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Concrete Contractors in Centerville, UT

Heavy concrete work in Centerville, from the first dig to the last load hauled off. Get a free estimate.

Centerville, Davis County and the towns around it

Free Estimate in Centerville

Put in the address, what is being built, repaired or removed, and any plans or photos. The contractor phones back to go over the job and set up a look at the site.

  • Free estimates
  • Residential and commercial
  • Dig, pour and haul-off
  • Footings below frost

An address and a short job description is enough.

Rather talk? Call (801) 316-8525

Centerville, Utah

What goes under the concrete in Centerville

Concrete contractors working in Centerville deal with northern Utah ground: frost that reaches deep into the soil, wet clay in some spots and loose fill in others. We build footings, foundations, retaining walls and driveways for that ground, and we break out and replace concrete that was never built for it. Centerville sits between Farmington and Bountiful, from the Parrish Lane corridor up to foothill streets under the Wasatch.

Frost depth on the Weber and Davis valley floors runs roughly 30 inches, and higher ground in Ogden Valley and the Morgan valley can call for deeper footings; the local building department has the final say. Trucked-in fill under a new subdivision can keep compressing long after the last lot sells, so footings and slabs on fill need the soft layer dug out and replaced with compacted gravel.

Put the Centerville job in the form or call it in. Mention anything you know about the ground, like fill, standing water or old concrete buried in the yard, so it is planned for before anyone prices the work. There is no charge for the estimate.

New concrete driveway between fresh lawn patches leading to a white garage door

Davis County, Utah

Around Centerville

Near Farmington Bay Bird Refuge, Founders Park and The Whitaker: Centerville's Heritage Museum, concrete that fails in Centerville usually fails from below: a wall that tips, a footing that cracks, a driveway that drops at the edges. The fix starts with the dirt, then the concrete.

Down by the lake, the fine silt and clay left by Lake Bonneville soak up water and swell, which makes base depth and drainage the difference between a level slab and a heaved one.

Beyond Centerville, we also take foundation, retaining wall, excavation and removal work in West Bountiful, Bountiful, Woods Cross and Farmington.

Ideas

Footings, walls, tear-outs and dirt work

  • Curved concrete steps and a low concrete wall beside a walkway in a park
  • Long flight of concrete steps with a metal handrail beside an ivy-covered bank
  • Long run of weathered concrete steps climbing diagonally through a green lawn

Example photos of this kind of concrete work.

Questions

Centerville concrete questions

Do you dig and pour new foundations in Centerville?

Yes. Footings, foundation walls and slabs for garages, shops and additions in Centerville are excavated, formed and poured to the plans, with the footings set below the frost depth the building department requires.

Who handles permits for wall or foundation work in Centerville?

It depends on whether the property is inside city limits. Incorporated cities run their own building departments, and unincorporated land goes through Davis County. Walls taller than about 4 feet, or holding up a load above them, usually need an engineer's design as well.

Can you repair a cracked or settling foundation in Centerville?

Yes. The fix depends on the cause: shrinkage cracks get sealed, while sections that have moved or crumbled get cut out and replaced on firm ground. Sorting out the water at the wall is part of every repair plan.

Will you haul away old concrete from a job in Centerville?

Yes. Removal covers a straight saw line at the edge, breaking up the slab, loading every piece and trucking it away, and the ground gets graded afterward so it is ready for whatever goes in next.

How do I get a free estimate for concrete work in Centerville?

Call (801) 316-8525 or fill out the form with the address, the job and any plans or photos. The contractor phones back to go over the project and set a time to see the site in Centerville.

What do northern Utah winters do to footings, walls and slabs?

They lift and crack anything not built for them. Water in the soil and in the concrete freezes and thaws dozens of nights a winter, so footings go below frost, slabs sit on drained and compacted gravel, and walls get drainage stone and pipe behind them. Driveways also take road salt and brine off car tires, which is why a replacement gets air-entrained concrete and no de-icing salt its first winter.

Got a foundation, a wall or a tear-out coming up?

Send the address, the job and a few photos, and the contractor will phone you back to set up a free estimate.