Before: Garage Flooring That Couldn’t Keep Up With Houston’s Climate
Garage floors in Houston go through a lot—humidity, heat, and sudden downpours all impact the surface. But many homeowners are surprised when brand-new garage flooring starts peeling or bubbling within a year or two. It’s not poor maintenance or surface wear—it’s the concrete itself.
Houston’s heat and high groundwater create ideal conditions for moisture-vapor transmission (MVT). MVT is a natural process where water vapor moves upward through the pores in your concrete slab. Concrete might seem solid, but it’s actually quite porous—like a sponge at the microscopic level. When moisture from the soil below evaporates, it rises through the slab in vapor form. If the base coat of the coating system is “weak”, the vapor pressure can damage the floor from underneath.
During: Our 2-Day System Seals Vapor Out—Before It Becomes a Problem
Garage Floor Coatings of Houston solves this problem with a 2-day installation garage flooring system, purpose-built to control moisture at the slab level. The process starts with a thick coat of 100%-solids, moisture-mitigating epoxy, which penetrates deeply into the concrete and cures into a dense, bonded vapor barrier.
This base coat is essential for real moisture mitigation. It stops vapor from reaching the surface, which means no bubbling, peeling, or premature coating failure.
After the customer’s chosen flake blend is broadcast, the moisture-mitigating epoxy is allowed to slowly cure overnight. On the next day, we apply two separate 100%-solids (nothing less) polyaspartic topcoats that resist heat, stains, UV damage and hot-tire transfer.
Why this matters in Houston:
- Clay soil traps groundwater beneath slabs
- High humidity increases vapor pressure year-round
- 1-day systems skip the moisture-mitigating epoxy layer and leave your floor unprotected
After: Flooring That Lasts in the Gulf Coast Climate
But with a quality 2-day coating system in place, your garage flooring won’t just look better—it’ll perform better. The moisture-mitigating epoxy base blocks moisture before it becomes a threat, and the dual topcoats ensure long-term durability in Houston’s toughest weather.
Contact Garage Floor Coatings of Houston today for your free quote and protect your floor from what’s happening below the surface.