Concrete Garage Slabs Hobart – Built for Tasmania

We recommend waiting a minimum of 7 days before driving on your new garage slab. The concrete reaches about 70% of its strength in the first week, but it continues curing for up to 28 days to reach full strength. We know that’s a long time to wait, but rushing it can cause surface damage and cracking that you’ll be dealing with for years. If you absolutely need to use the garage sooner, talk to us about accelerated curing options, but honestly, patience pays off here.

It depends on what you’re building. If you’re constructing a new garage or doing major renovations, you’ll likely need council approval from Hobart City Council. For a simple slab replacement in an existing garage footprint, you might not. We handle the council liaison for our clients because the approval process can be confusing, and getting it wrong delays your project by weeks. Typical approval takes 4-6 weeks once submitted.

A double garage slab costs roughly 1.5 to 2 times more than a single garage slab, not double the price as you might expect. That’s because much of the cost is in mobilisation, site setup, and base preparation, which don’t scale linearly with size. We provide detailed quotes based on your specific site conditions, access, and any complications like slope or poor soil. Every property is different, so blanket pricing doesn’t really work.

Not if it’s built properly. We use frost-resistant concrete mixes and proper reinforcement specifically because Hobart gets winter frosts. Cracking happens when slabs are poorly reinforced, poured too thin, or installed without adequate base preparation. The temperature fluctuations we get in Tasmania—from winter frosts to summer heat—require proper engineering. That’s why we include SL82 mesh reinforcement and edge thickening as standard, not optional extras.

Yes, but we’re selective about the conditions. We avoid pouring when frost is forecast because it affects how the concrete cures and can weaken the surface. Winter pours are definitely possible on mild days, and sometimes we use additives to help with cold-weather curing. The alternative is waiting until spring, which might not suit your timeline. We’ll give you honest advice about weather windows rather than rushing a pour that could cause problems later.

SL82 mesh is our standard reinforcement for residential garage slabs—it’s a welded wire mesh that provides good tensile strength for typical vehicle loads. Steel reinforcement bars (rebar) are used for heavier-duty applications or when you’ve got specific engineering requirements, like spanning over poor soil or handling commercial vehicle weights. For most homeowners with standard cars and SUVs, mesh does the job perfectly fine and costs less than bar reinforcement.

We guarantee our workmanship, which means if problems arise from poor construction on our part, we fix them. What we can’t guarantee is ground movement from issues outside our control—like major landslips, tree roots growing under the slab years later, or undisclosed underground issues. That’s why site assessment and proper base preparation are so important up front. We build these slabs to last 40+ years based on doing everything right from excavation through to final finishing.