La Vergne garage
We come to you, measure the floor, test your slab and price every repair in writing. It takes about 20 minutes, and nobody will push you to sign on the spot.