Concrete floor installation in Winston-Salem NC - a slab ready for tile, wood or carpet

Concrete slabs and pads in Winston-Salem usually cost about $6 to $12 per square foot, and reinforced concrete runs more per square foot than a plain pad. That's the going rate around here, not our price, and the estimate I write shows your own figure with each item listed.

One Winston-Salem cost guide says a new slab should be walkable within 48 hours, and you may want to wait a week before heavier loads. National guidance says curing typically runs 3 to 7 days after finishing, so build that into your schedule before flooring or other work starts.

Probably a little, because national floor guidance says some random cracking should always be expected and steel won't prevent it. Rebar, the steel bars inside the slab, keeps cracks tight when it's sized and placed right, and control joints, shallow cuts we make on purpose, give cracks a straight place to run. I'll show you how both are planned.

Not by national floor guidance, which says conventional polyethylene sheeting has been used in the past but shouldn't be considered for moisture protection under a slab. It also says the barrier protects best sitting right against the slab, and I'll tell you which material we plan to use.

The City-County Inspections Division issues building permits across Forsyth County, except in High Point, Kernersville and King. Winston-Salem inspects a slab before the pour, once the plastic is in and the termite treatment is done. We find out which office covers your address and handle the application and inspections when your job needs a permit.

Yes, but the city requires any wiring or conduit in a slab to be installed and inspected before the concrete is poured. Tell us where you want outlets or lines when I come out, so they're placed and checked before pour day instead of cut in later.

If you want radon protection, decide before the pour, because EPA guidance says it typically costs a builder less to include radon-resistant features than to fix the home afterward. State public-health guidance says radon can get in through cracks in solid floors, construction joints and gaps around service pipes, so we'll talk it over at the estimate.

North Carolina requires a general contractor to be licensed when the total project cost is $40,000 or higher, according to the state licensing board. Whatever the size of your floor, it's fair to ask any contractor about their license and insurance before you sign.