Concrete floor installation in Lake Charles LA - a level slab ready for your flooring

An old floor that's cracked and uneven, or bare ground where a new room goes? We pour a flat slab built for your flooring.

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Covered outdoor kitchen with a black metal pergola, string lights, and pale gray patterned concrete flooring.

What does it take to put in a concrete floor in Lake Charles?

Concrete floor installation in Lake Charles means building a slab on a packed base, with a vapor barrier and steel under it, so you end up with a hard, flat floor ready for tile, wood, carpet or a coating.

Most calls start with a new room, a shop or a porch being closed in, or an old floor that's cracked and sits uneven. The price mostly turns on the size of the floor, how much fill it takes to bring the ground up to height, how close we can get the truck and whether old concrete has to be broken out and hauled off. If something has to give, I'd rather you spend on the base than on the finish, because a nice surface on a loose base settles anyway, and nobody can fix the fill once it's under concrete. The schedule turns on any permit review, the weather on pour day and the curing time before flooring goes down, and when I come out I measure and write up what's included so you're working from your own number. If it's a garage you're pouring, our garage floor concrete page covers that job.

How we do concrete floor installation, from the ground up

Before anything else, I ask what's going on top of the floor, because that decides where the vapor barrier, the plastic sheet that keeps ground moisture out, should sit. Then we dig out the soft dirt down to the subgrade, the firm ground the slab rests on, and bring in fill and pack it so the floor doesn't settle with the dirt. We lay the barrier and set the rebar, steel bars that hold the slab together, up on supports so it ends up inside the concrete instead of lying on the bottom. After the pour we finish the surface flat, cut control joints, shallow grooves that give the slab a planned place to crack, and keep it damp while it cures, the slow hardening that gives concrete its strength.

A new floor often comes with outside work. If the new room has a door that sits up off the yard, we can pour concrete steps on the same visit, and if it's a pool house or a back room that opens to the water, we also build concrete pool decks.

A floor for tile, wood or carpet

This suits a new room or addition where flooring goes right on the slab, so we finish it smooth and flat enough for the flooring to lie even. Barrier placement matters most here, which is why the covering question comes first.

A bare or coated shop floor

This suits a shop, storage building or work space where the concrete is the floor. We give it a hard, dense finish that takes a coating well or wears on its own.

Replacing a worn-out floor

This suits an old slab that's cracked, sunk or broken up. We break it out and haul it off, then look at the ground underneath, because whatever let the old floor drop has to be fixed before new fill goes in.

Why Lake Charles homeowners call B&C Lake Charles Concrete Company for concrete floors

I write the estimate and stay on site

I come out myself to look at the floor, measure it and write the estimate, so the person who priced your job is the one watching it get built. Our own crew does the work, and I'm there while it's going on.

Licensed, insured and clear on the state rule

We're licensed and fully insured. The state contractor licensing board requires a Residential license for home construction or improvements on an existing home over $50,000, labor and materials included, so on a bigger job, ask any contractor you're weighing which license they hold.

Built around a house you're living in

Since 2021 we've worked on homes people already live in, so we settle the small things up front, like who hauls the old concrete and where you'll park, and we work to leave the yard the way we found it. Call (337) 549-5674 to set a time.

Get a written estimate for your new concrete floor

Send us the floor size, the covering you plan to put on it and your address, and we'll reply within one business day. I'll come out for a free on-site estimate, measure and write up what's included before you decide, and there's no pressure to book.

Phone: (337) 549-5674
Email: sales@lakecharlesconcretecompany.com
Location: Lake Charles, LA 70601
Hours: Mon–Fri: 7 AM–11 PM, Sat–Sun: 8 AM–10 PM

Concrete floor installation in Lake Charles and what the city asks for

In Lake Charles, the city's Permit Center issues building permits and reviews plans for new construction and changes to existing buildings, and you can call them at 337-491-1294 with permit questions about your property. Whether your floor needs a permit depends on the job, so we check with the city or parish office that covers your address before we start, and when one's needed, we handle the paperwork or walk you through it. Before the city issues a building permit, the plans have to include a foundation plan showing the footings, vapor barrier, fill and slab steel. For an enclosed home or business, or a substantial improvement to one, the city also sets a minimum floor height of one foot above the highest of four flood measurements, and that can decide how much fill goes under your floor. Calcasieu Parish strongly recommends soil testing by a geotechnical engineer and a foundation designed by a structural engineer or architect, because of how south Louisiana soils settle.

We're based in Lake Charles and pour floors across Southwest Louisiana, out to Moss Bluff and Sulphur and over the line into Orange, TX, and if your city isn't listed on the site, ask us. A lot of the ground we dig into around here is soft and holds water, so it's common to find more digging and fill under a floor than the homeowner expected.

Questions we hear about new concrete floors

How much does a concrete floor cost in Lake Charles?

An installed concrete slab in Lake Charles usually costs about $5.50 to $11 per square foot, which is the going range around here, not our own price. Where your floor lands depends on its size, how much fill and steel it needs, whether old concrete comes out and how easy the site is to reach. I'll measure and write up what's included when I come out.

Will my new concrete floor crack?

Probably a little, because some fine random cracking is expected in any slab, and steel won't stop it. What steel that's the right size and set in the right place does is keep those cracks tight, so you plan for hairlines rather than none. We're straight about that up front and place the steel to do that job.

What causes high spots, low spots and cracks in a new concrete floor?

Bad timing is the usual cause, because finishing, joint cutting and curing done too early or too late can leave a floor that cracks, wears fast, has high and low spots or drains poorly. It's worth asking any contractor how they time those steps. We time each one to how the concrete is setting that day, not to the clock.

What is the best way to pour a concrete floor in Lake Charles heat?

Plan the pour around wind and sun as much as temperature, because a windy, sunny day calls for stricter precautions than a calm, humid one at the same heat. Hot-weather trouble with fresh concrete can show up any time of year, though it's mostly a summer problem. We watch the forecast and set the pour time and our prep to the day.

How long before I can put flooring on a new concrete slab?

There's no set day, because after the slab cures it should dry out and be tested to show moisture isn't coming through before flooring goes on. The test decides, not the calendar. Concrete industry guidance finds a vapor barrier placed right against the slab gives coverings and coatings the most protection, which is why we ask about your flooring first.