Concrete for old town and hillside Toquerville
Toquerville is half old town along the creek and half new homes on the hills above it. Both halves have the same trouble getting a small slab poured.
Toquerville
Drive the main street in Toquerville and you pass rock walls, fruit trees and some of the oldest homes in the county, all strung along Ash Creek. Climb the hill and it changes to new houses on larger lots with open sky around them. The two halves ask for different work. Down low it is walks, steps and garden edging. Up high it is patios, shed pads and somewhere to put the trailer.
Either way, Toquerville is a drive from St. George, and a pour of one or two yards is often refused by the larger crews. We put Toquerville on a shared truck with LaVerkin and Hurricane, so no single job has to justify the trip. Take a photo, pace off the length and width, and text it over. We will say what we can tell from it and whether we need to walk the lot.
Pouring in Toquerville
- Black rock on the ridges
- The ridges around Toquerville are capped with dark basalt from old lava flows, and loose rock from them ends up in the soil below. Lots on the slopes can have boulders just under the surface. It slows the digging but makes a firm base.
- Creek bottom soil and big trees
- Along Ash Creek the soil is deeper and holds more moisture, and mature trees send roots a long way. Roots lift thin walks. We keep new concrete back from trunks where we can and cut control joints so any movement follows a line.
- Sloped lots
- Many of the newer homes sit on hillsides. A patio or pad on a slope needs one side dug in or the other side built up, and the water has to go somewhere. Send a photo from the side so we can see the fall.
Common jobs in Toquerville
- 1
Patios
Newer houses on the hill were built with large back doors and very little slab outside them.
- 2
Shed and hot tub slabs
Larger lots have space for a shed, a hot tub or a small workshop, and each needs a level slab.
- 3
Curbing and mow strips
Old town yards with gardens and fruit trees use mow strips to hold a line between lawn, beds and gravel.
- 4
Sidewalks and paths
Older properties often have dirt or stepping stone paths that owners want replaced with a real walk.
Text a photo from Toquerville.
435·220·5536Text us a photo of the spot and rough measurements. We will tell you what we can from the photo, or come out and take a look. Rather type it out? Use the form.
Toquerville: straight answers
My lot is on a hill. Can you still pour a flat patio?
Yes, within reason. We cut into the high side, build up the low side with compacted base, or both. Steeper lots may need a thickened edge or a step down. A photo taken from the side shows us how much fall there is.
Will tree roots crack a new walk?
They can. Roots from large trees lift thin concrete over time. We route new walks away from trunks when there is room, pour on a compacted gravel base, and place joints so that if the slab moves, the crack follows the joint line instead of wandering across the slab.
Do you bring a full truck up for a small job?
No. A full truck carries about ten yards and most small jobs need one to three. We order a load sized to several jobs in the Toquerville, LaVerkin and Hurricane area on one pour day, so the truck is not hauling concrete that nobody needs.
Everywhere we pour
St. George area
Hurricane Valley
- Hurricane
- LaVerkin
- Toquerville
- Leeds
- Apple Valley