Heartland Boston Concrete Company is a concrete contractor based in Boston, MA, and we build driveways, patios, walks and steps for Everett homeowners, starting with what's under the slab. Call (857) 770-0722 or send the form to set up a visit.
(857) 770-0722
Most of the Everett jobs we're called to are on older houses set close together, where the driveway runs tight along the side of the house and the backyard is small enough that every foot of patio counts. That tight fit matters to us, because there's often little room to bring in equipment and not much open yard for water to soak into, so we plan the dig, the forms and the runoff before anything else.
The calls sound a lot like the ones we get next door in Malden. We hear about driveways that are cracked and sinking, water pooling by the foundation, and front steps that have started chipping and leaning. We treat those as signs of what happened underneath, so that's where we look first.
We reply within one business day to set a time, and then I come out to your Everett property myself to look at the ground, measure and walk you through the price. The estimate is free and done on site, and there's no obligation to book.
(857) 770-0722On Everett properties we mostly replace cracked and sunken driveways, pour backyard patios sized for a small lot, rebuild front walks and steps, and put in new garage floors. Each one starts with the subgrade, the packed ground the slab sits on. If you want more than a plain gray slab, our decorative concrete work adds color and texture to a patio or walk, and we also handle footings, retaining walls, foundations and concrete cutting when a job calls for them.
Whether your concrete job needs a building permit is the City of Everett's call, not ours, and if it does, the start date waits on that paperwork. Before work starts, we check with the city about the permits your job may need and help you get the paperwork in order, so you're not chasing it alone. The price mostly moves with the size of the slab, whether an old one has to be broken out and hauled away, how much digging and base the ground needs, and the finish you pick. A plain broom finish, the light brushed texture that gives your shoes some grip, costs less than a decorative one. The schedule turns on the permit answer, our calendar and the curing time before you can use the slab, and you get your own figures at the estimate.
A lot of Everett houses sit on busy streets with tight parking, so we work out ahead of time where the concrete truck will park and how it reaches the forms. We like to pour early in the day, because concrete that sits and bakes in midday heat can end up with a weak, dusty top. We run jobs the same way in Chelsea and Revere, where the lots and streets look a lot like Everett's.
The base is hidden on pour day, so it's the first thing many budgets cut. We won't cut it, because a slab sitting on raked dirt settles and cracks right along with it. We dig down to firm ground, pack it and add rebar, the steel that holds a slab together, where the job needs it.
I come out to your house myself to look at the job and give the estimate, and our own crew does the work with me running it. The person who explained the job to you is the one standing there on pour day, not someone you've never met.
I'd rather explain something twice than leave you wondering, so the estimate spells out what the base, the tear-out and the finish each add. We've been at this since 2017, and we're licensed and insured. Satisfaction guaranteed. Call (857) 770-0722 to set up a visit.
The city decides that, and the place to check is Everett 311, the city's service portal, which has an entry called "When is a building permit required?" Start there with your project in mind. Before we start, we also check with the city about your job and help you get the paperwork in order.
We don't guess a driveway price over the phone, because the biggest swing is underneath, in how soft the ground is and how far we have to dig to reach something solid. A driveway that only needs the old slab broken out costs less than one that also needs soft fill dug out and new base packed in. You get the full figure, broken down part by part, at the estimate.
You can walk on it well before you can drive on it, because concrete keeps gaining strength for days after the pour, and that wait is called curing. We'll tell you when it's ready for feet and when it's ready for the car, and the car waits longer. Plan to park on the street for that stretch, and we'll tape the driveway off so nobody drives on it early.
Most cracking and sinking starts under the slab, when the ground was raked flat instead of dug out and packed, so the concrete settles as the dirt does. Water running toward the house or under the edges makes it worse, and so do control joints that are cut late or skipped. Those joints are grooves cut across the slab so it cracks along them in a straight line instead of wherever it wants. We dig out, pack the base, check where the water runs and cut joints on time.
Start with how you'll use the patio and where the rain should go, because on a small lot it has to slope away from your house without sending water at the neighbor's. Call (857) 770-0722 or use the form, and I'll come out, measure, look at the ground and go over the size and finish with you. Then we check on permits with the city and set a pour date once the paperwork is in order.
