Got a plain or cracked patio? We pour new stamped concrete in the pattern and color you pick, over a dug-out, packed base.
Stamped concrete services in Post Falls, ID give you a patio, walkway or driveway that looks like stone, brick or slate, because we press a pattern into the concrete while it's still wet. Most of the job happens before the stamps come out, in the ground work underneath.
Most calls start with a plain gray patio that's cracked, sunk at one corner or holding puddles by the back door, and this time you want it to look like something. We break out what's there, dig down and pack the subgrade so the slab has something solid to sit on, set the slope so water runs away from the house, then pour, color and stamp. The same pattern can run along a new front walk too.
The price mostly follows the size of the area, how much ground work it needs and how busy the pattern gets, and the schedule turns on the weather and whether the city needs to inspect. Your own figure comes in the estimate. Post Falls Concrete is licensed and insured, and since 2020 we've worked in Post Falls and the cities around it on both sides of the state line.
Call (208) 981-9070 or use the form, and we'll get back to you to set a time for me to come out. Have a rough size and how you plan to use the area handy.
I walk it with you, ask how you'll use it and what's under it, and look at where the water goes now. Then I put together your estimate, with the pattern, color and sealer we talked about and a price for the whole job.
Before we schedule, we check with the building office for your address, which inside Post Falls is the city's Building Division that reviews plans, issues permits and inspects, and we handle the applications for our part when they say one's needed. The city books inspections by the day, so the job is ready that morning, and for a pour we leave our pour time so the inspector can try to work within it.
We plan the pour around the weather and the ground, because concrete that dries out in midday heat instead of curing, hardening slowly with its moisture held in, ends up with a weak, dusty top. I'm on site with our crew from the first load through the final cut and seal.
Before pour day, we help you pick a pattern, a color and a sealer look, either a darker wet look or a more natural one, because those choices decide how the slab reads from the street. When the truck comes, the crew places and levels the concrete, colors the surface and presses the stamps in while the mix can still take a crisp print.
Control joints are shallow cuts that give the slab a planned place to crack as it shrinks, and they go in early, or the slab picks its own spot. Where the pattern allows, we line our cuts up with it so they blend in. Stamping suits patios, walks and pool areas better than a garage floor, which sweeps easier with a broom finish, a light brushed texture for grip.
What a stamped concrete job covers:
If the slab is sound and only looks faded or dull, a good cleaning and a fresh coat of sealer usually bring the color back, and that's where I'd start. Once it's cracked through, sunk or tipping water toward the house, I'd replace it, because the trouble sits in the ground underneath and a patch on a stamped pattern rarely matches. I'll tell you which one I'm seeing when I walk it.
Size comes first, then whatever has to happen before the pour, like breaking out an old slab, digging out soft dirt and hauling in base. A busy pattern, a border, a second color or a set of steps all add labor on pour day. When a budget's tight, people want to cut the base because nobody sees it. I'd trim the pattern instead, since a border can be added later and a slab that settles can't be fixed.
I come out to look at every job myself, and I'm on site with our crew when we pour, so the person who planned your slab is there to see it through. We keep trucks and forms off your lawn where we can, clean up as we go and call you if the weather moves the pour.
I'd rather you understand your slab well enough to question it, so I'll walk you through the base, the drainage and the joints, and the questions worth asking anybody you're talking to. Every job is backed by our satisfaction guarantee. Call (208) 981-9070 when you'd like me to take a look.
Call before you set your heart on a pattern, since the ground and the drainage I find on site can change what makes sense.
Tell us the area's size, how you'll use it and the finish you have in mind. We reply within one business day to set up a free on-site visit, with no pressure and no obligation.
There's no set price, because each job turns on its size, the ground work under it and how busy the pattern and colors get, as the cost section above lays out. I'll walk your spot, see what's underneath and put your figure in the estimate.
A colored release powder shaken over the wet concrete before stamping gives the surface much of its color and depth. It also keeps the stamping tools from sticking, so they lift off clean. We go over color choices with you well before pour day.
According to one installation guide, a breathable water-based sealer can go on right away and leaves a more natural, matte finish, while a solvent-based acrylic waits a full 28 days and darkens the surface to a wet look. After that, one sealer maker says resealing typically comes every few years, depending on the sealer, the foot or car traffic and harsh weather. Ask which product goes on your slab, because its own directions give the exact timing.
Concrete generally handles freezing and thawing better when it has enough tiny, well-spread, properly sized air pockets in it, so ask any contractor how their concrete is made to resist freeze-thaw damage. Idaho gets heavy snow every winter, which means a lot of deicer, and research on cold-region concrete found that high concentrations of chloride salts damage it, partly through a harmful compound that calcium chloride and magnesium chloride deicers form. What you spread on it in January matters, so I'll talk that through with you.
Idaho requires anyone who takes a construction job over $2,000 in materials and labor to register with the state, unless they're exempt, and the Idaho Contractors Board enforces it. Before a residential contract over $2,000, a general contractor also has to give you a disclosure statement and keep your signed receipt, and that statement tells you that you may require lien waivers, papers showing the subcontractors have been paid, at your reasonable expense. Ask whoever you hire about both.
Ask for sand to be added while the sealer is still wet, because one sealer maker warns that the surface can lose grip with each coat of sealer. That matters most on steps and around a pool, where wet feet meet a glossy finish.
We're based in Post Falls and pour stamped concrete in Coeur d'Alene, Spokane Valley and other cities nearby. Pick your area below, or call if yours isn't listed.
