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The slab
Coatings are a seasonal trade in this region, and most of what goes wrong is predictable from a calendar and a thermometer. These are the dated notes — what the concrete is doing right now, and what it means for booking.
- Booking the autumn window Late October into November is the last realistic window to coat a Georgian Bay garage floor before the salt season starts, and the escarpment rental properties take those weeks first. Read it →
- New builds: the 28-day clock New Collingwood builds handed over in spring passed the 28-day concrete cure mark weeks ago. Coating before the first winter is the cheapest version of this job. Read it →
- The spring salt audit April is when winter salt damage becomes visible on a Collingwood garage slab. What to look for, and how to tell surface pitting from a slab losing its section. Read it →
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Talk to a Collingwood floor coating contractor
Tell us the size of the bay, roughly when the slab was poured, and whether the building is heated. That is usually enough for a realistic range over the phone — and enough for us to say if you are in the small group of floors where the honest answer is to fix the water before spending anything on a coating.