Every job below is one we do ourselves across McKinney.
We form and pour driveways with rebar reinforcement and a compacted base, so the slab holds up under a truck and doesn't heave with the clay underneath it. We can finish it broom, exposed aggregate or stamped, depending on what you want to look at every day.
A patio slab gets poured and floated for how you'll actually use the space, a smooth broom finish for furniture or a textured one if it'll get wet and someone's walking on it barefoot. We slope it away from the house so water doesn't sit against your foundation.
Stamped concrete gets you the look of flagstone, brick or cut stone without the joints where weeds and ants get in. We seal it after it cures, which is also what keeps the color from fading out in a couple summers.
Cracked slabs, sunken sections and spalling surfaces get fixed without always tearing the whole pour out. Sometimes that means mud-jacking a sunken corner back level, sometimes it means cutting out a section and re-pouring it to match.
Sidewalks get poured level, sloped to drain and jointed at the right spacing so they don't crack across the middle of a panel. Most cities have a spec for width and thickness if the walk runs along the street, and we build to it.
We pour slab foundations flat and square for new construction and additions, with the vapor barrier and reinforcement the framers and inspector will expect to see. Getting the grade right before the pour matters more here than almost any other job we do.
Steps and porch slabs get poured with the right rise and run so they're safe to use, and tied into the house structurally where they need to be. We match the finish to whatever's already on the driveway or patio so it doesn't look bolted on.
Garage slabs get a thicker pour and a broom or sealed finish, depending on whether you're parking a car or setting up a workshop. We grade it to drain toward the door so water doesn't sit in the corners.
Retaining walls hold back sloped yards and keep soil off a foundation, and they need footings and drainage behind them or they'll lean within a few years. We build them to actually move water, not just hold dirt in place.
Old driveways, patios and slabs get broken out and hauled off before we pour anything new. We check what's underneath first, because sometimes the reason the old slab failed is still there waiting to cause the same problem again.
Four steps, and no surprises in any of them.
You tell us what you want doing, we look at what is actually there, and we ask the awkward questions early.
In writing, itemised, free. If something might add cost later we flag it now rather than at the end.
Same crew throughout. We cover your floors, keep the dust down and tidy up before we leave each day.
You point out anything you are not happy with and we fix it before the invoice, not after.
This is the general range for site visits and pours.
Questions that come up once a project's underway.
Describe the problem and we will tell you what it probably is. No obligation.
