Concrete Contractors in Colonial Place, VA

Colonial Place homeowners looking for concrete contractors live on a peninsula in Norfolk, surrounded on three sides by the Lafayette River and bounded on the south by 38th Street. The neighborhood was built starting in 1903 and developed mostly between 1903 and 1941. Its historic district covers 202 acres and counts 1,090 contributing buildings and 4 contributing sites. We replace front walks, porch steps and driveways, pour patios and slabs, and repair concrete that has cracked or settled.

A listed district with a lot of porches

Colonial Place was added to the Virginia Landmarks Register on June 13, 2001, and to the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 2002. Queen Anne and Colonial Revival houses are common, and so are deep front porches with concrete or masonry steps. Porch steps from the 1910s and 1920s often have worn treads, cracked risers or a bottom step that has sunk into the walk. We rebuild steps with consistent riser heights and solid footings, and we match finish and edge detail so the new work sits naturally on an old house.

Living next to the river

Many large homes front the water, and Mayflower Road curves around the shoreline. Low ground near the river and its creeks, including Knitting Mill Creek and East Haven Creek, holds water after heavy rain and high tides. Norfolk as a whole sits at about 6.9 feet of elevation, and some areas flood regularly at high tide. On every driveway, walk and patio here we set grade carefully so water moves away from the foundation and toward the street or a drain, and we compact a firm stone base so the slab does not settle into wet soil.

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Bay rules on waterfront lots

Riverfront properties may fall within Norfolk's Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area. City guidance counts patios as impervious and keeps accessory structures out of the 100-foot buffer in Resource Protection Areas, and any impervious encroachment in that buffer requires replanting. If your back yard runs to the river, we check the city's map and design the patio or parking pad to fit within those limits.

What we do in Colonial Place

• Sidewalks and steps: front walks, porch steps, stoops and side paths
• Driveways: narrow side driveways, replacements and new aprons
• Patios: back patios set back from the river buffer where needed
• Stamped concrete: decorative patios and walks out of the main street view
• Garage and shed slabs: detached garage floors and shed pads
• Repair and replacement: root-heaved walks, sunken steps and cracked panels

Old trees and narrow drives

Mature trees line many Colonial Place streets, and their roots lift walks and crack driveways. Side driveways are often narrow, sometimes shared, and run tight against the house. We plan access carefully, protect roots where we can and cut out only the sections that need replacing. If your work reaches the public sidewalk or a driveway apron, Norfolk's Right-of-Way office issues the permit, and we arrange it before the pour. Call (757) 520-4973 to set up a visit anywhere in Colonial Place.