Warehouse & Industrial Floors in Des Moines, Iowa A Warehouse Floor That Holds Its Plane Through Every Polk County Winter

We set a granular base and a vapor barrier under the slab and grade the subgrade for drainage before pouring. Near the river confluence the table runs high over glacial till, so blocking moisture from below keeps the concrete, coatings, and stored product dry.

A dense hard-troweled surface resists the abrasion from pneumatic and hard-tire wheels. For high-cycle distribution floors, JLB can also work a dry-shake mineral or metallic hardener into the fresh surface to build a tougher wearing layer where the lanes take the most traffic.

Yes. Spalled joint edges chip wider over time and unsettle forklift operators. JLB re-fills and re-armors joint edges on existing Des Moines floors before the damage spreads, and can advise whether a section needs full replacement.

In central Iowa, footings must reach below the 42-inch frost line so frozen ground can't lift them. A floor poured without that depth telegraphs frost heave up through the surface every winter, cracking joints and throwing the slab off plane.

Yes. One JLB crew handles excavation, base prep, forming, the pour, and the finish, so there's no subcontractor handoff between the grading and the concrete. You work with one accountable team from the estimate through the day the joints are cut.