Garage Floor Coating Quote Checklist: 15 Questions

Compare scope before totals

A quote is easier to evaluate when every promise is written down

The Federal Trade Commission recommends getting written estimates that describe the work, materials, completion date, and price, and checking insurance and licensing where applicable.¹ This garage-floor-specific worksheet expands those basics without endorsing or prequalifying a provider.

How to use it

Complete one copy for each written proposal

Ask the provider to identify documents rather than relying on memory or broad product labels. Blank fields are for your notes and remain on your device; this worksheet does not submit or save them.

Provider or company Proposal date Quoted total Project address or ZIP

Scope and substrate

Floor measurement, preparation, repairs, and moisture

1. What measured square footage is included?Record the main slab, steps, stem walls, apron, vertical edges, and any excluded surfaces.
2. How will the concrete be prepared?Record the method, equipment, dust control, target surface profile, and how edges or tight areas are handled.
3. How are cracks, spalls, pitting, and joints handled?Separate static repairs from joints or cracks expected to move, and record remaining limitations.
4. What concrete moisture testing will be performed?Record the method, locations, date, results, named product limit, and plan for an out-of-limit result.

Preparation and moisture requirements should come from the proposed system and current product documentation.³ The moisture-testing guide explains common test questions.

Named coating system

Products, layers, decorative finish, and UV exposure

5. What are the manufacturer and product names?List every primer, repair material, base or body coat, broadcast material, topcoat, and additive.
6. What is the complete layer sequence and count?Record which layer bonds to concrete and the represented wet or dry thickness where specified.
7. What flake coverage, color, and texture are included?Clarify full or partial broadcast, sample approval, slip-resistance additive, and finish variation.
8. Which UV-exposed layer carries the color-stability claim?Ask for the manufacturer document supporting the represented performance near the garage opening.

Use the epoxy and polyaspartic system guide to compare chemistry claims in context.

Schedule and access

Installation, foot traffic, vehicle traffic, and cleanup

9. What is the installation timeline?Record preparation, repairs, each coating step, expected start and completion, and weather or condition contingencies.
10. When is foot traffic allowed?Record the time, assumed temperature and conditions, and whether this includes returning stored items.
11. When is vehicle traffic allowed?Keep this milestone separate from foot traffic and ask what changes if cure conditions vary.
12. What cleanup and site protection are included?Record dust management, debris removal, masking, access, ventilation, disposal, and responsibility for moving belongings.

DFW heat and humidity can make the assumed conditions worth recording. See the temperature and dew-point planning guide.

Written terms and provider verification

Warranty, exclusions, change orders, insurance, and licensing

13. Who provides the written warranty?Record the responsible legal entity, term, covered conditions, remedy, maintenance duties, and claim process.
14. What is excluded and what can trigger a change order?Ask about moisture, moving cracks or joints, impact, tire effects, chemical exposure, color variation, concealed conditions, extra repairs, and added surfaces.
15. What insurance, licenses, permits, or registrations apply?Request current proof of insurance and verify any requirement applicable to the work and jurisdiction with the issuing authority.

The FTC advises reading warranty coverage, exclusions, and the process for obtaining service before purchase.² A warranty is only one comparison field; it does not replace evaluation of scope, products, and provider responsibility.

Side-by-side summary

Transfer the decisive differences here

Comparison field	Proposal A	Proposal B	Proposal C
Measured area
Preparation
Named system
Layers and finish
Vehicle return
Total and exclusions

Purpose and sources

How this checklist was built

The worksheet combines federal home-improvement estimate and warranty guidance with manufacturer concrete-preparation topics and the quote fields developed in the site's DFW cost research. It is general planning information, not legal advice, an inspection, a provider background check, or a recommendation.

DFW Garage Coatings is an independent informational and lead referral website, not the installer. See our editorial standards and contact information.

Sources

Federal Trade Commission, How to Avoid a Home Improvement Scam. Written estimates, references, insurance, licensing where applicable, contract, and payment guidance. Checked August 29, 2026.
Federal Trade Commission, Warranties. Guidance on coverage, exclusions, remedy, and obtaining warranty service. Checked August 29, 2026.
Sherwin-Williams, Concrete Surface Preparation Form G-1. Manufacturer guidance on substrate evaluation, preparation, cracks, contamination, and moisture. Checked August 29, 2026.

Garage Floor Coating Quote Checklist: 15 Questions to Ask