Wheeler Indiana Concrete Patios on Larger Lots

Most of the yards we walk in Wheeler have room past the back door. That ground doesn’t get used for much besides mowing. Concrete Patios in Wheeler take that open ground and turn it into a floor. You can set chairs on it from late spring through fall. When the lot runs wide, a small pad by the step leaves the rest of the yard idle.

So we start by walking the ground with you. We look at where you want the table and how you get from the kitchen door to that spot. After that walk, the size of the pour usually becomes clear. Then we talk about the finish before anyone sets a form.

Yard space and Concrete Patios in Wheeler

Wheeler sits in Porter County. The houses we see there often have yard past what the house itself needs. For example, people call us because a picnic table has been sitting in soft ground. Others got tired of moving chairs before a rain. We have pulled up small cracked pads that never matched the yard behind them.

Because the lot is bigger, Concrete Patios in Wheeler can work as an outdoor floor. We set the slab where you will actually stand, and we keep a path back to the door. Then we grade so water moves off the concrete and away from the house. Northwest Indiana winters freeze water that sits on a slab, so we send that water into the grass.

A poured patio is the concrete job that makes this kind of yard usable from late spring through fall. The yard space is already on the lot. A lot of these yards still need a firm surface when the ground goes soft.

Concrete Patios in Wheeler on pour day

The pour for Concrete Patios in Wheeler follows the same order on every job. We strip the sod and set the forms to the size we marked. Then we pack a stone base until it’s firm underfoot. After that, we check the slope again before the concrete arrives. When the mix is down, we work the surface level and cut control joints.

For example, people often ask for a broom finish on these patios. Chairs move on it, and the texture gives your feet some grip after a rain. We pour stamped concrete and colored mixes when you want a different look. Acid stain is another finish we can put on after the slab cures. We’ll work through your ideas on the pattern. We also source the products so we know what’s going in the truck.

After the patio cures, the same visit can add a service walk to the side door. But we also tear out an old pad when it sits in the way of the new pour. Concrete removal can happen on that same residential visit. The old slab has to come up before the new one goes down. You can see finished pours in our photo gallery. The other pours we do are listed with our concrete patios work. Our About Us page covers this family owned company, and we’ve been pouring since 2006.

We write each quote out line by line. So you see the base work and the finish listed before we schedule anything. We don’t mark up the concrete to pad the number. When we come in higher than another bid, we have put more hours on the prep. Those hours go into the base and the forms.

Cold weather and Concrete Patios in Wheeler

Late spring through fall is when you’ll use the patio most. You get a dry spot for a meal, and the grill can stay off the grass. When the first hard freeze shows up, the slab should already pitch away from the foundation. Because water sat in a low spot, we have seen scaling after a winter. So the slope and the joints go in with the pour. We use that pitch on Concrete Patios in Wheeler so meltwater leaves the slab.

Residential work around the patio sometimes includes a short upper walk. Then a replacement section can go in where old concrete meets the new pour. Curb appeal work can ride along if the front walk is breaking up while we are already on site. We handle pads of different sizes with the same crew. The square footage on the quote comes from the first walk through the yard.