Concrete Flatwork in Willow Springs

That is the first thing we ask, because it decides almost everything else. A garden shed is light. A hot tub full of water is not. A standby generator vibrates. A second parking pad for a boat trailer carries a concentrated load at the tongue jack and the tires. Each one needs a different thickness, a different amount of steel and sometimes a deeper base. Once we know the load, we work out the rest by hand on site. How flat is the ground? Which way does water want to go? Are there roots from those big oaks running through the spot? On wooded Willow Springs lots, the answer to that last one is usually yes, and we cut them out of the slab area so they do not lift it later. Then the routine: dig to firm soil, bring in crushed stone and compact it, set the forms with a slight fall so rain runs off, place the steel on supports, pour, finish and cut joints. The surface stays damp while it cures, and when the forms come off, we backfill the edges and clean up. You get a slab that sits level under whatever you put on it, on the date we said we would pour it.