Concrete Garage Floors in Carmel, IN
We pour, replace, repair and coat concrete garage floors at homes across Carmel, Indiana.
- Quotes in writing
- 15 areas covered
Carmel Concrete Pros pours, replaces and repairs concrete garage floors for homes across Carmel. We look at your garage first, tell you if the old floor can be fixed or has to come out, and write you a quote before any work starts.
New floor, repair or replacement
When a floor has a few cracks but is still flat and solid, we fill the cracks and seal them. When a floor has sunk, broken up or tips water back toward the house, we break it out and pour a new one. If only one part has sunk in one piece, we may be able to raise it instead, which is concrete leveling.
On a new floor, we lay and pack down a layer of crushed stone first, so the slab has a firm, even bed. We slope the floor toward the big door, so water and melted snow from your car run out instead of sitting in a puddle.
We call the straight grooves cut across a slab its joints, and we cut them to give the concrete a planned place to crack.
Salt, water and oil on a garage floor
We use the word deicers for the salts and liquids people spread to melt ice. The Federal Highway Administration says it has long been known that deicers make the damage that freezing and thawing does to concrete worse. Your car brings them in on its tires all winter, so we talk with you about sealing the floor, which slows down how much water and salt soak in. Our concrete sealing page has more on the sealers we use.
The City of Carmel says local soils drain poorly and have seasonally high water tables. Before we pour, we check where water goes around your garage, so it runs away from the slab.
Old oil stains can stop a sealer or coating from sticking, so we clean them off first. The EPA says used oil from one oil change can contaminate one million gallons of fresh water, which it says is a year's supply for 50 people. That's why we never hose oil off your floor into the street drain.
Coatings for a garage floor
We call it an epoxy coating when we roll a thick two-part coating onto the floor that hardens into a tough, smooth layer. We can add colored flakes to it, which hide small marks and give your shoes more grip. Before we coat a floor, we grind the top so the coating can hold on.
OSHA says very fine dust from a mineral called crystalline silica is made when concrete is cut, sawed, ground or drilled. It says workers who breathe in these tiny bits are at higher risk of serious diseases, including lung cancer. So we keep our saws wet when we cut, and we use grinders that pull the dust into a vacuum. OSHA says putting water on a saw blade when cutting concrete greatly cuts the amount of dust it makes.
What to get in writing
Ask for these in writing, whoever you hire:
- Whether the old floor will be repaired, raised or taken out.
- How the new floor will slope, and where the water will run.
- Where the joints will be cut.
- Which sealer or coating goes on, and what cleaning and grinding happen first.
- How long to keep your car off the new floor.
Questions about garage floors in Carmel
Can you fix the cracked lip where my garage floor meets the driveway?
Yes, we can fix that edge. We look at both the floor and the driveway before we quote, since the two slabs can move apart where they meet. If the driveway itself is in poor shape, we can quote driveway replacement with the floor.
Do I need to empty the garage?
Yes, we need the floor clear before we pour, grind or coat it. We tell you on your quote how many days the garage will be out of use, so you can plan where your car and things will go.
Is a coating safe to put down inside an attached garage?
We read the coating's label with you before we start. The EPA says that if a label says to use a product in a well-ventilated area, you should go outdoors or to an area with an exhaust fan, or else open up windows to let in as much outdoor air as you can. So we keep the big door open while we work, and we keep the door into the house shut.
Will my garage floor crack again after you fix it?
We tell you straight that concrete can still crack after a repair, which is why we cut joints in new floors. A filled crack can open again if the ground under it keeps moving, and we tell you before we start if we think it will.
Can you pour a floor for a new detached garage or shed?
Yes, we can pour the slab for a detached garage. For a smaller building or a hot tub, see our shed and hot tub pads page.
How much does a new garage floor cost?
We price your garage floor once we've measured it, and you get that quote in writing. We base it on the size of the garage, whether the old floor has to come out, and which sealer or coating you pick.
Get a quote for a garage floor
Call us, or send the quote form with your ZIP code and what your garage floor needs. We'll look at the floor, go through repair, replacement and coating options with you, and give you a written quote. To see the other work we do, go to the Carmel Concrete Pros home page.
Ready to talk about your concrete job?
Send the quote form with your ZIP code and what you need. We will get back to you with a written quote.