Garage floor concrete in Gillette, WY - a floor built for cars, salt and winter
Cracked, flaking or sunken garage floor? We start with the ground under it and pour a slab made for cars, road salt and Wyoming winters.
I look at every job myself
I come out to every site myself to measure, check the ground and ask how you'll use the garage. My crew does the work with me on site, so the person who wrote your estimate is there on pour day.
Running this business since 2013
I learned flatwork from my dad, pushing a wheelbarrow beside him as a kid, and I've run this business for 13 years. That taught me to explain what goes under your floor before we pour it.
Licensed and fully insured
We're licensed and fully insured, and you can check any contractor's license with the city before you sign. When you're ready to talk about your garage, call (307) 670-7851 or send us the estimate form.
Garage floor concrete in Gillette, WY
At Gillette Concrete, a garage floor is a slab poured on the ground that carries your cars and the road salt they drag in. We build new garage floors and replace cracked, sunken or flaking ones in Gillette, WY and the areas around it.
The price mostly comes down to the size of the garage, whether an old slab has to be broken out and hauled off, and how much digging and packing the ground needs before we pour. Thickness, steel and the finish you pick move it too. If the budget's tight, the base is the last thing I'd cut, because it's buried on day one and it's the part that decides whether your floor stays flat.
The schedule turns on weather and ground more than anything, since a cold snap, frost in the soil or a base that needs extra work can each push the pour date. That's why we pick the date together once I've seen the site, and your estimate spells out what's included. I'll also tell you up front that some cracking is normal in any slab, and the base and joints decide where it shows up.
Garage floor concrete and the work around it
Starting with the ground under it
The subgrade, the ground your slab sits on, matters most, because a slab on poor ground is far more likely to fail no matter how much steel goes in it. Across Wyoming, the common problem clays are bentonite and calcium montmorillonite, which swell when wet and shrink as they dry, and that movement can damage foundations and sidewalks. So we dig out soft soil and pack the base instead of raking dirt level. If your garage is cut into a slope, a concrete retaining wall can hold the dirt back.
Steel, joints and a floor that drains
Garage floors take the worst of it at the door, where tires turn and salty slush melts off. We slope the floor so water runs out the door instead of back toward the house, set rebar, steel bars that keep cracked pieces from drifting apart, and cut control joints, shallow grooves that give the concrete a straight line to crack along. We also stay out of the midday heat, since a top that dries too fast turns weak and dusty. For color or a pattern, our decorative concrete work fits on the same slab.
Fixing or replacing a flaking floor
If the top of your old floor is peeling off in patches, that's scaling, damage from freezing and thawing. Minor scaling is mostly cosmetic and may not need repair, and light to moderate scaling can be repaired. A floor with heavy scaling that keeps spreading may not be worth fixing, because a patch is only as strong as the surface it bonds to. I'll look at your old surface and tell you straight whether a repair will hold or a new slab makes more sense.
Get a free on-site estimate for your garage floor
We reply to every call and message within one business day, and estimates are free with no obligation. I'll come out to measure and look at the ground, so have your garage size and photos of any flaking handy.
(307) 670-7851How a garage floor job goes
You call, I come out
Call (307) 670-7851 or send the form, and I'll come out to look at the site, take measurements and ask how you use the garage. A floor for two work trucks and a floor for a workbench aren't planned the same way.
Estimate and pour date
I write up an estimate that spells out what's included, from breaking out the old slab to the base and the finish. Once you're comfortable with it, we pick a pour date together and keep an eye on the forecast.
Pour day and aftercare
On pour day I walk you through the forms and the packed base before any concrete goes in, so you see what you're paying for. Before we leave, I tell you how to look after the floor, including which deicers to keep off it.
Garage floor questions from Gillette homeowners
What kind of concrete holds up to Gillette winters?
Good-quality air-entrained concrete, which has tiny air bubbles mixed in, is what the ready-mix trade group advises for concrete facing severe freezing and thawing like ours. It's worth asking any contractor which mix they plan to order for your garage floor, and I'll tell you mine at the estimate.
Can you pour a garage floor in cold weather in Gillette?
Yes, concrete poured in the cold still gains enough strength and durability when it's mixed, placed and protected properly. It counts as cold-weather work once the air drops to 40°F, or is expected to, while the fresh concrete needs protecting. The ground has to be frost-free too, because frozen soil thaws, settles and breaks the slab from below.
Which deicers are safe to use on a concrete garage floor?
Calcium chloride and rock salt are considered acceptable, while ammonium sulfate, ammonium nitrate and magnesium-based salts destroy concrete surfaces. Cars track magnesium road salt in, so hose off the buildup when the weather allows. On a new floor, the usual advice is to skip deicers the first winter, use them in moderate amounts after that, and consider a breathable sealer.
How do I check a contractor's license in Gillette, WY?
Call the City of Gillette at (307) 686-5260, 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday, to confirm a contractor's license is current. Doing business as a contractor in the city without a license, or with a suspended one, is a misdemeanor under city code, so the call is worth making before you sign anything.