CONCRETE REPAIR & REPLACEMENT
Concrete services across the Kansas City metro. In-house crews, free proposals, family owned.
Concrete Repair & Replacement in the Kansas City Metro
Most of the concrete we get called about is 20 or 30 years old and showing it. A panel near the garage has settled, the surface is flaking off in patches, or a crack that was filled two summers ago is back and wider than before. Almost any of it can be patched. Whether the patch holds depends on what is going on underneath. A crack or two along the joints, or one dropped panel, is usually a contained problem with a contained fix. Concrete cracked in every direction, ponding water, or settling in several places at once usually means the base has failed, and a repair sitting on a failed base does not stay fixed.
Around here the damage usually starts in the ground, not the concrete. The soil under most of eastern Jackson County spends spring taking on water and late summer giving it up, and every slab on top goes along for the ride. Once a crack opens, each freeze levers it a little wider, and our winters hand out those cycles by the dozen. Spalling is different, and usually goes back to the original pour. Concrete finished with bleed water still on the surface, or batched without air entrainment, starts shedding its top layer after a few years of salt and freezing.
The fix depends on how deep the damage goes. A small spall at a joint or an edge can sometimes be cut out and patched on its own, which makes sense only when the slab under it is still sound, so that is the first thing we check. When spalling or scaling has spread across a panel, replacing the panel is usually the lasting fix. Cracks that run through the slab call for full-depth repair down to the base, and a panel that has settled or broken apart comes out whole and gets repoured. Whatever we recommend, you get the reasoning in writing along with the price, so you can weigh it without anyone standing in your driveway waiting on an answer.
What's Included With Every Project
- Free onsite consultation and project evaluation
- Written proposal with scope, materials, timeline, and total price
- Base, drainage, and slope planned on every job
- Our own operators and finishers on every job
- Materials as specified in the proposal, never substituted
- Thorough site cleanup before we leave
- Written workmanship guarantee
- Callbacks the same or next business day
Concrete Repair & Replacement
Free proposals · KC metro · Family owned
Concrete Repair & Replacement FAQs
How do you decide whether concrete should be repaired or replaced?
The share of the surface that has failed is the biggest factor. Damage confined to a few panels or joints on a slab that is otherwise stable is worth repairing. Once roughly a third of the surface needs work, repair pricing starts crowding replacement pricing, and replacement resets the clock on the whole slab instead of part of it. A slab that keeps cracking after earlier patches has a problem underneath, and more patching will not outrun it. We walk it and tell you which side of the line yours is on.
Will the repaired section match the rest of my concrete?
No. Concrete gets its color from the cement, the sand and rock in the mix, the finish work, and years of weathering, and a new pour can only duplicate some of that. A fresh patch reads bright against old gray, and while the contrast softens over the first few seasons it never disappears. Replacing a full panel between existing joints hides it best, because the eye already expects a change at a joint line. If a contractor promises an invisible patch, they're overselling what concrete can do.
How quickly can you get out after I call?
Most repair calls come from inside a half-hour of our Grain Valley shop, so we can usually have someone out within one to three days. The written proposal follows within a few business days of the visit. Repairs are usually smaller jobs, so they can often be scheduled sooner, and approved work often starts within a few weeks during the paving season. If a panel has become a trip hazard, tell us when you call and we will move it up.
Can you pave asphalt over our old concrete instead?
Sometimes, but we usually advise against it. Asphalt can go over existing concrete when the concrete is stable and in good enough shape that it won't damage the new surface in a couple of years. The trouble is that concrete bad enough to want covering usually isn't sound enough to pave over, and the cracks and joints underneath tend to come up through the asphalt. Most of the time, replacing the failed sections is the fix that lasts.
What makes concrete settle around Kansas City?
Uncompacted fill does a lot of it. Builders backfill against the foundation when the house goes up, that fill keeps consolidating for years, and that's why driveways so often sink right at the garage. Water does the rest. A downspout dumping beside the slab or a joint that has lost its seal washes out base material until the panel drops into the void. Repairing the concrete without correcting the water is temporary, so the proposal covers both when drainage is at fault.