Garage floor concrete in Mountain View CA - a slab that drains instead of puddling
Cracked, sinking garage floor with water that pools where you park? We pour a new slab that drains the way we planned it together.
Garage floor concrete carries your cars. Here's when it needs replacing.
Replacing garage floor concrete in Mountain View means replacing the slab your car and tools sit on, and the national model building code calls for a floor that won't burn, so asphalt is out for attached and detached garages. It also needs slope so rain and drips from cars run off instead of pooling into a slick spot.
A floor that's failing was usually poured on dirt raked flat instead of dug out and packed, so the subgrade, the ground the slab sits on, settled and took the concrete with it. Where a slope crowds the garage and sheds water toward it, the fix can include a concrete retaining wall.
Price moves with the garage's size, whether an old slab comes out, and extras like a drain or decorative concrete finishes. If money's tight, trim the finish, not the base, because the base is what keeps a floor flat. The schedule turns on tear-out, weather and curing, the wait while concrete hardens, and the written estimate gives your figure.
Some floors give warning. Signs you need garage floor concrete.
Cracks that keep spreading
A hairline crack or two is normal, but cracks that widen or split the floor into pieces usually mean the ground underneath moved. The longer it goes, the more broken concrete there is to haul out.
Water standing where you park
Puddles after rain or a car wash mean the floor lost its slope or never had much. Water that sits soaks into every crack and speeds up the rest of the damage.
A sunken or tilted section
When one side drops or a lip forms at the big door, the base under it has usually settled or washed out. It's a trip hazard now and a bigger dig-out later.
Garage floor concrete, from call to cleanup. Here's how it goes.
I come out myself, look the garage over and ask plenty of questions, starting with where the water goes now. We decide together whether the floor should fall toward the big door or a drain, and I check the step down at the door into the house, because both get written into the estimate before anything's poured.
Our lead hand runs the crew. We break out the old slab, dig out and pack the base, set forms to the slope we picked, pour, and cut control joints, grooves that give the slab a planned place to crack. I check in at the key steps, starting with the base, since nobody sees it again.
Then the floor cures, and I'll tell you how long to stay off it on foot and with the car for your job. We clean up as we go and walk the finished floor with you.
Planning garage floor concrete? Tell us about your garage.
Send your garage's square footage and whether it has a floor drain. We reply within one business day, then I come out for a free written estimate with no obligation.
(650) 447-1063Garage floor concrete around Mountain View. Pour day follows the weather.
We're based in Mountain View and work in many cities around it, like Sunnyvale and Los Altos. The countywide stormwater program asks for concrete work in dry weather with time to cure before rain, so we set pour day around a dry stretch.
Washing concrete into a storm drain or creek is against the law because it's toxic to fish, and the program puts the cleanup on you, so our crew keeps concrete rinse water out of the gutter.
Garage floor questions. Answers before you book.
Here are straight answers on cost, drainage, licensing and the old slab. If yours isn't here, call (650) 447-1063 and ask me.
How much does a new garage floor cost in the Bay Area?
A standard 4-inch concrete slab with materials, labor and a basic broom finish usually runs about $13 to $18 per square foot in the Bay Area. That's the going range, not our quote, and your own figure comes in the written estimate after I've seen the garage.
Should my garage floor slope toward the door or a floor drain?
Toward the big door is usually simpler unless drain piping is already set under the slab, since one California plan-check guide reads the code as calling for a slope to the door or a floor drain. The same guide says the garage floor should sit at or below the floor inside the house, so spills can't run indoors.
Who can legally pour my garage floor in California?
A licensed contractor does, since California's contractor licensing board requires a license even on jobs under $1,000 when they need a permit of any kind or the worker hires helpers. We're fully licensed and insured, and when a job needs a permit, we handle the paperwork with your city's building office and set up the inspections.
What happens to my old garage slab when you tear it out?
We break it out, haul away the pieces and tell you up front where they're headed. Big chunks can go to a recycling facility or a concrete plant, and saw-cutting dust should get vacuumed up, so it's fair to ask any crew how they handle both.
Garage floor or driveway giving you trouble? Call and I'll come look.
Call (650) 447-1063 or use the form, tell us how you use the garage and where water collects, and we'll set a time to come look.
Mon–Fri: 7 AM–9 PM, Sat–Sun: 6 AM–9 PM
