Garage Floors, Shed Pads & Aprons

Garage & Shed Concrete — West Metro Twin Cities, MN

• 4,000 PSI concrete mixes. Poured at proper slump for garage floors that resist cracking under vehicle loads, floor jacks, and rolling toolboxes.
• Reinforced shed pads. Built with #4 rebar grids or 6x6 welded wire mesh, sized precisely for prefab sheds, workshops, and detached storage buildings.
• Sloped garage aprons. Graded at a quarter inch per foot to direct stormwater away from your garage door and foundation line.
• Compacted gravel subbase. Installed under every slab, tamped with plate compactors to prevent settling and slab failure.
• Control joints cut within 12 hours. Spaced to control shrinkage cracking before it spreads across your new floor.

Our crews handle excavation, forming, pouring, and finishing on residential and light commercial projects across the region. You get one qualified contractor from grade stakes to final broom finish.

Why choose Legacy

Garage floor, shed pad, and apron installation is a specialty we've refined over thousands of pours. Legacy Concrete General Services holds full licensing and insurance, and our finishers carry ACI Flatwork Certification. That credential matters when a quarter inch of misplaced slope sends water into your garage instead of away from it.

We calculate loads before we pour. A garage floor supporting a three quarter ton pickup needs different reinforcement than a pad under a 10x12 garden shed. Our estimators measure soil conditions, check frost depth requirements, and spec the right mix design for each project. No guesswork. No generic slabs.

Every project includes a written scope with itemized pricing. You'll know the slab thickness, PSI rating, reinforcement schedule, and cure time before we break ground. We back our flatwork with a 1-year workmanship warranty covering settlement, scaling, and structural cracking beyond normal shrinkage.

Our crews show up when scheduled and finish when promised. We pour garage floors in a single monolithic placement whenever conditions allow, which eliminates cold joints and weak points. Aprons get pinned to existing slabs with epoxy doweled rebar so they move as one unit. Shed pads get formed square, checked diagonal to diagonal, and floated flat so your building sits level from day one.

Homeowners rate us as a top-rated concrete contractor because we build slabs that last, not slabs that pass a quick glance.

Garage & Shed Concrete services we provide

Garage Floor Slab Installation

Flat, correctly sloped slabs for new garages and floor replacements.

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Shed Base & Pad Installation

Level, permanent bases for sheds and outbuildings.

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Garage Apron Installation

The transition slab that protects your garage entrance from settling and water.

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Signs it's time for replacement

1. Spalling and surface scaling. When the top layer of your garage floor flakes off in patches, deicing salts and freeze thaw cycles have compromised the surface. Light scaling can be resurfaced. Deep spalling that exposes aggregate usually calls for full slab replacement.
2. Wide or heaving cracks. Hairline shrinkage cracks are normal. Cracks wider than a quarter inch, cracks with vertical displacement, or cracks that keep growing signal subgrade failure. Water infiltration under the slab washes out fines and leaves voids that no patch can fix.
3. Sunken or tilted aprons. An apron that drops below the garage slab creates a trip hazard and a water trap. Ponding water at your garage door will migrate under the main floor, saturate the subbase, and accelerate deterioration through the winter.
4. Sheds settling out of level. Doors that stick, gaps under wall plates, and racked framing often trace back to an undersized or unreinforced pad. Gravel pads and deck blocks shift over time. A properly poured concrete shed pad holds your structure square and keeps rodents from burrowing underneath.
5. Planning a new build or vehicle purchase. A new detached garage, a heavier truck, a car lift installation, or a prefab shed delivery all demand a slab engineered for the load. Pouring the right floor before the structure arrives costs far less than correcting a failed one after.

If any of these describe your property, schedule an assessment with our team before small defects become structural failures.

Our process

1. Site assessment and estimateWe measure the area, evaluate drainage patterns, check access for concrete trucks, and deliver a written quote with mix specs and slab thickness.
2. Excavation and gradingCrews strip topsoil, excavate to the required depth, and grade the subgrade to establish proper slope. Aprons get pitched away from the structure.
3. Subbase and formingWe spread and compact four to six inches of crushed gravel, then set form boards checked with a laser level. Vapor barriers go down under garage floors where code requires them.
4. ReinforcementRebar or wire mesh gets placed on chairs at mid slab depth. Dowels get epoxied into adjoining slabs to tie aprons and additions together.
5. Pour and finishWe place the concrete, screed it flat, bull float the surface, and apply a broom or trowel finish based on your traffic needs. Garage floors typically get a smooth steel trowel finish; aprons get broomed for traction.
6. Jointing, curing, and sealingControl joints get saw cut the same day or the next morning. We apply curing compound, then return to seal the slab once it reaches strength. You'll receive care instructions covering the 28 day cure period.

Brands and materials we use

Safety governs every job site we run. Our crews follow OSHA standards, wear proper PPE during pours, cordon off fresh concrete from foot traffic, and call 811 utility locates before any excavation begins. Quality materials paired with disciplined safety practices produce slabs that protect your property and everyone on it.

Frequently asked questions

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