Residential concrete in Phoenix takes a beating. The driveway has a crack that gets wider every summer, the patio holds a puddle after every storm, and the front walk has a lip that someone always catches a toe on. Maybe you've filled the cracks with caulk from the hardware store, or pressure-washed the stains, and it still looks tired. You're in the right place. We tear out old concrete, fix what's under it and pour new slabs that drain and last, and we can usually walk your job the same week you call.
What Residential Concrete Problems Do You Have?
Most calls start with cracks. A hairline crack is normal in concrete, but a crack that keeps growing, a slab that has sunk on one side, or two panels that no longer line up means the ground underneath has moved or washed out. Other signs are water that ponds on a patio instead of running off, a walk that tips toward the house, broken edges along a driveway where tires roll off, and old concrete that has worn rough and dusty.
Phoenix weather makes these problems worse. The city averages 111 days a year at 100°F or hotter, and the monsoon season runs from June 15 through September 30. Hot slabs dry fast, and hard summer rain finds every low spot. Water that sits against the house or runs under a slab is what usually starts the sinking.
Patching rarely fixes it. Crack filler and a bag of patch mix cover the problem for a season, but if the base underneath is soft, the slab keeps moving and the patch pops out. The fix is to cut out the bad section, rebuild the base and pour it right.
Our Residential Concrete Services
Every residential job follows the same steps. We visit the site, send a written bid, then demo and haul off the old concrete, grade and compact the base, set the forms, and pour 4,000 psi concrete with wire mesh. You pick the finish, usually a broom finish for grip, and we cut control joints so the slab cracks where we want it to instead of where it wants to. Then we clean up.
Concrete Driveways are the biggest residential job we do. We take out a cracked or sunken driveway, build a firm base, and pour a new one that can carry your car once it has cured. A standard mix is ready for foot traffic in 24 to 48 hours and for vehicles in 7 days, and we'll tell you exactly when it's safe to park on it.
Concrete Patios give you a flat, clean place to sit outside. We pour new patios and replace old ones, and we slope each one slightly so rain runs away from your house. Large patios and driveways come in around $12 to $18 a square foot.
Concrete Walkways connect the driveway, the front door, the side yard and the backyard. We pour straight walks and curved ones. One recent Phoenix job was a new curved front walk, 21 feet long and 5 feet wide, running from the entry to the public sidewalk, with 55 feet of soldier-course paver border around a palm and planting bed.
Pool Decks need a surface that drains and doesn't get slick when it's wet. We pour new deck sections around the pool and replace cracked or lifted ones, with a finish that gives bare feet some grip.
Residential Concrete for Phoenix Homes
In the Valley, the two things that wreck residential concrete are heat and water. In summer we start pours early in the morning and keep the slab from drying out too fast while it cures. During the monsoon, we pay close attention to slope. Every patio, walk and pool deck is graded so water runs away from the house and off the slab, not into the ground right next to your foundation.
We work out of a yard on West Maryland Avenue in Phoenix and pour driveways, patios and walks across the Valley, including Glendale, Peoria, Tolleson, Avondale, Goodyear, Tempe, Mesa and Chandler. If your driveway meets a city sidewalk or street, the part in the public right-of-way can fall under city rules, and we'll go over that with you at the site walk before any work starts.
Small jobs are welcome. A single cracked walk panel or a new AC pad gets the same crew and the same care as a full driveway, even though small jobs cost more per square foot because the truck and crew still have to come out.
We also look at where your downspouts and sprinklers send water, since a new slab poured next to a soggy spot is the start of the next crack.
Why Choose Us for Residential Concrete
We're licensed by the Arizona Registrar of Contractors under ROC #330542 for concrete (CR-9), bonded and insured, and we print the license number on every bid. We walk most jobs the same week you call, and you get a written bid within 24 hours of the walk. That bid lists every step: demo, haul-off, base prep, mesh, the concrete spec, the finish, the joints and the cleanup. The price is fixed to that scope. If we find something hidden under the old slab, we stop and ask before doing any extra work.
Our owner and crew speak English and Spanish, and every job carries a 1-year workmanship warranty. Most residential jobs run $3,000 to $30,000 depending on size.
Before we start, you'll know how long you'll be without the driveway or patio, when the crew arrives and when the forms come off. Most residential jobs are done in a few days, and we haul away the old concrete so you're not left with a pile of broken slab in the yard.
Every storm and every summer makes a cracked slab worse. Call (480) 495-1732 and we'll walk the job this week and send your written bid within 24 hours.
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