Cracked, dusty or uneven garage floor? We dig out, pack the base and pour a new slab that sits flat on firm ground.
Garage floor concrete in South Whittier is a new slab for your garage, poured over ground we've dug out and packed, then finished and cured so it sits level, sends water out the door and gives your car and storage a solid floor.
Most garage floors I'm called about have cracks running across them, a corner that's dropped, a top that turns to dust under a broom, or water that runs toward the house door instead of out. Usually the trouble started under the slab, with dirt that was raked flat instead of dug out and packed, or in the first days after the pour, when the joints went in late or the top dried too fast in the afternoon heat.
The price mostly comes down to the size of the garage, whether we have to break out and haul off an old floor, how much digging and base the ground needs, and extras like a vapor retarder under the slab. The schedule turns on whether your address needs a permit and inspections, and on the cure, since new concrete needs time before it takes weight. When I come out, I measure, look at what you've got and put a number on your garage in the estimate.
Here's who does what, from the first look at your garage to the last walk across the new floor.
I've run this business since 2013, after years of patching slabs at rentals, and I'm the one who comes out, checks where your floor is cracked, sunk or holding water and walks you through your options. Each option comes with what it means for cost and upkeep, and then I write it all up in your estimate.
If you hire us, our own crew does the work and I check in along the way, so the person who made the plan sees it carried out. When it's done, we walk the finished floor together. Your satisfaction, guaranteed.
We're licensed and insured. California licenses contractors for forming, pouring and finishing flat concrete, and someone without a license can only take minor work up to $1,000 that needs no permit and has no employees, so a garage floor is a job for a licensed contractor.
If you plan to coat the floor someday, tell me before we pour, because moisture rising up through a slab is what makes coatings peel, warp or discolor, and the time to deal with it is with a vapor retarder, a sheet laid under the concrete. From there the job runs in order. We break out and haul off the old floor, dig down to firm ground and pack the base so the slab has even support everywhere, since a base that's only raked flat settles and takes the slab with it. Then we set forms so the floor falls slightly toward the door, place rebar, the steel that helps hold the slab together, pour and finish, cut control joints, shallow grooves that give the concrete a planned place to crack, and keep the slab damp or covered while it cures. If the budget gets tight, the base is the last place I'll cut, because nobody sees it on pour day and it's what decides whether the floor stays flat.
Some people want more than plain gray, and stain or a pattern is decorative concrete work. Most slab estimates around Los Angeles leave staining and stamping out, so price a decorative finish on its own. If the garage sits on a slope or the ground beside it needs holding back, we also build concrete retaining walls.
These are the points where your choices and the timing count most, in the order they come up.
Coating plans, finish and where the water should run all get decided first, because changing any of them after the concrete is down means breaking it out. I'd rather go over it twice now than have you wish later you'd asked.
We need the garage empty and a clear way in from the street so the pour isn't held up while concrete waits. We'll tell you ahead of time what needs to move and when.
A ready-mix industry guide on hot weather advises getting concrete delivered, placed and finished promptly, with early-morning pours whenever possible. So on warm days we plan an early start, and you'll know the time before the truck shows up.
Curing is the wait while concrete hardens and gains strength, and loading it too soon is how a good slab gets hurt. We'll tell you when it's ready for light use and when it can take more.
Call (562) 358-3037 or send the form with your garage's size, what the floor looks like now and whether you might coat it someday. We reply within one business day, and I come out to look at the garage and write up a free on-site estimate. There's no obligation to go ahead.
(562) 358-3037A garage floor slab in the Los Angeles area usually costs about $8 to $15 per square foot. Where yours lands depends mostly on tearing out the old floor, how much base work the ground needs and whether you add a vapor retarder, which is why I price it after seeing the garage.
For property in unincorporated LA County, residential permits for homes and garages come from LA County Public Works, so they're the ones who decide what your job needs. The county asks owners to contact their local office by phone or email to ask what a project requires, and when a permit is called for, we help you find the right office, handle the paperwork with you and plan the work around the inspections.
A new slab should be walkable within 48 hours, but concrete takes about a month to fully cure. One Los Angeles cost guide calls waiting a week before heavier loads the cautious choice, so plan the first week around light use.
Concrete can still crack, but most of the cracking people hate comes from a weak base or bad timing, and both are things we control. An industry guide on floor and slab work says the timing of finishing, jointing and curing is critical, and that getting it wrong can lead to cracking, dusting, scaling, high and low spots and poor drainage. That's why our crew times each step by how the concrete is setting, not by the clock, and gets the control joints in on time.
We're based in South Whittier and work across the cities around it, including Norwalk, Whittier, Downey, Santa Fe Springs, Pico Rivera and West Whittier-Los Nietos. A lot of the garages we see have their original floor, cracked across the middle, dropped at a corner or stained from years of use, and we do the same work in every one of those cities. If you don't see your city listed, call and ask.
For addresses in the county's area, the Public Works South Whittier District Office in Norwalk is where building permits get processed. If you're not sure whether yours goes there, we'll help you find out before anything gets scheduled.
Seeing the old floor in person, where it's cracked, sunk or holding water, tells me what the new one needs, so call (562) 358-3037 or send the form to set up a visit.
If you're still sorting out what your garage floor needs, I'm glad to talk it through with you.
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