Concrete Contractor in Cooper City - Driveways and Patios Built on a Solid Base

The city's permit checklist, last revised in late 2021, calls for a Notice of Commencement when you're building, improving, altering or repairing property and the job's fair market value is $2500 or more. The city takes a certified or electronic copy with the permit package. On jobs that need a permit, it's part of the paperwork we handle for you.

Yes, the city's checklist asks for a current survey on all exterior work, and it names paving, pools, fencing and accessory structures. Where it applies, the package also takes a hold harmless agreement and easement from Central Broward Water Control, for drainage. If you have a survey from when you bought the house, have it out at the estimate so we can see what you've got.

It comes down to your driveway's size and thickness, how much old concrete has to come out, how much work the base needs and the finish you choose. A broom finish, a light texture dragged across the top for grip, costs less than color or a stamped pattern, and if the budget's tight I'd cut the finish before I'd cut the base, because the base is what keeps the slab from sinking and you can't fix it later without tearing the concrete out. I'll walk the driveway with you and give you your own price at the free estimate, with each part explained.

Usually it's the base, because a slab poured over dirt that was raked flat instead of dug out and packed settles as the ground does, and the concrete cracks on the way down. Water running under the edges and control joints cut late or skipped, the planned grooves that tell a crack where to go, cause most of the rest. No one can promise concrete won't crack, but we pack the base, check where the water runs and cut joints on time, so any cracks land in lines we picked.

Longer than you'll wait to walk on it, because concrete keeps gaining strength as it cures and a car puts far more weight on a slab than feet do. Heat and the weather on pour day change the wait, so I'll tell you before we pour when it's safe to walk on and when you can park on it. Plan on using the street for a while after a new driveway goes in.

Plan for the pour date to move, because a hard afternoon rain on fresh concrete can pit and weaken the top. We watch the forecast and pour early in the day when we can, which also keeps midday heat from drying the surface too fast. If your patio or driveway already holds puddles after a storm, show us at the estimate, since the new slab's slope has to send that water away from the house.