Concrete Contractors in Huber Heights, OH

Huber Heights is a Dayton suburb, and concrete contractors working there find a housing stock with a clear starting date. Suburban development began in 1956, and the city is named for developer Charles Huber, who built many of the houses that later made up the city. One of its nicknames is Brick City. Wayne Township incorporated as the City of Huber Heights on January 23, 1981. The 2020 census counted 43,439 people and 17,816 housing units on about 22.4 square miles.

Decades-old drives on similar homes

Homes built within a few decades of each other tend to see their concrete age on a similar schedule. Many Huber Heights driveways, walks and patios are now old enough to show the same set of problems:

• Settled panels at the garage and at the street
• Cracks running across narrow drives that were poured without enough joints
• Front stoops pulling away from the brick
• Patios that have tipped back toward the house

We check each drive on its own, since base and drainage vary from street to street even on the same block.

Many rentals, many landlords

In January 2013, Magnetar Capital bought 1,900 properties from the family of the original developer and rents them out, which Wikipedia says works out to about one in every 11 homes in the city. Rental homes and owner-occupied homes need the same concrete, but the priorities differ. Landlords tend to ask about trip hazards, aprons and repair costs across several properties. Owner-occupants are more likely to ask about a larger patio or a stamped walk. We write estimates either way, and we keep repair-only quotes clear for owners who need the safety work done first.

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Our six services in Huber Heights

Concrete driveways. Full replacement of worn drives, often widened for a second car.

Concrete repair and replacement. Swapping out a few sunken or broken panels, or just the apron.

Sidewalks and steps. New front stoops and walks tied in level with the porch.

Concrete patios. Replacing a small or sloping back slab with a larger one that drains away from the house.

Stamped concrete. Patterned patios and walks that go well with red and tan brick.

Garage and shed slabs. Floors for sheds, workshops and detached garages.

Brick and concrete together

On a brick house, concrete color and texture stand out. We suggest broom-finished gray for driveways and walks, and for stamped work, colors that pick up the mortar or the brick rather than compete with it.

New steps against old brick

On a brick house, the joint between a concrete stoop and the wall matters. When we replace a stoop, we place a strip of expansion joint material where the new concrete meets the brick, so the two can move separately through freeze and thaw instead of cracking against each other. The new stoop is pitched slightly away from the door, sits on a compacted base and is air-entrained for winter. Keep rock salt off it the first season.

Patios that drain the right way

A back patio that has tipped toward the house sends rain straight at the foundation. Many older slabs here have done exactly that. When we replace one, we set the new patio with a steady fall away from the house, and we check that the yard beyond it can take the water.

Permits

Work at the street, such as an apron or public sidewalk, may need a city permit. We check with the City of Huber Heights before we schedule and include the answer in the estimate.