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Concrete Contractor in Pflugerville, TX - Driveways and Patios on a Packed Base

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What Pflugerville homes need from a concrete crew

Pflugerville is right next door to Round Rock, where we're based as a concrete contractor, so our crew is here a lot. Most calls here are for driveways, patios, walks and garage floors at family homes, plus the odd slab or parking area for a business.

Homes here range from older houses near the middle of town to newer neighborhoods farther out, and a lot of what we tear out is the driveway or patio that came with the house. Price turns mostly on size, how much old concrete comes out and how much base work the ground needs, and the schedule turns on any permit and the curing wait, so when I come out you'll get a figure for your own job. We do the same work in Hutto and Cedar Park, but I look at every Pflugerville lot on its own, because what's under the slab decides more than what's on top.

What we fix on Pflugerville driveways and patios

  • Pooling water by the house

    A slab that falls back toward your foundation sends rain at the house instead of away. Before we set forms, we check where water runs on your lot and slope the slab away from the house.

  • Sections that sink

    Dirt that's only raked smooth keeps settling, and the slab sinks right along with it. We dig out and pack the subgrade, the ground the slab sits on, before the truck comes.

  • Tops that dust and chip

    Concrete finished in midday heat can dry too fast on top and turn weak and dusty later. We schedule pours early in the day so the surface can be finished right.

  • Cracks nobody planned

    Concrete shrinks as it dries, and without control joints, cut lines that give it somewhere to crack, it splits where it wants. We cut them before that happens, so cracks usually follow our lines.

Patch it or pour new in Pflugerville?

If your Pflugerville driveway has a few thin cracks and still sits level, it usually doesn't need replacing, and I'll tell you that. When panels have sunk, tipped toward the house or broken into pieces, the base underneath has moved, and patching the top won't hold. In that case we take out the bad sections or the whole slab and rebuild from the ground up.

When you're replacing, the money question is usually base versus finish. The base is buried on day one, so it's the first thing people want to cut, and I won't cut it. I'd rather you pick a plain broom finish, the light texture that keeps it from getting slick, than pour a fancy slab on dirt that wasn't packed. The same goes for a garage floor that carries a car every day.

Concrete services in Pflugerville

Pflugerville concrete questions

  • Who issues permits for concrete work in Pflugerville?

    Inside city limits, the city's Building Inspection and Permits Department issues building permits and is the office to ask about your job. Outside the limits in Travis County, Travis County Development Services handles permits, and any development there, driveways and grading included, needs one. Before we set a date, we check which office covers your address, and when a permit is needed we handle the application and keep it moving.

  • What building code does Pflugerville use for a new slab or foundation?

    Pflugerville builds to the 2021 international building codes with its own local amendments, inside city limits and in the area just outside them that the city also oversees. The city's inspectors check structural work against those codes and its zoning rules, which matters most for a slab foundation or footings under an addition. We build to what the office covering your address requires.

  • Can the city check my Pflugerville lot for flood risk before I pour a patio?

    Yes, the city's Floodplain Administrator will visit your property at no charge, on request, to review its flood potential and go over ways to protect it from flood damage. If your lot sits low or near a creek, it's worth asking before a patio or slab goes in, because it tells us how much water the drainage plan has to handle.

  • How much does a new concrete driveway cost in Pflugerville?

    A driveway here is priced on its size and thickness, how much old concrete has to come out, how much base work the ground needs and how easy it is to get a truck to it. A stamped or colored finish raises it, and a plain broom finish keeps it lower. I come out and look at it myself, so the figure you get is for your driveway, not a guess off a photo.

  • How long does a new concrete driveway take before I can drive on it?

    You'll be walking on a new driveway days before you're driving on it, because concrete keeps curing, gaining strength, after the pour. Parking on it early is how new concrete gets marked or cracked, so we give you the walk-on and drive-on days before the pour and help you plan where the cars go.

  • What causes a driveway to crack, and will my new one crack like the old one?

    Most old driveways crack because the base settled or because nothing told the concrete where to crack, and a new slab will still crack some. The difference is where, because on a packed base with joints cut on time, the cracks usually stay in the lines we cut instead of running across the middle. Rebar, steel set inside the slab, holds the pieces tight if a crack opens, and it's worth it on a driveway that carries cars.

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