Polished Concrete Floors for Lakeway Homes and Builds
We bring polished concrete to Lakeway, The Hills, and nearby Lake Travis communities, with the same diamond polishing we do across Central Texas. Our work runs from custom Hill Country homes where the pour was planned around the finish to lakefront remodels. With an older slab, we take an honest look before agreeing on a finish. If stained concrete or an epoxy coating would suit the space better, we'll say so and do that instead.
- We cover Lakeway
- An estimator reviews your project
- Based in Austin, 20+ years in the trade
Areas covered
- More than 20 years in the concrete trade
- An estimator reviews your project
- A written scope for your project
- Austin and the Central Texas towns we cover
Sound Familiar?
Homeowners, remodelers, builders, and facility managers around Central Texas often bring us these four problems.
You don't know what's under the floor
Tile or carpet comes up and nobody can say whether that slab will polish well. We check it first, and when the job calls for it we grind a test area, so there's less guessing about the finish.
Polishing, grind and seal, epoxy, and staining all get sold as "shiny concrete"
They're different systems with different upkeep, and we'll tell you which one fits the space instead of selling whatever we installed last week.
Cracks over Central Texas clay
Clay soil that swells and shrinks moves slabs. We can repair and manage cracks before polishing, but polishing won't erase them, and an overlay won't cure the movement. Lakeway sits west of Interstate 35, where soil is often thin over limestone. Pockets of clay and built up lots can still move a slab, so we check crack history here too. See how Central Texas clay affects polished floors.
Commercial downtime is a real cost
In retail, office, and warehouse spaces, we can work in zones and stages and give you our honest estimate of when you'll get each area back. We won't just promise to "work around you."
Whatever the worry, we start the same way: we check the slab first, then recommend the system we think fits it best.
Send us photos of your slabConcrete Flooring Services in Lakeway
We bring polished concrete to Lakeway, The Hills, and nearby Lake Travis communities, with the same diamond polishing we do across Central Texas. Our work runs from custom Hill Country homes where the pour was planned around the finish to lakefront remodels. With an older slab, we take an honest look before agreeing on a finish. If stained concrete or an epoxy coating would suit the space better, we'll say so and do that instead.
Lakeway work goes to the same crews behind our polished concrete floors in Austin and follows the same written scope.
Floors We Put Down in Lakeway
Core specialty Polished Concrete
We do concrete polishing in Austin on slabs that can take it, grinding and polishing toward the finish we agree on with you.
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Residential Polished Concrete
We install residential polished concrete in Austin, from remodels to custom builds. When the job calls for it, we grind a sample on your slab before we agree on the finish.
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Commercial Polished Concrete
We install commercial polished concrete in Austin for retail, office, and warehouse spaces, and we plan the work in stages around how your business runs.
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Epoxy Flooring
We put down epoxy flooring in Austin over prepared concrete, for commercial spaces and garages where a coating is the right fit.
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Concrete Overlays
We put down concrete overlays in Austin for slabs that can't be polished as they are, including polishable overlays where they fit.
Read the detailsEvery project starts with an on-site evaluation. Actual scope, pricing, and expected results depend on your specific substrate condition, environment, and project requirements. The website describes our services in general terms. Your signed proposal governs the actual work.
Why Lakeway Homeowners Choose Our Team
- An honest look at older lake house and Hill Country slabs before we recommend any finish
- We tell you when an overlay will look better than grinding alone
- Dust control planned with you when people are living in the home during the work
- Written scope covering prep, repairs, how much stone shows, how glossy it gets, and treatments
- More than 20 years in the concrete trade, with Lakeway homes and businesses on our regular route
How We Plan Lakeway Work Days
Lakeway is a longer drive west along RM 620 from our Austin base, so we plan full working days and confirm equipment access before we show up. In gated neighborhoods like The Hills, we arrange crew and trailer entry ahead of time. In homes along Lakeway Boulevard and Flintrock Trace where people are living during the work, we can seal off the work area and run HEPA dust extraction. In most homes, everything outside that sealed area stays usable. We book nearby Bee Cave and Steiner Ranch jobs on the same western route to cut down on travel.
What We Find in Lakeway Slabs
Lakeway homes went up over several decades on Hill Country ground: thin soil over limestone, with pockets of clay that swell and shrink. Newer custom Hill Country builds along Lake Travis usually have flat, sound slabs. Those are the floors for a cream finish, where almost no stone shows, or salt and pepper, where fine flecks of stone show through. Depending on the slab, we often finish with a lithium silicate hardener.
Older lake houses in Lakeway and The Hills can have slabs with additions, trench repairs, and uneven spots from decades of settling. Each of those changes how the floor looks and what grinding can fix. Garage floors and commercial spaces sometimes need an epoxy coating or stained concrete instead of polishing. For a slab that has moved or been patched a lot, we recommend a polishable overlay. We won't promise a result that grinding alone can't give you.
Areas we cover here
All our Lakeway work happens at your home or business. There's no showroom or office here, so any samples or mockups your job needs come to you.
How a Polished Concrete Project Runs
Most jobs go through four steps between your first photos and the first day of grinding, and we don't like to rush them.
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Send details and photos
Your floor area, how you use the space, what's on the floor now, and a few photos of the slab. That's usually enough for a first read on whether polishing is realistic.
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We check the slab
On site we look at things like hardness, how deep the stone sits, flatness, anything soaked into the concrete, cracks, and old repairs. When the job calls for it, we grind a small test area so you can see your own concrete polished before you choose.
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We talk through which systems fit
Mechanical polishing, grind and seal, an epoxy coating, or a polishable overlay. We'll make a clear recommendation, even when it's a different system from the one you asked about.
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Written scope, then the work
Prep, repairs, the finish, treatments, phasing, and anything left out of the job all go on paper first. Then our crew does the work as written. We'll go over dust control for your space during the consultation.
Not sure whether your slab should be polished, overlaid, or coated?
Send us photos and a rough floor area. One of our estimators usually looks them over within 24 business hours and gives you a straight answer.
What Customers Tell Us
Here's what some of our customers have said.
“We removed dated tile in our Barton Creek remodel. The team prepped the uneven slab, walked us through our options, and we ended up with a satin cream finish we really like.”
“As a commercial GC, it's rare to find a flooring trade in Austin that explains the prep and testing this well. They kept us updated on the schedule the whole way through.”
“Honest and straightforward. They tested our 1980s slab, showed us a sample mockup, and explained why polishing suited our open living space better than epoxy.”
Individual results vary based on use, maintenance, and environmental conditions.
Lakeway Questions
How much does concrete floor polishing cost in Lakeway?
Do you travel to Lakeway, The Hills, and Rough Hollow?
What are the downsides of polished concrete floors?
Is polished concrete cheaper than tile for a Lakeway home?
Can you polish over a slab with trench repairs or additions?
Where can I find a concrete floor specialist near Lakeway?
Is polished concrete a good fit for a Lake Travis home?
Still have a question about your floor?
Send it our way, with photos if you have them. We'll get back to you as soon as we can with a straight answer, whether or not you hire us.
Get My Polished Concrete QuoteNear Lakeway
We schedule nearby communities together, which keeps travel down and makes site visits easy to set up.
Polished concrete in Lakeway?
Tell us roughly how big the floor is and how you use it, and add a few photos of the slab. We'll look it over and get back to you with a next step.
- We check your slab before we quote
- Your signed proposal spells out what's not included
- We walk you through care in person when the job is done