Concrete Contractor in Jesup, GA - Driveways and Patios on a Packed Base
Hinesville Concrete is a concrete contractor based in Hinesville that builds driveways, patios, steps, garage floors and slab foundations in Jesup, GA, starting with the ground under the concrete because that's what decides how long it lasts.
Jesup: older neighborhoods and tired driveways
Jesup is the Wayne County seat, and we hear from homeowners here, plus some builders and small business owners. In town you'll find older houses whose driveways and front steps have been there a long time. Farther out, the lots get bigger and the houses get newer. We're based in Hinesville, and we come down for the same work we do at home and in Fort Stewart.
On the older houses, the job usually starts with tearing out a cracked or sunken slab, and once it's up we can usually see why it failed. It's rarely the concrete's fault. It's the ground under it, so that's where we spend our time.
- Fully licensed and insured.
- Free on-site estimates.
- Expect a reply within 1 business day.
Concrete work we do around Jesup
Concrete driveway building
Plenty of Jesup driveways were poured decades ago and have cracked or dropped at the edges. We break out the old slab and pack a fresh base first.
Concrete patio construction
Most backyards here have room for a patio on ground that's never carried a slab. We dig out, pack the base and slope it away from your house.
Stamped concrete services
Jesup homeowners often want stamped concrete that looks like brick or stone. The pattern lasts only as long as the slab, so the base comes first.
Concrete steps construction
Older houses here often have front steps pulling away from the porch. We break them out and set new ones on footings dug past the loose fill.
Garage floor concrete
Older detached garages around Jesup often sit on thin, broken floors or bare dirt. We pour a new floor with rebar, steel that holds cracks tight.
Slab foundation building
Builders and business owners around Jesup call us for slabs under new houses and shops. I check that the forms are square and true before the pour.
Working in Jesup: permits, licenses and what moves the price
Inside Jesup, building permits come from the city's building inspections office, and out in unincorporated Wayne County the county's own building inspections department issues them, so the first thing I sort out on a Jesup job is which office we're dealing with. The city wants the permit in hand before construction starts and inspects from the start of the job to the final, so the permit and those visits can set the calendar as much as the pour and the cure do. Before you hire anybody, it's fair to check two things. Georgia says a residential contractor can legally work only with an active state license, and Jesup requires every business working in the city to get a city business license before it starts, which City Hall bills and collects. We're fully licensed and insured. When a job needs a permit, we apply for it ourselves and keep the paperwork moving, and if I'm not sure what's needed, I check with the city or county office before we start. Price comes down to the size and thickness of the slab, how much dirt has to come out to reach firm ground, whether there's an old slab to break up and haul off, and the finish you pick, and your own number comes after I come out, look and put in writing what we'll do.
Jesup is a straight run down US 84 from Hinesville, so we plan a job here to keep the crew from making extra trips while the work sits half done. On older lots in town, the bigger question is often how close a concrete truck can get, and when it can't reach, we plan for wheelbarrows or a pump, which shows up in the price. We do the same work in Richmond Hill and Glennville, and the prep doesn't change from one city to the next, because ground that isn't ready doesn't care what city it's in.
Get a free on-site concrete estimate in Jesup
Call (912) 837-8164 or send the form, and we'll get back to you within one business day. Then I come out to your place in Jesup, look at the job myself and put in writing what we'll do. The estimate is free, and there's no obligation to hire us.
- Fully licensed and insured.
- Free on-site estimates.
- Expect a reply within 1 business day.
Concrete ideas for Jesup homes
Questions about concrete work in Jesup
Do I need a permit to pour a concrete driveway or patio in Jesup, GA?
It might need one, and the city's Building Inspections Department is the office to ask before any digging starts. The city says permits are required before construction begins on residential and commercial buildings and remodeling projects, and it inspects from the start of a project through the final. We find out what your job needs before anybody picks up a shovel.
Which building codes apply to concrete work in Jesup?
The city builds to the International Building Code and the International Residential Code, and Georgia adds its own amendments to the residential code. The state's mandatory codes apply to all construction whether or not a local office enforces them, so your slab is held to them either way, inside the city or out in the county.
How much does a new concrete driveway cost in Jesup?
It depends on the size of the driveway, how thick it needs to be and what has to happen before the pour, so your own number comes from the estimate, where I look at the job and put in writing what we'll do. A broom finish, a lightly brushed texture that gives shoes and tires some grip, costs less than stamped work, and a thicker slab with rebar costs more but carries heavier trucks. The base is where folks usually want to save, and it's the one place I'll argue, because nobody sees it on day one and everybody sees it when the slab starts settling with the dirt.
What causes a concrete driveway to crack and sink?
Most of the time it's what's underneath, a base that was raked level instead of dug out and packed, so the slab sinks as the dirt does. Water running under the edges, a pour in the heat of the day that leaves a weak, dusty top, and joints cut late or skipped all add cracks nobody chose. We pack the subgrade, the ground the slab sits on, pour early and cut control joints, shallow grooves that give the concrete a straight place to crack before it picks its own, because my old boss was right that the pour is the easy part.
How long does new concrete take to cure before I can drive on it?
You can usually walk on it in a few days, but a car has to wait longer than that, because curing, the slow hardening after the pour, keeps going well after the top looks dry. I'll tell you the day to wait for before we leave, and I'd rather you park on the street a little longer than leave a tire track in a new driveway.
How do I keep water from pooling on a new patio in Jesup?
Slope the patio away from your house and give the water somewhere to go, which is why we check where water runs across your yard before we set forms. FEMA revised the flood maps for Wayne County and Jesup, with the new maps in effect from November 2010, and it counts any place with a 1% or higher chance of flooding each year as high risk, which works out to at least a one-in-four chance over a 30-year mortgage. A patio can't change that, but a slab that falls toward the house makes standing water a lot worse.