Concrete Garage Floor Minneapolis Minnesota

Concrete Garage Floor Replacement

Are you tired of looking at your worn-out or cracked concrete garage floor? Or maybe you or the previous owners have tried filling and sealing the cracks, but they just keep getting bigger and more noticeable? Either way the bottom line is it's time to do something about it and you want to know what your options are.

Do you repair or replace your garage floor?

The truth is, the garage floor is one of the most neglected parts of the garage. And the problem is the garage floor is a victim of the harshest substances, including oils, acids and paints. Most garage floors are made of concrete, which is a semi-porous material and acts like a sponge absorbing small amounts of liquid material dropped or spilled on it.

The liquids that are spilled on the concrete floor permeate the surface and stay on the layer just below the surface. This is why you see so many spots on concrete floors that are next to impossible to eliminate.

Cracks in your concrete garage floor

The most common repair problems with concrete garage floors are cracks. Garage floors take a lot of abuse from very heavy objects like vehicles, boats, campers and tools that are dropped, causing chips and cracks. Concrete garage floors in the Twin Cities area of course are subjected to the harsh temperature changes found in Minnesota, which will cause ground heaving, leading to cracks in your garage floor.

If the cracks are thin and not very noticeable, then you can fix the problem yourself with home mixed cement applied to the cracks. But your visit to this website probably means that your problem is not small hairline cracks in your concrete floor, but a more serious problem that requires a new concrete floor.

Replacing your concrete garage floor

Here are the 10 main steps that any reputable concrete company will do when replacing your concrete garage floor:

  • Saw-cut the existing floor and remove
  • Load concrete on to a truck and haul to a recycler
  • Re-compact sub-base and replace with new class 5 if necessary
  • Plastic sheet is put down for a vapor barrier
  • Rebar is installed
  • After calculating how much concrete is needed, the cement is ordered and poured
  • Once the floor is poured, bull floats and metal finish trowels are used to smooth out the surface.
  • The floor goes through a curing process where moisture is added which helps the curing process
  • The floor dries in about 48 hours but a car shouldn't go on it for 20-days
  • Sealing the garage floor

Maintaining your new concrete garage floor

Sealing your concrete garage floor is the absolute best way to keep the floor looking good and makes it easy to clean in the future. Concrete is very porous and soaks up stains quickly. A professional garage floor sealant will keep oil, paint and dirt from car tires from permeating the cement floor.

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