Concrete Contractors in Dearborn, MI

Dearborn homeowners who call concrete contractors usually have an older house and concrete that has been patched more than once. With 109,976 residents in the 2020 census, Dearborn is the largest city near Taylor, and its housing grew in big jumps: Wikipedia's census table shows 2,470 people in 1920 and 50,358 in 1930, then 112,007 by 1960. We replace driveways and aprons, pour patios and stamped concrete, set new front walks and steps, build garage slabs, and repair sections that have heaved or settled.

Concrete history runs deep here

Ford Airport operated in Dearborn from 1924 to 1947, and Wikipedia notes it had the world's first concrete runway. The city's ties to Ford also show up in its houses. The Ford Homes Historic District, just west of downtown, holds about 250 homes built in 1919 and 1920 for workers at a nearby tractor plant, and Builder magazine calls it Dearborn's first planned subdivision. All of those houses still stand. The Historic Springwells Park neighborhood followed in 1939, established by Edsel B. Ford.

On blocks this old, concrete tends to be a mix of eras. A front walk might be original, the stoop might be from the 1960s and the driveway from the 1990s. We assess each piece separately, replace what has failed and keep what is still sound, then match joint spacing and broom direction so new work sits naturally beside old.

Narrow lots and detached garages

Many older Dearborn houses have a long, narrow drive running beside the house to a detached garage at the back. Those drives often have two problems: a cracked strip where tires roll, and a garage floor that has dropped or cracked from decades of water coming in under the door. Replacing them takes careful forming between the house and the lot line, plus attention to the slope so water leaves the garage instead of entering it. We can pour a new drive and garage floor together so the grades meet cleanly.

Get a Free Estimate

Where the Rouge River branches meet

Dearborn grew up on both sides of the Rouge River, where the Upper, Middle and Lower branches come together. Low ground near the river and its branches holds water longer after a storm. The city's 1991 to 2020 climate normals on Wikipedia list 35.05 inches of precipitation and 30.8 inches of snow a year, with a record low of minus 20 degrees. Patios and walks that hold puddles in that climate scale and crack quickly. We set every slab to drain away from the foundation and toward the yard or street, compact the base under it and use air-entrained concrete for outdoor work.

What we handle in Dearborn

• Driveways: side drives to detached garages, wider front drives and new aprons
• Patios: backyard slabs on compact city lots and replacements for sunken patios
• Stamped concrete: patterned walks and patios that suit brick and frame homes
• Sidewalks and steps: front walks, stoops and porch steps on older houses
• Garage and shed slabs: new floors for detached garages and pads for sheds
• Repair and replacement: heaved sections, trip edges and broken steps

Before we form anything near the public walk or curb, we check with the city on permits for your address. Call (313) 351-8654 to book a visit on the east or west end of Dearborn.