Concrete Slabs in Gholson, TX
Concrete slabs in Gholson, TX, a town of mobile homes and detached houses, are poured by Waco Elite Concrete for house foundations, RV pads, shops, garages and sheds, with a free estimate on each.
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Slabs for houses and outbuildings in a town of mobile homes
In the Census Bureau's 2020–2024 survey estimates, about 278 of Gholson's 529 housing units, some 53%, are mobile homes and about 246, some 47%, are single-family detached houses, with wide margins. Under Texas law a manufactured home's foundation system is part of its installation, which takes a state installer's license; beside such a home we pour carports, sheds, steps, walks and patios.
By the Post-Tensioning Institute's account, a post-tensioned slab-on-ground under a house uses less concrete and steel for the same capacity, holds any cracks tight and often installs faster than one reinforced with rebar or mesh; the institute's design guidelines for such foundations on expansive soils go back to 1980 and have served millions of homes.
For a shop or garage, the load sets the design: the International Residential Code's garage live load is 50 pounds per square foot, as one published guide points out, while a 6-inch slab weighs about 75 on its own.
Sheds and the plat of survey
Gholson's permit application requires a plat of survey with every application for a new structure and names sheds among them; only roofing, interior and siding projects are exempt. Ask City Hall whether the slab itself needs a permit.
Business floors are covered under larger commercial slabs, a drive out to a new shop under Gholson driveways, and the rest on our Gholson page.
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(254) 309-9254Pad or foundation, in three stages
Size it for the building
Footprint, loads and any installer's or engineer's requirements set the size and thickness.
Plat, base and steel
Any plat goes in with the permit application, then the base is compacted and the steel placed.
Pour, then stress
On a post-tensioned slab, each cable is later pulled to 33,000 pounds, which stretches a 100-foot cable about 8 inches.
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(254) 309-9254Slab prices: Texas and national figures
Typical Texas figures for 2026 put a slab at $5.30 to $5.90 a square foot; national 2026 averages by project are on the ticket. Neither is our price.
- Shed foundation, 100–400 sq ft
- $600 to $4,800
- RV pad, 200–700 sq ft
- $1,200 to $8,400
- Garage floor, 400–576 sq ft
- $2,400 to $6,900
- Foundation, 800–2,400 sq ft
- $4,000 to $33,600
National figures, 2026; averages only, not a quote.
Gholson slab questions
Is Gholson on the same black clay as Waco?
Not at the sites the county soil survey sampled: its typical Gholson and Bastsil fine sandy loams near the FM 933 and FM 1858 intersection are terrace soils it sets apart from the Blackland clays. Ground varies by lot, so each slab is designed after the site's soil is checked.
What happens if you cut into a post tension slab?
Each strand carries 25,000 to 33,000 pounds of tensile force, and severing one releases that energy explosively, a national cutting contractor says; one published guide warns that a cut tendon is very difficult to repair. The same contractor calls for ground-penetrating radar scanning before any cut or core, and an engineer's review for cores within 6 inches of a marked tendon.
Why do many slabs need steel?
Concrete is weak in tension, one published guide notes: it pulls apart at only about 15% of the stress needed to crush it. Steel supplies what's missing against subgrade settlement, heavy loads, drying shrinkage and thermal movement, and only at or just above mid-depth.
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