Concrete Contractors in Lancaster, TX

Lancaster lies in southern Dallas County, about 15 miles south of downtown Dallas, and it is the southwestern edge of the area we serve as concrete contractors. The city was founded in 1852 as a frontier post, incorporated on May 5, 1886, and counted 41,275 residents in 2020. Wikipedia places it squarely in the Blackland Prairie, with Ten Mile Creek as a major drainage feature. Both of those facts matter when you pour concrete here.

Prairie clay and creek drainage

Wikipedia places Lancaster in the Blackland Prairie, and that clay shrinks hard in a dry spell and swells when rain returns. The yearly rain total, 37.68 inches on average, comes heaviest in May, so the ground swings from soaked in late spring to cracked open by late summer.

Ten Mile Creek and its tributaries drain much of the city. Lots that fall toward one of those branches move a lot of water during storms, and water that slips under a slab softens the clay and lets the slab settle. Before we pour, we trace the drainage: where downspouts empty, which way the yard falls, and whether a new patio would block water that used to flow past.

A square built to last

A. Bledsoe surveyed the original town in 1852 and patterned it on his Kentucky hometown, with streets running into the square from the middle of each side. The first public well was dug on the square in 1876. Fires in 1877, 1889 and 1918 took parts of it, and each time it came back. Then on April 25, 1994, a tornado roughly half a mile across killed three people and heavily damaged or destroyed more than 250 homes along with every building on the square. The White and Company Bank building, a landmark since 1898, was rebuilt and reopened in 1998.

Because of that rebuilding, concrete of very different ages sits side by side in Lancaster. Some driveways and walks date from after 1994; others are much older.

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What we pour and fix in Lancaster

Concrete driveways. Full replacements on a compacted base with rebar, and panel replacements where the rest of the drive is sound.

Concrete patios. New patios and replacements for small, cracked back slabs, always sloped away from the house.

Stamped concrete. Patterned, colored patios and walks, sealed after curing.

Pool decks. Slip-resistant decks with expansion joints at the coping.

Concrete slabs. Pads for sheds, shops and carports on larger lots.

Concrete repair. Crack sealing, joint resealing and replacement of failed sections.

Building a slab for moving ground

1. Strip soft soil and organic material 2. Compact a firm base, adding select fill where needed 3. Set rebar on chairs so it sits mid-depth 4. Pour at the right thickness for the load 5. Cut control joints at the right spacing and depth 6. Cure the slab properly, especially in summer

Parks and open space

Lancaster Community Park covers 170 acres and Bear Creek Nature Park 189 acres, and many neighborhoods sit near creeks and green belts. Homes on those edges often have sloping backyards. For patios and pool decks on a slope, we may thicken the downhill edge, add steps or a short retaining edge, and grade the yard so water goes around the slab.

Driveway approaches and older streets

Older Lancaster streets near the square were laid out long before modern driveways, and many approaches have been patched or widened over the years. Those patches often crack along the seam. When we replace an approach, we cut back to sound concrete, pour full depth with rebar and dowel it to the driveway. We check whether the City of Lancaster requires a permit for work at the street before we schedule.