Concrete Floor Installation in West Covina CA - a floor ready for tile or coating
Old floor cracked, uneven or not ready for tile? We prep the base, plan the joints and moisture barrier, then pour a flat, finished floor.
- Fully licensed and insured.
- Free estimates at your property.
- Expect a reply within 1 business day.
What goes into a new concrete floor in West Covina?
Concrete floor installation in West Covina means we form, pour, place and finish a flat slab, so you end up with a finished concrete floor that's either left bare or ready for tile, carpet or a coating.
Most of the floor calls we get are for room additions, converted garages, workshops and back rooms, or for an old slab that's cracked and uneven enough that it has to come out. If the floor is mainly for parking, our garage floor concrete page is the better read. The price moves with the floor's size in square feet, how thick it needs to be, whether it's reinforced, whether we're breaking out an old slab first and what's going on top, since tile and coatings need a moisture barrier planned in. The schedule turns mostly on whether the city wants a permit and how long the slab has to cure before you load it, and I'll put your own numbers in writing once I've seen the site.
How do you know your concrete floor needs replacing?
Cracks running every direction
When an old floor has cracks wandering across it with no pattern, it usually means the joints were skipped or cut too late, so the slab cracked wherever it wanted. Left alone, those cracks widen, the edges chip, and anything you lay on top cracks right along with them.
One side sitting lower
A floor that dips, rocks under a cabinet or has a lip at the doorway usually sat on dirt that was raked level instead of dug out and packed, and it settled. Waiting lets the drop grow, and once doors scrape and water heads for the low spot, patching rarely fixes it.
Flooring lifting or smelling musty
Tile popping loose, vinyl bubbling, a coating peeling or a damp smell in the carpet usually points to moisture coming up through the slab. Putting new flooring on that same slab just repeats the problem, so it's worth sorting out the concrete underneath first.
How we handle concrete floor installation
If the floor is getting tile, carpet or a coating, the first thing I bring up is the moisture barrier, a sheet under the slab that keeps ground moisture out of your flooring, because it's the one thing you can't add once the concrete is down. Then we plan the control joints with you, the shallow cuts that give the slab a place we picked to crack, so they land along a wall line or a cabinet run instead of across the middle of your new tile. After that we break out any old floor, dig out and pack the subgrade, which is the ground the slab sits on, and set forms my old foreman would've made me reset if they weren't dead straight. We lay the barrier, tie in rebar, the steel bars that hold a slab together, if the floor calls for it, then pour, trowel it flat and cut the joints before the concrete gets too hard to cut clean. If the budget gets tight, I'll talk you out of a fancier finish long before I'll talk you out of the prep, because nobody sees the base on day one and everybody sees it the day a slab sinks.
A new floor usually ends at a door, and when it sits higher than the yard, we can pour concrete steps so the way out is solid and even. If you're fixing up the backyard too, ask about concrete pool decks, since it's easier to plan the slabs together than to match them up later.
Get a free estimate for your new concrete floor
Send the form and we'll reply within one business day to set a time. I'll come look at the site, ask how you'll use the floor and write up a free estimate with no obligation.
- Based in
- West Covina, CA 91790
- Hours
- Mon–Fri: 7 AM–11 PM, Sat–Sun: 8 AM–10 PM
What happens after you call about a new floor?
Here's how it goes from your first call to the day you walk on the new floor, and who you'll be dealing with at each step.
Call or send the form
Call (626) 412-8532 or fill out the contact form, and we'll get back to you to set a time to come out. It helps to have a rough idea of the room's size and what's going on the floor.
I look over the site
I come out, measure, check how the new floor meets what's already there and ask how you'll use it. You get a written estimate that spells out the work, so you can see what the prep, barrier and reinforcement add before you decide anything.
We handle permits and forms
Once you say go, we take care of any permit the job needs. Then we set and check the forms, because a form that's off now is a floor that's off for good.
Pour, finish and walk through
We pour, finish and cut the joints, then walk you through how to care for the floor while it cures. I'll tell you when it's ready for foot traffic and when it can take furniture or a car.
Why West Covina homeowners call A&D for concrete floors
The owner bids and works your job
I come out myself to look at your floor and write the estimate, and I'm on the job with our crew when it gets poured. The person who heard how you'll use the room is the one setting the forms, so nothing gets lost along the way.
Running our own crew since 2023
We've been in business since 2023, and before that I spent years on the crew of an old-school foreman who made me tear out forms until they were dead straight. He used to say a slab is only as good as the work under it, and I still hear him every time I set a form.
Licensed and insured for California work
We're fully licensed and insured, and that matters even on a small pour. California's contractor board requires a license on jobs under $1,000 if the work needs any permit or the person doing it hires help, so ask anyone who bids your floor.
What I care about most is the work you'll never see once the floor is down, so tell us about your floor and I'll come out and take a look.
Concrete floors, permits and prep in West Covina
Whether your new floor needs a permit is the city's call, not mine, and the city's Building Division handles plan review, permits and inspections for private work in West Covina. So I check your project with them before I tell you either way, and if it needs one, we do the paperwork, line up the inspections and keep you in the loop. On some lots the permit review can bring up the state's seismic hazard map, which shows areas where liquefaction may happen in a strong earthquake, and in those zones the city may ask for the hazard to be studied and dealt with before work goes ahead.
Summer afternoons here run hot, and a slab poured in midday heat can end up with a weak, dusty top, so in the warm months we start early. We get the same calls for garage conversions and add-ons in Covina and Baldwin Park, and since we're based in West Covina and work in many of the cities around it, reach out even if yours isn't listed.
Questions about concrete floors in West Covina
How much does a concrete floor cost around West Covina?
A new concrete slab in the Los Angeles area usually costs about $5 to $14 per square foot, and that's the going rate around here, not a quote from us. Reinforced slabs run a little more per square foot than plain ones, and tearing out an old floor, extra thickness or a moisture barrier for tile all add to it. I'll write up your actual number after I've seen the site.
Will a new concrete floor crack like my old one?
It may crack somewhere, because national concrete industry guidance says cracks can't be prevented entirely, but properly designed joints control where they happen and keep them small. Wire mesh won't prevent cracks either, though it tends to keep cracks and joints from opening up. That's why we plan the joints with you before the pour.
How long before I can walk on a new concrete floor?
Going by Los Angeles figures, a new slab should be walkable within 48 hours, and it's best to wait a week before putting heavier loads on it. Curing, the slow hardening that gives concrete its strength, takes about a month to finish, so keep that in mind if you're scheduling tile or a coating.
What is the best way to protect tile or flooring over a new slab?
National industry guidance says a vapor retarder, the moisture barrier, gives floor coverings and coatings the most protection when it's placed directly against the slab. The same guidance says the plain polyethylene sheeting used in the past falls short under a slab, so ask what sheet goes down. Before flooring goes on, it's also fair to ask whether the slab's moisture will be measured with the standard relative humidity test flooring pros use.
How thick should a concrete floor slab be in Los Angeles?
Residential floor slabs around Los Angeles usually run four to six inches thick, with garage, foundation and basement slabs at the thicker end. Where yours lands depends on how you'll use the floor and what it has to carry, which is one of the first things I ask about.
How do I apply for a building permit in West Covina?
You apply through the city's One Stop Building Permit Center, or in person at the Building Counter Monday through Thursday from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm, and the city no longer takes applications by email. If we're doing your floor, we handle the application for you, so this only matters if you're pulling a permit yourself.
Related concrete work around your new floor
Concrete pool decks
If the backyard is getting a makeover along with the house, a concrete pool deck gives you solid, textured footing around the water where feet stay wet.
Concrete steps construction
When a new floor sits above the yard outside, concrete steps at the door give you a solid, even way in and out instead of a jump.
Garage floor concrete
If the floor is mainly for parking and storage, a garage slab is planned around a car's weight and the oil, water and tires that come with it.
Cities we pour floors in around West Covina
A&D West Covina Concrete Construction is based in West Covina, California, and the 12 cities listed here, including El Monte and Pomona, each have their own page. That's not the whole map, so if your city isn't on it, call anyway.
Get a price on your new floor
Call (626) 412-8532 or send the form with the floor's size in square feet, what it'll be used for, any covering you're planning and your target date, and I'll come ready to talk specifics.
West Covina, CA