La Porte Concrete Company pours driveways, patios, walks, garage floors and foundations for homes and businesses in Michigan City, IN. I look at your job myself, and our crew digs out and packs the base before we pour.
Most of our calls in Michigan City are flatwork, the driveways, walks, patios and garage floors that lie flat on the ground. A lot of it goes in beside older homes on narrow lots, with detached garages off the alley and front walks that have gone uneven. Toward the edges of the city the lots run wider and the driveways longer, and business owners call us for parking lots and slabs. We're a concrete contractor in La Porte, IN, and we work here the same way we do in Chesterton and at home.
Those older homes shape the job. When we break out an old driveway or garage floor here, we often find it was poured thin on dirt that was raked flat and never packed, which is why it sank, so the tear-out tells us how deep to dig before the new base goes in.
An old driveway that's sunk or split usually failed from underneath, so we tear it out, dig to firm ground and pack a new base before the pour.
Explore serviceWant a patio that drains off instead of puddling by the back door? We set the slope away from the house first, then pour and finish the slab.
Explore serviceStamped concrete gets its stone or brick pattern pressed in while the slab is still soft, so we settle the pattern and color before the truck shows up.
Explore serviceWe pour front walks and side paths with a broom finish, a light brushed texture that gives your shoes some grip when it's wet, on a packed base.
Explore serviceMany older detached garages here have cracked, uneven floors, so we break them out and pour new slabs with rebar, the steel that holds the concrete together.
Explore serviceIf you want color, a scored pattern or a contrasting border, decorative concrete adds it to a plain slab, and we lay it out with you before the pour.
Explore serviceWhere a yard drops toward the street, a poured retaining wall holds the soil back, and the height of ground behind it sets the footing and drainage.
Explore serviceWe pour interior floors for basements, shops and additions, and the plan starts with the packed fill and vapor barrier under it, then a smooth, level top.
Explore serviceA pool deck takes wet feet and splashing all summer, so we slope it away from the pool and finish it with a texture that grips bare feet.
Explore serviceFront steps on older houses often pull away from the porch or sink at one end, so we pour new ones on a footing dug to firm ground.
Explore serviceA slab foundation is the floor and foundation in one pour, so we plan it around the building's size, its load and the ground under it.
Explore serviceFor an addition or a new garage, we form and pour the foundation walls to the drawings and check them square and level before framing starts.
Explore serviceBusiness owners want a lot that handles daily traffic and drains where it should, so we plan thickness, slope and joints around the vehicles using it.
Explore serviceFootings are the wide concrete base under a wall, porch or post, and we dig them to firm, undisturbed ground so the load above rests on solid ground.
Explore serviceWhen a slab or foundation has sunk, I look at why it dropped first, since that decides whether raising it or replacing it is the better call.
Explore serviceNeed a doorway in a basement wall, a trench through a slab or a bad section removed? We saw-cut a straight edge so the new pour ties in.
Explore serviceInside the city limits, building permits come from the city's Inspection Department, which also inspects the work, so when a job needs a permit, the pour date waits until it's issued. Before you hire anyone, ask whether they've registered their company with the city, since the city says everyone in the business of building, repairing or altering should, and ask to see their insurance. We're licensed and fully insured. Before work starts I check with the city about your address, and when the job needs a permit or our registration, we take care of it.
Our crew drives over from La Porte, and we work Westville and the cities around it the same way. What moves the price on a Michigan City job is mostly what's under the old concrete and how much has to come out, then the size, how thick the slab needs to be, the steel inside it and the finish you pick. The schedule turns on the permit when there is one, a dry day to pour, and curing, the wait while new concrete gains strength before you walk or drive on it. When I come out and write your estimate, you get your own figure and a plan for both.
Call (219) 258-7141 or send the form and tell me what you've got, whether it's a sunken driveway, a cracked garage floor or a new patio. We reply to every call and message within one business day. I come out, look at the job and write the estimate myself, free and with no obligation, and if you go ahead, I run the crew on site through the pour and cleanup.
(219) 258-7141You need a building permit in Michigan City before you build, add on, renovate, repair, demolish or place another structure on your property, so footings, a foundation or a slab for a new garage or addition goes through the permit before we pour. For a driveway, patio or walk, I check with the city for your address before we start, and if it needs a permit, we take care of it.
Applications go through the city's online Cloudpermit portal, which takes every type of permit along with business registration. When your concrete job needs a permit, we handle the application for you.
It may, if the project falls outside the city's Zoning Code, its rules on land use, or if it divides a piece of land. The city highly recommends contacting the local planning authority before you apply, so if your new garage, addition or business lot looks like it could need approval, I'll raise it at the estimate.
Concrete can crack, but most of the cracking and sinking we tear out in Michigan City started in the ground, not the concrete. We dig to firm subgrade, the dirt the slab sits on, pack a new base, slope it away from the house and cut control joints, shallow grooves that give the slab a straight place to crack, while it's fresh. If the budget's tight, I'd rather you skip a fancier finish than skimp on the base, because you can redo a surface later but you can't fix the ground under a slab without tearing it out.
We're based in La Porte and work across the cities around it, including the ones listed here. If your city isn't listed, give us a call and ask.
Call (219) 258-7141 or send the form while the old concrete is still down, because how it cracked and settled tells me what the ground under it needs.
If you're not sure yet what your driveway or patio needs, call and talk it through with me.
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