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Free Quote Check

Got an epoxy quote? Let Nick read it.

Upload the quote you received and get an honest verdict in 60 seconds: fair, high, or walk away. We never contact your installer.

We never contact the installer who quoted you, and your quote is never shared.

What a quote check actually looks at

Most epoxy quotes are won or lost on one line that homeowners skim: the prep. A quote check reads your numbers the way I would if you slid the paper across a kitchen table. It compares your price against the real local range for your space and slab, then it reads what the quote does and does not promise. A low number is not the problem. A low number that skipped the grinding is.

The five things I look for, in order:

  • The prep method. Diamond grinding or shot blasting, not acid etch. Etch-only prep is the single most common reason a floor peels, and it is where a cheap bid finds its savings.
  • The system and the thickness. A named system with a mil build, not just "epoxy." A 20 mil flake floor and a 5 mil roll-on are both "epoxy" and only one survives a daily driver. See the garage cost breakdown for why.
  • A moisture test. On a basement, a ground-floor slab, or new concrete, a quote with no test is guessing. A slab pushing moisture blisters off any coating.
  • The deposit. Anything far above a third of the job, or a demand for cash up front, is a warning worth pausing on.
  • The price against the range. Well below the local band usually means a corner is being cut somewhere in the four points above.

An example verdict

Here is the shape of a verdict, using round numbers rather than a real customer's quote. Say a bid comes in at $2,400 for a 480 square foot two-car garage, listed as "epoxy floor coating, surface acid etched, one coat." The price sits under the national band for that space, the prep is etch only, and there is no thickness and no moisture test. The verdict: walk away, or get two more bids. The number is not low because the installer is generous. It is low because the floor is thin and the concrete was never opened up, and that floor lifts at the tire tracks inside a couple of summers. A fair bid for the same garage names grinding, a system, and a mil build, and it lands inside the local range, not under it.

Three red flags to catch yourself

You do not need me to spot these. If a quote has any of the three, ask about it before you sign:

  • Acid etching instead of grinding. Etching reaches a shallow profile at best. On a garage it is not enough, and it is the corner cut you pay for later.
  • No moisture step on a slab that needs one. Below grade, on grade, or freshly poured, a coating over untested concrete is a coin flip.
  • A deposit over a third, or pressure to decide today. Good crews are booked out and do not need your cash before materials. Both are worth a pause.

When a quote clears all three, the next question is whether the company is licensed. That you can check yourself in two minutes on the installer directory, and it is the cheapest insurance in this trade.

Your quote stays private

I never contact your installer, and your quote is never shared with them or sold to anyone. It is used once, to give you a verdict, and that is the end of it. The price benchmarks come from the same rate card every page on this site reads from, so the number you are checked against matches the cost guides and the calculator exactly. Full detail onhow we price and verify.

Reviewed by Nick Shushan, founder of EpoxyTimes, a flooring contractor with roughly 25 years in the trade, most of it in hardwood, working in epoxy since 2019.