Epoxy Flooring Prices in Durban
Every band in the table is an installed price per square metre, taken from South African price guides published in 2026. We show where each band comes from and what pushes a floor up or down inside it.
These are market ranges, not our price list. Your own figure comes in a written quote after a free visit to measure the floor and test the slab.
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Each band runs from the lowest to the highest figure the guides publish for that system. Where only one guide gives a number, we say so.
| Floor system | Installed, per m² | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Solid colour (water-based or two-coat) | R150 to R400 | Three guides |
| Decorative flake | R450 to R1 200 | Three guides; the top end is one installer's figure |
| Metallic | R650 to R1 500 | Three guides |
| Industrial / chemical-resistant, 3 mm and up | R350 to R2 000 | Two guides |
| Thick self-levelling industrial epoxy | R1 500 to R3 500 | One guide only |
| Polyurethane screed or PU concrete | R350 to R2 500 | Two guides; thin screed low, heavy-duty high |
| Add-on: moisture-tolerant primer | +R120 to R250 | One Durban guide |
Sources: one installer's published 2026 cost guide, and two cost-guide pages on a flooring information site (a South Africa page and a Durban page, both updated October 2026).
Which system suits which room is covered on the service pages: a garage coating that copes with hot tyres, flake broadcast floors, poured metallic finishes and PU screeds for wet and hot areas.
What a double garage works out to
One guide treats about 36 m² as a standard double garage. Multiplying the bands above by 36 gives a rough total before anything specific to your slab:
Solid colour
R5 400 to R14 400
Decorative flake
R16 200 to R43 200
If the slab is damp, add
R4 320 to R9 000
Keep that last line in mind on the coast, where Durban's average humidity reaches 80% in the first quarter of the year. Our article on coating floors in Durban's humidity goes into why moisture testing comes before any price.
Five things that move your price
Preparation
Grinding, crack and joint repair, and removing old paint or oil can take as long as the coating itself. A clean new slab costs less to prepare than a patched garage floor with three layers of paint on it.
Moisture
If the slab tests damp, a moisture-tolerant primer goes down first. A Durban cost guide puts that at an extra R120 to R250 per square metre, and we show it as its own line.
Build thickness
A thin roller coat and a trowelled or self-levelling screed several millimetres thick use very different amounts of resin and labour. Thickness is a big part of why industrial prices spread so widely.
Floor size
Travel, grinder set-up and mixing barely change between a 20 m² job and a 500 m² one, so a single garage can cost more per square metre than a warehouse.
Access and phasing
A ground-floor garage is easy. Upper floors, narrow access, estate time limits and work split around trading hours all add days on site.
What goes on our written quote
- The measured area and the system, layer by layer.
- Preparation and repairs as separate lines.
- Any moisture-tolerant primer, priced on its own.
- Working days, and the dates for walking and driving on the floor.
Ask about the warranty on your quote. The full sequence from visit to handover is on our step-by-step process page, and cheap floor paint is compared with a real epoxy system in this paint-or-epoxy guide.
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