Concrete Contractor in Lumberton, TX - Driveways and Slabs Built on Solid Ground

The City of Lumberton is the one to ask, because it issues permits for building construction or repair work that needs one. To get a permit, the owner or the owner's authorized agent files a signed application on the city's form, and you can reach the City of Lumberton at (409) 755-3700. When a job calls for a permit, we find out which office covers your address and handle the permit side with them.

Yes. Every contractor or builder who's paid for permitted building work has to register with the city, and so does anyone who sublets part of that work. Registration is renewed every year, and it includes proof of either a permit bond of at least $10,000, more on bigger jobs, or liability insurance of $300,000 per occurrence and $600,000 aggregate. It's fair to ask any crew whether they're registered before work starts. We're licensed and fully insured.

Your price comes down to how big and how thick the slab is, how much old concrete we break out and haul off, and how much base work the ground needs. The finish adds to it too, since a broom finish, the light grooved texture that gives shoes and tires some grip, costs less than stamped or decorative work. If the budget's tight, I'd cut the fancy finish before I'd cut the base, because nobody sees the base on day one but it's what keeps the slab from sinking. The free estimate puts your number in writing.

Most cracks we see come from a base that was raked flat instead of dug out and packed, from water running under the slab, or from control joints that were cut late or never cut. Control joints are the straight grooves cut into the slab, so that when the concrete shrinks and cracks, it cracks there in a straight line instead of across the middle. We pack the ground, set steel where the job needs it and cut the joints on time, which keeps any cracks where we chose to put them.

You can usually walk on new concrete well before you can drive on it, and I'll give you both waits for your slab when we set the pour date. Concrete keeps curing, which means it slowly gains strength, for days after it's finished, and driving on it too early is how a good slab ends up with a weak, chipped top. If you need a way in and out while it cures, tell me at the estimate so we can plan around it.

FEMA says its MSC and NFHL Viewer are the best place to start for official flood hazard information, and you can look up your address there before the work begins. You'll find them on FEMA's flood map page. Tell me what you find at the estimate, because where water sits on your lot changes how we build up the base and which way the slab slopes.