Concrete for Dammeron Valley horse property
Dammeron Valley lots are measured in acres, and the concrete jobs on them are still small. That mismatch is where we come in.
Dammeron Valley
Dammeron Valley is horse property and elbow room. Many homes sit on an acre or more with a barn, a tack shed, a trailer and a long gravel driveway. Owners want a wash rack pad, a parking spot for the horse trailer, a clean walkway from the house to the barn, or a patio that looks toward the Pine Valley Mountains.
Those are one to three yard pours, spread across a valley off Highway 18 where houses are far apart. Pours that small, this far from town, are easy for a large contractor to pass on. Our schedule is made of jobs like these. We set a Dammeron Valley pour day, line up the homes that are ready and run one truck between them until it is empty.
Pouring in Dammeron Valley
- Volcanic rock and cinders
- Dammeron Valley sits in volcanic country, and some lots have basalt boulders or cinders close to the surface. We find out what is under the spot before pour day. Rock gets worked around or capped with compacted gravel so the slab has even support.
- Long driveways, heavy trailers
- A full gravel driveway rarely needs to be concrete. What helps is a pad where the trailer parks and an apron where gravel meets the garage. We typically pour those 5 to 6 inches thick with rebar, because a loaded horse trailer is no light thing.
- Higher and cooler than town
- At more than 4,500 feet, Dammeron Valley gets frost on plenty of winter mornings and snow now and then. Concrete poured in the cold months gets covered overnight. In summer the mornings stay cool long enough to give us a good window to pour and finish.
Common jobs in Dammeron Valley
- 1
RV and trailer pads
Horse trailers and living quarters rigs are heavy, and a reinforced pad keeps them from rutting the yard.
- 2
Driveway add-ons
An apron at the garage stops a long gravel drive from spilling rock onto the garage floor.
- 3
Sidewalks and paths
A walkway between the house and the barn gets used every single day, in every kind of weather.
- 4
Patios
With open views in most directions, a patio is often an early upgrade behind a Dammeron Valley home.
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Dammeron Valley: straight answers
Can you pour a pad for a horse trailer or a wash rack?
Yes. Tell us what will sit on it and we will size and thicken it to match. A wash rack pad also needs a clear slope so water runs off where you want it, usually about 1/8 to 1/4 inch per foot.
Does a new slab need approval from my HOA?
It might. Your HOA or the county may have rules about where a slab can go, so check before we start. We can give you the size, location and finish to pass along. The finish is a plain broom finish.
I only need one small job. Do I have to find neighbors to share?
No. Nobody has to recruit neighbors. We keep a running list of Dammeron Valley requests and set a pour day once the truck is reasonably full. If your job is urgent, say so when you text and we will tell you honestly what the options are.