What Tampa Bay installers actually charge, from their own published prices, and what humidity, heat, sun and storm flooding mean for a garage floor.
Researched by the Pictimate research team · Prices checked October 19, 2026 · How we research
The calculator for this guide isn't available right now. The prices installers publish are in the table below.
| Source | System | Published price | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete Surface ProsTampa | Garage floor: diamond grinding and crack repair, a moisture vapor barrier polyurea base coat, full flake and a polyaspartic clear topcoat | $4 to $6 per sq ft, with a lifetime interior warranty | not dated |
| Coconut CoatingsSt. Petersburg | Full flake, solid colour and metallic epoxy (starting prices) | Full flake from around $6 per sq ft, solid colour from around $4, metallic from around $12; its calculator at the full flake rate: 1-car (250 sq ft) from $1,500, 2-car (450 sq ft) from $2,700, 3-car (750 sq ft) from $4,500 | not dated |
| Checkmate CoatingsTampa | Home garage floor, polyaspartic (company-wide average) | $5.50 to $6.50 per sq ft (its average), depending on floor size, the condition of the concrete and the finish or upgrades chosen | not dated |
| Shark CoatingsThonotosassa, serving Tampa Bay | Garage floor, flake with a polyaspartic topcoat (company-wide starting price) | From $2,500; the final price depends on size, the condition of the concrete and options | not dated |
| Shark CoatingsThonotosassa, serving Tampa Bay | 3-car garage (company-wide starting price) | From $3,450 | not dated |
Shark Coatings publishes starting prices for all of its Florida offices, with no floor size attached; its Tampa Bay office is in Thonotosassa. Checkmate Coatings gives its rate as its own average, in a company-wide answer that names Tampa among its locations; its Tampa office is on Palm River Road. Coconut Coatings publishes starting points, and its 1-car, 2-car and 3-car figures are what its online calculator shows at its full flake starting rate. Concrete Surface Pros publishes one range for its garage floor system. Prices as published on each source's own site, re-checked October 19, 2026. They change, and none of them is a quote. Pictimate is not affiliated with these businesses.
NOAA's 1991 to 2020 hourly normals for July put the dew point at Tampa International Airport between about 72 and 75°F at every hour of the day. Concrete Surface Pros says Florida slabs push moisture upward year-round, and that this pressure lifts a coating from bare concrete, so it puts a moisture vapor barrier polyurea base coat under every garage floor it coats. Checkmate Coatings puts a moisture-mitigating polyurea base coat under its garage floors, and Coconut Coatings lists moisture testing as the second step of its process, before it chooses a coating system. The two standard tests are ASTM F2170, which measures relative humidity inside the slab with probes, and ASTM F1869, which uses calcium chloride to measure how much vapor leaves the surface. Ask which one your installer uses and what reading it accepts.
Tampa International has about 94 days a year with a high of 90°F or more, and normal highs of 91.0°F in July and 91.2°F in August (NOAA NCEI climate normals, 1991 to 2020). Sun through an open door matters too. Concrete Surface Pros finishes with a polyaspartic clear topcoat that it calls UV-stable, and says it holds its colour through a Tampa summer instead of ambering the way epoxy does. Shark Coatings finishes its garage floors with a polyaspartic topcoat and says its coatings resist UV rays, helping prevent yellowing. Checkmate Coatings uses a polyaspartic system and says polyaspartic resists yellowing from UV rays. Coconut Coatings says some epoxy products can yellow with prolonged UV exposure, that polyaspartic can be more UV-stable than conventional epoxy, and that it can use UV-stable polyaspartic topcoats on outdoor work. These are the installers' statements about the systems they sell.
The National Weather Service's Tampa Bay Area office recorded two hurricanes two weeks apart in 2024. During Hurricane Helene, from September 25 to 27, significant storm surge flooding hit the immediate coast, record high water levels were recorded at numerous tide gauges, and the water at Old Port Tampa reached 6.83 feet above mean higher high water, roughly the normal high tide line (6.31 feet at St. Petersburg). During Hurricane Milton, from October 8 to 10, the office recorded flash and river flooding well inland, with 18.88 inches of rain at Albert Whitted Airport in St. Petersburg and 16.51 inches at a gauge 5.1 miles south of Tampa. Heavy rain comes in ordinary years too: NOAA's 1991 to 2020 normals for Tampa International give 49.48 inches a year, with 15 days a year that bring an inch or more, and each month from June to September normally brings between 6.09 and 9.03 inches. If your garage has ever taken on water, say so before anything is coated. Coconut Coatings says a floor coating is no substitute for correcting structural waterproofing, drainage or moisture intrusion problems.
Hot tire pickup is a hot tire lifting or peeling a coating. Shark Coatings says its garage floor system is designed to withstand hot tires, and gives a 15-year warranty on interior applications. Concrete Surface Pros says its polyaspartic topcoat is hard enough to take hot tires and dragged toolboxes, and backs its garage floors with a lifetime interior warranty. Checkmate Coatings says its coatings are built to handle hot tires, and gives a 15-year warranty on residential garage floors. Coconut Coatings backs qualifying installations with a 15-year warranty against peeling and delamination, subject to its warranty terms. Get the warranty terms in writing, and ask whether hot tire pickup is covered.
Coconut Coatings' online calculator counts a 1-car garage as 250 sq ft, a 2-car as 450 sq ft and a 3-car as 750 sq ft, and at its full flake starting rate shows from $1,500, $2,700 and $4,500. Shark Coatings gives no floor size with its garage and 3-car garage starting prices. Checkmate Coatings has a minimum square footage for a job and does not publish the figure; it suggests combining a garage with a patio or driveway to reach it. Concrete Surface Pros prices by the square foot and says the size of the garage changes how much material the job needs. Measure yours before you compare totals.
Concrete Surface Pros lists diamond grinding and crack repair, a moisture vapor barrier base coat, full flake and a polyaspartic clear topcoat in its garage floor, and says three things decide where a garage falls in its range: the condition of the slab, whether an old coating has to be ground off, and the size of the garage. Shark Coatings diamond grinds and repairs the concrete before its flake and polyaspartic topcoat, and says it can remove old paint and coatings as part of its preparation. Checkmate Coatings diamond grinds the slab with vacuum-assisted grinders and says its estimate depends on the size of the floor, the condition of the concrete and the finish or upgrades chosen. Coconut Coatings says complex preparation or customized metallic designs may cost more, and that its calculator gives a planning range, not a binding quote. Ask what your quote includes before you compare totals.
From Tampa Bay installers' own published prices: Shark Coatings starts a garage floor at $2,500, with no floor size given, and Coconut Coatings' online calculator shows full flake from $2,700 for a 450 sq ft 2-car garage. Per square foot, Concrete Surface Pros prices its garage floor at $4 to $6, and Checkmate Coatings gives $5.50 to $6.50 for its average home garage floor, so measure your floor to compare. Cracks, an old coating that has to come off, moisture and the size of your garage all move the price.
Shark Coatings starts a 3-car garage at $3,450, and Coconut Coatings' calculator shows full flake from $4,500 for 750 sq ft. Shark Coatings gives no floor size with its price, so measure your garage before you compare.
Three of the four installers here say they finish their garage floors with polyaspartic. Concrete Surface Pros puts a polyaspartic clear topcoat over a moisture vapor barrier base coat and full flake, and says it holds its colour through a Tampa summer instead of ambering the way epoxy does. Shark Coatings finishes its flake floors with a polyaspartic topcoat. Checkmate Coatings uses a polyaspartic system over a moisture-mitigating polyurea base coat, and says polyaspartic resists yellowing from UV rays. Coconut Coatings chooses between epoxy, polyaspartic and high-wear urethane by the space, and says polyaspartic can be more UV-stable than conventional epoxy. Concrete Surface Pros, Shark Coatings and Checkmate Coatings say they diamond grind the slab first, and Coconut Coatings lists mechanical grinding among the preparation a floor may need.
Moisture coming up through the slab is the risk the installers here name. Concrete Surface Pros says Florida slabs push moisture upward year-round and that this pressure lifts a coating from bare concrete, so it puts a moisture vapor barrier base coat under every garage floor. Checkmate Coatings puts a moisture-mitigating polyurea base coat under its floors, and Coconut Coatings checks for moisture before it chooses a system. The standard tests are ASTM F2170, a probe test of relative humidity inside the slab, and ASTM F1869, a calcium chloride test of the vapor leaving the surface. Ask which one your installer uses, and tell them if your garage has ever flooded.
The Florida Department of Revenue covers this in its brochure for building contractors, GT-800007. It says that under lump sum, cost plus or fixed fee, guaranteed price, and time and materials contracts, the contractor is the final consumer of the materials, and no sales tax is to be collected from the property owner. A contract that lists and prices the materials separately from the installation is treated differently: the contractor collects sales tax on the materials. The brochure does not name floor coatings, so ask your installer how they write the contract. None of the four installers' price pages here says whether tax is included.
Shark Coatings says its floor is typically ready for vehicle traffic 24 hours after installation. Checkmate Coatings says you can walk on its floor after 24 hours and recommends waiting 36 to 48 hours before driving on it. Concrete Surface Pros says most of its floors are finished in a day. Coconut Coatings says waiting about 72 hours may be recommended before parking on many systems, with light foot traffic possible within about 24 hours. Your installer will give you the times for the products they use.
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