Concrete Contractors in Southaven, MS

Southaven homeowners looking for concrete contractors are working in a city that was built neighborhood by neighborhood over about fifty years. Kemmons Wilson, who started Holiday Inn, started Southaven as a village of small starter-home subdivisions, and the name comes from its position south of Whitehaven. The city was incorporated on April 15, 1980. It had 8,931 residents in 1970, 28,977 in 2000 and 54,648 at the 2020 census, making it Mississippi's third-largest city and the largest Memphis suburb.

Each decade has its own concrete

The early starter homes have driveways and carports that are fifty years old or more, often thin and broken into pieces. Houses from the 1990s and 2000s growth tend to have driveways with a sunken panel by the garage and patios that are too small. Newer homes near the outlets and Snowden Grove usually need additions rather than repairs, like wider driveways, stamped patios and pads for parking. We plan the job around which of those you are dealing with.

Permits in Southaven

Southaven's city code, Section 4-27, says no work may start on any building, fence, sign, swimming pool or other structure until a permit is granted, regardless of zoning. Applicants apply in writing to the building official, and drawings must show the design and site details. Whether a particular driveway or patio counts as a structure is a question for the building department, so we check with the city before we schedule.

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Rain, heat and storms

Southaven averages nearly 55 inches of precipitation a year, with April the wettest month, and July highs average around 92 degrees. On February 5, 2008, an EF-2 tornado damaged buildings in the city during the Super Tuesday outbreak. For concrete, the daily concerns are drainage and hot-weather pours. We slope every slab to drain, schedule summer pours early in the day and keep new concrete moist while it cures so the surface stays strong.

Mississippi 811

Mississippi law requires at least two working days of notice to MS811 before any planned excavation, and no more than ten. Weekends and holidays do not count. We place the locate request so buried lines are marked before our crew digs.

What a written estimate covers

On a Southaven estimate we measure the area, look at the base under any existing concrete, and check how water moves across the yard. The written estimate lists removal and haul-off, base stone, thickness, reinforcement, finish, joints and cleanup, and that written estimate is the price. If the city's building department says your project needs a permit, we account for that in the schedule. For HOA neighborhoods, we can give you a simple drawing to submit.

What we pour in Southaven

Driveway replacements and extensions, carport slabs, front walks and steps, back patios, stamped patios, pool decks and pads for sheds and HVAC units. Call (901) 910-1055 to schedule a free estimate.