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Serving San Clemente, CA and surrounding areas. (949) 739-0478
Cracked, pitted, or bare dirt? Get a properly poured garage floor built for San Clemente's coastal soil conditions - finished, sealed, and ready to use.
Garage floor concrete in San Clemente means demolishing the old slab if one exists, compacting and leveling the ground underneath, and pouring a fresh reinforced slab finished and sealed for coastal conditions - most standard two-car garage jobs take one active pour day plus three to seven days of curing before you can park on it.
If your floor is cracking, heaving, or just bare compacted dirt, you are losing usable space and accumulating a moisture and pest problem underneath. San Clemente's clay-heavy hillside soils and salt air off the Pacific make this more than a cosmetic issue - the ground moves with the seasons, and an unprotected slab pays the price.
Once your garage floor is sorted, many homeowners also look at upgrading the finish with decorative concrete options or connecting the interior to adjacent concrete floor installation work inside the home.
A crack where one side sits higher than the other is a sign the slab is moving, not just settling. In San Clemente's hillside neighborhoods, clay soils expand in wet weather and contract in dry - and that cycle slowly pushes slabs out of place. Patching the surface does not stop the movement underneath.
A correctly poured garage floor drains toward the door. If puddles collect in the middle or back after you wash your car or after winter rain, the floor has settled unevenly or was never sloped correctly. San Clemente's coastal fog and seasonal rains make standing water a real ongoing problem for surface life.
If the top layer is chipping off in flakes, developing small pits, or leaving chalky dust underfoot, the concrete surface is breaking down. Older slabs that were never sealed deteriorate faster in San Clemente because salt air accelerates the process from the outside in. Once it starts, it tends to get worse quickly.
Some older San Clemente homes - particularly those built in the 1960s and 1970s - have garages with unpaved dirt or gravel floors. An unpaved garage floor is a source of ongoing moisture and pest intrusion. Pouring a new slab gives you a clean, functional surface and seals off those problems for good.
Every garage floor project starts with demolition of the old slab if needed, followed by full base preparation - compacting the soil and grading it correctly so water drains toward the door, not to the back corners. We pour four-inch residential slabs as standard, stepping up to five or six inches when site conditions or vehicle weight call for it. Steel mesh reinforcement is included in every pour, and control joints are cut in planned locations so any future shrinkage cracks land where they belong rather than across the middle of your floor.
After the slab cures, we apply a penetrating sealer to protect against San Clemente's coastal salt air and moisture. For homeowners who want more than a plain gray surface, we also offer decorative concrete finishes including epoxy coatings and color treatments. If your project involves connected interior spaces, our concrete floor installation work extends the same quality inside the home.
Suits garages that currently have dirt, gravel, or crumbling old asphalt and need a clean poured floor from scratch.
Best for homeowners whose existing floor has failed, is heaving, or has been patched repeatedly without lasting results.
Good for anyone who wants a functional, low-maintenance surface with solid grip and coastal protection built in.
Ideal for homeowners who want a hard, cleanable surface that handles oil, water, and daily vehicle traffic with less maintenance.
San Clemente sits right on the Southern California coast, and the salt air that rolls in off the Pacific is genuinely hard on unprotected concrete over time. Moisture and salt work into unsealed slabs and weaken the surface from the outside in - which is why sealing here is not optional, it is part of the job. San Clemente's hillside terrain adds another layer of complexity: much of the city sits on clay-heavy soil that expands when wet and contracts in dry weather. That seasonal movement is one of the most common reasons garage floors in this area crack and shift, and it is the reason base preparation matters more here than it does on a flat inland lot. Homeowners in communities like San Clemente and nearby Dana Point face these same coastal and soil conditions on most residential lots.
California also requires all concrete contractors to hold a valid state license through the Contractors State License Board, which is more rigorous than many other states. For homeowners in Talega and other planned communities with active HOAs, it is worth confirming whether your association requires written approval before any garage floor work begins - even work done entirely inside the garage. The City of San Clemente Building and Safety Division is the right first call if you are unsure whether a permit is needed for your specific project.
Tell us your garage size, whether there is an existing slab, and what you are hoping to end up with. We reply within one business day and schedule a free on-site visit - because soil conditions and access affect the quote, we always look before we price.
We come out, check the existing floor, assess drainage and soil conditions, and give you a written estimate covering demolition, base prep, the pour, finishing, and sealing. No line items appear later that were not in the original quote.
We remove the old slab if needed, compact the base, set up forms along the edges, and pour the slab in a single day for a standard two-car garage. Clear your garage completely before we arrive - alternative parking for at least a week is a good plan.
Walk-on access returns after about 24 hours. Vehicles stay off for three to seven days. After the floor cures, we do a final walkthrough with you - checking the finish, joints, and edges - before applying the sealer coat and handing off care instructions.
Free on-site estimate. Written quote before any work starts. No pressure, no surprises.
(949) 739-0478San Clemente's expansive clay soils are the main reason garage floors here crack and shift. We compact and prepare the base specifically for local soil conditions, which is what keeps the slab level for years rather than months.
Salt air off the Pacific breaks down unprotected concrete faster than most homeowners expect. Every floor we pour in San Clemente is finished with a sealer rated for coastal exposure - because the right product at installation is far cheaper than premature resurfacing.
We work across San Clemente, Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano, and nine other communities in South Orange County and North San Diego County. That range means the same crew and standards that work in your neighborhood have solved similar problems just down the road. You can also check our license through the{' '}California Contractors State License Board for immediate peace of mind.
One of the biggest concerns homeowners have is a quote that grows once work starts. Our written estimate covers every line item - demo, base prep, pour, finishing, and sealing - so there are no surprises on the invoice.
The combination of proper base preparation for local soils and the right coastal sealer is what separates a garage floor that holds up for decades from one that starts cracking in a few years. Those two factors are built into every job we do in San Clemente.
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