Barn and pole building slabs around Rio Rancho turn dirt-floored barns, equipment sheds and post-frame buildings into clean, usable floors for tractors, trailers, tack, hay and work space.
We pour slabs in new buildings and inside buildings that are already standing.
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Many pole buildings go up first and get a floor years later. Pouring inside a standing building means planning how the concrete gets in: a truck chute through a big door, a line pump, or a buggy. We check door heights, post locations, overhead clearance and the path from the street before we quote. Posts get isolated from the slab so the building and the floor can move independently, and joints are laid out between posts where they'll be least in the way.
The ground in front of a big roll-up or sliding door takes the most traffic and the most mud. A concrete apron there keeps the floor inside clean and stops ruts from forming at the door. A sloped wash pad gives you a place to rinse a trailer, mower or equipment where the water drains away instead of into the barn.
Concrete makes sense for aisles, wash racks, feed rooms and tack rooms, where you want a surface you can sweep and hose. Stall floors are a different decision because animals stand on them for hours, and many owners prefer mats over concrete or a different base altogether. We'll pour the areas that benefit from concrete and leave stalls to the system you choose. A broom or textured finish in aisles and wash areas helps with footing when they're wet.
Barns often sit on open ground where storm runoff hasn't been managed. Collapsible soils, which compact when they get wet, are common in New Mexico according to the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, and New Mexico State University's Extension notes that a hard caliche layer can keep water from soaking deeper into the ground. Either one can leave water sitting under a slab. We look at how water reaches the building, set the slab grade to shed it, and compact the base before the pour.
Rural properties near Rio Rancho may sit in the city, in unincorporated Sandoval County, or in a village such as Corrales. In unincorporated Sandoval County, building permits come from the state Construction Industries Division after a county zoning and floodplain review, according to Sandoval County Planning and Zoning. If the slab is part of a new building, those reviews apply to the building.
For residential garages and workshops, see garage floors and shop slabs. For a single pad under a water tank, generator or shed, see concrete pads.
Send the building size, door sizes and what you'll keep inside. Call (505) 371-4111 anytime or use the form.
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