Garage floor concrete in Montgomery AL - a slab built for what you park on it
Cracked, sinking or worn-out garage floor? We build a new slab on packed ground, sized for your cars and what's coming later.
What does it take to pour a new garage floor in Montgomery?
Garage floor concrete is the slab our crew places and finishes in your Montgomery, AL garage to carry the cars, tools and weight you put on it, and most of what decides how it holds up happens in the ground before the pour.
Most people call us when the old floor has cracked across, sunk near the door or started holding water, or when they're building a new garage and want the floor right the first time. The price turns on the garage's size, how thick the slab needs to be and how much work the ground under it takes, and the schedule turns on the ground prep, any permit and the days the concrete needs to cure before you use it, so your own figures come from the estimate I write after I've measured and looked at the ground.
Why Montgomery homeowners pick us for garage floors
You can count on plain answers and a floor built from the ground up, because most concrete trouble starts under the slab, not on top of it.
I come out myself
I look at your garage and the ground around it in person, and I'm on site running the crew on pour day.
Farm-taught, in business since 2023
I learned concrete pouring barn pads and feed lot floors on our family farm before working on crews around here.
Fully licensed and insured
We carry both on every garage floor we pour, and I'm glad to show you the paperwork before work starts.
Joints marked before the pour
I show you where the control joints go, the cuts that tell cracks where to run, so you can judge the work.
The owner answers the phone
When you call, you reach me, so the person answering your questions is the one who'll build the floor.
Garage floor concrete, built for how you'll use it
The right garage floor depends on what you'll park on it, the ground under it and what's coming later, like a car lift or a coating, so we settle those first.
What happens after you call about a garage floor?
We plan each garage floor around how you'll use it and when you can spare the garage, and we settle the lift, coating and thickness questions before anything is poured.
Call or send a message
Call (334) 215-4466 or use the form to tell us about your garage, and we'll set a time for me to come out.
I look at the ground
I come out, look at the ground and where water runs, measure the garage, and ask how you'll use the floor, now and later.
Your written estimate
I write the estimate up from what I measured and what we talked through, so you can see what you're paying for before you decide.
Permit, prep and pour
Once you say go, we sort out the permit side, prep the ground and pour, and I walk you through caring for the new floor before we leave.
Questions about a step? Call and talk it through.
(334) 215-4466Garage floor questions we hear
How much does a new garage floor cost in Montgomery, AL?
The cost of a new garage floor comes down mostly to its size, how thick the slab has to be and how much work the ground needs before we pour. Breaking out an old floor, building up a soft or sloped spot, and extra thickness or steel for a lift all add to it, while a plain floor on firm ground costs the least. I'll write up your own figure after I've measured and looked at the ground.
Will my new garage floor crack?
It may, a little, because even well designed and well built floors aren't expected to be completely free of cracks or curling, where the edges lift slightly. What you can judge is how the floor was built, so I'll show you the packed base and where we cut the control joints, and we cut them early so any crack follows a line we picked.
How long does a new garage floor take to cure?
Curing, the stretch when fresh concrete gains its strength, starts right after we place and finish the slab and typically runs 3 to 7 days. Plan on the garage being out of use for that stretch, and we'll go over the timing with you before pour day so you can park somewhere else.
Does a contractor need a license to pour a garage floor in Alabama?
Alabama's home builder law covers anyone paid to build, repair or improve someone else's home when the cost is over $10,000. The same law lets owners do that kind of work on their own home.
When can I put an epoxy coating on a new garage floor?
A new floor should have its moisture and surface texture checked before any epoxy, polyaspartic or other coating goes on, because looking dry isn't a good enough reason to coat a young floor. Moisture, oil, chemicals left by tires, curing compounds and laitance, a weak, chalky top layer, can all keep a coating from sticking well.
What causes a garage floor to sink and crack?
Most of the time it's the ground under it, because a base that was raked level instead of dug out and packed settles with the dirt and the slab goes down with it. Water is the next problem, so we check where it runs and slope the floor toward the door and away from the house, and we pour early in the day instead of in midday heat, which can leave a weak, dusty top.
What Montgomery rules and soil mean for garage floor concrete
Inside the city, Montgomery's building official issues building permits, and anyone planning to build, alter or repair a building or structure should apply for one before starting, with a separate grading permit when the dirt work is large or deep. Out past the city's police jurisdiction and Pike Road's, the county requires a building permit before any structure above a set size goes up. Whether your garage floor needs one turns on your address and the job, so before we start we check with the office that covers you, pull the permit if it's needed and plan around the inspections, the same as on jobs in Pike Road.
Montgomery County's soil carries a high shrink-swell rating across the county, so a lot of the ground here swells when it's wet and shrinks as it dries, and that movement under a slab is a real concern. Soil advice counts most when a slab sits on fill or that kind of soil, or where the grade was changed recently, since fill brought in over the last several years may still be settling, so I ask how your lot was built up and tell you plainly if it's worth a soil expert's look before we pour. We dig out and pack the base the same way on jobs in Millbrook.
Call Keystone about your Montgomery garage floor
Call (334) 215-4466 or use the form, and bring your questions about the old floor, because I'd rather answer them standing in your garage.