LaVerkin concrete, one small job at a time
LaVerkin is a small town with a lot of older homes and older concrete. We replace the bad pieces and add the ones that were never poured.
LaVerkin
LaVerkin sits on the bench across the river gorge from Hurricane, right where the road to Zion splits off. A good share of the town is established homes on regular lots, and their concrete has had decades of sun and sprinkler water. You can read the age in it. A front walk lifted at a joint. A back step that has settled away from the door. A carport slab with a crack wide enough to catch a heel.
Each of those is a small job, not a project, and big companies commonly turn small jobs away. One sidewalk panel in a little town can be a hard thing to hire out. We put LaVerkin on the same pour day as Hurricane and Toquerville, which are minutes apart, and split a load across them. Text a photo and a rough size. If the picture does not tell us enough, we will swing by and see it.
Pouring in LaVerkin
- Old slabs on unknown ground
- With older concrete, nobody knows what was done underneath. Many early slabs were poured straight on dirt with no gravel base. When we tear one out we dig down, fix the soft spots and compact new base before any forms go up.
- Rock close to the surface
- The Hurricane Valley has old lava flows, and dark basalt turns up in yards on the benches. Rock under a slab is not bad news, since it does not settle. It does make digging slower, so tell us if you have hit it before.
- Hot days and irrigated yards
- Summers are hot here and many yards still have lawn and garden. Water running along the edge of a walk every day softens the ground under it. We set the slope so water sheds off the concrete instead of pooling beside it.
Common jobs in LaVerkin
- 1
Tear out and replace
Established LaVerkin homes often have one or two failed panels in a walk or driveway that is otherwise fine.
- 2
Sidewalks and paths
Front walks and side paths on older lots are narrow, cracked or missing, and a new one is a short pour.
- 3
Steps and landings
Porch steps that have sunk or pulled away from the house are a common trip hazard at older front doors.
- 4
Repairs
A lifted edge or a chipped corner can often be fixed without replacing the whole slab.
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LaVerkin: straight answers
Can you replace just one cracked section of my driveway?
Yes. We saw cut along the existing joints, break out the bad panel, haul it off, fix the base and pour the new piece to the same height. The new section will look lighter than the rest at first and blends in over time.
Should I repair my sidewalk or replace it?
It depends on why it failed. A small chip or a raised edge is usually a repair. A panel that has sunk, broken into pieces or rocks when you step on it has a base problem, and replacing it is the fix that lasts. A photo tells us most of it.
My carport slab is cracked. Do I have to replace all of it?
Not always. If the slab is still flat and the crack is narrow, a repair can seal it and keep water out. If one side sits higher than the other or pieces rock underfoot, the base has failed and that section should come out. Send a photo taken from a low angle.