Concrete Contractor in Springdale, AR - Driveways and Patios Built From the Ground Up

Your price comes down to the size of the slab, whether an old one has to be broken out and hauled off, and how much digging and packing the base needs, and I'll give you your own number after I see it on site. Rebar, the steel set inside the slab to hold it together, and the finish move it too, so a plain broom finish, a light brushed texture that gives shoes and tires grip, costs less than stamped work. If the budget's tight, I'll tell you to trim the finish before the base, because the base is what keeps the slab from settling with the dirt.

That's the city's call, so the place to ask is the City of Springdale, which lists a Building Department and a Public Works Department among its offices, both reached through City Hall. When a job of ours needs a permit or a city inspection, we check what the city office wants, take care of the paperwork and book the inspections, and we keep you posted along the way.

Springdale City Hall is at 201 Spring Street, Springdale, AR 72764, and its phone number is 479-750-8114. That number is a good place to start with any question for a city department before your project gets going.

Walking comes first and driving takes longer, and I'll give you both dates for your slab before we pour. That wait is curing, the time concrete needs to gain its strength, and a car on it too soon can crack or mark a slab that looked fine the day before.

Concrete shrinks as it dries, so some cracking is normal, but most of the ugly cracks we tear out come from a base that was raked level instead of dug out and packed, or from joints cut late or skipped. We pack the subgrade, the ground the slab sits on, and cut control joints, shallow grooves that give the slab a straight place to crack where you won't notice it. I won't tell you a slab will never crack, because nobody honest can.

Set the patio so it falls away from the house, and check where the roof and yard water go before anything is poured. I look at the downspouts and the low spots on the estimate visit, because a slab that tips toward your foundation sends water right where you don't want it.