Garage floor concrete in College Station TX - a floor that comes out flat and square
Cracked, sinking or dusty garage floor? We dig out the old one, pack the base and pour a flat slab built to carry your car.
Garage floor concrete takes a beating. The base decides how long.
Garage floor concrete in College Station carries your car every day, plus the oil, the tools and whatever drips off the bumper. When an old floor cracks across, drops at a corner or wears to dust, the trouble usually started under it, in a base that was raked level instead of dug out and packed.
That base, the ground the slab sits on, is the part nobody sees and the first thing cut from a budget. I'd rather spend there than on the finish, because a nice top won't help a slab that settles with the dirt. Where the yard slopes down to the garage, a concrete retaining wall can be part of the fix.
The price depends on the size of the floor, whether an old slab has to come out, how it's reinforced and the finish you want. The schedule depends on the tear-out, any permit and inspection, the weather on pour day and the wait before you can park on it. Your number comes from the written estimate.
Garage floor concrete gives warnings. Here's what to look for.
Cracks that keep opening
A hairline crack is just concrete being concrete. One that keeps widening, or has one side higher than the other, usually means the base under it is moving, and waiting lets the slab break into pieces.
A corner or edge sinking
When the floor drops near the door or along a wall, the dirt under it settled or washed out. The low spot then catches water, and the sinking usually keeps going.
Dust and flaking on top
A top that powders or chips under your tires often goes back to a pour in midday heat or extra water worked into the surface. It won't get better, and patches rarely hold on a weak top.
Garage floor concrete goes in steps. I'm there for each.
You call, and I come out to look, measure and ask what the floor has to carry, whether that's a car, a pickup or a workbench full of tools. I write the estimate myself and lay out the tear-out, the base, the steel and the finish, so you can see what's included.
If you go ahead, we handle any permit, dig out and pack the base, set the forms and steel, and don't call the truck until any inspection passes. Our crew does the work and I'm on site running it. We plan the pour around the heat of the day so the top doesn't set before we can finish it.
After the pour we cure it properly, keeping it from drying out too fast while it hardens and gains strength. Then I walk the floor with you and tell you when it's ready to use.
Need garage floor concrete? Tell us about the job.
Send your garage size and whether an old slab comes out. We reply within one business day, and the estimate is free, on site and no obligation.
(979) 393-7025We pour garage floor concrete locally. Bryan and Navasota too.
In College Station, building permits come from the city's Building Division. Its list covers new structures, remodels and renovations and doesn't name garage floors, so call them at 979.764.3570 to ask whether yours needs one. Additions and detached garages have permit rules of their own.
We do the same work in Bryan and Navasota. We check with the office that covers each address at the start, since the steps aren't the same everywhere.
Questions about a new garage floor. Here are straight answers.
Here's what to know about cost, curing, cut lines and permits before you hire anyone. If your question isn't below, call and ask me.
How much does a concrete garage floor cost in College Station?
A concrete slab in College Station usually costs about $5 to $10 per square foot, for the slab itself. A reinforced slab costs more per square foot, tearing out an old floor adds to the job, and staining or stamping is decorative concrete work that's priced on top.
How long before I can walk or park on a new garage floor?
You should be able to walk on a new slab within 48 hours, and it may be safer to wait a week before you put heavier loads on it, like your car. Full curing takes about a month, so plan where the car and the storage go for that stretch.
Why does my new garage floor have lines cut in it?
Those are control joints. We saw those grooves in so the cracks a slab makes as it shrinks run along them instead of across the middle. When they're cut matters as much as where, and the right moment shifts with the heat and the mix, so we watch the slab and cut when it's ready, not when it's convenient.
Does a garage floor need rebar, or is fiber enough?
For a floor that carries a car, I want steel, either rebar or welded wire mesh, because fiber helps concrete resist pulling apart but adds no structural reinforcement. Garage slabs here run at the thick end of the usual four to six inches. Clay that swells and shrinks is found across large parts of Texas, so ask which reinforcement a quote includes.
Can I get the building permit myself in College Station?
Yes. If it's the home you own and live in, the city lets you get a permit without registering as a contractor. Contractors have to register with the city before getting one. We're licensed and insured, and if you'd rather not deal with the permit, we handle it.
Planning a garage floor or driveway? Give us a call.
Tell us what parks in the garage and what's cracking or sinking now, by phone or the form, and I'll set a time to come look.
Mon–Fri: 6 AM–9 PM, Sat–Sun: 7 AM–9 PM
