Need a new concrete floor for a shop, addition or basement? We start with the ground underneath so it's ready for what goes on top.
Concrete floor installation in Post Falls means pouring a slab that rests right on the ground, so you have a flat, solid base for tile, wood, carpet or a coating in a shop, addition or basement.
Usually you're finishing a shop, building an addition or tearing out an old floor that's cracked, uneven or sinking. The job runs from digging out and packing the ground to laying a vapor barrier where flooring will go, then pouring, finishing and letting the slab cure, which is the wait while it hardens before it can take traffic. I'll talk you through each part so you know what to ask us or anyone else.
Price moves with the floor's size, how much ground work it needs, whether it gets a vapor barrier and how easily the truck can reach the spot. The schedule turns on the weather, the ground and the permit, so we set the pour date once those line up, and your estimate gives you the figure for your floor. We're licensed and insured, and I come out to look at every job myself.
Call (208) 981-9070 or use the form, and we'll set up a time for me to come see the job. Tell us if it's a shop, an addition or a basement so I know what to look for.
I walk the spot with you, ask how you'll use the floor and what's under it, and look at where the water runs. Then I put together an estimate that lays out the ground work, what goes under the slab and the finish, along with your price.
Once you're ready, we check with the building office for your address about permits, handle the applications for our part if one's needed, and plan the pour around the weather and the ground. Post Falls books inspections by the day with no morning or afternoon slots, so we have the job ready that morning and give our pour time with the booking so the inspector can try to work within it.
I'm on site with our crew from the pour through the finish, and we cut control joints, shallow grooves that give the slab a planned place to crack, in the hours after it's placed. Then the slab cures, and we clean up before we go.
Most of what makes a good floor happens before the truck shows up. If the subgrade, the dirt and gravel the slab sits on, isn't dug out and packed right, the slab is far more likely to settle and fail, and extra rebar, the steel laid inside the concrete, won't fix that. So when you're comparing quotes, ask each contractor how they'll prepare the ground.
Here's the trade-off I'll name for you. The base is hidden the day we pour, so it's the first thing people want to trim, but I'd rather spend your budget there than on a fancier surface, because a nice finish on bad ground won't last. If flooring is going on top, we talk about moisture early too. It's the same thinking we bring to concrete pool decks and concrete steps.
What a concrete floor job covers:
If the old floor sits flat and dry and just has a few thin cracks, it usually doesn't need to come out. When it's sunk, tilted, broken into pieces or wet underneath, that usually points to the ground or the water below it, and patching the top won't reach either one. I'd rather pour new on a proper base than sell you a patch that fails over the same problem.
The biggest pieces are the size of the floor and how much work the ground needs, since digging out soft dirt and packing a new base takes time and material. A vapor barrier under flooring adds a layer, a tight spot the truck can't reach can mean a pump or wheelbarrows, and a cold weather pour needs protection. A plain smooth finish costs less than a decorative one.
I started this business in Post Falls in 2020, after teaching myself on my own projects and learning the rest beside crews who'd been at it for years. What we're known for is taking the time to explain a floor before we pour it, so you understand your job well enough to ask good questions, of us or of anybody else you're talking to.
I'm on site with our crew from the pour through the finish. We plan the work around the weather and the ground instead of rushing a date, keep the mess to the work area and clean up before we leave. If something isn't settled yet, I'll tell you I need to check on it. Backed by our satisfaction guarantee.
Call (208) 981-9070 with the floor's size, the flooring you're planning and your hoped-for timing, and I'll know what to look at.
Tell us where the floor goes, its rough size and the flooring you want. We reply within one business day to set up my free on-site visit, with no pressure and no obligation.
Installed concrete slab work in the Coeur d'Alene area usually costs about $6 to $11 per square foot. That's what the market around here runs, not our price, and where your floor lands depends on the ground work, access and what goes under and on top of it. Your own figure comes from the estimate after I've seen the spot.
Some, most likely, and that's normal. Concrete industry guidance says some cracking and curling, the edges lifting a little as the slab dries, shows up on every project even with the best design and building, and your contractor should tell you that at the start. The control joints we cut on pour day help steer where cracks go, and a contractor's guide puts that cut usually within 4 to 12 hours of the pour, depending on temperature and the mix.
Plan for it before the pour, because too much moisture in a slab is a major cause of flooring failure. Trapped vapor can make flooring cup, buckle and blister, and that can lead to the glue letting go and mold growing. Industry guidance says a vapor barrier, a plastic sheet under the concrete, gives floor coverings the most protection when it sits in direct contact with the slab, so ask where the barrier goes in any plan you're quoted.
The city's Building Division handles plan review, permits and inspections for new construction and for existing homes and businesses, so check with them about your project. Before we schedule, we ask the office that covers your address what the job may need and handle the applications for our part when one's required. The city takes fees in person or through its approved platforms, not by wire transfer.
The best way is to plan for the cold before pour day, because industry guidance treats a pour as cold weather concreting once the air drops to 40°F, or is expected to, while the new slab is being protected. That calls for extra steps, so ask any contractor which cold weather steps their crew takes. We plan every pour around the weather and the ground, and I'll go over what your timing means at the visit.
For most jobs, yes. Idaho's contractor licensing office lists registration for anyone doing a construction job over $2,000, counting materials and labor, unless an exemption applies, and a general contractor has to give you a disclosure statement before signing a contract over $2,000 for work on your home. If you do your own work on your own land and don't plan to sell within 12 months, you're exempt, and for our part, we're licensed and insured.
We're based in Post Falls and pour floors in Coeur d'Alene, Spokane Valley and other cities on both sides of the state line. Pick your area below, or call if yours isn't listed.
