If your walk is cracked, flaking or sinking at one end, we'll replace it with a new one poured on solid, packed ground.
Concrete sidewalk building in Post Falls means digging out the path, packing a solid base, then pouring, finishing and curing a new slab for at least a few days, so you end up with a walk that stays level, drains away from the house and stands up better to our winters.
Most calls start with an old walk that's cracked, sunk at one end or flaking on top, or a path across the yard that turns to mud every spring. Either way, we break out what's there and build the new walk from the ground up. If it ties into new garage floor concrete, or you'd like color or a pattern from our decorative concrete work, we plan it all together.
The price mostly comes down to how long and wide the walk runs, how much old concrete comes out and how much digging the ground needs. The schedule turns on the weather, the ground and whether a walk along the street needs a permit first, which we check before anything gets booked. Your estimate puts real numbers to your own walk.
Call (208) 981-9070 or fill out the form, and we'll set up a time for me to come see the walk. I look at every job myself, so you're never handed off to a salesperson.
I walk the path with you, ask how you'll use it and what's under it, and look at where the water goes. Then you get an estimate for your walk, and before we start I go over the mix and the curing time with you.
Before we schedule, we check with the building office that covers your address about any permits the job may need. Then we plan the pour around the weather and the ground, not just the calendar.
Our crew forms, pours, finishes and cuts the joints, and I'm on site with them through the finish. Before we leave, I tell you when the walk is ready for foot traffic and what to keep off it while it cures.
Most of what decides how a walk holds up is underneath it. We dig down to firm soil and pack the subgrade, the ground the slab sits on, because a base that's only raked level settles and takes the concrete with it. We slope the walk so water runs away from the house, give it a broom finish so the surface has grip, and cut control joints, shallow grooves that give the slab a place to crack in a straight line.
A walk along the street usually sits in the public right-of-way, and the City of Post Falls Engineering Division issues permits for sidewalk work there. The city wants that work done by an Idaho licensed public works contractor with current insurance, built to city and state public works standards and checked by its inspectors. When a permit's needed, we handle the application for our part of the work.
What a sidewalk job with us covers:
If one panel has sunk or cracked and the rest of the walk is sound, replacing just that section between the joints usually makes sense. When cracks run through most of it, the top is flaking all over, or water sits against the house, the trouble is usually the base or the slope, and a patch won't fix that. I'll tell you which way I'd go and why, and I'm glad to say so when a repair is enough.
Size leads, then tear-out, digging and how easy it is to get a truck or wheelbarrows to the spot. A plain broom finish keeps the price down, while color, a pattern or curves add to it. When the budget's tight, the base is usually the first thing people want to trim, since nobody sees it on day one. I'd skip the fancy finish before I'd skimp on the base, because the base is what keeps the walk flat.
I come out to look at every job myself, and I'm on site with our crew for the work, so the person who made the plan is there when it goes in. We keep the mess inside the work area, look after your lawn and beds where we can, and clean up before we leave.
I also want you to understand your walk well enough to ask good questions, of us or anybody else you're talking to. If something isn't settled yet, I'll say so and check on it. I started this business in Post Falls in 2020, we're licensed and insured, and our work is backed by our satisfaction guarantee.
Call with the walk's rough length, width and spot on the lot, and I'll come out and price your sidewalk.
Tell us where the walk goes and what's there now. We reply within one business day to set up my visit, and the estimate is free, with no pressure and no obligation.
Across the US, a new 4 ft by 40 ft concrete walk, installed, usually costs about $1,700 to $3,000 per job, so treat that as a national ballpark and not our price. Your number depends on the size, the tear-out and how much base work your ground needs, and I'll price it on site.
It can be done, but only once the ground under the walk has thawed, because concrete placed on frozen ground is likely to settle unevenly and crack when that ground thaws. The concrete industry's cold-weather guide treats a job as a cold-weather pour when the air drops to 40°F or below, or is expected to, while the concrete still needs protecting, so ask any crew how they'll protect your walk through that stretch.
Curing should start right after finishing and last as long as possible, with three days as the minimum, because concrete keeps hardening during that time and good curing lowers the risk of the top flaking later. We plan the pour so the walk can sit undisturbed, and I'll tell you when it's ready for foot traffic.
Good quality, dense concrete with entrained air, tiny bubbles mixed in that give freezing water room to expand, lowers the risk of scaling, which is the top surface flaking away. That makes the mix worth comparing when you weigh quotes, so ask each contractor what they plan to order.
Go easy on deicing chemicals, since using less lowers the risk of scaling, and one concrete trade group recommends sand for traction instead. Keep snow and ice cleared off, because buildup keeps the concrete soaked through freeze and thaw. If you want to seal it, one supplier's guide says to wait until it has cured at least 28 days.
Yes, if you're doing your own work on your own land and don't plan to sell within 12 months, Idaho's contractor licensing office exempts you from registration. Anyone else taking on a construction job over $2,000 in materials and labor needs to register unless they're exempt, and the city's licensed contractor rule for walks along the street still applies.
We're based in Post Falls and build sidewalks in the cities around it, including Coeur d'Alene and Spokane Valley. Pick your area below, or call if yours isn't listed.
