Concrete Contractor in Brunswick, GA - Driveways and Slabs Set Up Right

Ask the city's Building Department, because its staff will tell you whether your project needs a permit. The city's permit rule is written around building work, like building, altering or repairing a house, and that's for addresses inside the City of Brunswick, while work under Glynn County goes through the county's building permitting staff, who review plans, issue permits and inspect. Before we schedule anything, we find out which office covers your address and take care of the paperwork when the job calls for a permit.

It does if your property falls under the city's historic preservation ordinance, because a patio is one of the exterior changes that needs a Certificate of Appropriateness, a design approval from the Brunswick Historic Preservation Board. Ordinary upkeep, like painting or replacing rotted wood with the same material, doesn't need one. If you're not sure whether your house is covered, please check with the city before we set a pour date so we can plan around it.

A residential contractor does, because Georgia's Secretary of State says you may not legally perform services until you hold an active license. The state's rules also have applicants for the basic residential license show general liability insurance of at least $300,000 and workers' compensation coverage in their own name, and businesses working in Glynn County keep an occupational tax certificate, renewed every year. We're licensed and insured, and please ask any contractor you're considering to show you theirs.

The price comes from the size of the driveway, whether an old one has to be broken out and hauled off, and how much base work the ground needs, so I measure before I give you a number. On tight lots where the truck can't reach, moving concrete by pump or wheelbarrow adds cost, and a stamped or colored top costs more than a broom finish, the light texture that gives tires and shoes grip. The free estimate is written out so you can see what's included.

Usually about a week for a car, and a day or two before you walk on it, because concrete keeps gaining strength while it cures, the slow hardening that goes on well after it looks dry. Heavy trucks and trailers should wait longer than that. We'll tell you on pour day what to keep off the slab and for how long.

Most sinking comes from a base that was raked level instead of dug out and packed, and most crooked cracking comes from control joints that were cut late or skipped. Concrete does get small cracks as it dries and shrinks, so we cut control joints, grooves that give it a straight place to crack, and use rebar, the steel inside that holds the pieces together. We also check where the water runs, so the slab falls away from your house instead of pooling water against it.