Concrete Contractor in Sherrills Ford, NC

Most residential driveways here land between $8 and $15 per square foot installed, depending on thickness, reinforcement, how much demolition and haul-off the old slab needs, and access. A long lakefront drive with a tight approach costs more per foot than an open suburban lot. We quote the actual slab after walking it — we do not price by phone off a square-foot guess.

You can walk on it after 24 to 48 hours. Keep vehicles off for seven days, and keep anything heavier than a passenger car off for 28 days, which is when the mix reaches its rated strength. Driving on green concrete is the fastest way to put cracks in a slab that was poured correctly.

New concrete gets a cure-and-seal at the right point in the cure. After that, resealing every two to three years is what protects against deicing salt and freeze-thaw spalling. We will tell you when yours is due rather than selling you a reseal every spring.

Every concrete slab develops shrinkage stress as it cures. The job of the contractor is to control where that stress relieves, which is what control joints are for. Cut correctly, cracks happen inside the joints where you never see them. Cracks that wander across a panel mean joints were cut too shallow, too late, or too far apart.