Concrete floor installation in Garden City KS - a floor ready for what goes on top
Old slab sinking, cracking or letting damp ruin your flooring? We pour a new floor with a packed base and a moisture sheet planned for your covering.
Concrete floor installation means pouring a slab, then finishing, jointing and curing it so it becomes the floor you walk on, or the base for tile, vinyl or a coating. At Riverstone Garden City Concrete, most floor calls in Garden City start with trouble underneath. An old slab has sunk or cracked, or damp is coming up and ruining the flooring. Years of patching slabs at rentals taught me that patches don't fix that.
The price moves with the floor's size, how much base we dig out and pack, the moisture sheet and the finish. The schedule turns on any city permit and the curing time. If the budget forces a choice, I'd keep the money in the base, because nobody sees it on day one but most cracks and dips start there. Your estimate spells out what we'll do.
How we install a concrete floor
- I see every job myself. I come out to look at the space myself, and our crew does the work with me on site, so the person who quoted it is there on pour day. We've been in business since 2013.
- Base dug out and packed. We dig out and pack the subgrade the slab sits on instead of raking the dirt level, because a soft base settles and takes the floor down with it.
- Moisture sheet matched to your flooring. We plan the sheet under the slab around what goes on top and keep it whole, since one barrier maker warns small holes can let much more moisture through.
- Finishing and joints on time. We time the finishing and the control joints, the cut lines that steer cracks, to how the slab is setting, because poor timing leaves dusting and high or low spots.
- Fully licensed and insured. We're fully licensed and insured. Garden City requires any contractor you hire for concrete work to hold a city license, so ask to see it before anyone starts.
What goes wrong with concrete floors
| Problem | What it looks like | Usual fix |
|---|---|---|
| Damp coming up | What it looks like: Flooring lifting, glue letting go, or musty damp spots on the slab | Usual fix: New slab over an unbroken moisture sheet planned for your flooring |
| Settled or sunken slab | What it looks like: Dips, low corners, or a floor that slopes where it shouldn't | Usual fix: Tear out, dig out and pack the base, then repour |
| Cracks in random places | What it looks like: Cracks wandering across the floor instead of following the cut lines | Usual fix: Repour with control joints cut at the right time |
| Dusty, weak surface | What it looks like: Top powders when you sweep, or flakes and scuffs under traffic | Usual fix: Grind it back, or replace it and cure it properly |
Repair, replace a section or start over
- Patch and seal. This suits a sound floor with a few hairline cracks or worn spots, where the base hasn't moved and no damp is coming up through it.
- Replace a section. This makes sense when one area has sunk or broken and the rest is solid, so we cut that part out, rebuild the base under it and pour it back.
- A new floor. This is the right call when the slab is settling, cracking all over or ruining coverings with moisture, because only a new pour fixes what's underneath.
From the first visit to the walk-through
- You call, I come out. I come out to look at the space, check where the water goes and ask what flooring or coating you want on top.
- Your estimate. You get an estimate that spells out what we'll do, from digging out the base to the moisture sheet, the finish and the curing.
- Permit and locates. We settle any permit and who calls in the utility locates. City approval can take up to 3 business days, and inspections need 24 hours' notice, which sets our pour date.
- Pour, finish, cure. Our crew pours, finishes and cuts the joints, then lets the slab cure, kept damp and protected while it hardens, before anything goes on it.
- Walk-through and care. We walk the floor with you, go over how to look after it and tell you when it's ready for your covering.
Looking after your new floor once it's in
A new floor stays sound when water stays out and the slab gets its full cure before a covering or anything heavy goes on it. Hairline cracks along the cut joints are normal. A crack that keeps widening or a new damp patch is worth a call, because that usually means something is going on underneath.
We pour floors, concrete steps and pool decks for homeowners, landlords and small business owners across Garden City and the cities around it. If you've got a floor in mind, ask for an estimate.
Tell us about your floor
Send the floor's size in square feet and the covering you want on top. We reply within one business day to set a time for me to come look.
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Concrete floor questions we hear
Will my new concrete floor in Garden City crack?
Some cracking is likely, because the concrete industry's floor guide says even the best design and work only reduce cracks and a fully crack-free floor isn't realistic. We cut cracking down with a packed base, good timing and control joints that steer cracks into straight lines.
Should the vapor barrier go right under a concrete floor slab?
Right against the slab protects flooring and coatings best, the concrete industry's floor guide says, though a slab poured on it settles and shifts more. So we decide where it goes by what you're putting on top, and talk you through the trade before we pour.
How much does a concrete floor cost per square foot?
Across the US, a fully installed concrete slab usually costs about $10 to $16 per square foot. That's a national figure, not our price. Yours moves with the size, the base work, the moisture sheet and the finish, and the estimate spells out what's in it.
Who approves concrete work in Garden City, KS?
The city's Building Inspections Division approves all construction in Garden City, Holcomb and Finney County. Its concrete permit lists driveways, patios and sidewalks but not floors, so ask the division whether your floor needs one. If it does, we'll pull it or help you apply yourself.