Concrete Contractor in Concord, NC

Driveways make up most of our work as a concrete contractor in Concord.

The biggest job in either town was a large backyard patio in Harrisburg.

We take jobs all around Concord, from West Concord and Roberta Mill over to Cold Water. That includes the old mill houses of Gibson Village, across the railroad from Gibson Mill.

In Concord, the driveway rules start at the curb. A new or rebuilt driveway apron onto a city street needs a Concord Street and Driveway Access Permit. Downtown, Cabarrus Avenue, Church Street and Corban Avenue are state roads. A driveway onto one gets NCDOT review too. When NCDOT and the city both review a driveway, the stricter of the two standards applies. So before we set a form, we find out whether your street belongs to the city or the state. When your apron needs that permit, we do not pour until the city issues it. The apron width rules are on our Concord driveways page.

Concord has three local historic districts: North Union Street, South Union Street and Edgewood. Exterior work there needs a Certificate of Appropriateness. The North and South Union Street districts follow Union Street out from downtown, on either side of the historic courthouse. In those districts, replacing a driveway, walk or patio with the same material and design needs no approval. A new one goes to a Commission hearing. So the first question is simple: is the job new, or like-for-like? The Historic Preservation Commission meets once a month, and applications are due about 30 days before the meeting. Plan on that wait before you pick a pour date. The handbook gets revised from time to time, so we confirm the rules with the city before we pour.

Under the historic districts and Gibson Village, soil mostly maps as Mecklenburg mixed with old fill, on 2 to 10 percent slopes. Mecklenburg soil has a yellowish red clay subsoil that is firm and sticky, with moderate shrink-swell. Enon soil, common around the city, has a high shrink-swell rating, so it moves as it wets and dries. Sticky clay that shrinks and swells can move a slab, so we compact the ground before any concrete goes down. A typical Concord winter brings about 74 freezing nights, but only a day or two stays below freezing. Standing water is what all that freezing and thawing works on, so we slope each slab to shed rain.

Before you add a pad, widen a drive or pour a new patio in Concord, check these first.

You do not need plans or exact numbers to ask for a price. Axel takes the calls and writes the quotes. He helps you work out what you want.

The price comes down mostly to size, finish, and whether there is old concrete to tear out first.