Concrete Patios and Steps in Lake Hallie
A patio can be simple: a slab off the back door, sized for a table and a grill, sloped so rain runs to the yard. Others get a stamped pattern and color, a curved edge, or a step down from the door poured at the same visit. We stake the outline with you first, so you can walk it before anything is dug.
Keep the lot lines in mind when you pick the spot. In Lake Hallie a patio, a set of steps or a walk at grade has to sit at least 5 feet from every property line. Finishes and drainage are covered on our page about patio contractors and patio finishes, and steps on the one for front steps and stoops.
Concrete Driveways: Where the Concrete Stops
On your own lot a concrete driveway is built the usual way: old surface out, base compacted, forms set, concrete placed, broomed and jointed. The question in Lake Hallie is the end by the road.
The village wants a permit before the strip inside its right-of-way is surfaced, and its ordinance talks about asphalt there. So we settle with the village where the concrete ends before we form the drive, instead of finding out afterward. A lot gets one improved drive, up to 32 feet wide, and it has to hold off the neighbor’s line. Everything about the slab itself is on our page for new and replacement concrete driveways.
Garage Floors, Shed Slabs and Shop Floors
A slab has one job, which is to stay flat under whatever sits on it. Tell us what that is. A floor for two cars, a slab under a shed and a shop floor that sees a loaded trailer are three different pours, and the base and the thickness follow the load. See concrete slab contractors for garages and shops.
Replacing Old Concrete
If a drive, a walk or a floor has broken into pieces, heaved, or settled toward the house, a patch does nothing for what is underneath. Full replacement is regular work for us as concrete contractors from Eau Claire: the old concrete comes out, the ground it sat on gets fixed, and it is poured new.
A rough size and a photo are enough to start. Send them, and we will set a time to come look.