Balch Springs Concrete is a concrete contractor building driveways, patios, walks, slabs and footings in Forney, TX, for homeowners and builders. We dig out and pack the ground under every pour and set the forms square.
Forney has grown fast, and a lot of our calls here come from newer subdivisions where the builder poured a driveway and a small back slab, and the family now wants more room. We widen driveways, stretch patios out toward the fence and run walks around to the side gate, the same kind of work we do in Heartland and Travis Ranch. Older homes bring the other kind of call, a driveway that's cracked, sunk at one corner or tipped back toward the garage.
Most of the ground here is clay, which swells when it's wet and shrinks when a summer dries it out. That movement is what cracks and lifts slabs poured on loose dirt, so on a Forney job I start with what's under the concrete, how soft the soil is and how much has to come out before we pack a base.
We tear out a cracked or sunken driveway or widen yours, then pack the base and lay rebar, the steel inside that holds any crack tight.
Explore serviceIf the builder's back slab is too small, we pour a bigger patio and slope it so roof water runs away from the house, not under it.
Explore serviceStamped concrete is pressed with a pattern and colored like stone or brick, and it lasts only as long as the base under it.
Explore serviceWalks to the front door or around to a side gate, poured with a broom finish, the light brushed texture that keeps shoes from slipping when it's wet.
Explore serviceA garage floor has to carry a car's weight and stay flat for a workbench, so we pack the base hard and check the slope toward the door.
Explore serviceFor color, exposed stone or a smooth troweled look on a front walk or patio, we pick the finish together on site and match it to the house.
Explore serviceBackyards that slope toward the fence can need a concrete wall to hold the dirt, with drainage behind it so water doesn't push it over.
Explore serviceWe pour interior concrete floors for shops, additions and buildings, with the base and finish planned around what the room will be used for.
Explore serviceA pool deck has to shed splash and rain and stay kind to bare feet, so we slope it away from the pool and choose a finish with grip.
Explore serviceWe form and pour front and back steps with even rises, because a step that's an inch off is the one people trip on.
Explore serviceFor a new house, shop or addition, the slab foundation starts with the subgrade, the packed ground it sits on, and the forms set level and square.
Explore serviceBuilders and property owners call us to lay out, form and pour foundations to the plans, with the steel and forms checked before the truck comes.
Explore serviceA parking lot for a shop or office takes thicker concrete where trucks turn and a plan for where rain goes across all that paving.
Explore serviceFootings are the concrete under a wall, post or porch that spreads its weight, so we dig them to the plan's depth and check them before we pour.
Explore serviceWhen a slab has dropped on shifting clay, we look at why it moved before lifting it, because raising it without fixing the cause usually won't hold.
Explore serviceNeed a broken section taken out or an opening in a slab? We saw-cut straight lines so the old and new concrete meet cleanly.
Explore serviceIn Forney, the city's Building Inspections Division issues building permits, and the city says you need one before making improvements or alterations to a property. Concrete flatwork, the trade's word for driveways, patios and walks, is on the city's residential permit list, so the pour date waits on the permit and the inspections. I check with the city on every job, and when it needs a permit we file it, book the inspections and set the pour around them. The city also requires every contractor working inside its limits to register, and a registration only covers the current calendar year, so it's fair to ask anyone you're thinking of hiring whether theirs is current. We're licensed and insured.
We're a concrete contractor based in Balch Springs, TX, a short drive west of Forney, and we plan jobs here the same way we do in Lancaster. What moves the price is mostly what you can't see on day one: how much soft clay comes out and how much base goes back in, how thick the slab is and how much rebar it takes, whether old concrete has to be torn out, and whether the truck can reach the forms. The finish adds to it too, since a broom finish costs less than stamped or colored work. The schedule turns on the permit and inspections, the weather and curing, the wait while concrete hardens enough to take feet and then tires. When I come out I measure the job and write down what the price covers, so you can see what's in it.
Tell us about the driveway, patio or slab through the form or at (214) 286-6733, and we'll reply within one business day. I come out to your Forney property myself, walk the job, measure it and write down what the price covers, and there's no obligation to hire us.
(214) 286-6733You request inspections in Forney by calling the city at 972-552-6655, and the city's residential permit application says every permit needs a final inspection. The city's residential permit page lists what a permit needs, and permit questions go to that same number. When your job needs a permit, we book the inspections and set the pour date around them.
A Forney permit becomes void if work doesn't start within 180 days, and the same happens if work is suspended or abandoned for 180 days at any point after it starts. That's why it pays to file once the job is ready to go and keep it moving once the forms are up.
Concrete usually cracks somewhere, so the goal is to keep cracks tight and in the joints we cut instead of across the middle. We pack the base, set rebar and cut the joints on time, which covers what usually broke the old one. If the budget gets tight, I'd rather you skip a fancy finish than cut the base, because nobody sees the base on day one but it decides how the slab holds up.
You'll be walking on it well before you can drive on it, because concrete needs time to cure before it can carry a car's weight. The wait shifts with the weather and the slab, so I'll go over it with you before the pour and you can plan where to park.
We're based in Balch Springs and work across the cities around it. These are the ones with their own page, and if yours isn't listed, call and ask.
Our phone hours run 7 AM to 11 PM every day, so you can call (214) 286-6733 after work or send the form whenever it suits you.
If you've got a cracked driveway or a patio you've been meaning to pour in Forney, send us a note and I'll come out to look at it.
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