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Concrete contractor in Jacksonville, AR - driveways and slabs that shed water

Caliber Little Rock Concrete Company is a concrete contractor building driveways, patios, steps, slabs and footings for homeowners and builders in Jacksonville, AR, on ground we've dug out, packed and graded so water runs away from your house.

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What we run into on Jacksonville jobs

We're a concrete contractor based in Little Rock, AR, and Jacksonville is a quick drive northeast for us. The calls here are usually homeowners with a driveway that's cracked and sunk, a back patio they've wanted for years or front steps pulling away from the porch, and on a lot of these older houses the concrete is as old as the house. We do the same work nearby in Sherwood.

Water is the thing to plan for in Jacksonville. The city points to Bayou Meto and Jacks Bayou as the two sources of its flooding, and a heavy storm can put water across many blocks, while even shallower water still covers streets and yards and gets into garages and lower floors. So on a job here I look at where your yard drains before we talk about finish, because a slab that tips toward the garage or sits on soggy fill is going to settle and crack however good the top looks.

What we pour and fix in Jacksonville

Working in Jacksonville: permits, licenses and what sets the price

Permits here go through the city's Engineering Department, which issues them for changes to a building or the land. If your property isn't in a recorded subdivision, the city's Planning Commission reviews the permit at its next monthly meeting first, so the start date waits on that. You can check two things on any contractor you're talking to: a current city business license, and an Arkansas state contractor's license, which the city requires on a residential permit for work estimated at $20,000.00 or more and for any new home. I check with the city for your address on what your job needs, and we handle the permit paperwork when one's required. We're fully licensed and insured. Price moves with the size and thickness of the slab, how much soft dirt comes out, whether old concrete gets broken out and hauled off, how much grading the water needs and the finish you pick, and the schedule turns on the permit, the weather and the curing wait. You get your own number at the estimate.

Getting the crew and the concrete truck to Jacksonville is an easy run from Little Rock, so a job here gets the same setup as one at home. We work the same way down in Bryant and over in Cabot, and wherever we are, the dig and the base get our time before the finish does. The base is the part nobody sees on pour day and the first thing people want to cut when money's tight, and I won't cut it, because a pretty top on a weak base is money gone.

  • Water gets planned first. A slab that falls toward your house or garage sends the next storm right where you don't want it, so we set the slope before anything else.
  • Soft or filled ground comes out. A base raked level over loose dirt settles right along with it, so we dig to firm ground and pack the new base in layers.
  • Property lines are yours to mark. On a city building permit the applicant is responsible for marking them and the building official won't locate them for you, so get them marked before a driveway gets wider.
  • Summer pours start early. Concrete placed in midday heat dries too fast on top and can leave a weak, dusty surface later, so we work around the hottest part of the day.
  • Joints get cut on time. Skip them or cut them late and the slab picks its own crack lines, usually somewhere you'll see every day.

A free on-site estimate for your Jacksonville concrete

Send the form or call (501) 274-1092 and tell us what you're planning, whether it's a new driveway, a patio or a slab that's sinking. We reply within one business day to set a time, then I come out myself, look at the ground and where the water goes, and give you a free estimate on site. There's no obligation, and if you hire us, our own crew does the work with me running the job.

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Questions we hear in Jacksonville

Do I need a permit for concrete work if my Jacksonville property is in a flood zone?

Yes, if your property sits in a Special Flood Hazard Area on a FEMA flood map, the city requires a floodplain development permit before the project begins. The city counts even regrading or filling in the floodplain as work that needs a permit, and its form warns that the penalties for skipping it include high insurance rates. We get this settled before any dirt moves, because a new driveway or patio changes how your yard holds water.

Is my older house in Jacksonville below flood level?

It may be if it was built before late September 1978, because many Jacksonville houses from before then were built below the Base Flood Elevation, the height a major flood is expected to reach. Building rules back then didn't require going higher. On a lower house we slope new concrete down and away from the walls and keep it below your door thresholds, so water heads for the yard and the street.

How long until I can drive on a new concrete driveway?

Usually about a week, and you can walk on it in a day or two. That wait is curing, the slow hardening concrete keeps doing after the pour, and putting a car on it early is how edges chip and cracks start. We give driveways a broom finish, a light brushed texture that gives tires and shoes grip when it's wet.

Will my new concrete driveway or patio crack like the old one did?

Some cracking is normal in any flatwork, the driveways, walks and patios that sit flat on the ground, and the goal is thin cracks that land in the joints, not a slab that sinks or splits wide. Most old cracks we see here came from loose dirt underneath, water running under the edges or joints cut late or skipped. We dig to firm ground, pack the base, pour a home driveway usually about four inches thick with steel inside where the job calls for it, and cut the joints on time.

Service areas

We're based in Little Rock and work across the cities around it in central Arkansas. These cities have their own pages, and if yours isn't listed, call and ask.

Tell us what you want poured

We keep hours into the evening every day of the week, so call (501) 274-1092 after work or send the form whenever it suits you.

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If you've got a sinking driveway or a patio you've been putting off in Jacksonville, tell us about it and I'll come look at the ground with you.

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