Garage floor concrete in Key West FL - a solid floor built for your car and your tools

Key West's Building Department issues permits for work over $1,000, labor and materials included, or any structural change, and only non-structural, all-interior work under $1,000 is exempt. We handle the paperwork when a job calls for one. Some Key West addresses fall under Monroe County instead, so we check which office covers yours first.

Across Florida, an installed concrete slab usually costs about $8 to $14 per square foot, labor and materials included. Where your floor lands in that range depends on tear-out, base work, the finish and whether a vapor barrier goes in. Your written estimate shows where yours falls.

Not until the floor's moisture and surface texture have been checked, because a young or dirty slab can lose an epoxy or polyaspartic coating even when it looks dry. We check both before a coating goes on, and if you plan to coat, tell us at the estimate so testing is part of the job.

Not without raising it, because the city treats a garage below flood levels with flood vents as storage and parking only, and living space is a change of use that requires elevation. Zones like AE, AO, VE and Coastal A carry those flood rules, while X and Shaded-X are exempt. That covers addresses inside Key West city limits.

Hot-weather guidance calls for curing at least 3 days, keeping the slab wet under burlap and plastic, watering it or sealing it with a curing compound. Curing, the stretch where fresh concrete holds its moisture and gains strength, keeps the top from turning weak, so stay off it until I tell you it's ready to drive on.

Some cracking is normal, but a floor on a dug-out, packed base with control joints cut on time tends to crack along those lines instead of across the middle. Old floors that split badly usually sat on raked dirt or skipped the joints. Key West soil varies from lot to lot, so I look at the ground before I price the base.