Balch Springs Concrete is a concrete contractor based in Balch Springs, TX. We pour driveways, patios, walks, slabs and footings here, and I come out to measure every job and run it on site with our crew.
I started Balch Springs Concrete here in 2023, after learning the trade next to my dad on weekends and summers, so this is the city I know best. Most calls we get here come from homeowners with a driveway, patio or walk that's cracked, sinking or holding water after a rain, and from builders and property owners who need a slab or footings poured. A lot of that concrete has been down a long time, and when we break it out we often find it was poured on dirt that was raked flat and never dug out or packed.
We do the same work in Mesquite and Forney, and if you want to see where your lot sits before we talk, the city's online maps include flood and neighborhood maps. On older lots like these, the job usually comes down to what's under the slab, so we plan the dig-out and the base before anything else.
We tear out the cracked or sunken driveway, dig the base down and pack it, then pour with rebar, the steel that holds cracked pieces together.
Explore serviceWant a spot out back for a table and grill? We set the patio to fall away from your house so rain runs off into the yard.
Explore serviceStamped concrete is pressed with a pattern and color while it's still soft, so we plan the pour around the crew we need to stamp it in time.
Explore serviceWalks to the front door or around the side yard get control joints, grooves we cut so a crack usually follows them instead of wandering.
Explore serviceA garage floor carries your car every day, so we plan its thickness and base for that and slope it toward the door to let water out.
Explore serviceIf plain gray isn't what you want, we can add color, exposed stone or a border, and we'll go over how slick each finish gets when wet.
Explore serviceA retaining wall holds back soil where the yard steps down, so the footing and the drainage behind it matter more than the face you see.
Explore serviceWe pour interior concrete floors for shops, additions and outbuildings, setting the forms level and square before the truck comes so the floor finishes flat.
Explore serviceAround a pool you want a surface that isn't slick and water that runs away, so we plan the slope and a textured finish together.
Explore serviceWe form and pour front and back steps with even rises, because one step taller than the rest is the one people trip on.
Explore serviceFor builders and property owners, we lay out the slab, pack the subgrade, the ground it sits on, and set the steel before we pour.
Explore serviceWhen a new building needs a foundation, we check the layout and grade with you or your builder first, because every wall above starts from it.
Explore serviceParking lots take heavier traffic and more runoff than a home driveway, so we plan the thickness and where the water goes before anything gets poured.
Explore serviceFootings sit under posts, walls and additions and spread the load into the ground, so we dig down to firm soil before pouring.
Explore serviceIf a slab has sunk and doors stick or floors slope, we find out what moved underneath first, because that decides how we lift it.
Explore serviceWe saw-cut concrete for a plumbing trench, a wider driveway or a clean seam where old meets new, instead of breaking it out ragged.
Explore serviceIn Balch Springs, building permits come from the city's Permits and Inspections Division, and its permit requirements include driveways, so on a driveway job the permit and its inspections usually set the pour date more than our calendar does. For a patio, walk or slab, the city's list doesn't settle whether you need one, so that's a question we put to the division before anything gets scheduled. The city also requires every contractor to register with it, a general contractor with a driver's license and certificate of insurance, so it's worth asking whoever you hire whether they're registered.
We check with the city on every job, and when it needs a permit we file it, book the inspections and tie the pour date to them. We're licensed and insured. The price mostly comes down to how much old concrete has to come out, what the ground under it needs, the size and thickness of the slab, whether it gets rebar, and the finish, from a plain broom finish, the light texture that gives shoes and tires grip, up to stamped or colored work. If the budget's tight, I'd cut the fancy finish before I'd cut the base, because you see the finish on day one but the base is what keeps the slab from sinking, and it can't be fixed later without tearing the slab out. The schedule turns on the permit, the inspections and curing, the wait while the concrete hardens enough to walk on and then drive on, and I'll walk you through all of it when I come out, measure and write down what the price covers.
Tell us what you've got, whether it's a cracked driveway, a patio you want out back or a slab for a building, and we'll reply within one business day. I'll come out myself to walk the job, measure it and write down what the price covers, and there's no obligation to go ahead. If you'd rather talk, call (214) 286-6733.
(214) 286-6733Plan on a permit for the shed or carport itself, because the city lists both among the construction its building permits cover in its permit requirements. Whether the slab falls under that permit is something we confirm with the city before we set a pour date, and if it does, we handle it as part of the job.
Under the city's building permit rules, a permit becomes void if the work doesn't start within 180 days, or if work stops for 180 days at any point after it starts. That's why we tie the permit to a pour date we can actually keep, so it doesn't run out while the job waits.
The city takes all inspection requests by email at inspections@balchspringstx.gov. On our jobs we send those requests ourselves and schedule the pour for after the inspection, so you don't have to keep track of it.
Concrete can still crack, but a new driveway usually holds up far better when the base is dug out and packed, the slab has steel in it and the control joints are cut on time. Most of the cracked, sunken driveways we break out were poured on raked dirt, poured in the midday heat that leaves a weak, dusty top, or never jointed, and those are the steps we put our time into.
We're based in Balch Springs and work across the cities around it. These are the ones with their own page, and if your city isn't listed, call and ask.
We answer seven days a week from 7 AM to 11 PM, so call (214) 286-6733 while you're standing there looking at it, or send the form and we'll take it from there.
If you're not sure yet what your concrete needs, send us a note and we'll talk it through.
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