Concrete Contractors in Brook Park, OH

Few suburbs grew as fast as Brook Park, and that is the key to almost every job our concrete contractors quote there. The census counted 2,606 residents in 1950, 12,856 in 1960 and 30,774 in 1970. In twenty years the community grew more than tenfold, and most of today's 8,123 housing units went up in that span. The village had incorporated in 1914 and became a city in 1960, right in the middle of the boom. Today about 79.5 percent of occupied homes are owner-occupied.

Sixty-year-old driveways

Concrete from a fast building boom was often poured quickly and thin. After sixty-plus winters, the failures on Brook Park lots tend to look alike:

• Driveways broken into many pieces, with grass growing in the cracks.
• Aprons crushed at the street.
• Garage floors sunk at the door, so water runs into the garage.
• Front walks and stoops that have tipped toward the house.

Patching can buy a year or two, but when a slab has lost its base, the lasting fix is to tear it out and rebuild from the ground up.

Next door to the airport

Brook Park's boundary with Cleveland Hopkins International Airport was redrawn in a 2001 runway-extension deal. That agreement with Cleveland ceded Brook Park land, including homes and the International Exposition Center, in exchange for NASA Glenn Research Center and ten years of IX Center tax revenue. The airport's weather station keeps the official long-term record for the area, and its 1991 to 2020 normals show 63.8 inches of snow a year and a January mean temperature of 29.1°F. In other words, the official Cleveland snowfall figure comes from right next door.

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How we build a replacement driveway

We break out and remove the old slab, then dig out soft soil and old fill. A layer of crushed stone goes in and is compacted. Forms set the slope toward the street, and reinforcement holds the slab together if it does crack. We pour air-entrained concrete, broom-finish it for grip, and cut control joints the same day. The apron at the street gets extra attention because it carries the most weight and takes the plow. Afterward we give you curing instructions and a date when you can park on it.

Garage floors

Many Brook Park homes have attached or detached garages whose floors are as old as the driveway. When a garage slab has settled at the door, replacing it along with the drive lets us set the two at matching heights, with the garage floor slightly higher so water drains out. We also pour new slabs for sheds and storage buildings.

Patios, walks and steps

Outside of driveways, homeowners ask us for concrete patios to replace old pads or worn decks, stamped concrete for a more finished look, new sidewalks and steps, and spot concrete repair where only a section has failed. We give one written quote that lists each item, so you can do the work in phases if that suits your budget.

What to expect on estimate day

We walk the driveway, garage floor, walks and steps with you, and we look at where water goes in a storm. On a flat lot, slope has to be built into the new slab instead of borrowed from the land. We measure the garage floor height against the street, check the apron for plow damage, and note anything underground such as a sewer cleanout. Then you get a written quote with tear-out, base, thickness, reinforcement and finish listed line by line.

Apron and curb approvals

The apron and any public walk squares sit in the city's right-of-way, so they can carry Brook Park requirements that the rest of the driveway does not. We check those for your address before scheduling, and pour the apron last so the driveway stays usable as long as possible. Call (440) 740-3352 to book a free estimate.