Patios
We pour concrete patios and pool decks around Louisville, and we add on to patios that feel too small. Each slab gets a broom or stamped finish and a fall that carries rain away from the house.
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A concrete driveway carries your cars every day and faces every Kentucky winter. Muddy Boots Concrete pours new concrete driveways and replaces worn ones for homes and businesses around Louisville. When cracks and sunken sections run across an old driveway, we tear it out and pour a new one.
Extensions widen or lengthen the driveway you have, and aprons tie the driveway into the street. Both are everyday work for us as a concrete contractor serving Louisville, Kentucky. Call or text (502) 889-1624 for a free estimate, and we put the quote in writing.
Tell us about the job: the pour, the size and where it is. We look at the site and put the quote in writing.
A driveway replacement starts when the old concrete comes out. Many Louisville lots sit on graded or filled ground, so what lies under it varies from lot to lot. The clay subsoils common here swell when wet and shrink when dry. That is why the grading and base work under a new driveway matters so much.
Next, the ground is graded and compacted, with a slope that sends rain away from the house. Forms go in to hold the edges and the slope. The concrete is poured and leveled, and a broom gives the top a fine texture. Ready-mix industry guidance says to finish only after the water that rises to the surface is gone.
Control joints are cut or tooled at least a quarter of the way into the concrete. The same guidance spaces them about 10 feet apart on a 4-inch slab. Isolation joints separate the driveway from the garage slab and the walk. Curing then holds moisture in the concrete, typically for 3 to 7 days.
The apron is the part of the driveway that meets the street. It usually sits in the public right of way, and work there needs a permit. On streets Louisville Metro maintains, that means a Metro right of way permit. Ask Metro which office handles a new or wider curb cut.
Metro's public works specifications call for 6 inches of concrete where a sidewalk crosses a home's driveway entrance. Multi-family and commercial entrances get 8 inches. The specifications also call for air-entrained concrete on compacted ground, graded so water does not stand on it. In Metro's historic mix areas, right of way concrete uses river gravel with an exposed, weathered finish.
Cities such as Jeffersontown and Middletown run their own driveway or curb cut permits. State highways, such as Dixie Highway and Bardstown Road, are a different case. A new or wider entrance onto one goes through the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. The permit office answers the question for your address, and we point you there.
A broom finish is the standard on a concrete driveway. Industry guidance calls a broom finish enough for most outdoor concrete. For pattern and color, a stamped concrete driveway is the other choice, and stamped work is our specialty.
NOAA's 1991 to 2020 normals for Louisville count about 74 days a year with a low at or below freezing. On most of them, the high climbs back above freezing. The Kentucky Residential Code puts every county in its severe weathering class for concrete. Air-entrained concrete holds millions of tiny air bubbles that give freezing water room to expand.
Deicing salts make freeze damage worse, so ready-mix guidance says to skip them the first winter. Clean sand gives grip instead. After that, use deicers in moderate amounts and hose off the salt cars carry onto the driveway. Never use deicers made with ammonium nitrate or ammonium sulfate.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 40 miles around Louisville across Jefferson, Bullitt, Oldham, Shelby and Hardin Counties.
(502) 889-1624From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (502) 889-1624. Tell us what you want poured and where the job is, and send photos if you have them.
We come out for a free estimate and take measurements. We also look at the slope and where the water runs now.
The quote comes to you in writing before any concrete is poured. Once you say yes, we set a date for the work.
On a replacement, the old concrete comes out first. Then we prepare the ground and set the forms.
We pour the concrete, then give flatwork a broom finish or a stamped pattern. The concrete then cures, and we tell you when it is ready to use.
Common questions about driveways around Louisville and the Louisville area. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We pour concrete patios and pool decks around Louisville, and we add on to patios that feel too small. Each slab gets a broom or stamped finish and a fall that carries rain away from the house.
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Stamped concrete patios, walkways, pool decks and driveways, with pattern and color added during the pour. It is the decorative work we specialize in.
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We pour concrete sidewalks and walkways for homes and businesses around Louisville. That includes new front walks and the replacement of heaved or broken walks.
Learn MoreWe come out to see the job and measure it before we price it. Then you get the price in writing, with the work spelled out.
We grade the ground and set the base before a drive or a patio goes in. The forms set a slight slope, so rain runs off the new concrete.
We pour for homeowners, and we pour for superintendents and project managers on commercial jobs. Commercial flatwork, pads, curbs and footings are part of the work.
Tell us about the job in the form, or call or text (502) 889-1624. A free estimate on site comes first, and the quote follows in writing.
Tell us about the job: the pour, the size and where it is. We look at the site and put the quote in writing.
