La Porte Concrete Company is a concrete contractor based in La Porte, IN, and we pour driveways, patios, garage floors, steps and foundations for homes and businesses in South Haven, starting with the ground under the slab.
South Haven is mostly neighborhoods of family homes, so most of what we pour here is residential. We get called for driveways that have dropped at the garage, patios that tipped toward the back door, front walks and steps that cracked through, and garage floors that hold water. We do the same kind of work in nearby Portage and Valparaiso, and what's going wrong under the concrete tends to look alike.
A lot of these houses sit on subdivision lots that were graded fast when the street went in, and the fill under an old driveway wasn't always packed well. My old boss made us tear out anything that wasn't right, so I start every South Haven estimate by looking at the ground and where the water goes, before I look at the cracks.
We tear out the old driveway and the soft dirt under it, pack a new base, and slope it so water runs away from the garage.
Explore serviceIf your patio has sunk toward the house or pulled away from the back door, we rebuild it on a packed base that falls away from your foundation.
Explore serviceStamped concrete gives you the look of stone or brick in one pour, and the pattern and color you pick decide how we work the surface.
Explore serviceWe pour front walks and side paths that meet your steps evenly, and we cut control joints, grooves that tell a crack where to go.
Explore serviceA garage floor takes car weight and whatever drips off it, so we build it thick enough for the load and slope it toward the door.
Explore serviceWant more than plain gray? Decorative concrete covers color, exposed stone and borders, and we plan it around how the space gets used and cleaned.
Explore serviceFor a bank that keeps washing onto the lawn, we pour a wall on a solid footing with drainage behind it, so water doesn't push it over.
Explore serviceWe pour interior floors for basements, shops and additions, and the plan starts with the base, the vapor barrier and how flat it needs to be.
Explore serviceA pool deck needs grip for wet feet and a slope that sends splash water away from the pool, so we plan the finish and drains together.
Explore serviceFront and back steps take a beating, so we form every rise the same height and set them on a footing, a wide base underneath, to keep them tight to the house.
Explore serviceA slab foundation is floor and foundation in one pour, so we dig and pack the subgrade, what the slab sits on, before anything else.
Explore serviceFor a new garage or addition, we pour footings and foundation walls to the plans, with rebar, the steel that keeps concrete together under load.
Explore serviceBusiness owners need a lot that drains and stands up to daily traffic, so we plan thickness, slope and joints around the vehicles that use it.
Explore serviceFootings are the wide concrete pads under walls, posts and decks, and we size them and set their depth to the plans before anything goes on top.
Explore serviceIf part of your slab or foundation has dropped, we find out why first, then lift it back toward level and fill the empty space under it.
Explore serviceWe saw-cut concrete for new doorways, trenches and clean edges where old and new slabs meet, so a tear-out doesn't crack the part you're keeping.
Explore serviceFor South Haven jobs, the office I usually start with is the Porter County Building Department, which processes applications for almost every building project where the county has jurisdiction and does the inspections that follow. That means a pour date waits until the application and any inspection are done. Before you hire anyone, ask whether they're registered with the county, because Porter County says all contractors need to register in its new portal. We're licensed and fully insured, and before work starts I confirm which office covers your address, and when your job needs a permit or registration, we take care of it.
Your price comes down to the size of the slab, how thick it needs to be, how much old concrete and soft dirt has to come out, how close a truck can get, and the finish, since stamped or colored work takes more labor than a broom finish, the light texture we drag across the top for grip. The schedule turns on the permit and inspection, the tear-out, and curing, the wait while concrete gains strength before you walk or drive on it. I write your own figure into the estimate when I come out. It's the same crew and the same way of working in South Haven as back home in La Porte or over in Notre Dame.
Tell me about the driveway, patio or slab and what it's doing, or call (219) 258-7141. We reply to every call and message within one business day, then I come out myself to look at the job and write your estimate, free and with no obligation. Satisfaction guaranteed.
(219) 258-7141If the work reaches the county road right-of-way, the public strip of land along the road, Porter County has a separate Driveway/Approach permit for it. That's apart from the building application covered above. I check what your address needs before we set a date.
An older Porter County registration sheet calls for a $5,000 contractor bond. Registration now runs through the county's new portal, so ask the county what it asks for today. It's fair to ask any contractor about it before you sign.
Porter County points owners to its GIS Portal to see Special Flood Hazard Areas, and the county storm water site is where it lists its flood maps. If your lot is in an A zone on those maps, Indiana DNR requires a floodplain analysis, called a FARA, for local floodplain permitting. Tell me if you're near water, because that adds a step before any pour.
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 use the form, and tell me where the cracks are and where water sits after it rains, so I know what to look at when I come out.
If your South Haven driveway, patio or slab is sinking, cracking or holding water, I'm glad to come look at it with you.
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