SERVICE AREA · KINGWOOD · 77339 & 77345
Concrete Contractor in Kingwood, TX
City permits, village review, one written quote.
Kingwood has been part of Houston since 1996, which surprises a lot of people. It means a Kingwood driveway runs on City of Houston permits, usually with a village association's sign-off on top. We pour driveways, patios, slabs, and foundations here to our published spec, check both layers for your address, and draw up what the city and your village want to see.
TWO LAYERS OF SIGN-OFF
Houston permits, village approvals
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Your village association
Most villages review exterior work. They want to see the drawing and the finish before anything is formed.
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City of Houston permit
The residential driveway permit covers new, replaced, and extended driveways. The city's right-of-way reviewers look at the plans.
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Inspection before the pour
The city inspects before any concrete is placed, so the pour date waits on it.
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Inspection after the pour
A second inspection once the concrete is in, for final approval.
That's a lot of steps before a yard of concrete moves. We check both layers for your address and plan the pour around both inspections, so the truck isn't left waiting if we can help it. One quirk: a slice of Kingwood crosses into Montgomery County. The city rules still apply there, but it's one more reason we look each address up instead of assuming.
PINES, ROOTS, AND LOAM
Built for the ground under the pines
Roots are the Kingwood problem. Big pines and oaks lift old slabs, pull moisture out of the ground unevenly, and tend to be exactly where somebody wants a wider driveway. The loamy forest soil under them is kinder than inner-Loop clay, but it isn't uniform.
So the base is where our attention goes. Where roots have already lifted an old slab, we deal with the cause before new concrete goes over it. Everything under the pour gets photographed first, the way we document every job.
LAKE HOUSTON
If your lot is near the water
Kingwood runs along Lake Houston. Since 2018, Houston's floodplain rules require new buildings in the 500-year floodplain to sit two feet above that flood level, and fill placed below it has to be offset somewhere else on the site.
For a driveway that rarely matters. For a new foundation or an addition slab it can change the whole plan, so we find out before we draw anything.
- Compacted select fill under the slab
- Loamy forest soil, roots
- Clay subsoil in places
- Fall set away from the house
Illustration, not to scale.
NEW BUILD · BACKYARD
A driveway and a patio, fresh off the forms
Crew work from around greater Houston rather than Kingwood jobs, picked because shaded lots here often want this kind of patio.
DRIVEWAYS · PATIOS · SLABS
What Kingwood homeowners ask us to pour
Driveway replacements
Four inches minimum for cars, thicker for an RV or a trailer, with the approach built to what the city's reviewers expect. The method is on our concrete driveways page.
Patios in the shade
Plenty of backyards here sit under big trees, and a patio in the shade dries slowly, so we set the fall away from the house with some care. Our patio page covers the finishes.
Sidewalk and curb sections
Houston's residential permit covers replacing an existing sidewalk or curb and gutter too, so it's worth asking about the cracked walk out front while a driveway is being planned.
Garage slabs and additions
Sized to the building and poured to the engineer's plan when one is needed. See our slabs page or new foundations.
Kingwood is a drive up 59 for us, and the 59 traffic is honestly the hardest part of the trip. Start a Kingwood quote →
Permit and floodplain rules change, and the Houston Permitting Center has the final word for your address. We last checked the rules on this page in September 2026. This is general information, not legal advice.
KINGWOOD QUESTIONS
What Kingwood owners ask first
Do you pour concrete in Kingwood?
Yes, in every Kingwood village across 77339 and 77345. Tell us which village you're in when you reach out, since that's whose architectural committee will want to see the plan.
Whose permit rules apply in Kingwood, Houston's or the county's?
Houston's. Kingwood has been part of the City of Houston since the 1996 annexation, so driveway and approach work follows City of Houston permitting, with right-of-way review where the work meets the street. We'll tell you what the permit needs for your address and who pulls it.
Does the City of Houston inspect a new driveway?
Yes. Houston's residential driveway permit covers new, replaced, and extended driveways and sidewalks, and it calls for an inspection before the concrete goes in and another one after. We build both into the schedule.
Does a patio or parking pad on my own lot need a Houston permit?
It can. Houston has a separate paving permit for private property, and it comes with plan review and an inspection. Whether your patio or pad falls under it depends on the scope, so we ask the city before we bid instead of guessing.
Does replacing the sidewalk or curb in front of my house need a permit?
Yes, in Kingwood that's City of Houston work. The same residential permit that covers driveways also covers removing and replacing an existing sidewalk or curb and gutter. If your driveway is being replaced anyway, it's worth asking whether the cracked walk out front can be handled at the same time.
My Kingwood village has architectural review. Can you handle that?
Yes. Kingwood's community and village associations commonly want to approve exterior concrete before work starts. We put together the drawing and a written finish description for the committee.
Do the trees in Kingwood change how you pour?
They can. Mature root systems near a slab are one of the site conditions we look at before we quote, along with drainage and access. It's part of why the final number comes after we've seen the site, not from a guess over the phone.
NO PRESSURE · STRAIGHT ANSWERS · HAPPY TO HELP
Pouring something in Kingwood?
Tell us the village and send a few photos of the spot. We'll come back with the spec and a number within the week.