A Houston concrete company that writes the spec down
We set this company up because too many Houston homeowners were buying concrete by the square foot without knowing what was under it, and finding out three summers later.
Houston is a hard place to pour concrete well and an easy place to pour it badly. The clay under most of the city shrinks and swells with the weather, the summers bake fresh slabs dry before they've set inside, and rainstorms dump inches in an afternoon onto lots with almost no natural fall. A driveway poured thin on soft base, with the mesh lying in the dirt and the joints cut a day late, can look fine the week it's finished. The clay finds out soon enough.
H-Town Concrete Co. is a locally run concrete company that books and manages residential and light commercial concrete work across Houston and the suburbs around it, from Katy and Cypress to The Woodlands, Humble, Pasadena, Pearland, League City, Missouri City and Sugar Land. The jobs are done by independent, insured crews we schedule and stand behind. Texas has no state license for concrete contractors, so what we offer instead is something you can check: a written specification for every job, permits pulled where the work needs them, and a person to call if something isn't right.
How we work
The estimate is a spec, not a single number
Every estimate lists what comes out, how deep we dig, the base and how it's compacted, the slab thickness, the steel and how it's supported, the joint layout, the finish, the cure, the permit and the cleanup. If another contractor's price is lower, you can compare line by line and see why.
Water first
Before forming anything we look at where rain goes now and where it will go after the new slab is in. Patios fall away from the house, walks shed water sideways, driveways keep their grade to the street, and nothing we pour should send runoff into a low corner or a neighbor's yard.
Pour for the weather we have
In the hot months, pours start early and follow hot-weather concreting practice: dampened base, evaporation retarder, curing compound and joints cut on time. We'd rather reschedule a pour than place concrete into a storm.
Say no when it's not ours
We don't repair moving house foundations, design structural slabs or guess at engineering. When a job needs a foundation specialist or an engineer, we tell you.