Concrete Contractor in Cedar Hills, UT - Driveways and Patios Built for the Slope

The city's Building Department issues building permits in Cedar Hills, so it's the office that decides whether your job needs one. When a permit is needed, city code says the application has to include plans drawn to scale showing your lot's actual dimensions and the size and location of the buildings already on it. We check with the city before we schedule your job, and if a permit is needed we take care of the paperwork and the inspections.

Call the state's Division of Occupational Licensing at (801) 530-6628 and ask whether the contractor is licensed for the kind of work you're hiring them for. A license can cover more than its name suggests, and the state's online contractor registry lists only licensed contractors who chose to be listed, so a missing name there doesn't settle it. We're licensed and insured, and you're welcome to check us.

The price comes down to your driveway's size and thickness, how much old concrete comes out, how much soft ground has to be dug out and replaced with packed base, the slope and how easily the truck can reach it, and the finish. A plain broom finish, the light brushed texture that gives tires and shoes grip, costs less than stamped or colored work, and rebar adds some too. The schedule turns on the same tear-out and base work plus the wait before you can drive on it, and you get your own figure when I come look at it at your house.

You'll walk on it well before you drive on it, and I'll tell you both days for your pour before we start, because the wait depends on the mix and the weather that week. That wait is curing, the time concrete needs to gain strength, and a car on it too early can crack it. Most of the time you're without the driveway is curing, not our work, so we'll plan with you where to park in the meantime.

Most sinking and cracking starts underneath, with a base that was raked level instead of dug out and packed, water running under the low edge, or joints cut late or skipped. I find out why the old slab failed before we pour, because new concrete over the same problem fails the same way. Concrete still cracks some, so we cut control joints, grooves that give it a place to crack in a straight line, and I'll show you where they go before we start.

It can, because the city says a large portion of Cedar Hills sits where homes meet open wildland and brush, and that homes here could be threatened by wildfire. On lots that back up to open ground, we keep our trucks and saws on pavement instead of dry grass and plan access around the brush before we arrive. Concrete itself won't burn, but I won't tell you a new patio makes a house fire-safe, so look to the city's wildfire guidance for that.