Concrete Contractors in Garden City, MI

Garden City has a layout that makes concrete work a little different from its neighbors. Homeowners who call concrete contractors in Garden City usually have a long, narrow lot with a driveway running far back to a garage, and a backyard deep enough for a good-sized patio. The city had 27,380 residents and 11,669 housing units in 2020, on just under 6 square miles. We pour driveways and aprons, patios and stamped concrete, walks and steps, garage and shed slabs, and repair cracked or settled sections.

Built on the garden city idea

Wikipedia explains that the city's original home sites followed the English garden city concept, with plots of about one acre so families could grow fruit and vegetables. Most lots have since been divided, and some are now about 40 by 135 feet. A few older areas, like the stretch between Bock and John Hauk streets where Donnelly Avenue was never cut through, still have larger lots.

That history leaves a lot of deep, narrow parcels. A driveway on a 40-foot-wide lot may run more than 100 feet to a rear garage. Replacing it means careful planning for access, forming along the lot line and a steady grade from the garage to the street so water keeps moving the whole way.

The 1950s explosion

Garden City became a village within Nankin Township in 1927 and a city in 1933. Then it grew fast: 9,012 residents in 1950 and 38,017 in 1960, a 321.8 percent increase. The population peaked at 41,864 in 1970. Most of today's houses, and their original driveways, walks and patios, date from those two decades. The city also has a place in retail history: the first Kmart opened here in 1962, and the first Little Caesars in 1959.

Concrete from that era is now 60 to 70 years old. Long driveways show it first. We often see a series of cracked panels, a dropped section where the drive meets the garage and an apron broken by plows at the street.

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Deep backyards, bigger patios

A deep lot leaves room for a real patio. Garden City owners often ask us to replace a small original slab with a larger patio, sometimes in stamped concrete, or to connect the patio to the driveway and garage with a walk. We lay it out with you on site, check how water moves across the yard, and pitch the patio so rain heads away from the house.

What we pour in Garden City

• Driveways: long drives to rear garages, section replacements and new aprons
• Patios: larger patios on deep lots
• Stamped concrete: patterned patios, walks and borders
• Sidewalks and steps: front walks, side walks and stoops
• Garage and shed slabs: detached garage floors and shed pads
• Repair and replacement: heaved panels, trip edges and broken steps

We check city permit needs for your address. Whether you live near Ford and Middlebelt, where the stone Folker Building served as the first city hall, or near Cherry Hill Road, call (313) 351-8654 to set up a visit.