Hickory Hills Concrete Flatwork and Pads

A shed pad looks simple. So does a strip beside the garage. Most of them fail anyway. They rock. They tilt toward the house. They hold a puddle. They shed their top in flakes. The reason is nearly always the same: nobody dealt with the ground. Here is what we do instead. Dig out the topsoil and soft clay. Lay crushed stone and pack it with a plate compactor, more than one pass. Stake the forms so the slab falls gently toward a safe spot. Add mesh or bar if the slab will carry weight. Pour, finish with a texture that suits the use, and cut control joints before shrinkage cracks show up on their own. Then cover it and keep it damp so the surface cures hard. One crew lead handles all of it and answers your calls the whole way through. Plenty of Hickory Hills yards slope, so we check the grade carefully before setting a single board.