Most Richardson backyards are still working with the patio the original builder poured, a thin slab from the 1960s that has scaled, tilted, and split along every joint. We tear out the old pour, fix the base the first crew skipped, and put down a patio built for black clay and hundred-degree summers.
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Credibility comes from how it's built, not from promises. Here's the order of operations on every concrete patios job.
We look at drainage, tree roots, and how the old slab failed before we quote anything. The plan covers layout, elevations, and where the water goes once it leaves the patio.
The original slab comes out completely, debris hauled the same day. We do not bury the old patio under the new one.
Blackland Prairie clay swells with every storm and shrinks in every drought, so we grade, moisture-condition, and compact a proper base instead of pouring on bare dirt the way the 1960s crews did.
Steel goes in on chairs, not tossed in the mud, and on 100-degree days we schedule early, adjust the mix, and keep the cure wet so the surface does not flash-dry ahead of the slab.
Broom, trowel, or decorative finish, then joints sawed or tooled on a plan that gives movement a place to happen. We keep the slab curing properly before the furniture goes back.
Most contractors vanish after the deposit. We pick up the phone, show up when we say, and stand behind the work after the truck leaves. The follow-through is the difference.
A foreman we know runs your job and a vetted crew does the work, managed by Lucky's, one company accountable from the first call to the final walkthrough.
COI and lien waivers on file before we break ground. The documentation that lets commercial clients pay and gives homeowners peace of mind.
Prepped subgrade, reinforced and mixed to spec for the job, and proper curing. We build credibility through the process, not promises. On concrete patios, that starts with walk the yard, plan the pour.
Most patios in North Texas start in the $8-14 per square foot range depending on size, access, tear-out, and finish. We price every job after seeing the yard; we will not give you a number over the phone that we cannot stand behind on site.
Almost never worth it here. The old mid-century slabs failed because of what is under them, and capping a bad base just transfers the cracks upward. Tear-out costs a little more up front and is the difference between a patio and a redo.
Concrete on Blackland clay moves; anyone promising otherwise is selling something. What we control is where: compacted base, steel, and sawed joints put the movement in straight lines you will never notice instead of random cracks you will.
It changes the plan, not the answer. We locate the major roots before layout, adjust the footprint or the joint plan around them, and never pour tight against a trunk. Shade actually helps a summer cure.
Foot traffic in a day or two, furniture at about a week, full strength near 28 days. In August heat we keep the slab damp early in the cure so the surface does not dry ahead of the concrete under it.
Yes. If a roof or pergola is coming later, we thicken the slab and place footings where the posts will land, which is far cheaper now than cutting them in after the fact.
You'll hear back from a real person, usually the same day. No call center, no runaround, no chasing us down.
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