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Concrete floor installation in Temple City CA - a floor poured flat and true

If your floor is cracked, dusty or uneven, we pour a new concrete slab that finishes flat and wears well under daily use.

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Concrete front steps with black railings lead to the entrance of a white-painted brick row house.

What does it take to put in a new concrete floor?

Concrete floor installation in Temple City means forming, pouring and finishing a flat concrete slab, so you end up with a floor that's level, sound and ready for whatever goes on top of it.

Most calls start with an old floor that's cracked, dusty or out of level, or a new room or garage that needs a slab. The price moves with the floor's size, how thick it is, whether it's reinforced and whether an old floor has to come out first. The schedule turns on what the city needs before we start and on the cure afterward, and your written estimate spells out the work and what the price includes.

When you compare bids, ask each crew how they time the finishing, the joints and the curing, because that timing decides how well the floor wears. The state licensing board counts this kind of flat work as the concrete contractor's trade, and we're fully licensed and insured for it. If the slab will also carry the walls of a new room, that's slab foundation building, and foundations run thicker and cost more.

  • Home floor slabs usually run 4 to 6 inches thick, and a thicker slab costs more.
  • We take out and haul away an old floor first, so the new slab starts on a packed base.
  • We pour floors for living space, garages and room additions, finished to suit what goes on top.

What happens after you call us about a concrete floor?

Here's how a concrete floor job runs with us, from your first call to the walk-through. I come out to every estimate myself, and our own small crew does the work while I run the pours.

  1. Call or send the form

    Call (323) 471-6288 or send the form with the floor's size and any covering you plan, and we get back to you by phone or email to set a visit. I come out to measure and look the job over myself.

  2. Get a written estimate

    I measure, take photos and write up an estimate that spells out the work and what the price includes, so you can see what you're paying for. Before we pick a start, we find out which office covers your address, and Temple City lists its plan review at two weeks or less.

  3. Pour day with our crew

    On pour day I check the forms one more time and run the pour with our own small crew. If the city inspects your job, Temple City inspections are available Monday through Thursday, so we plan each stage around those days.

  4. Walk the floor together

    When we're done I walk the floor with you and go over how to care for it while it cures. It comes with our promise, "Your satisfaction, guaranteed."

How we handle concrete floor installation

We take out any old floor, dig out and pack the subgrade, the ground the slab sits on, and set the forms and screeds, guides that fix the floor's height so it finishes flat. If tile, wood or another covering goes on later, we lay the moisture sheet and patch every hole in it before the concrete goes down, because one vapor retarder maker says even small holes can raise the moisture coming up through the slab enough to make coverings fail. On a floor, when we finish, cut the joints and cure the slab matters most, since poor timing leads to cracking, a dusty top, flaking and high or low spots, so we plan the whole pour day around it and stay until the joints are in. Control joints are grooves that split the slab into panels so cracks follow them, and curing is the slow wait while the concrete gains strength. If a budget gets tight, I'd cut a fancy finish before I'd cut the base, because nobody sees the base on day one but it's what keeps the floor flat for years.

A new floor often meets other work at the door. If a raised slab leaves a drop to the yard, concrete steps construction ties it to the ground outside, and if the room opens onto the water, we pour concrete pool decks as well.

  • Smooth troweled finish

    This suits a room floor that will be swept, sealed or covered later, since a steel trowel leaves a tight, flat surface. It can get slick when wet, so it's a weaker pick right inside a door that takes rain.

  • Broom finish

    This suits a garage or any floor that gets wet, because dragging a broom across the fresh surface leaves fine ridges that give shoes and tires grip. It takes a little more work to sweep clean than a smooth floor.

  • Bare concrete as the finished floor

    This suits a workshop, studio or simple room where the slab itself is the floor, usually sealed once it cures. Fine cracks show more on bare concrete, so it's for owners who like concrete looking like concrete.

Concrete flatwork from formed base to finished slab

These photos show the kind of concrete flatwork this trade turns out, from formed slabs to finished floors. Flatwork covers the flat jobs, like floors, driveways, patios and walks, and every one starts with a packed, level base.

  • Stamped concrete patio with a light stone-like pattern and dark border beside a gray house and lawn.

  • Stamped concrete patio with a wood-grain pattern, surrounding chairs and a circular stone fire pit.

  • Large concrete patio slabs form a geometric grid with narrow strips of grass between them.

  • Wide concrete patio and steps beside a tan house, with a pergola and outdoor seating in the background.

  • Circular brick fire pit filled with dark stones sits on a light concrete patio beside a planted garden.

  • Fresh concrete driveway stretches across the foreground in front of a brick house with two white garage doors.

Get a written estimate for your concrete floor

Send the floor's size and any covering you plan, and we'll reply within one business day by phone or email. Then I come out for a free estimate at your property, with no obligation to go ahead.

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Questions about new concrete floors in Temple City

These are the questions we hear most from Temple City homeowners before a new floor goes in. Each answer comes first, so you can compare crews and plan around the pour.

How much does a concrete floor cost near Temple City?

A concrete slab in the Los Angeles area usually costs about $7 to $14 per square foot, and that range groups home floors with driveways and patios, so it's the going rate for slabs in general, not our price. Your number moves with the floor's size, its thickness, whether it's reinforced and whether an old floor comes out first, and reinforced slabs cost more per square foot. Your written estimate spells out what's included.

Does a concrete floor need a permit in Temple City?

Whether your floor needs a permit is up to Temple City, so we ask before we set a start. The city handles some minor improvements over the counter, but most projects have to be submitted for plan check, and we help you put together what the city asks for.

When can I walk on a new concrete floor?

A new slab should be walkable within 48 hours, but concrete takes a month to fully cure. To be safe, you may want to wait a week before putting heavier loads on it, so plan the first week around light use.

Will my new concrete floor crack?

Some fine, random cracking should always be expected in new concrete, and reinforcement won't prevent it. What rebar, the steel bars inside the slab, does when it's sized and placed right is keep those cracks tightly closed, so ask any crew how they size and place theirs. The control joints we cut give the cracks a planned place to go.

What is the best way to keep moisture from coming up through a concrete floor?

The sheet under the slab does that job, and the concrete industry's floor guide says plain polyethylene sheeting, the kind used in the past, falls short of the standard for moisture protection below a slab. Ask any crew what they'll put under yours, and if a covering is planned, tell us at the estimate so we plan around it.

How long does a concrete floor pour take in Temple City?

Pour day runs long, because joints usually get cut 4 to 12 hours after the concrete is placed, depending on the temperature and the mix. Before that comes any city review, and after it comes the cure, so we set the start once we know what the city needs for your address.

Concrete floor installation in Temple City and nearby cities

Temple City's Building & Safety division decides if your floor needs a permit, so we ask before setting a start. We also pour floors in Rosemead, Arcadia and the cities below, and if yours isn't listed, call and ask.

Other concrete work that often joins a new floor

  • Concrete pool decks

    If your new floor opens onto the backyard pool, a deck poured with a textured finish gives wet feet better grip and carries the room's clean, level look right out to the water.

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  • Concrete steps construction

    When a raised floor or a new addition leaves a drop at the door, poured concrete steps give you a solid, even way in and out instead of a temporary block or wood stoop.

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