Floors worth looking down at, Selma.
Metallic, flake and quartz systems for homes around Selma. Insured, bonded, and poured by the owner.
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Photos and rough square footage get you a real number.
Resin floors for Selma homes.
Selma calls usually start the same way: the slab is dusting, there is a stain that will not come up, and somebody is tired of looking at it.
We run out to Selma from the shop in Goldsboro, about 30 minutes out. Selma is in Johnston County, and we cover the towns around it too, including Smithfield, Princeton, Pine Level, Four Oaks.
Most garage floors in Selma were poured, troweled, and never touched again. That slab has been soaking up whatever landed on it ever since.
Cracks get filled before color goes down, never after. The diamond grind takes the slab down to clean concrete, every hairline it exposes gets chased and filled, and only then does the resin go on. Then the resin goes down and the topcoat goes over it. Same order on every floor we do.
What eastern North Carolina does to a slab.
Sandy ground and a water table that moves through the seasons are what make humidity the surprise here. Moisture sits close under the slab, and if the concrete has no vapor barrier it travels straight up through it, every day, for the life of the floor. Nothing about that changes when a coating goes on. A coating that lets vapor through survives it. One that traps it gets pushed up in blisters and sheets.
The moisture test happens at the first visit, before any number is written down. That way the price you get already accounts for what the slab is doing. A dry slab gets priced as a dry slab. A wet one gets a system built to handle the vapor, and you hear about it then, while the plan can still change.
Heat speeds resin up. The cure is a chemical reaction, and the warmer the slab and the air, the faster it runs, which cuts into the time we have to work the material. In an uninsulated Selma garage that shows most in the summer months, and most of all on metallic pours. We set the schedule with that in mind.
What we pour in Selma
Recent pours
Which rooms we end up in.
Garages are the bulk of it. A two-car bay is the job we quote most weeks, and the reason is usually the same: the slab has started dusting, or there is a stain by the driver's door that will not come up no matter what gets poured on it.
Countertops are the other side of the business. The resin pours over the counters that are already there, so a kitchen in Selma changes completely without a tear-out, without new cabinets, and without a week of plywood while a slab gets templated. See how countertop pours work.
Timing a pour around the weather.
Temperature controls how resin behaves. Mild weather gives us the most time to work, so spring and fall dates go fast. In summer we pour early, before the heat builds. In winter we wait on a slab that is warm enough. Pretty much any month can work with the right timing.
What moves the price.
An old coating that has already failed is one of the bigger cost swings we see. All of it has to come off before anything new goes down, and that is grinding time. Deep oil and cracks that need chasing do the same thing. Square footage sets the base. The slab’s condition decides how far above it you land.
So we come look at the floor in person. You get a firm number on the day of the visit, and it does not creep up once the grinders are running. If you would rather check the range first, photos of the slab are enough for a rough yes or no.
How the two days run.
You usually do not know what the slab is hiding until the grinder opens it up. That is the first day: grind the floor down to clean concrete with the extractor pulling dust at the tool, then chase out and fill every crack and pit the grind exposes. It is the loud, slow half of the job. The pour and topcoat come the next day and go fast.
Everything has to come off the floor before we get there, shelving and all. The grinder covers the whole slab edge to edge, so an empty room on the first morning is the one thing we ask for. After the topcoat you can walk on it the next day. Driving on it waits until day three or four.
Who actually pours it.
Beto Ponce does the pours himself. The person who quotes your floor is the person standing on it with a squeegee.
Insured and bonded, 5 years of pours, and a phone the owner answers. See the gallery, read about the rest of Johnston County, or send photos of the slab.
The same person who answers the phone drives the trailer out, so the question of whether we come to you is easy to settle. Selma is well within the 10 counties we cover from Goldsboro. If you are a few miles beyond town, call before you assume we will not come. Town limits rarely line up with the real drive.
Questions from Selma customers
Will it peel like the kit I bought at the store?
Store kits fail because they go over sealed concrete with no mechanical prep. We grind the slab open first, which is what lets the resin key into the concrete instead of sitting on top of it.
Can you coat a floor that already has something on it?
Usually. Old paint, failed sealer, and most previous coatings come off in the grind. If there is a moisture problem underneath we will tell you before we quote it, not after.
Is it slippery when wet?
Only if it is left smooth. Grit broadcast into the topcoat gives it traction, and we use it on garage floors, patios and pool decks where water is a given. A smooth topcoat is about as slick as polished concrete when wet.
How much does a floor cost?
It depends on square footage, the shape the slab is in, and which system you want. We quote off the actual floor, not a phone guess. Call (919) 440-1333 and we will come look.
Do you work in cold weather?
Most winter days, yes. It comes down to the temperature of the slab itself, because a cold slab slows the reaction that cures the resin. When it is too cold for a good finish, we push the date back rather than risk the floor.
Got a slab in Selma?
A couple of pictures and a rough size is all it takes to start. We will tell you what the slab needs.
The phone goes straight to Beto Ponce, the owner who pours the floors. Past jobs are in the gallery.
(919) 440-1333