Concrete Driveways
We build new driveways and replace old ones in full: the old slab comes out, the base is rebuilt, and we set forms, pour and finish. What makes a driveway last is the base under it, where the water goes, and a slab sized to what drives on it, so tell us what parks there. In Eau Claire the apron at the street follows the City’s own rules, covered on the page for concrete driveways. Chippewa Falls writes a different set, and those are on our page for concrete contractors in Chippewa Falls.
Concrete Patios
Nothing drives on a patio, so what a new one has to handle is water and movement. We pitch the slab so rain runs away from the house and check where the downspouts empty, because roof water under a slab is one way a patio settles. Finishes, layout and the City of Eau Claire’s setback and lot coverage limits are covered under concrete patio installation.
Stamped and Decorative Concrete
Stamped concrete is the same slab as a plain one, and we pour both. The difference is at the surface: color, a pressed-in texture, and a sealer that has to be renewed, typically every 2 to 5 years or as the sealer maker directs. The stamping happens on pour day, so pattern and color are settled before the truck is ordered. Patterns, color methods and winter upkeep are under stamped and decorative concrete.
Concrete Walkways and Sidewalks
We build and replace both kinds of walk a house can have. The walk up to your door is private work on your lot, laid out around how you come and go. The sidewalk along the street is public, but in Eau Claire the property owner is responsible for it. The page on walkways and sidewalks explains the City’s repair program.
Commercial Concrete
On commercial property the same work has more riding on the schedule, because customers and deliveries still need a way in while the job is under way. In Eau Claire, new development and redevelopment can also need site plan approval from the City before a building permit. What a commercial concrete contractor plans around, from accessible routes to phasing around an open business, has its own page.
Garage, Shed and Shop Slabs
We pour concrete slabs for garages, sheds and shops. A slab under a building has to come out square for the walls that sit on it, and a garage floor needs enough pitch that snowmelt off the car has somewhere to go.
Which rules cover the floor depends on whether the garage is attached to the house. That, the signs an old floor is finished and typical prices are on our page about garage floor installation and replacement. Shed slabs, shop floors and equipment pads are covered under concrete slabs for sheds, shops and pads.
When you call us or another concrete contractor in Eau Claire about a slab, say whether the building is attached or detached, what will park or sit on the floor, and where its building permit stands.
Foundations and Footings
Foundation installation and slab foundations are listed on our Google profile. Call first, because scope depends on the job.
A driveway or patio floats on its base. A house footing carries the building, so it goes down below the frost. How deep that is under state code, what changes for a detached garage, and what to have ready before you call are on our page about footings, frost walls and slab foundations.
Tell us what the building is, whether it is attached to the house, and whether plans and a permit are in hand. Then ask which parts of the foundation work we will take on.
Concrete Steps and Stoops
We build concrete steps and replace old ones that have settled or pulled away from the house. The layout starts at the door: the drop to the ground sets how many risers there are, and they all have to come out the same height.
The state’s riser and landing rules, why stoops move and what steps typically cost are on our page about building and replacing concrete steps. Before you call, measure from the ground to the door threshold and take a photo of what is there now.
Retaining Walls
Retaining walls are listed on our Google profile. Call first, because scope depends on the job.
A retaining wall holds back soil and the water in it, so its height and what sits above it decide how it is built. In Eau Claire, height decides the paperwork too.
As of 2026 the City also lists a separate building permit for retaining walls, so ask Inspections if your wall needs one. When you call us about a concrete retaining wall, have its height at the tallest point and its length, and ask who supplies the engineering.
Concrete Tear-Out and Replacement
Replacement means the old concrete comes out in full and a new slab is poured. With the old slab out, we can see the ground it sat on, and soft or washed-out spots get rebuilt before any forms go up.
Not every worn concrete slab needs that. Light flaking at the surface is cosmetic and may not need repair. A slab that is heaving, badly cracked or damaged by freezing and thawing is another matter: resurfacing is no fix for it and does nothing for a soil problem. At that point, replacing the whole area may be more cost effective and more uniform looking than patching.
Before the digging starts, Diggers Hotline needs at least three working days’ notice so buried utilities can be marked. Private lines such as a sprinkler system or an electric line to the garage are not marked, so tell us, or whichever concrete company you hire, about those when you call.
Concrete Services We Do Not Offer
Three kinds of work fall outside what we do as a concrete contractor serving Eau Claire.
- Concrete lifting, leveling and mudjacking
Mudjacking raises a sunken slab by drilling holes and pumping a cement-based grout underneath. Foam lifting injects an expanding polyurethane foam the same way. Both are the work of a concrete leveling company.
- Crack injection
Injecting cracks in a basement or foundation wall is work for a foundation repair company.
- Foundation repair
Repairing an existing foundation is outside our work. Call a foundation repair contractor for that.