Orlando Concrete Contractor
Concrete Slab Installation
Concrete slabs for sheds, garages, carports and equipment pads from an Orlando concrete company.
Orlando Ronald's Concrete Contracting pours concrete slabs across Orlando for sheds, garages, carports, workshops, RV pads and equipment pads. We prep the ground, set the steel and pour a slab sized for what's going on it. Every job starts with a free on-site estimate. Call (689) 588-1438 or get a slab quote.
Concrete Slabs Made for Orlando Ground
A slab is only as good as the pad under it. Orlando lots are mostly sand, and plenty of newer ones were built up with fill that got trucked in and spread around. Fill that never got compacted keeps settling for years, and a slab poured over it settles right along with it.
Before we form anything, we probe for soft ground and look at how water moves across the yard. Low areas that hold water after a storm get filled and raised. Roots, muck and old debris come out. Then the pad gets compacted in lifts until it's firm edge to edge.
Types of Concrete Slabs We Pour in Orlando
Shed slabs. Most sheds sit on a 4-inch slab with thickened edges. We set anchor bolts or tie-down straps in the wet concrete so the shed can be secured for hurricane season.
Garage and carport slabs carry vehicles, so they get more thickness and steel than a shed pad. Garage floors get a smooth steel-trowel finish and a slight pitch toward the door.
Workshop slabs vary. A car lift, a heavy table saw or a welding bench needs a thicker section in specific spots, so tell us what's going on the slab and where.
AC, generator and pool equipment pads are small, but they have to be level and sized to the manufacturer's clearances. A standby generator, for example, needs space around it for airflow and service.
RV and boat pads run long and heavy, often right beside a driveway. We pour them 5 to 6 inches thick with rebar and tie them into the concrete driveway when it makes sense.
Our Concrete Slab Installation Process
- 01Layout and locates. We mark the slab, check setbacks from your property line and call Sunshine 811 before digging.
- 02Pad prep. Sod, roots and soft soil come out. Fill goes in where needed and gets compacted in lifts.
- 03Termite treatment and vapor retarder. For garages, workshops and other enclosed buildings, Florida code requires termite protection, which usually means a licensed pest control company treats the soil right before the pour. A 6-mil or heavier vapor retarder goes under any slab that will be enclosed.
- 04Forms and steel. Forms set the size, height and slope. Rebar on chairs or welded wire mesh goes in, with thickened edges where walls or anchors will sit.
- 05Pour and finish. We pour, screed and float the slab, then steel-trowel it smooth for interiors or broom it for outdoor pads.
- 06Joints and curing. Control joints get cut to a quarter of the slab depth, and curing compound goes on the same day.
Concrete Slab Cost Factors in Orlando
Size and thickness set most of the price. A 10x12 shed slab and a 24x24 garage slab are very different jobs, and a 6-inch RV pad uses half again as much concrete as a 4-inch slab the same size. Fill comes next. Raising a low corner of the yard by a foot can take several truckloads of fill and a lot of compaction. Access, finish, termite treatment, permits and removal of an old slab get listed separately on your written estimate.
Florida Rules and Weather Our Slab Contractors Plan Around
Permit rules depend on what the slab is for. A garage, a workshop or any enclosed building usually needs one, with inspections through the City of Orlando or Orange County depending on your address. A small shed pad may not, though HOA approval is its own question in a lot of Orlando subdivisions. We check both before scheduling.
Rain is the scheduling headache. A pad that gets soaked the day before a pour can lose some of its compaction, so we check it again before the truck shows up. Summer pours start early and move when a storm parks over the area.
Elevation counts too. With this much rain and this many lakes, the top of a garage or workshop slab should sit above the surrounding grade so water runs away from the building.
Concrete Slab Problems We See Around Orlando
The most common one is a slab that cracked and dropped on one side because the fill underneath was never compacted. Close behind are garage floors that pitch toward the house, shed slabs too small for the shed so the walls hang past the edge, and pads that sit lower than the yard and stay wet half the summer.
Some of that can be handled with concrete repair and resurfacing. A slab that's sinking or sloped the wrong way usually comes out and gets repoured on a proper pad. If the slab is part of a building's foundation, our concrete foundations and footings crew takes a look.
Working With Our Orlando Slab Contractors
Your written estimate lists size, thickness, steel, finish and pad prep. Small pads often get prepped and poured in a single day. Garage and workshop slabs take longer once inspections are in the mix. You can usually walk on a new slab after a day or two, and we'll tell you when it's safe to set a shed, park a car or bolt down equipment.
Whether a slab stays flat gets decided by the pad underneath it, long before any concrete shows up.
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