Concrete Contractors in Hickory Hill, TN

Hickory Hill homeowners searching for concrete contractors are now working under City of Memphis rules, even though the area spent most of its history as a separate community. Memphis annexed Hickory Hill on December 31, 1998. In the 1950s it was a rural place southeast of the city with some paved roads and fewer than 1,000 homes. Most of the houses standing today came later, and their driveways, walks and patios are the ones we are asked to repair and replace.

Where Hickory Hill sits

The neighborhood runs roughly from where Bill Morris Parkway meets Kirby Parkway on the north to Holmes Road and Shelby Drive on the south, with Riverdale Road on the east and Mendenhall Road on the west. Hickory Ridge Mall is the best-known landmark. It sits right on the Germantown side of Memphis, so it is one of the areas we reach most easily.

Soil on this side of town

USGS surficial mapping of the southeast Memphis quadrangle shows wind-blown loess covering the uplands at 4.5 to 16 meters deep. Narrow floodplains along streams carry silty alluvium, and the incised channel of Nonconnah Creek has pebbly sand deposits. In plain terms, most yards here sit on silt that makes a solid base when compacted and drained, and lots near creeks can be softer. We probe and compact the subgrade before stone goes down so the new slab does not settle like the old one did.

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Sidewalks after annexation

Because Hickory Hill is part of Memphis, the city's Sidewalk Repair Guide applies. It says the owner next to the sidewalk is responsible for maintaining it and paying for repairs, and that the contractor must be bonded for concrete sidewalk work and permitted with the city. The city deals with curbs, gutters, ramps and drains. If a street tree is pushing up a panel, owners can ask the Memphis Tree Board for a review before the panel is replaced.

Planning a full replacement

For a Hickory Hill driveway that is cracked across most of its surface, a full replacement usually goes in a set order. We file the 811 locate, break out and haul away the old slab, cut down to firm soil, add and compact crushed stone, set forms and reinforcement, and pour and finish in one day. Control joints are cut while the concrete is young so cracks form in the joints instead of across the panels. If the public sidewalk runs through the driveway, we coordinate that section with the city's sidewalk requirements.

Common Hickory Hill projects

We replace cracked and settled driveways, rebuild front steps that have pulled away from the porch, pour back patios and pads for sheds, and replace public walk panels that the city has flagged as uneven. For a driveway that is mostly sound, we can cut out and replace just the failed sections.

Tennessee 811 needs three full business days of notice before we dig, and we handle that request. Call (901) 910-1055 for a free estimate in Hickory Hill.