Concrete Contractor in Centerton, AR - Driveways and Patios Built on a Solid Base

Centerton requires a city building permit for homes, outbuildings, and remodeling or repair on them, but that list doesn't name driveways or patios, so the city's Department of Building Safety is the place to ask about yours. You can reach the department at (479)795-2750, Ext. 202 or 201, or at buildingsafety@centertonar.us. It's worth asking before anything starts, because if work that needs a permit begins without one, the city doubles the permit fees. When we take on your job, I check with the department for you.

Yes, a contractor doing residential building or home improvement work in Arkansas has to be licensed by the state's Residential Contractors Committee unless an exemption applies. Home improvement covers repair, alteration and additions on an existing house, and jobs of $2,000 or less are exempt unless they've been split into separate contracts to stay under that line. Centerton's own business license doesn't apply to building contractors unless they keep a permanent office inside the city. We're licensed and fully insured.

If your property sits in the FEMA flood hazard area, Centerton requires a Floodplain Development Permit for any development there before any ground is disturbed. The city names two main creeks that can flood within city limits, Little Osage Creek on the southeast side and McKissic Creek mostly on the northeast. For a new home in the floodplain, the city wants the lowest floor and the utilities raised to the required flood elevation, so on a slab home that sets how high the slab goes.

You book inspections through the city's online portal in its BSA software, with 24 hours' notice, or 48 hours when there's a lot of construction going on. A building permit stays good for 180 days from the day it's issued, so the work and its inspections need to fit inside that window. On our jobs, I book the inspections and let you know when they're set.

There's no one price, because a Centerton driveway's cost comes down to its size and thickness, how much digging and packing the base needs, and whether old concrete has to be broken out and hauled off first. A plain broom finish, a light brushed texture that gives tires and shoes some grip, costs less than stamped or colored concrete. The schedule turns on the weather, any permit, and the curing wait before you can drive on it. When I come out, I'll walk you through each of those for your driveway so the number makes sense.

The best way is to build what's under it right and give the cracks a place to go, because concrete shrinks as it dries and nearly all of it cracks somewhere. We cut control joints, straight grooves that make the slab crack along a line we picked instead of across the middle, and we cut them on time. On hot days we pour early, before the midday heat can dry the top out weak and dusty, and we slope the slab so water runs away from the house. Add the packed base I talked about above, and you've covered the big causes.