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Concrete contractors in Cleveland

Describe the project and a vetted local concrete contractor calls you back with a free written quote. Driveways, patios, walks, steps, and slabs, built for Northeast Ohio winters.

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One Cleveland Crew

Your pour goes to a single Cleveland-area concrete contractor, who gets in touch to walk the site.

A Written Price

Your quote arrives in writing before any concrete is ordered, and that written number is what you pay.

Local Numbers, Published

Cleveland costs, pour seasons, and permit basics for every project type, free to read before anyone measures your driveway.

Zero Pressure

Quotes cost nothing and carry no obligation. Compare, think it over, decide when ready.

What Gets Poured

Concrete work for Cleveland homes

Driveways, patios, sidewalks, garage floors, steps, decorative finishes, and repair, each priced for this market and built for this winter.

Concrete Driveways

New and replacement concrete driveways built for Cleveland winters

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Concrete Patios

Poured concrete patios, from plain slabs to stamped and colored finishes

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Concrete Sidewalks & Walkways

Public sidewalks, front walks, and garden paths poured to city standards

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Stamped & Decorative Concrete

Stamped, colored, and exposed-aggregate finishes that mimic stone and brick

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Concrete Repair & Resurfacing

Crack repair, resurfacing, and slabjacking when replacement is not needed yet

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Garage Floors & Slabs

Garage floors, shed and outbuilding slabs, and equipment pads

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Concrete Steps & Stoops

Front stoops, porch steps, and stairs, poured or repaired to code

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The Process

From phone call to finished pour

Four stages, and you know where things stand at each one.

  1. 01

    Describe the project

    Phone or the online form, whichever suits. Driveway, patio, steps, the rough dimensions if you know them, and the suburb. Two minutes covers it.

  2. 02

    A vetted local contractor calls

    We pass your project to the concrete contractor covering your area, and they ring you to talk scope and set a time to measure.

  3. 03

    On-site measure, written price

    The contractor walks the site, checks the base and drainage situation, and follows up with a firm written price for the full scope.

  4. 04

    Compare and choose

    Our cost pages give you Cleveland numbers to check any quote against. Take whatever time the decision needs.

Built For This Climate

Concrete fails differently in Cleveland, and good pours plan for it

Northeast Ohio puts concrete through dozens of freeze-thaw cycles every winter, then coats it in road salt. Water soaks into the slab, freezes, expands, and pries the surface apart, and salt accelerates every step. That is why so many driveways here scale, flake, and crack years before they should: the mix had too little entrained air, the base was never compacted over our water-holding clay soils, or deicer hit the surface during the first winter of cure.

Our guides lay out what a durable pour requires in this market, air-entrained 4,000 psi concrete, a real aggregate base, joints in the right places, drainage that moves water away, so you can read any quote and know whether it is built for a Cleveland winter or just for the day it is poured.

Around The Metro

Different neighborhoods, different concrete problems

A shared drive in Lakewood, a sixty-year-old original slab in Parma, a tree-heaved sidewalk in Cleveland Heights: the housing stock decides the job. Here is how the work breaks down across Greater Cleveland.

West Park & Kamm's Corners

Cleveland's far west side, mostly 1920s to 1950s brick homes with narrow drives to rear garages. Driveway replacements and apron work with city right-of-way permits are the standard jobs.

Old Brooklyn

South-side city neighborhood of compact 1910s-1940s homes. Narrow and shared drives, original sidewalks, and salt-worn front steps make up most of the workload.

Tremont & Ohio City

Historic near-west neighborhoods with tight lots, alley garages, and new infill construction needing full flatwork packages on century-old ground.

Collinwood & the East Side

Early 1900s doubles and bungalows near the lake. Lake-effect snow means heavy salt, and heavy salt shows in the scaled drives and crumbling stoops that need replacement.

Lakewood

The densest suburb in the metro, built 1900-1930. Long narrow drives, many shared between neighbors, replaced in careful sections so everyone keeps access.

Parma & Garfield Heights

Postwar suburbs full of original 1950s-1960s driveways at the end of their life. Straightforward tear-out and repour work, often bundled with garage floors from the same era.

Cleveland Heights & Shaker Heights

The historic Heights suburbs, where point-of-sale inspections flag heaved walks and cracked drives, and mature street trees lift sidewalk slabs on every block.

Euclid & the Lakeshore

Lakefront suburbs that catch the worst of the lake-effect snow and salt. Postwar bungalows with original flatwork broadly due for replacement.

Strongsville & Westlake

Outer-ring suburbs with bigger lots, wider drives, and more patio and decorative work: stamped finishes, pool surrounds, and full outdoor packages.

Not listed here? Coverage runs across Cuyahoga County and the near edges of Lake, Lorain, Medina, and Summit counties. Browse every service area.

Priced On Paper, Not On A Handshake

The quote you sign is the invoice you get

Concrete is a one-shot trade: once the truck pours, there is no swapping materials or redoing the base without starting over. That is exactly why the price belongs on paper before the first saw cut, with demolition, base work, reinforcement, finish, and haul-away each spelled out.

If the ground holds a surprise, buried debris under the old slab, a soft spot that needs extra base, the professional standard is a written change order agreed before work continues. On a properly quoted job, nothing on the final invoice is a mystery.

A complete driveway quote spells out

  • Demolition and haul-away of the existing slab
  • Base material, depth, and compaction method
  • Concrete strength, air entrainment, and slab thickness
  • Reinforcement type and joint layout
  • Finish, curing method, and sealing plan
  • Any right-of-way permits for the apron or public walk
  • Payment schedule and the change-order process

Common questions

What does concrete work cost in Cleveland?

Plain flatwork in the Cleveland area generally runs $6 to $12 per square foot installed, which puts a standard two-car driveway replacement around $4,500 to $10,000, a 300-square-foot patio around $2,000 to $3,500, and a front walk in the low thousands. Stamped and decorative finishes run $12 to $20 per square foot. Tear-out of old concrete, base correction, and access all move the number, which is why the real answer is a written quote after someone measures the site.

How long does a driveway replacement take?

Most residential driveway replacements in the Cleveland area finish inside a week: a day or two for demolition and base work, a day for forming and pouring, and then cure time before the driveway takes a car, usually about seven days for normal vehicle use. Full strength develops over the following weeks, which is why new concrete gets protected from deicing salt through its first winter.

Do I need a permit for concrete work in Cleveland?

It depends on where the concrete sits. Work in the public right-of-way, the sidewalk along the street, the tree lawn, and the driveway apron, requires a City of Cleveland permit and inspection. Work fully on private property, like a patio or a driveway above the sidewalk line, often does not, though each suburb sets its own rules. The contractor doing the job handles whatever permits apply as part of the scope.

Why did my current driveway fail so quickly?

The usual Cleveland culprits are freeze-thaw cycling and road salt working on concrete that was not poured to handle them: a mix without enough entrained air, a slab poured thin, a base that was never compacted, or salt applied during the first winter before the concrete finished curing. Northeast Ohio winters find every one of those shortcuts. A replacement done with an air-entrained 4,000 psi mix over a proper base is what breaks the cycle.

How do I get a price for my project?

Call (216) 483-8760 or send the details through the quote form. A local concrete contractor comes out, measures the site, and follows up with a free written price for the full scope.

Have a driveway or patio in mind?

Call (216) 483-8760 or send the project through the quote form, and a written price follows a free on-site measure.

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