Concrete Contractors in Mesquite, TX

Mesquite Concrete Contractors builds and repairs residential concrete in Mesquite, TX and the towns around it. We are concrete contractors who pour driveways, patios, stamped concrete, pool decks and slabs, and who fix cracked, sunken and broken concrete when replacing it would be overkill. Mesquite sits on the east side of Dallas County, with a small piece in Kaufman County, and most of the concrete here went in with the houses. That shapes nearly every job we see.

Mesquite's driveways are getting old

Mesquite stayed a farm town until after World War II. Wikipedia's figures show 1,696 people in 1950 and more than 101,000 by 1990, and the houses went up on the same curve. Census estimates summarized by Point2Homes break the housing stock down by decade: about 10% from the 1950s, about 12% from the 1960s, 16% from the 1970s and 28.5% from the 1980s. Added up, roughly two of every three homes in Mesquite date from 1950 to 1989.

HomeGuide gives a concrete driveway a typical life of 30 to 40 years. A driveway poured in 1985 is near the end of that range, and one from the 1970s is past it. The signs are easy to spot on a drive down almost any street: long cracks across the slab, panels that have dropped at the garage or the curb, grass growing in the joints, and a top surface worn down to the stones.

Clay soil moves concrete

Mesquite is part of the Blackland Prairie that runs through Dallas and Fort Worth. The Dallas County Master Gardeners describe the soil here as expansive black clay that swells when it takes on water and shrinks when it dries, opening cracks in summer and drought. Concrete sitting on that clay gets pushed up in wet seasons and loses support in dry ones.

You cannot change the soil, but you can build for it:

• A real base. Compacted crushed stone under the slab spreads loads and gives the concrete a steadier bed than raw clay.
• Steel in the slab. Rebar holds cracked pieces together so a crack stays a hairline instead of becoming a step.
• Joints in the right places. Control joints give the slab a place to crack in a straight line instead of at random.
• Water sent away. Slopes that drain off the slab and away from the house keep the clay under it from swinging between soaked and dry.

Heat changes how concrete is poured

The National Weather Service office in Fort Worth puts the Dallas-Fort Worth area's average first 100-degree day around July 1 and the last around August 27. Average highs at Dallas Love Field are about 97 degrees in July and August. In that heat the top of a fresh slab gives up water faster than the concrete below can cure, and the result is surface cracking and a soft, dusty top layer. So summer trucks are booked for early morning, the stone base is wetted ahead of the pour, and the finished slab stays wet or under cover for its first days.

Winter and spring bring their own issues. Dallas averages close to 40 inches of rain a year, with May and October the wettest months, and freezing rain shows up a couple of times in a typical winter. Drainage and a sealed surface matter here as much as they do up north.

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What we do

• Concrete Driveways: tear-out and replacement, extensions, wider aprons and side parking pads.
• Concrete Patios: new backyard patios, extensions under covered porches, and walkways that tie them together.
• Stamped Concrete: stone, slate, brick and wood-plank patterns with color and sealer.
• Pool Decks: concrete around in-ground pools with textured finishes that stay cooler and grip better.
• Concrete Slabs: pads for sheds, workshops, carports, RVs, A/C units and hot tubs.
• Concrete Repair: crack sealing, slab lifting, section replacement and resurfacing.

Permits and city rules

The City of Mesquite routes building permits through its Building Inspection division and its online Citizen Self Service portal, and the city publishes residential concrete standards. Its Building Inspection page also says registration in that portal is required for all homeowners and contractors before applying. Before a job goes on the calendar we confirm whether it needs a permit, in Mesquite or in whichever neighboring city you live, and we build to the local standard.

What a concrete job costs

National cost guides give a starting point. HomeGuide's ranges run roughly $6 to $15 a square foot for a new driveway, $4 to $12 for a plain patio and $6 to $12 for a basic slab. Stamped and colored work costs more. Breaking out old concrete, pouring thicker, adding steel or regrading a slope all raise the number. Each service page has a cost table that names its source. Your written estimate is the real price, and it spells out what is included.

Mesquite is home base, from Big Town Estates and Casa View Heights near the Dallas line out to Samuell Farms, Broadmoor Estates and Rollingwood Hills. Next door we cover Garland, Balch Springs and Sunnyvale. A bit farther out we work in Seagoville, Lancaster and Hutchins to the south; Rowlett, Sachse, Richardson, Murphy and Wylie to the north; Rockwall, Heath, Fate, Royse City and McLendon-Chisholm across the lake; and Forney, Heartland, Crandall, Terrell and Kaufman to the east and southeast. Each town has its own page below.