Flooring

I didn’t plan on caring about my garage floor.

Then I cleaned the garage (for real, like “everything out, vacuum the corners, find the 2019 receipt pile” cleaned) and realized the slab is… not great. Oil spots. Little spider cracks. A couple of pitted patches that look like the concrete got bored and started flaking itself.

So I started doing the normal person thing: Googling “garage epoxy cost.”

And then I did the homeowner thing: I called a few people, got a few quotes, and discovered that “epoxy” is sometimes a product and sometimes just a vibe.

I have a note on my phone titled “FLOORS” and it reads like someone slowly learning that “install new flooring” is not one thing.

It’s a bunch of separate purchases wearing a trench coat:

• demo + disposal (maybe)
• prep (always… even when the quote pretends it’s free)
• install labor
• transitions and trim
• stairs (if you have them)

And flooring quotes love to hide the important stuff inside one line like: