Mesa’s newest slabs, on the old GM proving grounds.
Eastmark rose on the land where General Motors used to torture-test cars, and since 2013 it has poured some of the newest residential concrete in Arizona. New slabs are the easiest floors we install — with two catches every Eastmark owner should know.
First, the builder’s sprayed-on curing compound has to be completely diamond-ground off, because nothing bonds through it. Second, young concrete has to finish curing and pass a moisture check before coating. Get both right and a new-build floor is flawless for decades.
Production builders seal fresh pours with a curing compound that looks like clean concrete and repels coatings like wax repels paint. It does not wear off in any meaningful way. Grinding it off is non-negotiable prep on an Eastmark garage — and it is the step the cut-rate installers quietly skip.
The best time to coat a new-build garage is the month after closing, while it is still empty and the slab has cured through. Every year that passes fills the garage and adds another layer of stuff to move — the floor itself never gets easier or cheaper than in month two.
Concrete needs roughly a month after the pour before it is ready for coating, and we verify with a moisture test rather than a calendar. On a spring closing that usually means we can grind the week you get the keys.
Doug and his team were very clean and professional! My garage has never looked cleaner!
The Check’s team coated my garage floor and it turned out FANTASTIC! Huge fan of them!
Love Check’s — they always do great work and are great to work with.
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