Service
Decorative Concrete in Los Angeles.
Stamped patterns, integral colors, scored joints, broom finishes, exposed aggregate, and custom topical stains. Our decorative concrete crew pours and finishes the slab in the same visit, no subcontractors.
What decorative concrete actually is.
Stamped patterns, integral colors, scored joints, broom finishes, exposed aggregate, and custom topical stains. Our decorative concrete crew pours and finishes the slab in the same visit, no subcontractors.
The system
- Integral color, dry-shake, and topical stain options
- Stamp pattern library: ashlar slate, european fan, wood plank, cobblestone
- Tooled joints, scored borders, exposed-aggregate edges
- Sealer choices: matte, satin, or wet-look gloss
What it costs
Pattern complexity and color count set most of it. A single-color broom finish and a multi-color stamped pour are different jobs. Square footage, base slab condition, and border work fill in the rest.
How long it takes
Two to five working days depending on slab size and pattern.
How long it lasts
25-40 years for the slab; topical sealers refreshed every 3-5 years.
Where this fits
Patios, driveways, pool decks, walkways, restaurant patios, retail entries. Anywhere the slab needs to read as architectural.
How a decorative concrete floor actually gets poured.
01 Walkthrough
Owner on site. Moisture test of the slab. Photos of existing cracks. Palette options walked in person. Proposal in your inbox next morning.
02 Diamond grind
Surface prep to CSP-3 profile, HEPA vacuum, rapid-set polyurea on crack lines, re-grind. Where every floor lives or dies.
03 Pour
Resin mixed on site, broadcast or swirled to match the system. Signature work happens here. Notched-trowel finish before the working window closes.
04 Topcoat
Polyaspartic or polyurethane within the resin chemical window. Walkable 24 hours, full traffic 72 hours. Written job spec before we leave.
Where we install decorative concrete.
We pour decorative concrete across all of our service areas: Los Angeles County, Orange County, the Inland Empire, San Diego County, Ventura County, Kern County, and Santa Barbara County. The system itself is the same across cities. Substrate prep adjusts to local concrete age and moisture conditions.
Orange County
Inland Empire & beyond
Three rules we do not break on a decorative concrete install.
Whether a floor lasts 15 years or starts failing at year three gets settled on prep day, before anything is mixed. Budget does not change the list below. Every job gets all of it.
01. Calibrated moisture testing
Calcium chloride or relative-humidity sleeve test on every decorative concrete substrate before we order resin. If the vapor emission rate is above manufacturer spec, we apply a moisture-mitigation primer at our cost rather than gamble on the topcoat bond. Skipping this is the most common cause of the failed coatings we get called in to re-prep.
02. Diamond grind to spec
CSP-3 minimum for residential decorative concrete, CSP-4 for high-build commercial. Shot blasting and acid etching are cheaper shortcuts that fail the resin manufacturer’s adhesion spec. We grind, HEPA-vacuum, polyurea-fill every visible crack, and re-grind. The prep day is the day the floor lives or fails.
03. Spec sheet with the resin maker named
Every decorative concrete proposal we write names the resin manufacturer, the topcoat product, the substrate prep depth, the cure window, and the maintenance schedule. If a competitor’s proposal does not name these, you are buying on faith, not specs. Full liability and workers’ comp on every job.
Questions before the call.
What does decorative concrete cost in Los Angeles?
Residential pricing for decorative concrete in the Los Angeles market typically runs between the ranges quoted on our service pages, with the exact number determined by substrate condition, finish system, and square footage. Commercial pricing is always project-specific.
It depends on your slab, so we price it in person. The walkthrough costs nothing and takes about half an hour. The next morning you get a fixed price by email, and that number holds through the pour.
How long does decorative concrete take to install?
On most homes we are in and out in two to three working days, and that covers grinding, crack repair, the pour and the topcoat; the walkthrough and moisture test happen before we book the days. Larger residential floors and commercial work run four to fifteen days.
Once the final coat is down, stay off it for 24 hours. At 72 hours the floor takes full vehicle traffic.
How long will my decorative concrete last?
A resinous floor system bonds chemically to the concrete under it. On residential floors, that adhesion is engineered to last the life of the slab.
It depends mostly on how hard the floor gets used. A busy residential garage can go 8 to 12 years before its polyaspartic topcoat needs refreshing, and the base resin stays bonded the whole time. Commercial systems are spec’d for their traffic and chemistry, with 10 to 25 years typical on the resin layer.
Can you match a specific color?
Metallic pigment mixes to anything on the spectrum, so a metallic floor can be whatever color you bring us. We have done everything from mother-of-pearl to just-black.
Quartz has 14 standard colors, and we can mix a custom one if none of them fit. Flake works the same way: start from a pre-blended pack or build your own blend. On decorative concrete, color is either mixed into the pour or stained on after it cures.
How does the install process actually work?
Your part is mostly on day one, when we walk the space together and test the slab for moisture. After that the crew takes over: grinding to a CSP-3 profile and crack repair on day two, the pour and broadcast on day three, the polyaspartic topcoat on day four. You come back in for the final inspection and keep the written job spec we hand you.
What happens after the floor is poured?
Keep the written job spec we hand you at the final walk. If the gloss layer ever needs a refresh, that sheet tells us what is already on the floor.
Upkeep is a mop and a bucket of water. The topcoat carries the protection, so you never roll on sealer or schedule a yearly wax.
What makes Concrete 2 Coatings different from other contractors?
Most contractors in LA do one thing. We are licensed and trained in three: resinous coatings, decorative concrete and structural slabs, so a cracked slab under your coating does not get handed off to someone else. The owner walks each job and shows up on prep days, and the prep itself (grind to CSP-3, HEPA-vacuum, grind again) never gets cut.
Pour decorative concrete at your place.
Free walkthrough in 30 minutes. Fixed-price proposal in your inbox the next morning. (714) 702-2567 or the form below.