Self-Leveling Concrete & Overlays in Dublin, CA - a flat base for your new floor

Most people call us when a new floor is coming and the slab under the old one turns out to be wavy, patched or scarred from whatever was glued down before. The price moves with the size of the room, how far the floor is out of level, what has to come up first and what the moisture test says, because that test decides which product we pour. The schedule turns on that test, on how any old glue gets handled and on whether the city wants a permit, and you get your own number in writing after I look at the floor.

I start by walking the floor with you and marking the low spots and humps, then we test the slab for moisture so the right product goes down. Before any prep starts, we settle how old floor glue will be handled, since that decision changes how the prep gets done. I'll also point out any joints in the old slab that still move, because they'll carry up through the new layer into your finished floor, and it's better to plan your flooring around them now than be surprised later. Then our crew does the grinding and surface prep, primes the slab and pours.

Some jobs need a hand before the pour. When carpet, tile or sheet vinyl has to come up first, our concrete floor stripping and removal work takes it down to bare slab so the leveler has something clean to bond to. If the concrete bothering you is outside around the pool, that's a different surface, and our pool deck coatings and resurfacing covers it.

Dublin requires permits for most construction and repair work, and its list names things like alterations and decks, not floor leveling, while floor tile and carpet need none, so whether your leveling job needs a permit isn't settled until the city says so. The city's Building & Safety Division answers that question at 925-833-6620, and we check with that office before work starts. When a permit is needed, we take care of the paperwork as part of the job. Most minor permits are issued over the counter, but one that needs plan review takes about two to three weeks, and that time comes before we pour.

Around Dublin we usually find slabs that have carried a floor or two already, with tack strip holes, ridges of old tile mortar or vinyl glue left behind, and we see the same thing on jobs in Pleasanton and San Ramon. We're based in Dublin and work in cities across the Tri-Valley, the East Bay and nearby, so if your city isn't listed, call and ask.