Backyard concrete
Concrete Patios in Hickory Hills
Room for the table and the grill. A slab that sheds rain away from your basement.
Big Enough, and Draining the Right Way
Two patio mistakes come up again and again. Too small. And sloped toward the house. Both are cheap to avoid on paper and expensive to fix in concrete. So we start with your furniture. How many chairs. Where the grill goes. How much room to walk around. We mark the outline on the grass and you stand in it. Then the work begins. Sod and soil out. Crushed stone in, packed hard. Boards staked so the slab drops gently from the wall to the yard. The slab is usually about 4 inches thick, with steel when the soil or design calls for it. Finish is your call: brushed for grip, smooth trowel, or stamped and tinted to look like stone. Cut lines follow the outline. Then the patio cures under cover. Many Hickory Hills backyards sit lower or higher than the house, so we check the grade carefully before committing to a pitch.
Patio Work Includes
Every yard differs. The list stays about the same.
Furniture-first sizing
Outline set around how you actually use the space.
Old patio out
Cracked or sunken slab broken up and hauled away.
Hard-packed base
Crushed stone compacted for even support.
Falls to the yard
Gentle grade built in. Water drains away from the house.
Your finish
Brushed, troweled slick or stamped.
Cut lines
Placed to fit the outline so cracks stay tidy.
Damp cure
Covered while it gains strength.
Yard cleaned
Forms out, edges filled, debris gone.
Patio Steps
Size and price
Outline marked, grade checked against the house, written price with depth, base, finish and removal.
Dig and form
Excavation, stone compacted, forms staked with the pitch running away from the foundation.
Pour and finish
Concrete placed and given your finish, joints cut, patio covered through the cure. Then cleanup.
Why Our Patios Last
Pitch is decided first
Drainage gets settled before finish. Water against the house costs the most.
Same base for every finish
Stamped or brushed, it sits on packed stone.
Cured, not rushed
A protected first week keeps the surface from dusting.
- Sized to your furniture
- Pitched to the lawn
- Three finish choices
- Cured under cover
Ready for a Bigger, Drier Patio?
Tell the crew lead about your yard and how you use it. He will cover size, finish and drainage and set a day to measure.