Facility spec sheet
Condo Parking Garage and Common Area Floor Costs in Ottawa
Get quotes for this facilityA condo garage or common area is used by residents who cannot all be moved out, and it may have expansion joints and ramps. The spec sheet sets the published ranges beside one data sheet's vehicle times; the questions below cover joints, ramps and phasing.
The spec sheet
Polyaspartic / polyurea
Published price About $6 to $15 per sq ft installed (commercial work)
- Freezing or cold rooms: One data sheet sets a minimum surface temperature of about 4 °C.
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Get quotes for polyaspartic / polyureaCommercial epoxy
Published price About $8 to $15 per sq ft installed (lighter systems from about $5)
- Freezing or cold rooms: One epoxy data sheet says not to apply it below 10 °C.
Data sheet figures · About this system
Get quotes for commercial epoxyUrethane cement
Published price Too few published prices for a range
- Freezing or cold rooms: One installer page gives an operating range of about -40 to 120 °C.
Data sheet figures · About this system
Get quotes for urethane cementPrices are published ranges, not quotes. Times, moisture limits and how the ranges were set: costs page.
Rules that apply here
- Barrier-free and exit surfaces (2024 OBC)
Barrier-free walking surfaces: stable, firm and slip-resistant (3.8.1.3.(2)); ramps, landings and treads in exits: slip-resistant finish (3.4.6.1.(1)).
- Floor finish fire ratings (2024 OBC, 3.1.13.7)
Floor-surface flame-spread and smoke limits apply in buildings regulated as high buildings, for example in exit stairways and elevator cars. Ask the building's designer.
Ask before you sign
- Which joint product the contractor proposes, and what its data sheet says about movement and traffic
- How ramps and stair landings are finished
- How the work is phased by level or lane so residents can park
- The data-sheet vehicle times for the coating quoted
More on each system: Polyaspartic and Polyurea Coatings · Commercial Epoxy Flooring · Urethane Cement Flooring
Coatings IQ answers for this facility
- Expansion joints in an Ottawa parking garage, how are they treated?
We found no published source on how expansion joints in an Ottawa parking garage should be treated, so the system and the method have to come from the...
- Polyaspartic or epoxy for a Kanata showroom that can close one night?
Neither data sheet we read reopens a floor to traffic within a single night. One polyaspartic data sheet lists dry to touch at two to four hours, light...
- Is a floor coating considered construction under Ontario law?
Floor coating work is likely construction under Ontario law. The Occupational Health and Safety Act defines "construction" to include alteration, repair...
- What surface profile does epoxy need on an Ottawa slab?
ICRI concrete surface profiles (CSP) are the scale contractors and data sheets use to describe how rough a slab needs to be before coating. For epoxy, the...
- Should moisture testing be a line item on my Ottawa floor quote?
Yes, moisture testing should appear as a named line item, and if it is buried in a general "prep" charge or missing entirely, ask the contractor to break...
Quick answers
How are expansion joints handled in a garage coating?
We found no published source on garage expansion-joint systems, so the product and method should come from the contractor and the product's data sheet, in writing.
Where does the Building Code set floor flame-spread values?
Floor-surface flame-spread values in the 2024 Building Code apply in high buildings, for example in exit stairways and elevator cars. Ask the building's designer for your garage.
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