Concrete floor installation in Pembroke Pines FL - a slab ready for your flooring

Most people call me because an old floor is cracked, uneven or sinking, or because they're adding a room or redoing a garage floor. The price moves with the size of the room, how thick the slab has to be for what it will carry, whether it's reinforced, and how much digging and packing the ground needs before we pour. The schedule turns mostly on waiting, first for the concrete to cure and then, if flooring goes on top, for the slab to dry out. When I come out, I walk the job with you and explain what's in the price, so you can see where your money goes before you decide anything.

We start under the slab, because that's where most floors fail. Our crew digs out soft dirt and packs the subgrade, the ground the slab sits on, so it doesn't settle later and take the floor down with it. Then we set the forms and the steel, and we pour early in the day, since midday heat can leave a weak, dusty top. Once the surface is finished, we cut control joints, shallow lines that give the slab a planned place to crack, before it picks its own spots, and then we keep it damp and covered while it cures, the slow stretch when concrete gains its strength. If flooring or a coating is going on top, I plan the schedule around letting the slab dry out first. I'd rather you wait a bit than watch glue or tile let go later. If the budget gets tight, I'll tell you to save on the finish before the base, because you can redo a surface but you can't fix what's under a slab without tearing it out.

A new floor often connects to other work around the house. If the room opens onto the back yard or the pool, we build concrete pool decks that tie into it, and where the floor sits higher than the ground outside, we can add concrete steps at the door so getting in and out is easy.

The city's Engineering Division issues engineering permits for construction on private property, and its list names excavation, fill and sidewalks but not concrete floors, so that list alone doesn't tell you whether your floor needs a permit. Your own project is a question for the city's Building Department, and if it's unclear, we check with them before anything starts. When a permit is needed, we take care of the application and the paperwork as part of the job, through the city's online Development Hub or in person at their office. On inspection day the city wants a printed permit card and the approved plans on site, so we make sure both are there when the inspector shows up.

A lot of the floor calls we get here come from additions, garage conversions and rooms where the old slab has cracked or dropped. The same summer heat and afternoon storms show up on jobs in Miramar and Davie, so we start pours early and watch the sky before the truck is called.