2025
Brookside, MO
Ribbon drive & turnaround
1,180 sq ft · 5 in. slab, #4 bar, broom finish with a saw-cut border. Replaced a 1962 slab that had heaved four inches at the apron.
Kansas City / Flatwork & Foundations / Since 2004
Concrete that stays flat.
Most driveways don't fail because of the concrete. They fail because of what's under it. We compact the base in lifts, tie real rebar on chairs, cut the joints on time and give you the mix design in writing before a truck ever shows up.
- Project
- Rear drive & apron
- City
- Brookside, MO
- Area
- 1,180 sq ft
- Finish
- Broom, 4,000 PSI
21
Years pouring
in Jackson County
2,400+
Driveways, patios
and slabs placed
5 yr
Written warranty on
settlement & structural cracking
4,000
PSI minimum mix
on every exterior pour
What we pour
Services
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01
Driveways
Tear-out, 6 inches of compacted base, 5-inch slab with #4 bar on chairs. Built for a loaded pickup, not a sedan.
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02
Patios & Walkways
Pitched a quarter inch per foot away from the house. We set the grade with a laser, not a garden hose.
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03
Foundations & Slabs
Garages, shops, additions and monolithic footings. Engineer-stamped drawings honored line for line.
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04
Stamped & Decorative
Integral colour, ashlar slate and seamless texture. Sample board poured on site so you approve the real thing.
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05
Retaining Walls
Poured and block walls with drain rock, filter fabric and weeps. Water gets out, so the wall stays put.
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06
Repair & Resurfacing
Slab jacking, joint repair and overlays — and an honest answer when replacement is the cheaper option.
Fig. 01
Placing a 5-inch driveway slab, 4,000 PSI air-entrained
Waldo, MO
Five stages, one crew
Process
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Stage 01
Site
assessmentWe walk the grade, find where water goes today, check access for a 10-yard truck and mark utilities. You get a written scope and a fixed price — not a per-yard guess.
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Stage 02
Excavation
& baseOld slab out, soft spots dug out, then 4 to 6 inches of crushed limestone compacted in two lifts with a plate. This is the step most low bids skip.
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Stage 03
Forms
& rebarStraight forms, string-line checked twice, #4 rebar on an 18-inch grid lifted on chairs so the steel sits mid-slab where it actually does work.
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Stage 04
Pour
& finishScreed, bull-float, edge, then your chosen finish. Control joints saw-cut within 12 hours at one-quarter of slab depth so the slab cracks where we tell it to.
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Stage 05
Cure
& sealCure compound the same day, site cleaned, forms pulled at 48 hours. We come back at 28 days to seal, included.
The question everybody asks — when can I use it?
24HRS
Walk on it — carefully, no dragging furniture, no pets.
7DAYS
Park a car on it. Not a loaded trailer, not a dumpster.
28DAYS
Full design strength. Heavy vehicles, sealer, de-icer never in year one.
Anyone who tells you a driveway is ready for a truck in two days is guessing. Concrete keeps gaining strength for weeks, and hairline shrinkage cracks at the saw joints are the slab doing exactly what it was designed to do — not a defect.
Ask us anything — (888) 555-0142What we actually build to
Mix & Spec
Every estimate we write names the numbers below. If a competing bid doesn't state slab thickness, PSI, base depth and joint spacing, you are not comparing the same job.
| Spec | Driveways | Patios & Walks | Foundations & Slabs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slab thickness | 5 in. (6 in. at apron) | 4 in. | 6 in. + thickened edge |
| Compressive strength | 4,000 PSI air-entrained | 4,000 PSI | 4,500 PSI |
| Reinforcement | #4 rebar, 18 in. o.c. | #3 rebar or fibre mesh | #4 or #5 per engineer |
| Compacted base | 6 in. crushed limestone | 4 in. crushed limestone | 6–8 in. + vapour barrier |
| Control joint spacing | Max 12 ft | Max 10 ft | Per drawing, max 15 ft |
| Surface drainage | 1/8 in. per ft min. | 1/4 in. per ft from house | Level, ± 1/8 in. over 10 ft |
Table scrolls sideways on small screens · Figures are our standard residential minimums · Engineered plans always govern
Objection 01
“Another guy quoted 30% less.”
He probably priced 3 inches of concrete on dirt with wire mesh laid flat. That slab looks identical on day one and is spidered by year four. Ask him to put thickness, PSI and base depth in writing.
Objection 02
“Will my driveway crack?”
Every slab moves. The job of a good contractor is to control where. Saw joints at 12 feet, isolation joints at the garage and steel through the middle keep movement in the lines and out of the field.
Objection 03
“How long will my drive be blocked?”
A standard two-car driveway is out and formed on day one, poured day two, drivable in seven. We schedule the pour date at signing and we do not stack three jobs on one crew.
Fig. 02
Rebar grid on chairs before inspection — 30 × 40 shop slab
Lee's Summit, MO
Selected work
Index
2025
Prairie Village, KS
Rear terrace & steps
640 sq ft · Ashlar stamp in charcoal release, four risers and a French drain tied to daylight at the fence line.
2024
Lee's Summit, MO
30 × 40 shop slab
1,200 sq ft · 6 in. over vapour barrier, thickened edge, 4,500 PSI. Passed county inspection first visit.
2024
Waldo, MO
Front walk & garage apron
310 sq ft · Exposed aggregate walk with a smooth trowel border, regraded to pull water away from a wet basement wall.
Free on-site measure · Written spec · No pressure
Booking pours 2–3 weeks out through November. Winter tear-outs scheduled now for a spring placement date.
Request an estimateSix surfaces we place
Finishes
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01 / Broom
Best traction · driveways
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02 / Smooth trowel
Interior & garage only
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03 / Exposed aggregate
Hides wear · walks
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04 / Stamped ashlar
Patios · re-seal 3 yrs
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05 / Salt finish
Pool decks · cooler
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06 / Polished
Shops & basements
Swatches are indicative only. We pour a two-foot sample board on your site and you sign off on it before the truck is ordered.
“Two bids were cheaper. Hardset was the only one who dug a test hole, showed me the clay under my old slab and explained why it had sunk. Three winters later there isn't a crack outside the saw joints.”
Get it
priced
properly.
Tell us the rough size and what's there now. We'll come measure, take grades and email a line-item estimate that names the thickness, the mix, the steel and the joint layout — usually within two working days.
- Phone
- (888) 555-0142
- [email protected]
- Yard
- 1420 W Foundry St
Kansas City, MO 64108 - Hours
- Mon–Fri 6:30–17:00
Sat 8:00–13:00 - Licence
- MO CC-4471 · KS 28-0913
Request received
Thanks — we've got it.
A Hardset estimator will call within one business day to set a time to measure. If it's urgent, ring the yard on (888) 555-0142 and ask for the scheduling desk.