Slabs and Foundations
We pour slabs and pads for barns, shops, sheds, equipment and RVs, plus monolithic slab foundations for new homes. Ask for a free on-site estimate anywhere in Marion County.
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You bought land and want to build, or you need a pad for a pole barn. Either way, the job starts with site prep. We clear the building footprint and build a level, compacted pad. Then the concrete slab goes down on firm ground, with the yard sloped to carry rain away.
Superior Concrete and Construction is a builder that pours its own concrete. The company that grades your pad can pour the slab and build the custom home or barn on it. We are based in Ocala and work across Marion County and about 50 miles around. Call or text (352) 286-7836 for a free on-site estimate.
Tell us about the job. We come out, look at the site and give you a free on-site estimate.
It starts with clearing the building footprint. Florida's residential code says vegetation, topsoil and foreign material come out of the ground inside the foundation. That includes roots and stumps. The Florida Geological Survey notes that rotting stumps can cause low spots that look like sinkholes.
If an old mobile home or slab is in the way, demolition work comes first. Then we cut down the high spots and bring in fill dirt where the lot sits low. Fill goes down in layers, and each layer is compacted so the slab has even support. Unless the building official approves more, Florida's residential code caps fill under a slab at 24 inches of clean sand.
The finished pad sits above the yard so the ground can fall away from it. The code calls for at least 6 inches of fall in the first 10 feet from the foundation. On a tight lot, a swale carries the water away instead. With the pad set, the termite treatment and the slab can follow.
A limerock driveway is a gravel driveway made of crushed limestone. Florida mines limestone where the sand and clay over it are thin. Geologists named the Ocala Limestone for rock found near Ocala. It lies at or near the surface across about 30 percent of Marion County.
Gravel driveway installation starts with driveway grading: we shape the path and crown it so rain runs off the sides. Then we spread the limerock and compact it. Compacted limerock makes a firm surface for trucks and horse trailers. Close to the house, some people choose a concrete driveway instead.
Where a new driveway crosses a roadside swale on a county road, the county's driveway permit spells out the culvert. County code sets a 15-inch minimum culvert pipe, with concrete mitered ends on roads posted 40 mph or more. Where the county allows it, we set the culvert and grade the swale to the approved plan. After that, the driveway and culvert are yours to maintain.
Ocala averages about 52 inches of rain a year, and more than half of it falls from June through September. On bare, freshly graded ground, a summer storm can cut gullies and wash fill off a pad.
Much of the high ground here is deep sand. Candler sand, a soil type first defined in Marion County, is sand 80 inches deep or more. Rain soaks into sand like that fast, but loose sand needs compaction before it can carry a slab.
Marion County's permit checklists for new homes and accessory buildings ask for a drainage plan. We grade the lot to match that plan. Water moves away from the pad toward a swale or a low part of the lot. Silt fence on the low side and grass on bare slopes help keep the sand in place.
Free estimates and site visits across Ocala, all of Marion County and about 50 miles around, from The Villages and Leesburg to Gainesville and Inverness.
(352) 286-7836From the first call to the final walkthrough, here is how it goes.
Call or text (352) 286-7836, or send the form, to ask for a free on-site estimate. Tell us what you want poured or built, and where.
We come out and look at the ground, the drainage and the access. Then we talk through the size, the layout and how you will use it.
For concrete, the estimate lists the thickness, the reinforcement, the base and the finish. For a building, it covers the size and the scope of the build.
We clear the footprint, grade the site and compact the pad. Then the forms and reinforcement go in.
Concrete gets placed, screeded and finished. On a building job, the shell goes up and the finish work follows.
New concrete gets time to cure before it takes traffic. Then we walk through the finished job with you.
Common questions about site prep and grading across Ocala, all of Marion County and about 50 miles around, from The Villages and Leesburg to Gainesville and Inverness. If yours is not here, call and ask.
We pour slabs and pads for barns, shops, sheds, equipment and RVs, plus monolithic slab foundations for new homes. Ask for a free on-site estimate anywhere in Marion County.
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Demolition for old houses, mobile homes, barns, sheds and slabs, plus concrete removal for driveways and patios. We take the old structure down and clear the site for what gets built next.
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Ground-up new homes on your land across Marion County, built on a slab we pour ourselves. You bring the plans, and we take it from site prep to the last nail.
Learn MoreThe slab under your barn, shop or home comes from the same company that builds on top of it.
One company handles the groundwork, the grading, the slab, the shell and the finish work on your build.
Horse barns, pole barns, custom homes, barndominiums and warehouses for farms, rural lots and businesses across Marion County.
We come out, look at the site and give you a free estimate before any work starts.
Send a few details about the driveway, slab or building you have in mind. If you would rather talk, call or text (352) 286-7836 for a free on-site estimate.
Tell us about the job. We come out, look at the site and give you a free on-site estimate.
