Driveway cracked, sinking or holding water? We dig out, pack a solid base and pour a new slab sized for what you drive on it.
Concrete driveway building in Post Falls means replacing a cracked, sinking or gravel drive with a new slab on a dug-out, packed base, thick enough for whatever parks and drives on it.
Most calls start with an old drive that's cracked across, sunk by the garage or holding puddles, or a gravel drive you're tired of grading. The job is the same either way. We tear out what's there, dig down and pack a firm base, set forms, pour and finish the slab, then let it cure. It's the same flatwork, the flat slabs you walk or drive on, that we do for concrete patio construction, only built heavier for vehicles.
The price moves with the size of the drive, how much old concrete and soft ground has to come out, how thick the slab needs to be for what drives on it and the finish you pick. The schedule turns on the weather, the ground and any permit check at the street. When I come out and look, the estimate puts a number on your own drive.
Call (208) 981-9070 or fill out the form, and we'll get back to you and set a time for me to come see the drive. Let us know if there's an old slab to tear out or just bare ground.
I look at the old slab, where the water runs and what's underneath, and ask what drives on it, from the family car to delivery trucks. Your estimate lays out the base work, the slab thickness and the price for your drive, so you know what you're paying for.
Before we schedule, we check with the building office that covers your address about permits and handle the applications for our part of the work when one is needed. We plan the pour around the weather and the ground, because concrete guidelines call for pouring only on ground and base that aren't frozen, so a frozen yard pushes the date back.
I'm on site with our crew from the first load of concrete through the finish, and we time the pour to stay out of the midday heat that can leave a weak, dusty top. Once the slab is finished, we clean up and leave it to cure.
A driveway is only as good as what's under it, so we dig out and pack the subgrade, the ground the slab sits on, instead of raking dirt level and pouring over it. We slope it so water runs away from the house, set rebar, steel that holds the slab together, and cut control joints early so any cracks land in lines we chose. Ask any contractor whether the mix has entrained air, tiny bubbles that give freezing water room to expand.
Two Post Falls details matter where a drive meets the street. The city says work in the public right-of-way has to be done by an Idaho licensed public works contractor with current insurance, so ask about that if your drive ties into the road. Rain and snowmelt off driveways here run straight to grassy swales or the Spokane River with no treatment, which is one more reason we watch where your slab sheds water.
What a new driveway from us includes:
A few hairline cracks or a chipped edge can usually be patched and sealed, and I'll tell you when that's all you need. When the drive is sinking, broken into pieces or tipping water toward the house, the trouble is in the ground underneath, and nothing you put on top fixes that. In that case I'd tear it out and rebuild the base, because patching a slab that's still settling just buys you the same problem later.
Size is the biggest piece, then how much old concrete and soft dirt has to go, how thick the slab needs to be and the finish. A plain broom finish costs less than stamped concrete, and the base work is the part nobody sees on day one. When a budget gets tight, that base is usually the first thing people want to cut. I'd trim the finish before the base every time, because a nice surface on bad ground still cracks.
I started Post Falls Concrete in 2020, and I still come out to look at every driveway myself and stay on site with our crew while we pour. Before anything gets dug, I'll walk you through what's under your drive and where the water goes, since those are the parts nobody sees once it's done.
I want you to understand your job well enough to ask good questions, of me or anybody else bidding it. If something isn't settled yet, like what we'll find under the old slab, I'll tell you I need to check on it. We keep our equipment off the lawn where we can and leave the site clean.
Call (208) 981-9070 with your driveway's rough size, whether delivery trucks use it and whether the work reaches the street.
Give us the driveway's size and what drives on it. We reply within one business day to set up my visit, and the on-site estimate is free with no obligation.
A Michigan concrete group's guideline puts the minimum at 4 inches for a driveway, and at 5 inches when delivery vehicles will use it. That's industry guidance, not a city rule, but it's why you should tell us if trucks come up your drive, so the thicker slab is planned from the start.
The same industry guideline says a new driveway can take traffic after 7 days of curing, the stretch where the concrete keeps hardening, or sooner when testing confirms its strength. Plan on parking somewhere else for that week, and we'll help you figure out where before we pour.
The City of Post Falls issues a right-of-way permit that lists driveway and approach construction among the work it covers, the approach being where your drive meets the street. Whether your job needs it is one of the first things we sort out for your address before we set a pour date.
Skip the deicing salt for the first year, which is what an Ohio concrete group advises, especially for concrete poured after September. Sand or kitty litter gives you traction without the salt, so I'd keep a bag of one by the garage door.
There's no honest single price for a driveway until someone has walked it, because the size, the old slab and what's under it change from yard to yard. I'll measure yours, look at the base and give you a number for your drive, and if any quote you get skips the base work, ask why.
Idaho's contractor licensing division says anyone with a construction job over $2,000 in materials and labor has to register unless they're exempt, so ask for the registration and look it up with the division. Idaho law also requires a general contractor to give you a disclosure statement before you sign a contract over $2,000 for work on your home, and we're licensed and insured.
We're based in Post Falls and pour driveways in Spokane Valley, Coeur d'Alene and the cities around them. Pick your area below, or call if yours isn't listed.
