Hiring guide
Choosing An Epoxy Resin Flooring Contractor
A good epoxy flooring contractor surveys the slab before naming a product, tests for moisture, prepares the concrete mechanically, and writes the system build, thickness and cure times into the quote. If a price arrives without a site visit, or preparation is described as a wash and etch, that is the warning sign. Searching for installers near me finds names; these questions help you tell them apart.
Hiring questions
Questions to ask before you accept a quote
- Will you visit and test the slab before recommending a system?
- How will you prepare the concrete: grinding, shot blasting or something else?
- What moisture reading would change your specification?
- What is the build: primer, body coats, thickness and finish?
- How will cracks and movement joints be treated?
- When can we walk on it, and when can wheels and loads go on?
- What maintenance does the finish need?
What a thorough quote contains
Two quotes that look far apart on price often describe very different floors. Comparing the build line by line is fairer than comparing totals.
- Survey findings
- Use of the room, slab condition, moisture reading, existing coatings
- Preparation
- Mechanical method, repairs and joint detailing
- System
- Named resin type and build depth, such as a 0.4 to 1 mm coating or 3 to 6 mm screed
- Finish
- Colour, sheen, flake or quartz, and slip rating
- Programme
- Working days, walk-on time and wheeled-use time
Red flags
A fixed price given over the phone for an unseen floor; preparation limited to cleaning or etching; no mention of moisture; one product recommended for every room; and a single ready date with no distinction between feet and wheels. None of these prove a contractor is poor, but each is a reason to ask more questions.
Burying movement joints under a continuous coat is another. The joint will move anyway, and the coating will crack along it.
Matching the contractor to the job
Domestic garages, workshops, retail floors and warehouses each have different priorities. A contractor should be able to explain why a garage suits an epoxy or polyaspartic coating, why forklift routes may need a screed or polyurethane concrete, and why food areas point to polyurethane concrete with a coved junction. That range of answers shows the specification is being fitted to your floor rather than to a stock product.
How we work
KT Construction is a family-run team based in Hurstpierpoint, covering Sussex, Surrey, Kent, Hampshire and London. We visit, test the slab and recommend a system from our resin range, then set out preparation, build and cure times in writing. Site visits are free and carry no obligation.
Comparing two quotes fairly
Lay the quotes side by side and check each line: survey done or not, preparation method, moisture allowance, crack and joint repairs, primer, number of coats, total thickness, finish, slip rating and cure times. Missing lines are not always cheaper in the end; they can simply move cost and risk onto you later.
If one contractor specifies a thin coating and another a screed, ask each to explain why. The right build for a domestic garage is not the right build for a forklift route. A contractor who can explain the difference in plain language, and put it in writing, is usually the one who has looked at your floor properly. Ask too what happens if the moisture reading on the day differs from the survey.
Finally, ask how the contractor protects the rest of the property during grinding and coating, and how waste and packaging are removed. Dust extraction, sealing doorways and clear hand-back instructions are signs of a team used to working in occupied homes and live businesses. They also tell you how the project will feel while it is happening, which matters as much as the finished floor when your garage, shop or unit is out of use for several days.
Ask us the same questions
Book a free site visit and put these questions to us. You will get a written specification with preparation, build and cure times for your floor.