Concrete Contractors in Maryland Heights, MO

Maryland Heights became a city long after most of its houses were built, which matters for concrete contractors working here. The city was incorporated in 1985, and Wikipedia notes it was not yet incorporated for the 1970 and 1980 counts. By 1990 it had 25,407 residents, and the 2020 census counted 28,284 people and 13,425 housing units across about 23 square miles. Many neighborhoods predate the city itself, so a lot of the driveways, walks and patios are 40 to 60 years old. We replace driveways, build patios and walks, pour steps and slabs, and repair concrete that has failed.

A mix of housing and business

Maryland Heights is a second-ring suburb west-northwest of St. Louis, with a lot of commercial land alongside its neighborhoods. Westport Plaza, a development of more than 700,000 square feet, sits at Page Avenue and I-270. Housing ranges from single-family subdivisions to apartments and condominiums. For homeowners, the typical jobs are driveway replacements, patios behind ranch and split-level houses, front walks and stoops, and garage floor repairs.

Near the lake and the lowlands

Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park, St. Louis County's first park, sits in Maryland Heights with a 320-acre lake. The city also has about 1.5 square miles of water within its limits, and land drops toward the lake and the river bottoms on its western side. Low ground drains slowly. On lower lots, we pay extra attention to the base, using compacted rock to keep the slab above wet soil, and to pitch, so water moves off the slab toward a drain or the lawn instead of ponding.

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Deciding between repair and replacement

Older concrete in Maryland Heights tends to fail in familiar ways: a sunken section near the garage, an apron cracked by plows and trucks, scaling where salt sat on the surface, and walks lifted at the joints. If the base is solid and the damage is limited, saw-cutting and replacing a few sections is often enough. If water has been getting under the slab for years, the base usually needs to be rebuilt, and full replacement is the better value. We explain what we find so you can decide.

Permits

Work in the public right-of-way, such as an approach or public walk, generally needs approval before it starts. We check with the City of Maryland Heights about what your project needs and schedule any required inspections before the pour.

Built for local weather

The St. Louis area's summers bring heavy thunderstorms, and its winters bring repeated freeze-thaw cycles. We use air-entrained concrete outdoors, cure it properly, and cut control joints at sensible spacing so slabs crack where we plan rather than at random.

Our Maryland Heights services

• Driveways: full and partial replacements and new aprons
• Patios: new and replacement slabs, plain or stamped
• Stamped concrete: patterned patios and walks
• Sidewalks and steps: front walks, stoops and back steps
• Garage and shed slabs: garage floors and shed pads
• Repair: sunken sections, trip edges and scaled surfaces

Call (314) 886-6738 to set up a visit anywhere in Maryland Heights.