Concrete Contractors in St. Charles, MO

St. Charles is one of the oldest towns in the state, and concrete contractors here work on everything from 19th-century brick homes near the river to subdivisions poured in the last few decades. Louis Blanchette, a French-Canadian fur trader, founded the settlement around 1769 as Les Petites Cotes, and the city served as Missouri's first capital from 1821 to 1826. Today it is the county seat of St. Charles County, with 70,493 residents and 31,744 housing units at the 2020 census. We pour driveways, patios, stamped concrete, walks and steps, garage and shed slabs, and we repair concrete that has settled or cracked.

Near the river: older homes and tight lots

The St. Charles Historic District takes in the riverfront and the Main Street shopping area. Houses near the old core sit close to the street and close to each other. Concrete there usually means a narrow front walk, a set of steps up to a porch, or a back patio squeezed between a garage and a fence. These jobs take careful forming and a plan for getting concrete in, since a truck often cannot back up to the work. They also call for a finish and joint layout that look right next to old brick.

When we replace steps on an older house, we check the landing and the foundation it meets. If the old steps were tied in poorly or have settled, we correct the base before pouring so the new steps do not pull away within a few winters.

Out from the core: newer subdivisions

Away from the river, much of St. Charles is newer housing on larger lots. Driveways there are wider, patios are bigger and stamped concrete is more common. The usual problems are a settled section near the garage, corner cracks on a patio and joints that have opened where water got under the slab. We look at grading, downspouts and the base before deciding whether a few panels or the whole slab should come out.

Get a Free Estimate

Built for wet years

Wikipedia's climate table for St. Charles shows an average of 45.71 inches of precipitation a year, with a record high of 115 degrees and a record low of 25 below zero. That swing between heavy rain, summer heat and hard freezes is what breaks concrete down. Water that soaks into a slab and then freezes scales the surface and opens joints. Water that runs under a slab washes out the base.

So every pour starts with drainage. We compact a proper rock base, pitch the slab away from the house, use air-entrained concrete outdoors, and cut control joints at the right spacing so cracking happens where we want it. On lots near the river and creeks, we also pay attention to where surface water collects during storms.

Permits

Work in a public right-of-way, such as a driveway approach or a public walk, generally needs approval from the city before it starts. We check with the City of St. Charles about what your project needs and schedule any inspections before the pour.

Our St. Charles services

• Driveways: replacements, widening and new approaches
• Patios: plain and stamped slabs, extensions and replacements
• Stamped concrete: colored and patterned patios and walks
• Sidewalks and steps: front walks, porch steps and side paths
• Garage and shed slabs: detached garage floors and shed pads
• Repair: sunken sections, trip edges and scaled surfaces

Call (314) 886-6738 to book a visit anywhere in St. Charles.