Concrete Foundations and Slabs in Jacksonville, FL
Every successful construction project starts with a solid foundation. At 2 Men Concrete, we provide professional concrete foundation, slab, and footing installation for residential and commercial properties throughout Jacksonville, FL, St. Johns County, and Clay County. Whether you’re building a home addition, detached garage, workshop, storage shed, or commercial structure, our team focuses on proper site preparation, quality materials, and precise concrete placement to create a strong, stable base for your project.
Our concrete foundation and slab services include ground preparation, formwork, steel reinforcement, concrete pouring, finishing, and proper curing.
We also consider grading and drainage to help direct water away from the slab and support long-term performance. From residential concrete slabs to commercial foundations and footings, we work to deliver dependable results tailored to your project. Contact 2 Men Concrete today for a free estimate on foundation and concrete slab installation in Jacksonville and the surrounding areas.
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Foundation Installation
We install concrete foundations for new structures and additions: monolithic slabs with thickened edges, and foundations with separate footings and stem walls when the plans call for them. Every foundation is built to the plans and inspected before the pour.
- Layout and excavation to the plan dimensions
- Base preparation and compaction
- Forms, rebar and anchor bolts or straps as specified
- Pre-pour inspection, then pour, finish and cure
Slab Foundation Building
Slabs are our everyday work: slabs for garages, workshops, sheds, screen rooms, home additions, equipment pads and commercial floors. A slab is only as good as what's under it, so we spend the time on the base: compacted fill, a vapor barrier where the slab will be under a roof, reinforcement, and control joints so any cracking happens where we plan it.
Residential and Commercial Slabs
For homeowners, the most common jobs are garage and workshop slabs, shed pads, slabs for additions and screen rooms, and pads for AC units, generators and pool equipment. For businesses, we pour building slabs, equipment pads, dumpster pads and loading areas. See our commercial concrete page for larger commercial projects.
Concrete Footings
Footings spread the weight of a wall, post or column into the soil. We dig, form and pour footings for additions, porches, carports, pergolas, block walls and retaining walls, sized to your plans or engineer's design.
Permits, Inspections and Soil in Northeast Florida
Most foundation and slab work needs a building permit. Inside Jacksonville that's the City of Jacksonville; in St. Johns and Clay counties it's the county, or the city if you're inside city limits (for example St. Augustine, Green Cove Springs or Orange Park). We pull the permits and schedule the inspections.
The ground here is mostly sand, with a high water table near the rivers and the coast and the occasional pocket of soft organic soil. We remove bad soil, compact the base in layers and keep the slab high enough to stay dry.
Drainage Around Your Slab
Water is the biggest threat to a slab in Florida. We set the finished height and the grade around the slab so rain and roof runoff move away from it, and we point out downspouts or low spots that will send water toward it before we pour.
How a Slab or Foundation Job Works
- Free estimate: send photos through the form or call (904) 849-6939. We visit, measure and review your plans (or help you size a simple slab).
- Written quote with the scope spelled out: what gets removed, what gets built, and how water will drain.
- Permits and inspections, where the job needs them. We schedule them.
- The work, with clean-up at the end of every day.
- Walkthrough when it's done, plus curing instructions (when you can walk on it and when you can drive on it).
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need a permit for a concrete slab or foundation?
Usually, yes. Foundations, slabs for additions and garages, and most structural concrete need a building permit and inspections from the city or county. We tell you what your project needs and schedule the inspections.
How thick should a concrete slab be?
It depends on what's going on it. A shed or patio slab is different from a garage, an addition or a commercial floor. Your plans or engineer set the thickness and footing size; for smaller slabs we'll recommend one at the estimate.
Do you pour slabs for sheds, garages and additions?
Yes. Shed and workshop slabs, garage slabs, slabs for home additions and screen rooms, and equipment pads. Commercial slabs too.
What happens if the soil on my lot is soft?
Soft or organic soil has to come out. We remove it, bring in clean fill and compact it in layers before forming. Skipping this step is the main reason slabs settle and crack.
How long before I can build on a new slab?
Framing can often start within a few days. Concrete keeps gaining strength for about four weeks, so heavy loads wait longer. We'll give you the timeline for your mix and project.
Areas We Serve in & Around Jacksonville, FL
We proudly serve Jacksonville and nearby areas, including: