Concrete floor installation in Yakima WA - a slab built for what goes on top
Cracked, uneven or dusty concrete floor? We pour a new slab with its base packed, its vapor barrier planned and its joints cut on time.
- Licensed and fully insured.
- Free in-person estimates.
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What goes into a new concrete floor in Yakima?
Concrete floor installation in Yakima means we prepare the ground, pour a new slab and saw joints into it, so the shrinkage cracks every slab gets show up along lines we chose instead of wandering across your floor.
Most floor calls come from someone building a shop or an addition, or from someone tired of an old slab that's cracked, sunk or gone dusty on top. The price moves with the floor's size in square feet, how much digging and base work the ground needs, how thick the slab has to be for what sits on it, and what's going on top of it. The schedule turns on getting the base right and picking a pour day the weather will allow, so I won't name a date before I've seen the site. Your written estimate spells out the mix, the prep and what's included, so you can see where the money goes.
How do you know an old concrete floor needs replacing?
Cracks running every direction
Cracks that wander across the floor with no pattern usually mean the joints were cut late, cut too shallow or skipped. Left alone, the edges chip, grit and water work in, and a crack you could step over turns into a lip that catches dollies and toes.
Low spots and tipping slabs
When a section sits lower than the rest, rocks underfoot or holds a puddle, the dirt under it usually settled because it was raked level instead of dug out and packed. The longer it goes, the more the gap grows and the more anything heavy sitting on it shifts with it.
Dust, flaking or damp spots
A top that powders when you sweep often comes from a pour in midday heat, and damp patches or flooring that lifts point to moisture coming up through the slab. Neither gets better with time, and a new covering laid over it is usually the first thing to fail.
How we handle concrete floor installation
Before anything else, I ask what's going on top of the floor, because tile, wood, carpet or a coating changes how we handle the vapor barrier, the plastic sheet that keeps ground moisture from coming up through the slab. Then our crew digs out to firm ground and packs the subgrade, the layer the slab sits on, because a floor raked level over loose dirt settles right along with that dirt. We set the barrier, form the edges, add rebar where the slab calls for it so the steel keeps any crack from opening up, and pour early in the day so a hot afternoon doesn't leave a weak, dusty top. I plan the control joints, shallow saw cuts that give the slab a planned place to crack, so the crew is there to cut them soon after the pour, and then the slab cures, which is the wait while it gains strength before it takes weight. If the budget gets tight, the base is the last place I'll cut, because you'll never see it again and you can't fix it once the concrete is down.
A new floor often comes with work just outside the door. If the slab ends up higher than the yard or a porch, we can pour concrete steps so the way in is solid, and if the floor is for a pool house or the yard project includes a pool, our concrete pool decks get the same dug-out, packed base.
Floor under tile, wood or carpet
This suits basements, additions and finished rooms where a covering goes down later. We place the vapor barrier with that covering in mind and finish the top smooth so your installer has a good surface to work on.
Bare or coated shop floor
This suits shops, outbuildings and storage where the concrete is the floor, left plain or given a coating. We trowel it hard and smooth, and if a coating is planned we handle the barrier with it in mind, since moisture coming up can lift a coating too.
Tearing out an old floor
This suits a slab that's cracked, sunk or dusting past saving. We break it out, haul it off and look at what's underneath, because pouring new concrete over the same bad base just starts the same problems over.
Get a written estimate for your concrete floor
Send the form and we'll get back to you within one business day to set up a visit. The estimate is free, done on site and carries no obligation.
Call (509) 452-5002- Based in
- Yakima, WA 98901
- Hours
- Mon–Fri: 6 AM–10 PM, Sat–Sun: 8 AM–10 PM
What happens after you call about a concrete floor in Yakima?
Here's how a floor job runs from your first call to the cleanup, and who from our side you'll be dealing with at each step.
Call or send a message
Call (509) 452-5002 or send the form, and we'll set up a time for me to see the site. Tell us roughly where the floor goes and what it's for.
I measure and look it over
I come out, measure, check the ground and ask how you'll use the floor and what's going on top. You get a written estimate with the mix, the prep and what's included spelled out, so you're comparing real numbers instead of guesses.
We sort out permits and prep
Once you say go, we sort out the permit side and tell you plainly where things stand before we set a pour date. Then the crew digs out, packs the base and sets the forms.
Pour, saw joints, clean up
Our crew pours and finishes with me on site, saws the joints in time and cleans up before we leave. The slab then needs its curing time before it takes weight, and we'll tell you when it's ready for your covering.
Why Yakima homeowners call United Yakima Concrete for floors
The owner writes your estimate
I come out myself to measure and write the estimate, and I'm on site for the pours while our crew digs, forms, pours and finishes. The person who told you how the job would go is the one watching it go in.
Pouring in the valley since 2013
I learned concrete on a flatwork crew here in the valley and started this business in 2013 to do the work my own way. That's 13 years of seeing which floors hold up and which ones settle.
Licensed and fully insured contractor
United Yakima Concrete is licensed and fully insured. That matters on a floor job, because a crew, heavy tools and a ready-mix truck are all working on your property.
On a floor, what matters most is the base you won't see once it's poured, so that's where I spend the most time when I look at your site. Ask for your estimate and I'll come take a look.
Concrete floors, steps and pool decks in Yakima
The City of Yakima issues stormwater permits for projects that add or redo more than 5,000 square feet of hard surface, so a big shop floor poured along with a new driveway can cross that line. For anything else your floor might need, I check which office covers your address, since some addresses fall under the city and some under Yakima County, and we handle the paperwork for our part before we set a pour date. If you'd rather ask the city yourself, its permit desk answers at codes@yakimawa.gov and (509) 575-6126.
The city's design criteria rate weathering here as severe, and a floor in an unheated shop feels every freeze and every hot, dry afternoon. That's why we pick pour days with care and protect fresh concrete, and we work the same way on jobs in Selah and Terrace Heights, where we run into plenty of old slabs raked flat over loose dirt.
Questions about concrete floors in Yakima
Call (509) 452-5002An installed concrete slab usually costs about $6 to $12 per square foot across the US, which is a national figure and not our price. Where your floor lands depends on its size, the digging and base work, the slab's thickness and the vapor barrier your covering calls for. Your written estimate shows exactly what goes into your number.
Probably a little, because a slab design guide says some cracking is normal on every project and isn't necessarily a sign of poor work. What we control is where it goes, with joints sawed in the window a contractor's joint guide gives, usually 4 to 12 hours after the pour depending on temperature and the mix, so most cracks follow those lines.
The best time is mild weather, neither freezing nor hot, dry and windy, because both change how fresh concrete sets. A cold weather guide treats it as cold weather concreting once the air falls, or is expected to fall, below 40°F while the new concrete still needs protecting, and a hot weather guide says heat, low humidity and wind affect how concrete is mixed, hauled and placed. If your date lands in either, ask how we'll protect the pour, and expect us to move the date if the weather won't allow it.
Start with the vapor barrier, because a floor guide says a barrier in direct contact with the slab gives the most protection for floor coverings and coatings. Before you hire anyone, ask where the barrier will sit under your floor and why.
Look them up in the Verify a Contractor, Tradesperson, or Business tool from the Department of Labor & Industries, where registered businesses are listed. The state requires every construction contractor to register with L&I and to be bonded and insured, so check before you sign a contract.
Have the floor's rough size in square feet, what you'll use it for and any covering or coating you're planning. That's enough for a first conversation, and I'll measure the rest on site. Call (509) 452-5002 or send the form to get started.
Related services that often go with a floor
Concrete pool decks
If a pool or pool house is part of the plan, a deck around the water needs a packed base and a textured top for wet, bare feet.
Concrete steps construction
Every door out of a shop or addition takes a beating from boots and loads, and poured steps hold up where a wooden stoop rots and wobbles.
Service areas for new concrete floors
United Yakima Concrete is based in Yakima, WA, and pours floors in the cities around it. The 8 cities listed here, including Union Gap and Sunnyside, have their own pages, and we work in plenty of places between them too.
Yakima, WA
Get your concrete floor on the schedule
Call (509) 452-5002 while your plans can still change, since a floor is easiest to get right before walls, plumbing and flooring orders are locked in.