How We Build Concrete in a Low-Lying City

Concrete Contractors Norfolk pours and repairs residential concrete in Norfolk and the cities around it: driveways and street aprons, backyard patios, stamped surfaces, front walks and stoops, garage and shed slabs, and repairs to concrete that has sunk, cracked or lifted.

Norfolk sets its own terms for concrete. Wikipedia lists the city's elevation at 6.9 feet and describes it as low-lying, largely surrounded by water and slowly subsiding, with some areas that flood at high tide. Rain is steady too, about 49 inches in a normal year. So every job here starts with one question: where does the water go? A slab that holds a puddle, sends runoff toward a crawlspace or sits on a base that turns soft after a storm will fail early no matter how good the finish looks.

How a job runs

• We look first. Measurements, a slope check with a level, and a look at why the old concrete failed: roots, a soft base, standing water, or a slab that was simply too thin.
• We price on paper. Tear-out, base, thickness, reinforcement, finish and sealing are separate lines, so you can hold our quote next to anyone else's.
• We sort out the city side. Work in Norfolk's right-of-way, such as a new apron at the curb, goes through the Public Works Right of Way division, and adding or widening a driveway needs a zoning certificate from Planning first. We tell you which applies before the job is scheduled.
• We say when repair is enough. If lifting a sunken panel or resurfacing a sound slab will do the job, that option goes on the quote next to replacement.
• We leave instructions. You get dates for walking, driving and sealing, written down.

Many Norfolk homes are rentals, and we work with landlords and property managers as well as owner-occupants. Tell us who needs the quote and who will be on site.