Orderville concrete for hillside homes
A new step, a wider driveway, a patio out back. Orderville homes need the same small concrete work as anywhere, with fewer people willing to do it.
Orderville
Orderville is the biggest town in Long Valley, and it is still small. Houses line Highway 89 and climb the side streets toward the hills. The concrete work here is house work. Porch steps that have settled. A driveway that needs one more parking spot. A back patio with a view of the cliffs. At about 5,400 feet, summers are warm and winters bring frost and some snow.
Bigger outfits chase bigger work, and a porch step is not on their list. Anybody driving in from another town has to weigh the miles against a job that takes one or two yards of concrete. We get around that by setting a Long Valley pour day. Orderville, Glendale and the homes in between share a truck, and each owner gets a small job done without carrying the whole trip.
Pouring in Orderville
- Warm days, cold nights
- Orderville summers get hot enough that we start pours early and keep the slab damp so the top does not dry too fast. Spring and fall flip the problem. Days are fine but nights can dip under freezing, so we check lows before we set a date.
- Homes on a slope
- Parts of town sit on ground that rises from the highway. On a sloped lot, steps, landings and short walks do a lot of work, and water control matters. We pitch flat work so runoff heads away from the foundation and does not cut under the slab.
- One stop for the valley
- The towns in Long Valley sit only a few miles apart along Highway 89. That makes it simple to pour in two or three of them on one trip. More jobs on the truck means fewer short loads, and short loads are the main reason small pours are hard to book.
Common jobs in Orderville
- 1
Steps and landings
Homes built on the hillside need solid steps down to the driveway or the street.
- 2
Driveway add-ons
A wider driveway makes room for a second truck or a guest car without parking in the road.
- 3
Patios
Evenings cool off fast in the valley, and the patio is where people end up.
- 4
Tear out and replace
Older walks and porches in town have been through a lot of frost, and some are past patching.
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Orderville: straight answers
How often are you in Orderville?
It changes with the season and with how many jobs are waiting. Long Valley is on our way up the mountain, so it gets more chances than most small towns. Text us and we will give you an honest idea of the next opening.
Do you pour during the hot part of summer?
Yes. We start at first light, place the concrete before the heat builds, and keep it damp while it cures. Heat makes concrete set fast, so the early start gives us time to finish the surface properly. You can walk on it after about a day.
My old porch slab is cracked and sunk. Patch or replace?
Send a photo and we will tell you straight. A clean crack in a slab that is still level can often be repaired. A slab that has dropped, tilted or broken into pieces usually needs to come out, the base fixed, and a new one poured.