Questions
we get
on every job

It depends on thickness, reinforcement, access and how much prep the ground needs, so we don't quote by the square foot over the phone. We visit the site, measure it, and send a written estimate that breaks out demo, base, steel, concrete and finish. The estimate is free and there's no pressure attached to it.

About half an hour. We measure the area, check access for trucks and equipment, look at slopes and where water goes, and talk through what you want the finished concrete to do. You'll usually have the written estimate within a couple of days.

Yes, on most jobs — enough to cover materials, with the balance due when the work is complete and you've walked it with us. The exact split is written on the estimate before you sign anything.

You can walk on a slab the next day. Keep vehicles off a new driveway for seven days — cars, heavy trucks and RVs alike. Concrete keeps gaining strength for about 28 days, and we'll tell you the exact timing for your pour when we finish.

A patio or walkway is usually two days of prep and a day to pour. A driveway runs four to six days including tear-out. A house foundation is typically two to three weeks from the first cut of grade to a finished slab, depending on the engineering, plumbing rough-in and inspections.

We reschedule. Pouring into rain or onto a soaked subgrade ruins the finish and the strength, and it isn't worth it to save a day. We watch the forecast closely and give you as much notice as we can.

Residential driveways are typically four inches with reinforcement, thicker where trailers or RVs park. Foundations follow the engineer's plan, which in Central Texas usually means a post-tension or rebar slab with beams sized for the soil report. We'll never go thinner than the job calls for to hit a price.

For foundations, yes: we work from your engineer's plans or can point you to engineers we pour for regularly, and we coordinate the inspections. Driveways and patios usually don't need a permit outside city limits, and we'll tell you up front if yours does.

Yes. Demo and haul-off are part of most driveway and patio jobs. We break it out, remove it, re-grade and compact the base before the new pour, and it's all itemized on the estimate.

All concrete shrinks slightly as it cures, which is why we cut control joints — they give it a straight place to crack instead of a random one. Properly compacted base, the right reinforcement and joints at the right spacing keep those hairline cracks in the joints where they belong. Anything wider than a hairline in the first year, call us.

Broom finish is standard for driveways, walks and patios because it's safe when wet. Smooth trowel is standard for shop floors and interior slabs. Tell us at the site visit what the concrete is for and we'll recommend the finish that fits.