Yorkville Concrete Sidewalks & Walkways

Yorkville is really two places as far as concrete is concerned. There is the older core near the Fox River, where the walks have been in the ground long enough to have earned replacement, and there is the newer growth east and north, where the concrete is young and the problems are settlement rather than age.

Two Towns, Two Completely Different Jobs

Those two conditions call for opposite work. In the older sections we are usually tearing out non-air-entrained concrete that has surface-scaled past saving and rebuilding a proper base under it. In the newer subdivisions the slabs are frequently sound and the subgrade is what moved, which makes lifting or re-supporting them the cheaper and more sensible route. Telling you which of those two situations you are in is most of the value of the estimate.

Kendall County Frost

Whichever side of town you are on, the freeze-thaw exposure is the same and it is unforgiving. Air-entrained mix, a compacted stone base, joints cut at the right depth and spacing, and no de-icing salt through the first winter. That last one is free and it is the single most common way a new walk gets damaged.

How We Build a Walk That Lasts in Yorkville

The slab is the part you see and the smallest part of the job. We excavate past the failed subgrade rather than pouring over it, bring in stone and compact it in lifts, and form to a consistent width and a positive pitch away from the house. Residential walks go down at four inches, thickened to five or six where a driveway crosses them and vehicles will run over the edge. The mix is air-entrained, which is what lets concrete survive an Illinois winter, and control joints are cut at the correct depth and spacing so the inevitable movement shows up in a straight tooled line instead of a diagonal crack across the middle.

Salt, Snowplows and the First Winter

New concrete is at its most vulnerable in its first season, and the fastest way to ruin a good walk is de-icing salt applied before it has fully cured. Use sand for traction through the first winter. After that, avoid products containing ammonium sulphate or ammonium nitrate entirely, and go easy on rock salt at the driveway apron where plow blades and meltwater concentrate. A sealer applied at the right time helps, and we will tell you when that is rather than selling you one on the day of the pour.

Other Concrete Work We Do in Yorkville

A walkway is usually not the only concrete on a property. We also pour concrete driveways, stamped concrete patios, stoops and front steps and foundations, and we handle crack and foundation repair where replacement is not the right answer. If the walk, the stoop and the drive are all due at once, doing them together costs less than doing them in three visits and they actually match.

Nearby Communities We Serve

Oswego, Plano, Montgomery, Sugar Grove — and every other town on our service area list.

Free estimates in Yorkville. Call 630-761-1634 or request a free consultation. We will come out, look at what is actually under your walk, and tell you whether it needs grinding, lifting or replacing.

More Concrete Work We Do in Yorkville

We are not a single-trade contractor. In Yorkville we also handle stamped concrete patios and decorative work, general concrete contracting, concrete driveways and concrete foundations and repair. If more than one of these is due at the same time, doing them together costs less than separate visits and the finishes actually match.

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