Concrete Contractor in Essex Junction - Slabs Poured in the Right Order
South Burlington Concrete is a concrete contractor working in Essex Junction, VT. We build driveways, patios, steps and garage floors for homeowners, and footings, slabs and foundations for property owners, with each step done in order.
What Essex Junction homeowners ask of new concrete
Most calls start with something you can see from the front step: a driveway cracked through, a patio sinking toward the house, or water pooling where it shouldn't. The trouble usually began underneath, in the subgrade, the packed ground the slab sits on, so that's where I start when I come out to look.
The price moves with the size of the slab, how much digging and base work the ground needs, whether an old slab has to come out, and the finish you choose, whether that's a plain broom finish, the brushed texture that gives shoes some grip, or stamped concrete. The schedule turns on the weather, the cure and whatever the city needs. Your written estimate lists the work and materials.
When a budget gets tight, I'd rather you save on the surface than on the base. Nobody sees the base once the concrete is down, but it decides whether the slab stays flat.
Concrete work we do in Essex Junction
- Concrete driveway building
- Concrete patio construction
- Stamped concrete services
- Concrete sidewalk building
- Garage floor concrete
- Decorative concrete
- Concrete retaining walls
- Concrete floor installation
- Concrete pool decks
- Concrete steps construction
- Slab foundation building
- Foundation installation
- Concrete parking lot building
- Concrete footings
- Foundation raising
- Concrete cutting
How a job runs in Essex Junction
Call or send the form
Call (802) 307-1329 or use the form to tell us about the cracks, sinking or pooling water you're seeing, and we'll set a time for me to come out.
Site visit and estimate
I come out myself, walk the site with you, answer your questions and take measurements, then send a written estimate that lists the work and materials.
Pour date and the work
We check what the city needs, mindful of its proposed 30-day window for zoning decisions, then set a pour date around the weather. Our crew lead runs the pour.
What we check before a pour in Essex Junction
On a driveway, patio or walkway here, I look at how much of your lot is already covered. If your job needs a zoning permit, the city's zoning permit application asks for lot coverage and counts every structure and hard surface, concrete included, so a wider driveway or a new patio adds to that number. It's worth knowing before you settle on a size.
The state lists many historic sites in Essex, the village among them, and the city has proposed extending its Historic Preservation Overlay to the Village Center. On an older house there, I ask how that proposal stands before we plan new steps or a front walk.
We plan jobs the same way in Winooski and Williston. If you're planning concrete work in Essex Junction, please ask for an estimate, and I'll come out and walk it with you.
Tell us about your Essex Junction project
Tell us the job and what you're seeing, and we'll reply within one business day to set up a free on-site estimate, with no pressure to book.
What Essex Junction homeowners ask us to pour
- Driveways rebuilt on a dug-out, packed base
- Patios that slope water away from the house
- Front steps and walkways
- Garage floors with control joints, cut grooves that steer cracks
- Broom-finished or stamped surfaces
- Footings and slabs for additions
Why Essex Junction homeowners call us
I come out to every job myself, walk it with you and write the estimate, so the person who prices the work is the person who planned it. Our crew lead runs the pour on site, and I check in along the way until it's finished.
I'd rather move a pour than place concrete in poor conditions, because a rushed day shows up later as a weak, dusty top. We're licensed and insured, and you shouldn't have to chase us for an answer. Satisfaction guaranteed. Call (802) 307-1329 or send the form to get started.
Essex Junction concrete questions
Which government handles concrete projects in Essex Junction, the city or the town?
The City of Essex Junction does, because the old village became its own city in 2022 rather than staying part of the Town of Essex. The city's Community Development Department reviews development applications and handles zoning enforcement, so that's the office we ask about your job.
Does the Essex Junction zoning permit checklist cover a driveway or patio?
The checklist covers new single-family homes and duplexes, where it can also call for a curb cut application if the work opens or closes a curb cut. It doesn't settle a patio or driveway at an existing house, so before we set a date I ask the department what your job needs, and we help you prepare and file it.
Does Vermont's energy standard apply to a foundation for a home addition?
It can, because state law applies the residential energy standards to additions, alterations, renovations and repairs on existing homes, not only to new houses. The standards reach the addition without extending to the whole house, and an addition that's neither heated nor cooled, like an unheated garage, is exempt, so it helps to know early how you'll use the space.
Will my new concrete driveway crack like the old one did?
Concrete can still crack, but a well-built slab usually cracks where it was planned to. We dig out and pack the base instead of raking dirt level, cut control joints while the concrete is young, and add rebar, steel that holds the slab together, where the job calls for it.
How long before I can drive on a new concrete driveway?
You can walk on a new slab well before you can drive on it, because concrete keeps curing, slowly gaining strength, for days after the pour. I'll give you the waits for your job with the estimate, and we pick a pour date and time that keep the concrete out of midday heat.
Get a free estimate in Essex Junction
Call or send the form with the rough size and the finish you have in mind, so I can bring the right questions when I come out.
