Concrete Contractors in Garland, TX

Garland is Mesquite's northern neighbor and a big part of the ground we cover as concrete contractors. The city covers about 57 square miles, mostly in Dallas County with pieces reaching into Collin and Rockwall counties. It has 86,182 housing units, according to the 2020 census figures on Wikipedia. That is a lot of driveways, walkways and back patios, poured over a long stretch of time.

Two building booms, two kinds of concrete

Garland incorporated in 1891 and stayed modest for decades. Then it took off. The population was 10,571 in 1950, 38,501 in 1960 and 81,437 in 1970. It kept climbing to 180,650 by 1990 and 246,018 in the 2020 census.

Homes from those midcentury decades still make up a large part of the city, and driveways from that era tend to fail the same way: a long crack down the middle, a sunken panel at the garage, and a gap at the street where the approach has dropped. In the newer far-north areas around Firewheel Town Center, which opened in 2005, the concrete is younger. There the questions are more about adding to it, like a bigger patio or a stamped walkway, than about tearing it out.

Storm years in Garland

Garland has a long record with severe weather. A tornado struck on May 9, 1927, and a large EF4 tornado hit the southeast side on December 26, 2015, after moving north from Sunnyvale. Concrete itself usually survives wind, but the cleanup does not always go easy on it. Heavy trucks and equipment on a driveway, fallen trees and lifted roots can all crack or shift slabs. If your driveway or patio took a beating during repairs, it is worth having it looked at with fresh eyes.

Working with Garland's clay

Like the rest of the area, Garland sits in the Blackland Prairie, where the soil is a dark clay that swells when wet and shrinks when dry. That is why a patio that was flat ten years ago can now slope toward your back door. Our approach on new work:

• Strip the soft topsoil and compact a firm base
• Set rebar on chairs at the right height, not lying in the dirt
• Slope the surface so water runs away from the house and off the slab
• Place control joints close enough to keep cracks straight and tight

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Services that fit Garland homes

• Concrete driveways: full tear-out and replacement, driveway widening for a third car, and new drive approaches
• Concrete patios: new slabs and extensions off an existing covered porch
• Stamped concrete: patterned, colored patios and walkways, sealed after curing
• Pool decks: textured, slip-resistant decks with expansion joints at the coping
• Concrete slabs: shed, workshop and carport pads poured to the right thickness for the load
• Concrete repair: crack sealing, panel replacement and edge repair where a full tear-out is not needed

Parks, trails and older streets

Garland has more than 2,880 acres of parkland across 63 parks, and many neighborhoods back up to green space and creek corridors. Lots that slope toward a creek or drainage channel need extra thought about where water goes. We look at how runoff moves across your yard before we set the grade of a new patio or walkway, because water that pools at the edge of a slab will work its way underneath.

Historic Downtown Garland was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2017, and the Travis College Hill Historic District was the city's first listing. Homes in and near older districts often have narrow driveways, older walkways and mature trees. Roots under a slab are a common cause of lifted panels. We look for them before we quote a repair, since fixing the slab without dealing with the roots just resets the clock.

One city, three counties

Garland reaches into three counties: most of it is in Dallas County, with smaller pieces in Collin and Rockwall counties. For a homeowner that mostly matters on paper, but it is one reason we confirm the address before checking rules for a driveway approach or a slab near the property line. The City of Garland sets the permit requirements, and we look them up for your job before the pour is scheduled. Approaches deserve extra care. The section between the street and the sidewalk takes the heaviest wheel loads on the property, so we pour it at full depth with steel and tie it to the new driveway at a proper joint.