Epoxy that sticks to Piñon Hills concrete
Three guys from Palmdale and a grinder that chews through old coatings. That is who shows up at your Piñon Hills floor, and we walk you through the price on site. It sits in San Bernardino County, about 29 miles east of Palmdale.
Housing age, and why we care
About 29 miles east of Palmdale. Housing figures from the US Census.
Census numbers put the typical home in Piñon Hills at about 1989. If your house dates to the 1980s, the garage may also be your gym, your workshop or the place the second fridge lives. Each of those uses changes the floor.
Rubber mats, dropped weights and fridge drips call for different top coats, and we ask how you use the space before we recommend a system.
Stand-alone houses make up the bulk of it, roughly 67%. In a neighborhood of houses, garages do a lot of jobs: parking, storage, gym, workshop. A good floor has to handle all of them at once, which is why most garages we coat get flake with a hard top coat. Metallic is for the people who park on art.
Around 77% of households own their place. Numbers like these are why we ask what the space is used for before we talk systems.
Piñon Hills belongs to the Victor Valley and the surrounding high desert, open country of Joshua trees, big parcels and long, straight roads. Close by, typical homes run from about 1971 in Wrightwood to 1999 in Oak Hills, and Piñon Hills sits on the newer side of that spread.
Conditions your floor lives with
The Victor Valley and the high desert.
Winters in the high desert are colder than most people from down the hill expect. Nights drop below freezing regularly, and the higher communities toward the mountains, around Phelan, Piñon Hills and Oak Hills, can see snow in some winters. Garages here are often unheated, so a slab can stay cold well into the day. Cold concrete slows every coating’s cure and can hold condensation, and water tracked in from snow or rain freezes in any open crack overnight, scaling the surface near the door a little more each year. A floor here has to ride out both extremes in the same year.
In a metal shop or RV barn, we plan around the building as much as the slab. Coats go down once the floor has warmed past the dew point on winter mornings, and early in the day in summer before the roof starts radiating heat. A thick epoxy build with grit near the doors and a UV-stable top coat handles trailers, jack stands and the dust that rides in with them.
On a large shop or RV slab, the joints and cracks get sorted before any coating. Chipped joint edges get rebuilt, settled cracks get filled and ground flush, and cracks that still move with the temperature get a flexible fill, and we will be straight with you that a moving crack can still show through in time. On a curled corner, we grind the high edge down so tires and creepers roll over it smoothly.
Our short list for Piñon Hills
Garage Floor Epoxy Coatings
Flake, metallic or solid garage floors built on a full diamond grind, with a top coat that handles hot tires and oil.
Polyaspartic Floor Coatings
A fast-curing, UV-stable clear coat over a ground slab and flake, for garages that need to be back in use quickly.
Flake Epoxy Flooring
Colored vinyl chips broadcast into an epoxy base and sealed under a clear top coat, for garages, shops and patios.
The next towns over
- Phelan
5.6 miles away, San Bernardino County
- Wrightwood
6.9 miles away, San Bernardino County
- Lake Los Angeles
16 miles away, Los Angeles County
- Sun Village
21 miles away, Los Angeles County
More in San Bernardino County, on the services page and in the gallery.
Questions before the grinder shows up
Do you come out to Piñon Hills?
Yes. Piñon Hills is about 29 miles east of our shop in Palmdale, inside the 60 miles we cover for homes and well inside the 150 we cover for commercial and industrial work. We come out, look at the floor and give you a price after we have seen it.
What should I know about a slab from around 1989?
If someone put down a kit coating years ago, it is probably peeling or yellowed now. All of it comes off before we start. The new system bonds to bare concrete, never to the old coating.
Can you coat an RV garage with a tall door?
Yes. Big slabs get the same grind, crack repair and system as a house garage, with a thicker build and grit where the RV and trailers roll. We seal the bottom of the tall door during coating so sand does not blow into the wet floor.
Will sand from our dirt driveway ruin the finish?
Gravel and sand ride in on every tire from a dirt drive, and they act like sandpaper on a glossy finish. We would finish the floor satin over full flake, add a little grit, and suggest a scraper mat at the door. Sweep weekly and the floor keeps its look.
Does high desert sun fade a coated floor?
Plain epoxy ambers in strong sun, especially near an open door. A polyaspartic top coat holds its color, which is why we use it on floors that get sunlight. The flake under it stays protected as long as the top coat is intact.
Our shop slab was poured by a previous owner and has random cracks. Can it be coated?
Usually. We sort the cracks into settled and still moving, fill them accordingly and grind down curled edges or high spots. If the slab is badly broken or too thin, we will tell you before quoting and talk through repairs first.
Can I send photos first?
Yes. Photos of the whole floor, the worst crack and any old coating help us tell you what you are looking at before we drive out. We will still want to see it in person before giving a final price, since a photo cannot show moisture or a sealer.
Do I need to be home while you work?
We need access to the space and to power, and someone to walk the floor with us at the start and at the end. In between, you do not have to stand over the crew. Go about your day and check in when you like.
Why do store-bought epoxy kits peel?
Most kits skip real surface prep and rely on a cleaner or an etch. The coating ends up sitting on top of dirt, sealer or a smooth trowel finish, and hot tires pull it right off. A proper grind is what changes that.
What about cold weather?
Cold slows the cure, so on chilly days we watch the slab temperature and adjust the products and the schedule. Cold nights matter too, since the floor keeps curing after we leave. Sometimes the right call is to wait for a warmer stretch.
Planning a floor
in Piñon Hills?
Send a few photos of the floor and the room and we will tell you what it needs.
What to send and what happens next. Want proof first? See the floors.