La Porte Concrete Company is a concrete contractor based in La Porte, IN, and we pour driveways, patios, sidewalks, steps, garage floors and foundations for homes and businesses in Porter, with the ground under them dug out and packed first.
Porter sits between the lakeshore and Chesterton, with Portage farther west, and we come over from La Porte for work here all the time. It's mostly houses, older ones on settled streets and newer ones toward the edges. There are also businesses along the main roads that need lots, walks and slabs of their own.
On the older houses we're usually tearing out a driveway or patio that has sunk, cracked or tipped toward the foundation. On newer lots the fill around the house is often still settling, so on both we dig down to firm ground and pack a real base before any concrete goes in.
We dig out the old drive and the soft soil, pack the subgrade, the ground the slab sits on, and pitch the new pour away from your garage.
Explore serviceWant a patio that stays flat? We slope it away from the house and cut control joints, shallow grooves that tell cracks where to go.
Explore serviceStamped concrete gives you a stone or brick look in one slab, and we settle the pattern and color before the pour, because it can't change after.
Explore serviceWe set walks to your yard's grade so water runs off, then give them a broom finish, a light texture for grip on icy mornings.
Explore serviceA garage floor takes your car's weight and the salt it drags in each winter, so we pour it for the load and pitch it toward the door.
Explore serviceDecorative concrete means color, exposed stone or saw-cut patterns on plain slabs, and we match the finish to how the space gets used.
Explore serviceIf your yard steps down or the soil keeps sliding, we build a poured wall on a footing with drainage behind it so water doesn't pile up.
Explore serviceFor basements, shops and additions, we pour interior floors over a packed base with a vapor barrier underneath, so ground moisture doesn't wick up into the room.
Explore serviceAround a pool you want footing that isn't slick and doesn't burn bare feet, so we plan the texture and the slope that carries splash water away.
Explore serviceWe form and pour front and back steps with every step the same height and a slight pitch, so they don't trip anyone or hold ice.
Explore serviceA slab foundation is floor and footing in one pour, so we pack the ground and set rebar, steel bars that hold it together, before we pour.
Explore serviceWhen you're building a house, garage or addition, we lay out, form and pour the foundation to the plans, checking square and level before concrete goes in.
Explore serviceFor business and rental lots, we pour thick enough for the traffic they'll carry, with slope toward the drains so puddles don't sit and freeze.
Explore serviceFootings carry a wall, porch or addition down to firm ground, so we dig them below frost depth, where the winter freeze doesn't reach.
Explore serviceIf a slab or foundation has sunk and the floors run downhill, we find what moved underneath first, then lift it toward level and fill the gap below.
Explore serviceWe saw-cut concrete for new doorways, utility trenches and clean breaks in an old slab, and cut control joints into slabs that never got them.
Explore serviceThe Town of Porter's Building & Development Department is responsible for all construction in Porter and issues the building permits, so its sign-off is part of your timeline. Porter also requires every contractor working there to be licensed with the Town of Porter, so ask anyone you're thinking of hiring whether they are. We're licensed and insured, and before work starts I check with the office that covers your address. When a job needs a permit or contractor registration, we take care of it.
Most of the price comes from what's under and around the slab. That means how much old concrete comes out, how deep we dig to reach firm ground, how big and thick the pour is, and whether you want a plain broom finish or stamped color. The schedule turns on the permit, the weather and curing, the days fresh concrete needs to gain strength before it takes weight. I'll write up your own figure once I've seen the site, and we work the same way over in South Haven and the other cities around Porter.
Tell us what you've got, whether that's a sunken driveway, a cracked patio or a new slab, and we'll reply within one business day. I'll come out to Porter, look at the ground and the drainage, and write you a free estimate with no obligation to go ahead. If you do, I run the crew myself from the dig-out through the pour and cleanup.
(219) 258-7141Most likely yes, because Porter requires a building permit for construction, repairs or alterations worth over $500 in materials and labor, and few driveways or patios come in under that. A job between $500 and $3,000 pays a flat $40 permit fee, and we take care of the permit before we dig.
The department can issue a Stop Work Order and a citation with a fine from $75 up to $2,500. Anyone who keeps working without a permit after a Stop Work Order pays double the permit fee, which is why we don't break ground until the permit is in hand.
It may still get a hairline crack, because concrete shrinks as it cures, but we cut the control joints on time so it cracks where we chose, and we pack the base so it doesn't sink. Most failed slabs we tear out were poured on raked dirt with joints cut late or skipped. If the budget has to give somewhere, I'd rather drop a fancy finish than skimp on a base you'll never see again.
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.
I answer (219) 258-7141 myself, so you can describe the cracks or the puddles to the person who'll come out and look at them.
If your driveway, patio or slab in Porter is cracking, sinking or holding water, send us a note and I'll come take a look.
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