Garage Floors · Concrete Salt Lake
Concrete Garage Floors and Slabs in Salt Lake City, UT
Garage floor replacement, shed pads, hot tub pads and other slabs. Ask for a free estimate.
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Garage Floors & Slabs
Concrete Garage Floor in Salt Lake City, UT
A garage floor in Salt Lake spends the winter as a puddle. Your car rolls in carrying a load of salty slush that melts on the slab every night, and if the floor slopes the wrong way, that brine sits there and eats the surface. When a garage floor is pitted, cracked or sunken, replacement lets the slope get fixed so water runs toward the door, puts a proper base under it, and gives you a dense, well-finished surface that brine has a harder time soaking into. Sealing it later helps even more.
Slabs are the garage floor's smaller cousins: a pad for a shed, a hot tub, an AC unit, a trailer or a woodpile. They get the same treatment at a smaller scale, with thickness matched to the load. A full hot tub is heavy, and a trailer pad sees wheel loads, so those go thicker with more steel. If you are thinking about an epoxy coating on the new garage floor someday, mention it before the pour, because coatings care about moisture rising through the slab.
What's included
What goes into garage floors and slabs
- 01
Old floor out
The garage slab saw-cut at the walls and door, broken out and hauled off.
- 02
Base and moisture
Compacted gravel, plus a vapor barrier where a coating or finished space is planned.
- 03
Slope to the door
A fall toward the garage door so meltwater runs out, not back.
- 04
Steel and isolation joints
Reinforcement mid-slab, plus joints at the walls so the slab moves on its own.
- 05
Dense, smooth finish
A troweled surface that sweeps clean and resists brine.
- 06
Pads for everything else
Shed, hot tub, AC, trailer and woodpile pads sized to the load.
Examples
Garage Floors & Slabs: examples of the work
Stock photos: examples of the work type.
How it works
Garage Floors & Slabs, step by step
- 1
Empty the garage
You clear it out; we check the floor, the slope and the door threshold.
- 2
Break out
The old floor is cut, broken up and hauled away.
- 3
Rebuild
Base compacted, steel set, concrete poured and finished with the right slope.
- 4
Cure before cars
Joints cut, the slab cured, and the car stays outside for about a week.
Questions
Garage Floors & Slabs questions
Why is my garage floor pitting?
Brine. Salty slush melts off the car, soaks into the top of the slab and goes through freeze-thaw cycles right there on your floor. Floors that slope back toward the house hold it longer. A replacement with the right slope, a dense finish and a sealer cuts that down a lot.
What affects the cost of a new garage floor?
The size of the garage, getting the old floor out through one door, base work, thickness, any vapor barrier and the finish. Pads are priced the same way at a smaller scale. Your free estimate breaks out each step.
Does replacing a garage floor need a permit?
Some cities treat a full garage slab replacement as building work and want a permit, others do not, so a quick call to your city settles it. You will need to empty the garage, and 811 gets called if there is digging outside.
How big should a hot tub pad be?
At least as big as the tub, plus room to step around it and swing the cover off. A full tub is heavy, so the pad goes thicker than a patio, with steel and a solid base. Check where the power comes in before picking the spot.
Can I put epoxy on my new garage floor?
Yes, after the slab has fully cured, which takes weeks, and after the surface is ground so the coating can grip. Planning for it before the pour, with a vapor barrier and a finish that suits coating, makes the later job go better.
Around your house
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Driveways
Replace a flaking or sunken driveway, widen it for one more car, or redo the approach at the street.
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Patios
A back patio sized for how you actually use the yard, sloped away from the house and finished how you like.
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Sidewalks & Walkways
Front walks, paths to the side gate or back patio, and replacement sidewalk panels at the street.
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Garage Floors & Slabs in these towns
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