For remodelers & homeowners mid-renovation
Tile is out, the new floor is on order, and the slab underneath isn't ready. That's the gap we fill.
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NV contractor license
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General liability + WC
Dust-Controlled
Shrouded + HEPA filtration
15+ Years
Valley-wide floor prep
Requirements differ
Grinding is not universally required before new flooring. What your slab needs depends on what's coming off it, what's going on top, and what that manufacturer publishes for flatness and moisture. Sometimes the honest answer is a clean and a few spot passes.
Flatness and cleanliness first
Thin resilient plank is the least forgiving system for high spots and debris. Grinding is often the right call after tile demo, but a slab that's already flat and clean may only need spot work — we tell you which one you have.
Flat, sound, no bond breakers
Setters can build mortar to a point, but large-format tile magnifies every dip and ridge into lippage. Old thinset, sealers, and paint have to go; a flat sound slab may need nothing more than cleaning.
Adhesive compatibility
These bond directly to the slab, so residues and curing compounds matter more than flatness. Prep is about removing what the new adhesive won't stick to.
Flatness plus moisture
Manufacturers publish flatness and moisture limits, and wood is sensitive to both. Prep here means grinding to tolerance and reporting slab conditions honestly before install.
We prepare the concrete — we don't sell you the flooring. So when a slab doesn't need grinding, we have no reason to tell you otherwise. Related: concrete grinding and concrete floor preparation.
The usual culprit
On remodels, most of the work isn't the concrete — it's whatever the last floor left glued to it.
Tile demo almost always leaves hard ridged mortar behind. We grind it off in passes with metal-bond tooling and then flatten, rather than just knocking the peaks down. Ridges left in place are the number one cause of telegraphing under plank and lippage under new tile.
Soft adhesives smear and load the diamonds instead of cutting, so tooling choice matters more than horsepower. Black cutback in older Las Vegas homes and buildings can contain asbestos — where age or appearance suggests it, testing and licensed abatement come before we touch anything.
Overspray, drywall mud, old sealers, and crumbling patch all get removed in the same pass so the slab reads uniform to your installer instead of patchy.
Machines stop a few inches from every wall. Edges, closets, and door transitions are hand-ground so the finished floor doesn't rise or dip at the room's boundary.
Flatness
LVP is thin, rigid enough to bridge, and flexible enough to conform — the worst combination for hiding a bad slab.
Over a hump, planks bridge and the locking joints sit under constant stress. That shows up as visible ridging along the seam, clicking underfoot, and eventually separated joints. Over a dip, the plank flexes with every footstep until the joint fatigues and gaps open.
Most plank manufacturers publish a flatness tolerance in the range of 3/16" over 10 feet, and they void warranties when the substrate is outside it. Grinding is the only way to bring a high spot down — leveler can't. So the sequence is grind the highs, then fill the lows if any remain.
Raking light from a window or can lights makes every ridge visible in a finished floor. Getting flat before install is much cheaper than explaining it after.
Moisture
Las Vegas slabs are usually dry — but 'usually' isn't a plan when the flooring warranty depends on it.
Slab-on-grade with no vapor retarder, irrigation and planters against the foundation, plumbing history, and post-tension slabs that were never fully dried before the last floor went in.
A visual and plastic-sheet check during the walkthrough, and coordinated ASTM F2170 relative-humidity probe testing when your flooring system requires documented numbers.
We grind, clean, and report. Choosing and installing a moisture mitigation coating or the right underlayment stays with your flooring installer — we make sure they have the information to decide.
Handoff
Prep is only useful if the next trade can start immediately. Here's the condition we aim to hand over.
FAQ
Free estimate
Get the slab ready before your flooring arrives
Tell us the square footage, what's coming off the floor, and your installer's start date — we'll scope dust-controlled prep around it.
