FIRST CONTACT → CURED SLAB · STEP BY STEP
You should know exactly what happens next.
Hiring a concrete crew shouldn't feel like a leap of faith. We write the whole sequence down so you always know where your project stands and what comes next. Here it is, start to finish.
THE SEQUENCE
From hello to cured slab
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TAKES YOU ABOUT TEN MINUTES
Tell us the job
Send rough dimensions and a few photos through the quote form. Phone-camera shots of the space are plenty; you don't need drawings. Tell us what you want poured, what's there now, and when you'd like it done. That's enough for us to start.
Working from drawings on a commercial job? You can send us plans for a commercial bid instead, and we'll take it from there.
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SITE VISIT · QUOTE IN A WEEK
Straight answers
When the job calls for it, we walk the site before we quote it: truck access, how the grade runs, where water goes, what demo is involved. Then your quote is in your hands within the week, with the spec we'll build to attached. And if you want it broken out line by line, just ask.
DEMO · HAUL-OFF · BASE · STEEL · CONCRETE · FINISH
See how we price →EVERY LINE NAMED ON REQUEST · JUST ASK -
BEFORE ANY WORK STARTS
Everything in writing
Scope, spec, schedule, and payment terms go into a written contract. If your job needs a permit or HOA approval, that gets sorted first. If you'd rather not deal with it, we handle the whole thing as a service, for a fee priced on your quote, so the schedule you sign is a real one. It all goes on paper before work begins, so everyone is working from the same plan.
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USUALLY ONE TO TWO DAYS
Site prep
Old surface demoed and hauled off. Grade cut. Forms set to string lines. Select fill placed and compacted, then steel tied on chairs so it sits in the middle of the slab instead of on the dirt.
This is the work that decides how long your concrete lasts, and it's the work that disappears on pour day. So this is where the camera comes out: we photograph the base and the steel before anything covers them.
See what those photos look like →THE WORK THE CAMERA CATCHES BEFORE CONCRETE HIDES IT -
USUALLY ONE DAY · MORNING START
Pour day
Here's your side of pour day. Trucks arrive early; morning pours beat the Houston heat and leave the whole day for finishing. Expect a concrete truck the size of a fire engine at the curb, engine noise for the first few hours, and your driveway or side yard blocked while we place.
The loud part is over by late morning on most residential jobs. The afternoon is quieter finish work: floating, edging, brooming. You don't have to be home. Do keep kids and pets inside while the surface is wet. Paw prints are permanent.
The weather call happens the day before. The next section is our whole policy.
CHUTE IN EARLY, FINISH WORK THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
OUR HOUSTON RAIN PLAN
If rain threatens the pour,
we reschedule it.
Houston weather can change fast. Rain on fresh concrete washes cement out of the surface and leaves a weak, pitted top layer. No amount of finishing repairs it later; the damage is in the slab for good.
So our approach is simple. If the pour-day forecast looks risky, we move the pour and let you know as early as we can. We know a reschedule is inconvenient, and we'll work with your calendar to find the next good window. A short delay is a fair trade for a surface you'll be happy with for years to come.
We'd rather adjust the schedule than take chances with your slab.
BAD FORECAST → POUR MOVES → WE LET YOU KNOW EARLY
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POUR DAY + THE MORNING AFTER
Finish & walkthrough
Broom finish, or the finish you chose, with the edges tooled clean. Control joints get saw-cut as soon as the slab can take a saw without tearing, often that evening or the next morning. Timing matters: joints tell the slab where to crack, and cutting them on time is what makes them work.
Forms come off, the site gets cleaned, and then we walk the job with you. You check the finish, the joint lines, and how water will run before we call it done.
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RUNS ON CHEMISTRY, NOT ON US
The cure schedule
Concrete doesn't dry. It cures, and it keeps its own schedule. This is the guidance we leave you with at the walkthrough:
- Foot traffic
- after 24–48 hours
- Passenger vehicles
- about 7 days
- Full design strength
- 28 days
Keeping cars off for that first week is one of the best favors you can do a new driveway. We'll flag anything job-specific too: hot-weather pours and thicker slabs get their own notes.
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YOURS TO KEEP
Documentation delivered
You get the full record: base, steel, pour, and finish photos, the spec your slab was built to, and care guidance for the first year. File it with your house documents. When you sell, you'll be able to show exactly what's under the driveway.
Read the spec we build to →
STRAIGHT ANSWERS
Questions, answered
How long does it take to get a quote?
You hear from us within 24 hours, and your quote is in your hands within the week. Guaranteed. When the job calls for it, we walk the site inside that same week.
Who handles the permit or HOA paperwork?
That gets sorted before work starts. If you would rather not deal with it, we handle the research, filings, and drawings as a service, priced as its own line on your quote.
How long does a residential pour take?
Site prep usually runs one to two days, and pour day itself usually starts in the morning with the loud part over by late morning on most residential jobs. Weather calls are made early, usually the day before.
What do I get when the job is done?
A walkthrough plus the full record: base, steel, pour, and finish photos, the spec your slab was built to, and care guidance for the first year, including when you can walk and drive on it, in writing.
NO PRESSURE · STRAIGHT ANSWERS · HAPPY TO HELP
Start at step one
Send rough dimensions and a few photos of the space. Everything on this page happens in the order you just read it.