Concrete coatings

The same chemistry, adapted per room

Garages get the attention, but the same coating systems work across most interior concrete in a house. What changes is the specification: moisture handling, slip resistance, film build and finish are all adjusted to how the space is used.

Basements

Below-grade slabs are the most moisture-sensitive surface in a typical home, and moisture testing genuinely matters here. Where readings are high, a moisture-mitigating primer or vapour-barrier base coat is specified before the system goes down. Get this wrong and the coating bubbles or delaminates months later — long after the crew has gone.

Workshops and hobby spaces

Workshops want abrasion resistance, chemical resistance and easy sweeping. A full-broadcast flake system with a double topcoat handles dropped tools, solvent spills and rolling toolbox castors better than a thin solid-colour finish.

Laundry, utility and storage

These rooms benefit most from the non-porous surface. Detergent, bleach and the occasional appliance leak sit on top of a coated floor and wipe off instead of staining into the slab.

Light commercial

Small retail units, showrooms, veterinary and clinical spaces, breweries and warehouse bays all use the same product families with heavier build, higher chemical resistance, and coving at the wall junction where a sanitary detail is required. Commercial work is quoted differently from residential — scope, downtime windows and access all drive the number.