Concrete Contractor in Pea Ridge, AR - Driveways and Slabs Built on Solid Ground

The City of Pea Ridge requires a building permit for any building or structure built or placed inside its city limits, and for remodeling or repair that costs more than 20 percent of what the structure is worth now. A foundation or slab for a new house, garage or shop falls under that, and for a driveway or patio on its own, the Building Department at City Hall is the place to ask. The city takes the application from the landowner, so we get the paperwork ready for you to sign, book the inspections and keep you posted.

The city asks for 24 hours' notice on every inspection, and its Building Department requires inspections on all new construction, footing and foundation checks included. We call for one only once the trenches, forms and rebar, the steel bars inside the concrete, are set, because the city charges $50 for each extra inspection when a job isn't ready or has to be fixed first.

Look up your address on FEMA's flood map, the official online home of your community's flood map. The city's Building Department runs the floodplain program in Pea Ridge, so they're the ones to ask what that means for building on your lot. If it comes back in or near a flood zone, tell me at the estimate, since it changes how we plan the grade and where the water goes.

The state's home improvement license covers it, and it comes as either a Limited or an Unlimited license. A Limited license allows only residential projects under $50,000, with labor and material counted together, and an Unlimited license allows residential projects of any size. Ask any contractor which one they hold before you sign, and know that we're licensed and fully insured.

The price of a driveway in Pea Ridge comes down to its size and thickness, how much soft dirt has to come out and how much base goes back in, whether old concrete has to be broken out, and how far the truck has to reach down a long drive. The finish moves it too, since a plain broom finish, the light brushed texture that keeps it from getting slick, costs less than stamped or colored concrete. The schedule turns on the ground prep, any permit or inspection, and the curing wait before you drive on it, and I'll give you your own figure after I've walked the lot.

Most of the time it's the ground underneath, either dirt that was raked level instead of dug out and packed, or water running under the slab and carrying soil away. Cracks also land in random spots when the control joints, the shallow cuts that give concrete a straight place to crack, are cut late or skipped. Concrete will crack some, and I'd rather spend your money on the base than on a fancier finish, because nobody sees the base on day one but it's what holds the slab up for years.