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A 1986 Blackland Road property was once an auto shop: two metal buildings, each with a car lift, about 7,800 square feet of floor that has met oil.
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Years of car repair leave a record in concrete. A 1986 property at 3500 Blackland Road, in the Blackland Addition of unincorporated Rockwall County, is described as 'Formerly used as auto shop', and both of its metal buildings were set up with car lifts. Motor oil, transmission fluid and brake fluid soak into bare slab and keep wicking back up long after the spill is wiped. Nick expects that staining on a floor like this and reads how deep it goes before he prices any prep.
That history narrows the finish. Fluids, jacks and dropped parts call for the chemical-resistant shop build, with quartz, stone-look or clear on top, rather than a decorative flake picked for color.
Each building keeps a lift. The coating is cut in around every post and baseplate, and neither lift carries a vehicle until the floor cures. The listing calls the 60 by 70 building one that 'can be conjoined or used separately', with a dividing wall between the two, so one side can stay in service while the other is coated. The office suite is a separate floor and gets its own look. The same listing quotes a monthly rent, so if you lease a shop like this, the owner signs off before we book.
Size moves the schedule. Read as feet, 60 by 60 and 60 by 70 come to about 3,600 and 4,200 square feet, close to 7,800 before the office. That is several garages' worth of floor and likely more than one install day.
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One listing in the SH 276 Addition, at the highway end of the road, shows a covered arena, grain storage, sheds and a goat and sheep barn on 5.89 acres. A Sun Valley Acres home lists two sheds and a barn. Buildings like these can stand on dirt, gravel or concrete, so the visit starts by finding which floors are poured slabs and what each building stores.
A 2019 home in Blackland Addition lists a 300 square foot carport, and a 2008 home on 13.71 acres in Windy Hill Estates lists 380 square feet of carport. Neither listing shows an attached garage. That changes the starting point of a quote here: an open slab under a roof is a different job from a closed garage.
The homes we checked along the road were built in 1980 and 1981, 2002, 2003, 2008 and 2019. So a 45-year-old slab and a seven-year-old one can sit on the same road. The older one usually brings more stains, wear and cracking to prep, and Nick prices that prep for each slab on its own line.
The Texas State Historical Association describes Rockwall County as Blackland Prairie with cracking, clayey subsoils. The road shares a name with that prairie, though no source we found says the settlement was named for the soil. On a barn or carport slab that has sat on this ground for decades, Nick looks for hairline cracks first and fills them before any coating goes down.
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Blackland is about 31 minutes from our Garland shop outside rush hour. Daytime traffic takes longer. We confirm your address and current appointment options rather than promising an unverified arrival or lead time.
Nick sees your Blackland concrete in person. Size, age, stains, existing coatings and daily use shape the recommendation, and your written quote explains the preparation needed.
Qualifying residential flake systems include a 15-year written warranty. Ask Nick to explain coverage and exclusions for the specific surfaces on your quote; do not assume every outdoor or commercial system carries the same terms.
Nick’s Garland-based company handles your estimate, installation planning and project questions. Discuss all the areas you want evaluated at the same free visit, with clear recommendations and no pressure to buy.
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Our Garland-based team also serves these nearby DFW communities — bringing the same one-day installation standard to homes and businesses around Blackland.
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There is no list price; Nick writes one figure after walking the shop, with the two buildings split out. On a Blackland-area service floor near 7,800 square feet, footage sets the base, and old oil staining plus edge work at the lift posts add to it. The shop finish you pick counts too. A travel charge this far east is still undecided. Book the concrete coating walk at (214) 550-9809.
Plan on more than one install day for a Blackland-area shop this size, plus cure time before a lift or vehicle goes back on. Because the two buildings can run separately, the concrete coating can be done one side at a time, keeping the other working. Nick writes out that sequence with your quote, and he notes which lift returns to service first so your work does not stop entirely. Talk through dates at (214) 550-9809.
Yes. Blackland Road falls within the hour or so we travel from the Garland shop. Blackland is a former settlement on SH 276 in unincorporated Rockwall County, and the Blackland Addition lots along the road sit outside any city. Mail there often reads Royse City or Fate, so Nick runs the address before he drives out. To book a shop concrete coating estimate for your building, call (214) 550-9809.
Gather the shop's history first. Tell Nick what the floor was used for, since a Blackland-area slab that served as an auto shop needs fluid-focused prep, and list any lifts, drains or bolted equipment. Know whether you own or lease the building; a tenant needs the owner's sign-off. Decide which side has to stay running. With that in hand, a concrete coating visit goes quickly. Reach Nick at (214) 550-9809.
For a former Blackland-area service floor, the chemical-resistant shop build is usually the better match than a decorative flake, because oil, brake fluid and dropped parts are the daily load. The top layer can be quartz, stone-look or clear, and slip resistance goes where floors get wet. Nick sets samples on the concrete itself, and the concrete coating he quotes is matched to what the shop does now. Ask for samples at (214) 550-9809.
Because concrete is porous, oil from years of service soaks deep and wicks back toward the surface after cleaning. On a Blackland-area floor with an auto-shop past, that is the main reason a coat of floor paint or a thin sealer lets go. Our concrete coating prep treats the stains and opens the surface before anything goes down, and Nick tells you what he sees in your slab. Call (214) 550-9809.
Fairly soon, though estimates are booked ahead rather than same day. Blackland Road is one of the longer drives on our map, so Nick groups east Rockwall County visits when he can and confirms the time with you by phone the day before. Install dates for a shop concrete coating follow your approval, with an automated reminder 24 hours out. Ask about the next Blackland-area opening at (214) 550-9809.
Nick walks both bays, reads the old stains and writes one number per building.