Worth, Illinois
Worth, IL Concrete Contractor With a Straight Answer on Repair or Replace
Whether it is a heaved walk on a side street off Harlem Avenue or a driveway that has split down the middle, you hear plainly whether the slab still has life in it or needs to come out, and what a replacement poured to proper thickness would involve.
Where our trucks rollChicago Ridge, Palos Hills, Oak Lawn, Alsip and Hickory Hills
What comes with the job
Pouring here since 2017
Nine seasons of tear-outs and fresh slabs across Worth and the towns that ring it.
Depth sized to the load
A patio, a two-car drive and a dumpster pad each get the thickness their weight demands.
A crew lead you can reach
One person runs your job, picks up the phone and keeps the start date you were given.
Rubble leaves with us
Broken concrete is hauled off, the forms come out and the lawn edge is raked level.
Homes and businesses alike
A bungalow's front path and a strip center's sidewalk get the same standard of work.
Concrete Work We Take On Around Worth
People usually ring us about one tired slab, and part of the conversation is figuring out whether it really has to go. When it does, these are the kinds of pours we handle, anything from a modest shed pad to the walks outside a block of shops.
Concrete Flatwork
Utility pads, aprons, slabs beside the house and the plain at-grade concrete that every property ends up needing, set on a packed base so it does not settle unevenly a year after the pour.
Concrete Foundations
When you are adding a bedroom, enclosing a porch or putting up a detached garage, we form and pour the footings, walls or slab it will sit on, working from your plans and your builder's layout.
Stamped Concrete
If plain gray is not what you want out back, stamped and tinted concrete can mimic slate, cobble or plank, and we seal it at the end of finishing so the color stays deep.
Concrete Walkways & Sidewalks
Entry paths, side-yard walks and public-style sidewalks, replaced in full when they have heaved past saving and poured with enough tilt that rain does not pool on them.
Concrete Patios
A backyard slab big enough for how your family actually uses it, poured on stone and pitched so storm water heads to the grass rather than back toward the basement.
Concrete Driveways
A driveway that has broken into pieces gets saw-cut, lifted out and trucked away, and the new one goes in thick enough and reinforced well enough for the SUV or work van that lives on it.
Commercial Concrete
Walks, trash enclosure pads, equipment slabs and rear lot flatwork for owners and property managers, scheduled in sections so tenants and customers can still get through.
Four Stages, Start to Finish
A phone conversation first
You describe what you are looking at, how old it is and what is bothering you about it, whether that is a trip edge, standing water or a crack that keeps widening. Often we can already tell you on that call whether it sounds like a slab worth keeping for a while or one that is done.
A look in person
The crew lead comes by, measures, checks how water moves across the lot and looks at what the old concrete is doing. If replacement is the right call, you hear why; if the slab can wait, you hear that too, even though it means no job for us yet.
The price, written out
When replacing is the answer, you get a written number that lists tear-out, haul-away, base depth, slab thickness, reinforcement and finish, along with a start date we intend to keep.
Pour day and the days after
Old concrete comes out, stone goes down and is compacted, forms and steel are set, and the slab is placed and finished. It stays protected through the cure, the forms are pulled, and the job is not finished until the yard is.
Why Worth Homeowners Keep Our Number
Honest advice only counts for something if the work behind it is solid. Here is what you can hold us to once we have agreed a slab needs replacing.
You can actually reach us
The person who measured your job is the one who answers when you ring with a question, and if a call is missed it gets returned. The start date we give is one we plan around, and if weather pushes a pour, you hear about it before the day, not after.
Thickness picked for what sits on it
There is no single right depth for concrete. A walk might be around 4 inches, a car driveway thicker, and a pad that takes a garbage truck thicker still, with rebar or mesh added when heavy traffic or soft clay justify it. We size each slab to its job instead of pouring everything the same.
A yard you recognize when we leave
Tear-out is messy, so we plan for it. The old concrete is hauled away rather than buried or piled by the alley, the forms are pulled, the edges are backfilled with soil and the work area is swept and raked before the truck pulls out.
One crew for houses and buildings
A typical week might include a bungalow's patio and a strip mall's entrance walk. Commercial work has taught us to plan carefully around access and timing, and that discipline carries over to every residential job.
Worth and the Towns Around It
Worth is a compact village where Harlem Avenue, 111th Street and Southwest Highway all cross through, with blocks of brick bungalows and raised ranches whose driveways and walks were mostly poured a long time ago. Plenty of that concrete is still serviceable and plenty of it is not, and sorting one from the other is a big part of what we do. We also pour in the neighboring towns along the same corridors: Chicago Ridge and Oak Lawn to the north and east, the Palos communities to the west and south, and Alsip, Bridgeview, Hickory Hills, Burbank and Justice nearby. The clay soil and freeze-thaw winters are shared by all of them, so the way we build the base does not change from one to the next.
Older concrete, honest assessments
Many slabs on these blocks are original to the house. Some only look rough, others are failing underneath. We tell you which one you have before talking about replacing anything.
Narrow lots, tight access
Close-set homes and alley garages mean planning where the truck parks and how the concrete gets back to the yard, so the neighbors' lawns are left alone.
Same number for every town
Palos Park or Burbank, dialing (708) 627-9119 gets you the person who will actually run your pour.
Where we pour
- WorthHarlem Avenue & 111th StreetHome base
- Chicago RidgeRidgeland Avenue
- Palos HillsRoberts Road
- Palos ParkSouthwest Highway
- Palos HeightsHarlem Avenue
- Oak Lawn95th Street
- Hickory Hills87th Street
- Burbank79th Street
- BridgeviewHarlem Avenue
- AlsipCicero Avenue
- JusticeArcher Avenue
Just outside that list? Give us a ring anyway. If it is a reasonable drive from Worth, we can likely fit you in.
Find out if we reach your block: (708) 627-9119Not Sure It Needs Replacing? Ask Before You Spend
A cracked slab is not automatically a dead slab. Tell us what you are seeing, and you will get a frank opinion on whether to live with it a while longer or budget for a new pour.
Ask whether your slab can wait: (708) 627-9119Plain talk, and nothing to sign on the call.
Questions We Hear From Worth Homeowners
These come up again and again, so here are the short versions.
What should a foundation for a room addition or a detached garage look like?
Most additions sit on poured footings below frost depth with foundation walls on top, while many detached garages sit on a thickened-edge slab poured over compacted stone. Your plans and the village's requirements decide which one you need. We pour to those drawings and talk with your builder about anchor bolts and wall heights before anything is formed.
How do I know whether my concrete can be kept or should be replaced?
Hairline cracks on a slab that is still flat and draining usually are not a reason to tear it out. Sections that have sunk, tipped toward the house, broken into several pieces or lost their top layer over a wide area generally are, because the problem is underneath and patching will not reach it. We look at it with you and tell you which camp it falls in.
Will my lawn and garden take a beating during the work?
Some disturbance right along the edges is unavoidable, but we keep it small. We plan the route for equipment, put down boards where wheels cross grass and keep the truck on the street or driveway when we can. Once the forms come out, we fill soil along the new edges so the lawn can grow back right up to the slab.
How long can I expect a concrete foundation to last?
A foundation poured on firm soil, set below frost line, reinforced to the plans and kept dry by good grading should last as long as the building on it. Trouble almost always comes from water collecting against it or footings set too shallow, which is why depth and drainage get settled before we pour.
Why do two driveway prices come back so far apart?
Size sets the baseline, and from there thickness, how deep the base has to go, whether an old drive must be jackhammered and trucked off, reinforcement, the finish and how easy it is to get the truck close. We measure first and then give you a written price with each of those pieces listed, so nothing in the total is a mystery.
Where is rain supposed to go once the new patio or path is in?
Toward the yard and never toward your walls. We tilt a patio downhill from the house and give a path a slight sideways lean so storms spill into the lawn rather than travel along it. That fall is built into the form boards before any concrete arrives, since a slab that sheds toward the foundation can only be corrected by pouring it again.
Is a permit required for a driveway, patio or foundation?
Usually for driveways and foundations, and often for patios as well, though each village sets its own rules. Driveway aprons that meet the street commonly need sign-off too. We tell you what is likely to be required for your project and work within the permit once it is issued.
A Worth Concrete Crew That Tells You When to Wait
Worth Concrete Contractor exists for people who are tired of being sold a full tear-out every time they ask a question. Sometimes replacement is the right answer, and when it is we pour a slab thick enough, reinforced well enough and finished cleanly enough to justify the cost. Sometimes it is not, and we say so.
See how we approach a job
Find Out What Your Concrete Really Needs
Tell us about the slab that is bothering you. We will talk through whether it can be left alone for now, what a replacement would involve and when we could measure it.
Based in Worth and pouring across the surrounding southwest suburbs.