09/04/2026
Hey everyone, I’m Julio Garcia, owner of ICRG Flooring LLC.
I felt like it was Friday evening story time today lol. I figured I’d take a little time to introduce myself and let people know a little about me, especially if you don’t know me personally.
My family and I moved to Houston in 2005 from the Bay Area, California. At that time my main focus was being a teenager, having fun and enjoying life. School honestly wasn’t really my thing at first, but luckily I managed to get focused, hit the books and earn my high school diploma.
My career choice back then was actually to become a veterinarian. I’ve always been a big dog person, so I figured working with animals was what I wanted to do.
Well… life had other plans.
In the summer of 2009 I got into flooring installations while I made up my mind about continuing school or getting a job, and that’s when I realized I actually liked working with my hands. I liked the feeling of accomplishing something after a job was done and seeing the difference it made for homeowners. There’s something satisfying about walking into a space that needs some work and then seeing the finished product when you’re done. Being able to look at it and think, “Heck yeah, I did that.”
In 2017, my youngest brother and I decided to start doing our own work, and that’s when D&A Flooring Installers was started. We had a good run as partners for about 5 years. We worked hard, learned a lot and met some great people along the way. But like all good things, sometimes they have to come to an end, and unfortunately we eventually had to part ways professionally.
After that, starting over on my own felt like a dream that was honestly too big to achieve at the time. So for the next 3–4 years I went back to working for whoever had work available.
During those years I continued gaining experience, not just with flooring but also with seeing how different people run their businesses. I saw things I agreed with and things I definitely didn’t agree with. I didn’t always like how some customers were treated or how certain businesses operated. Questioning their methods and hearing, “Don’t worry about all that, just get it done. This is what I pay you for.” made me think that if I ever had the opportunity to build my own company again, I wanted to do things differently.
And that’s where ICRG Flooring LLC came from.
When I picked the name ICRG, I didn’t pick it because it was easy or because it sounded professional. I picked it because each letter is my children’s first initial. At the end of the day, it represents what I’m trying to accomplish. I’m trying to build something for myself and my family that I can be proud of, with the hope of passing it down to them one day.
Today, even after knowing how hard it is to start from scratch, and with the support of my wife, I got all my chips on myself.
I know there’s a long road ahead and I’m starting from the ground up again, but I’ve been doing flooring for over 15 years. I know the work, I know what I’m capable of, and now I’m giving myself another opportunity to see how far I can take it.
So if you made it this far, thanks for reading my little story. If you don’t know me personally, now you know a little bit more about the guy behind ICRG Flooring LLC.
This is just the beginning. The only way to go now is up.
