Katy's Family Concrete Floor Company
LDC Floors is based in the Katy area. We stain, polish, and overlay the concrete you already have, for homeowners, builders, and businesses across Katy and Fulshear. We don't pour new concrete or level floors.
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Stained & Polished Concrete Contractors in Katy, TX
4 Generations of Tradition. A Lifetime of Color
Our family has been making concrete floors since 1949, and pioneered decorative staining techniques in the 1960s. Today we bring that experience to Katy homes, with color mixed for your house, from warm earth tones to modern grays.
Serving all of Katy, including Cinco Ranch, Cross Creek Ranch, and Old Katy, plus Fulshear, Brookshire, Richmond, and the Energy Corridor.
What We Do for Katy Homes
Whether you're building new in Katy or updating a home you've lived in for years, we finish the concrete you already have.
Stained Concrete
Rich color dyed into the surface of your concrete and sealed for protection, in far more colors than old-style acid stains. Popular in Katy homes after carpet or tile comes up.
Polished Concrete
A smooth floor in the shine you choose, from soft satin to a full mirror finish. Ideal for new builds and open floor plans.
Overlays for Patios and Pool Decks
A decorative surface over cracked or stained outdoor concrete, without tearing it out. Built to handle Katy summers.
Commercial Floors
Polished and stained floors for Katy offices, retail spaces, and warehouses. Built for heavy traffic with no waxing.
How Much Do Concrete Floors Cost in Katy?
Stained concrete is one of the most affordable ways to get a finished, high-end floor, because we finish the slab you already have instead of covering it.
Stained concrete in Katy starts around $2.85 per square foot on new construction and typically runs $4–$7 in existing homes. Polished concrete typically runs about $5–$9 per square foot. Small projects have a minimum. Your price per square foot comes down to a few things:
- New construction or remodel. A clean slab in a new build costs the least. Remodels cost more because old flooring has to come up and the glue and residue have to be cleaned off by hand.
- What's coming up. Carpet and laminate come up easily. Tile and hardwood take more labor.
- Condition of the slab. Patches, cracks, paint, and old sealers add prep time, and sometimes an overlay is the better choice.
- Stain and sealer. Acid stain or dye, and a sealer matched to how the room is used.
- Size of the space. Larger areas usually cost less per square foot than a single room.
The best way to get an accurate price is to tell us about your floor. Instead of posting a number that may not fit your slab, we'd rather talk it through. Text us a photo and your square footage for a ballpark, or schedule a free on-site estimate.
Building a New Home in Katy
Katy has a lot of new construction, and a new slab is the easiest and most affordable floor to stain or polish. Tell your builder early that you want concrete floors, and ask them to protect the slab from paint, drywall mud, and trades. We'll work around your builder's schedule.
Remodeling an Existing Katy Home
Concrete is a natural, porous canvas with an underlying history. Whether we are applying a traditional Acid Stain for a highly variegated, marbled, organic look or an Acetone-Based Dye for consistent, vibrant modern tones, we deploy our family's 1960s-pioneered staining techniques.
We map the unique layout of your floor before application to ensure the shading flows gracefully with the architecture. In older Houston homes and commercial spaces, remnants of old tile glues, oils, or patches often remain deep within the pores. Rather than chasing a sterile, artificial mask, we work with those traits—allowing them to react with our stains to create a rich, variegated character that synthetic floor coverings cannot duplicate. This is where 75 years of experience matters most; we know how a 50-year-old slab will react before we even open the bottle.
- Acid stain — reacts with the concrete for a marbled, earthy look with natural variation. No two floors come out the same.
- Dye — more consistent and more color choices, including modern grays. Better when you want a predictable result.
Phase Three: High-Performance Architectural Finishes
We seal the floor to protect the color from traffic, grease, and spills. The sealer is chosen for the room — a kitchen and a garage need different things. Whether your project demands a low-sheen Satin finish for a cozy residential living space, a modern Semi-Gloss, or a mirror-like High-Gloss for maximum light reflectivity, we adapt our process to your aesthetic goals.
Once the desired clarity is achieved, we shield the surface profile with premium wear layers and penetrating sealers. This critical final step locks in the color depth, drastically reduces ongoing maintenance, and ensures your investment stands up to heavy foot traffic and daily wear for years to come.
Commercial Stained Concrete Floor
Stain soaks in. Paint sits on top.
Floor paint and epoxy form a layer on the surface of your slab. Over time that layer chips, peels, and lifts — especially in a garage or anywhere with heat and traffic. Stain works differently. The color goes down into the concrete and becomes part of it. There’s no layer to peel, because there’s no layer. It won’t chip or flake, and it won’t fade in sunlight. We use two methods. Acid stain reacts with the concrete itself and gives a marbled, earthy look with a lot of natural variation. Dyes give you more control and more consistent color, including modern grays. We’ll tell you which suits your slab and the look you want.
Better for allergies than carpet or tile
A stained and sealed floor has no fibers and no grout lines, so there’s nowhere for dust, pet dander, or mold to collect. You sweep or mop it and it’s clean. For anyone in the house with allergies, that’s a real difference from carpet.
It can help with your energy bill
Concrete holds temperature. The slab stays cool through the hottest part of a Houston afternoon and releases warmth slowly at night, which takes some of the load off your air conditioning.
Outdoor floors: patios, pool decks, driveways
Outdoor concrete takes sun, rain, and hot tires. We use sealers made for that — they hold their color through Houston summers and stand up to the elements. Driveway sealers are chosen so hot tires won’t lift them.
Residential Stained Concrete Floor
Frequently Asked Questions
Why choose LDC for stained concrete?
Stained cement floors are highly technical and deeply artistic. When it comes to staining cement floors, LDC’s 4 generations of installation experience and 75-year pedigree ensure we evaluate your slab correctly, execute meticulous surface decontamination, and create a custom decorative finish that highlights the premium character of your floor without destroying the natural surface face.
What is stained concrete?
Concrete staining is an architectural decorative finish that injects rich color and visual dimension directly into a cured slab. At LDC Floors, we focus primarily on advanced acetone-based dyes, which use micro-pigments that rapidly penetrate and lock into the concrete's refined pores to deliver incredibly vibrant, predictable, and modern tones. For clients looking for an earthy, highly variegated look, we also offer traditional reactive acid stains that chemically fuse with the lime in the slab.
What sets LDC Floors apart for concrete staining in Houston, TX?
With 4 generations of expertise, we specialize strictly in transforming existing slabs. Unlike general painters, our architectural concrete staining Houston TX process utilizes heavy surface decontamination and premium acetone dyes to fuse color into the slab, ensuring it never cracks, chips, or peels under the Texas heat.
Can you stain an existing interior slab that had carpet or tile?
Yes, existing interior concrete slabs can absolutely be stained, provided the surface is professionally prepared. Unlike new builds, staining an old indoor slab requires a highly specialized, meticulously manual restoration process to avoid ruining the natural face of the concrete. We utilize a combination of specialized nylon grit pads, hand scrapers, targeted chemical stripping agents, and intensive hands-on labor to safely break down and pull up old adhesives, thin-set mortars, and old sealers. This exhaustive preparation safely opens up the concrete's pores, creating a clean and prepared canvas for our acetone dyes or acid stains to bond seamlessly with the slab.
Stained Concrete vs. Painted Concrete Floors: What is the Difference?
When considering how to finish your concrete slabs, it is important to understand why professional concrete staining and sealing vastly outperforms a painted concrete floor. Standard floor paint forms a temporary surface layer that easily blisters, chips, and peels under daily foot traffic and vehicle tires. Conversely, our high-performance acetone-based dyes bypass the unpredictable chemical reactions of traditional acid stains by micro-penetrating deep inside the concrete molecules. These advanced concrete floor painting alternatives lock vibrant pigments directly into the refined pores of the slab, creating a beautiful, breathable, UV-stable luxury finish that will never peel or delaminate.
What is the difference between hiring professional concrete flooring contractors vs. a DIY kit?
True architectural cement staining is an exact science. Professional concrete floor staining contractors utilize commercial-grade planetary surface prep equipment to strip away old sealers and open up the pores of the slab. This deep sub-surface preparation allows our deep-penetrating acetone dyes to bond permanently, creating a pristine, long-term wear layer that retail box-store paint kits cannot match.
Can you perform cement staining and sealing on exterior surfaces?
Yes. We offer specialized concrete staining and sealing for outdoor patios, driveways, and pool decks. Our formulas utilize UV-stable pigments paired with cross-linking, slip-resistant acrylic topcoats designed specifically to handle heavy vehicle traffic and extreme coastal weather.
Will my stained concrete floor look exactly like a photo?
Not exactly. Because concrete is an organic material with a unique history, every slab responds uniquely to decorative stains. Traditional reactive acid stains rely on chemical reactions with free lime, resulting in wild, organic marbling and variegation. Our specialized acetone dyes offer much greater color control and consistency, but they will still beautifully telegraph the unique aggregate patterns, minor fractures, and character lines of your specific Houston slab.
How long does the concrete staining process take in a Houston home?
That depends entirely on the total square footage and the type of existing floor coverings we are removing. The process can range from 2 days for a simple 400 sq ft space up to 10 days for a 2,500 sq ft layout, depending on the complexity of the manual adhesive removal and surface decontamination phase.
Can old concrete be stained?
Often yes, but it depends entirely on the structural integrity and cleanliness of the slab. Any legacy concrete patches, heavy oil saturations, carpet tack strip residues, or drywall mud must be completely cleared out via our manual scraping and chemical stripping processes to expose a clean, porous, and reactive canvas.
Is stained concrete good for remodels?
Yes, stained concrete is an excellent, sustainable solution for interior and exterior remodels. While remodeling projects involve handling old slab wear, our 4th-generation team specializes in evaluating existing concrete to determine whether an acid-reactive stain or a deep-penetrating acetone dye will deliver the most consistent, high-end aesthetic without requiring intensive mechanical diamond grinding or sub-surface patching before staining to achieve a uniform finish.
Is there a difference between staining cement floors and concrete staining?
While people often use the terms interchangeably, cement is actually the binding ingredient inside a concrete slab. Our architectural processes for staining cement floors involve penetrating the entire structural mix. Whether your layout requires vibrant acetone micro-pigments or earth-toned reactive acid stains, we treat the complete matrix to ensure the color never cracks or delaminates.
Does LDC Floors offer financing?
Yes. You can now pay for your new floor over time with Affirm. Instead of paying the full amount up front, you can split the cost into monthly payments.
Payment options through Affirm are subject to an eligibility check and are provided by these lending partners: https://www.affirm.com/how-it-works.