Garage floor concrete in Sheridan WY - a floor built for the vehicles you park
Cracked, scaling or sinking garage floor? We pour a new slab with the base, thickness and finish set for your vehicles and winters.
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What goes into a new concrete garage floor?
Garage floor concrete is a new slab poured over prepared ground and finished either smooth or with a light texture. In Sheridan, WY we build it around the vehicles you park and the way you plan to use the space.
Most people call us when the old floor has cracked across the middle, dropped at one end or started scaling into grit by the door, or when a new garage needs its first floor. The price moves with the size of the slab, how thick it has to be for what you park, how much work the ground underneath needs, whether an old floor comes out first and whether a coating is coming later. The schedule mostly turns on the weather and the curing wait before you can drive on it, and the written estimate puts your own numbers on all of that.
How we pour garage floor concrete
Before anything gets poured, we settle the finish, the vehicles and any coating plans, because those choices decide the mix and what goes under the slab, so tell us about the truck or RV and we'll build the floor around it. Then we dig out and pack the subgrade, the ground the slab sits on, and check where the water will run. We set forms and hold the rebar or mesh up on small stands called chairs, because steel that gets walked down into the dirt does nothing to stop shrinkage cracks. After the pour and finish, we cut control joints, shallow grooves that give the slab a straight place to crack instead of a random one, and let it cure, which is the wait while it gains strength before you load it. If the budget gets tight, I'll cut almost anything before the base, because nobody sees it on day one and it's what decides whether the floor settles later.
Garage jobs often run into the work around them. If you want a colored or patterned apron outside the door, that's our decorative concrete work, and if the garage sits into a slope and the ground beside it needs holding back, we build concrete retaining walls as well.
Broom or float finish for a working garage
A broom finish leaves fine ridges that give your boots and tires some grip, and in a climate that freezes and thaws this finish goes with an air-entrained mix, concrete with tiny air pockets built in. A bare broom-finished floor in an unheated garage doesn't need a vapor retarder underneath.
Smooth troweled floor for a cleaner look
A floor finished smooth with a steel trowel uses a mix with less air in it, because hard troweling an air-entrained mix can make the top layer peel away. That's why you pick the finish first and the mix follows from it.
A floor planned for a coating or heat
If you plan an epoxy or polyaspartic coating, or want to heat and finish the space later, a vapor retarder under the slab is worth having because concrete passes moisture up from the soil. It has to go in before the pour, so this is the plan to settle early.
Garage floor concrete for Sheridan winters
Winters here freeze and thaw, and most garages we pour take snow and slush off a truck for months at a time. One expert recommends sloping a garage floor in freeze-thaw country to a center drain or an outside drain rather than out under the overhead door, because water running under the door refreezes and scales the surface there. Where the water goes gets decided in the base and the forms, so we talk it through with you before anything is set, since it can't be fixed once the concrete is in.
Before a new slab goes in, you can look up your property on the Wyoming Geologic Hazards Map, which lets owners research expansive soils, landslides and other hazards across the state. It's a research tool, not a verdict on your lot, and we do this same work across Sheridan and the cities around it.
Why Sheridan homeowners call Sheridan Concrete for garage floors
I look at every garage myself
I come out to see every job before the estimate, and I'm on site with our crew when the floor gets poured. The person who heard what you park is the one checking the base and the finish.
Grew up on Sheridan concrete crews
I spent my school summers on crews around Sheridan, starting on a shovel and working up to finishing, and started this business in 2023. That's three years on our own and a lot of seasons before that watching what winter here does to a slab.
Licensed and insured on every job
We're licensed and insured. That matters to you because our crew is working inside your garage, next to your house and whatever you keep in there.
Straight advice when waiting is better
If the ground needs an engineer's look or the forecast is wrong for a pour, I'll tell you to wait. I'd rather move the date than pour a floor I don't trust.
If you're planning a new garage floor, send us the size and what you park and I'll come out and take a look.
Request a quoteGet a written estimate for your garage floor
We reply to every call and form within one business day. The estimate is free, done on site and comes with no obligation. I come out myself, look at the ground and ask what you park before I write it up.
What happens after you call about a garage floor in Sheridan?
Call or send the form
Tell us the garage size, the vehicles you park and any coating plans. We'll set a time for me to come out.
I walk the site with you
I look at the ground and the drainage, ask how you'll use the garage and walk you through the finish and thickness choices. You then get a written estimate with the price for the floor we talked through.
We prep, pour and finish
Once you say go, we check with the City of Sheridan Building Division and take care of getting a permit if one's needed. Then we prep the ground, set forms, pour and finish, with me on site the whole time.
Walk the finished floor
We walk the job with you when it's done. I go over how to care for the floor through its first season.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a new garage floor cost in Sheridan WY?
A national cost guide puts a garage slab at about $6 to $12 per square foot across the US, which is a market figure and not a Sheridan price or ours. A thicker slab for heavy vehicles, extra base work, tearing out an old floor and a vapor retarder for a coating all push it higher. The written estimate after I've seen your site gives you your own number.
How thick should my garage floor be?
Four inches is standard for passenger cars, and industry guidance moves to 5 or 6 inches for pickups and RVs approaching 12,000 lb. Mention any heavy truck, trailer or RV when you ask for a quote, because thickness has to be decided before the forms go in.
Can concrete be poured in cold weather in Sheridan?
Yes, as long as the fresh slab is kept from freezing until about two days after the pour, because frozen fresh concrete can lose more than half its potential strength. Industry guidance treats it as a cold-weather pour once the air drops, or is expected to drop, to 40°F while the slab still needs protecting. Ask any contractor how they'll protect your slab through those first days, and I'll walk you through our plan for yours at the estimate.
When can I use deicer on a new concrete garage floor?
Wait until the second winter, because guidance for new concrete is no deicing chemicals the first winter and moderate amounts after that. Heavy deicer use raises the chance of scaling, so hose off the road salt your car drags in whenever the weather allows.
Should I repair or replace a scaling garage floor?
It depends on how far the scaling has gone. Minor scaling is cosmetic and may not need repair at all, and light to moderate scaling can usually be repaired. When it's heavy and still spreading, repair may not be practical, and I'll tell you which side of that line your floor is on.
How long before I can drive on a new garage floor?
You'll be walking on it well before you can park on it, because concrete keeps gaining strength while it cures and that wait runs longer in cold weather. Before we leave, we tell you when you can walk on your floor and when you can drive on it, based on the mix and the weather around your pour.
Other work that often goes with a garage floor
Decorative concrete
Colored, stained or patterned concrete for an apron, walkway or patio near the garage, for when you want the outside to look finished and not just plain gray.
Concrete retaining walls
A wall that holds back a slope beside your garage or driveway and lets water drain out behind it, so soil and runoff stay off the new slab.
Sheridan, WY
Get your garage floor planned before the pour
Have the garage size, the vehicles you park and any coating plans ready when you call (307) 218-3106, and the first visit covers a lot more ground.