Concrete contractor in Lehi, UT - new concrete that fits your house

Lehi City's Building and Inspection Department issues all building permits in the city, so it's the office that decides whether your job needs one. Its list names new homes, additions, basement finishes and detached garages or sheds, so concrete that's part of one of those, like the slab under a new garage, goes through that project's permit. For a driveway, patio or walk on its own, we check with the city before we schedule, and if a permit is needed we take care of the paperwork and the inspections.

You call the city's Building Inspection Office at 385-201-1035 with at least 24 hours' notice, and it takes requests by phone only, not by voicemail, email or online. If the inspector comes out and the work clearly isn't ready, the city charges a re-inspection fee for the repeat visit, so it pays to call only when the work is truly done. On permitted jobs we schedule the inspections ourselves and keep the city's stamped plans on site for the inspector.

The price comes down to the size, how much old concrete has to come out and how much digging and base work the ground needs, so I give you a real number at the estimate. A plain broom finish, the light texture that keeps a slab from getting slick, costs less than stamped or colored work, and tight access or steps add labor. If the budget's tight, I'd rather you skip the fancy finish than the base, because a stamped slab on loose dirt cracks like any other. The schedule turns on the city's permit check when one applies, inspection timing and curing, the wait while the concrete hardens before you walk or drive on it.

You can't stop concrete from cracking at all, but you can control where it cracks, and that starts with a packed base and control joints, shallow cuts that give the slab a straight place to crack instead of across the middle. We cut those joints on time and add rebar, the steel that holds the pieces together if a crack opens, where the slab needs it. What I won't do is promise a slab that never cracks, because nobody honestly can.

The city's Public Works Department handles water, sewer, storm drains and public streets, and Lehi Power provides the electric service. Those are the people to ask about a line, a drain or the street out front. When our work gets close to any of them, like a driveway meeting the street or a trench for a new line, we sort it out before we dig rather than after.

Yes, Lehi requires a city business license for any business with an address in Lehi, and that covers every trade done for profit, even ones the state exempts from licensing fees. Each license needs the Planning department's approval and is good for 12 months, so it's fair to ask a Lehi-based contractor whether theirs is current. We're based in Orem, licensed and insured, and we work in Lehi the same way we do across the cities around it.