Cracked, puddled or flaking after winter salt? We plan the drainage and layout first, then pour a lot ready for winter traffic.
Concrete parking lot building in Post Falls means planning the layout, drainage and accessible spaces, then preparing the ground and pouring a lot made to carry cars, salt and hard winters.
You're probably looking at a lot that's cracked, sinking along the edges or holding puddles by the door, or at bare ground where a lot needs to go. The price moves with the lot's size, how much digging and base work the ground needs, whether old pavement comes out first and how the water has to leave the site. The schedule turns on the permit review, the weather and the ground, and the estimate gives you your own figure.
A parking lot isn't just a big driveway, since it takes more weight, more turning tires and spaces that have to meet access rules. We're licensed and insured, and Idaho's state licensing division covers anyone doing a construction job over $2000.00 in materials and labor unless they're exempt. If you need light pole bases or sign posts, we set those concrete footings in the same job. We're based in Post Falls and work both sides of the Idaho and Washington line.
Call (208) 981-9070 or send the form, and we'll set up a time for me to come see the lot myself. I look at every job in person, so you're talking with the person who'll be there for the pour.
I walk it with you, ask how the lot gets used and what's under it, and look at where the water goes now. Then you get an estimate that lays out the base work, the drainage, the layout and your price, so you know what you're paying for.
Once you're ready, we check with the building office for your address about permits. Then we plan the pour around the weather and the ground, which is usually what sets the start date.
Our crew and I are on site from the dig through the finish. Post Falls doesn't set morning or afternoon inspection slots, so we have the site ready first thing on inspection day and give the inspector our pour time so they can try to work within it.
I start on paper, because accessible spaces and drainage have to go into the layout from the first sketch. Most Post Falls stormwater runs to swales and dry wells, grassy dips and underground pits where it soaks in and gets cleaned naturally before reaching the aquifer the area drinks from. We grade the lot to send water there, and since the swales beside your property are yours to keep clear and working, I'll show you where they are.
Then we dig out to firm ground and pack the subgrade, the base the slab sits on, so it doesn't shift under the weight. We pour, give the top a broom finish, a light texture so tires and feet grip in the wet, and cut control joints, straight lines that give the concrete a planned place to crack. Before we leave, we talk with you about keeping those joints sealed through salt season.
What a parking lot job covers:
If the cracks are few and the slab around them sits flat, patching or replacing a few panels is usually the smart money. When sections are sinking, water stands in the same spots or the surface flakes across the lot, the trouble is usually the base or the drainage, and a new top on bad ground goes the same way. If it's the building settling and not the lot, that's a foundation raising job, and I'll tell you which one you've got.
Size is the start, but the ground underneath often matters more, along with how much old pavement comes out, how far the water has to travel to a swale, how many accessible spaces the layout needs and the mix we pick for salt. If the budget's tight, don't cut the base. Nobody sees it on day one, but it's what keeps the lot flat, so I'd trim the extras long before I'd trim the dig and the packing.
I started Post Falls Concrete in 2020 after teaching myself on my own projects and learning the rest beside crews who'd been at it for years. What I care about most is the part nobody sees once it's poured, the ground under the lot and where the water goes, so that's what I'll walk you through first.
I want you to understand your job well enough to ask good questions, of us or anyone else bidding it, like how they'll prep the base and where the water will go. If something isn't settled yet, I'll tell you I need to check on it. We keep the site tidy, work around your open hours where we can, and our work is backed by our satisfaction guarantee.
Call (208) 981-9070 and I'll come walk the lot with you, so the drainage and layout get settled before anyone talks price.
Include the site address, the rough lot size and whether it's new or a replacement. We reply within one business day to set up my visit, with no pressure and no obligation.
A concrete lot that's designed for parking use and built that way can give satisfactory service for many years with little maintenance, according to concrete industry design guidance. That depends on fitting the plan to how your lot is actually used, so I'll ask about car counts, delivery trucks and where people turn before I draw anything.
Yes, when a business, nonprofit or state or local government provides a parking lot, it must include accessible spaces that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Federal access guidance counts resurfacing, resealing and adding spaces as alterations that must include accessible spaces, while pothole repair and patching are normal maintenance unless they affect how usable the lot is. We plan those spaces into the layout from the start.
Yes, the City of Post Falls requires land use, building and other appropriate permits for any construction project in the city. Applications go through the city's online permit portal, where you upload plans, pay fees and schedule inspections. When the city says a permit is needed, we handle the applications for our part of the work.
Keep the joints sealed, because a working seal greatly cuts how much salty deicer water gets into the concrete, and a failed one lets that water soak the concrete around the joint. The city rates weathering here as Severe, so the mix counts too. An air-entraining admixture fills the concrete with tiny air bubbles as it mixes, which helps it handle freeze-thaw and scaling, the surface flaking deicers cause, but it also lowers strength, so we'll weigh that trade-off with you.
Your price comes from walking the lot, because the ground underneath, the drainage and any old pavement coming out move it more than the square footage does. After my visit you get an estimate with your figure, so you can set it beside other bids and ask each contractor how they plan to prep the base.
Most cracks come from a base that was raked level instead of dug out and packed, water that runs under the slab or toward the building, or control joints cut late or skipped. Concrete shrinks as it hardens, so we cut joints to give it planned places to crack and build the base and drainage so the slab doesn't settle with the dirt.
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