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Five concrete jobs

Five slab problems, and who has to fix each one

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Start with the piece that is cracked, flaking or sunk. Each page below says whose job it is first, then what to ask for so the repair lasts a Syracuse winter. Tell us which one you have and we will arrange the rest.

Freshly poured concrete slab with a broom-finish surface and a cut joint, bare soil around its edge.

Who decides at each piece of your property

  1. Garage floorYours
  2. Steps and walksYours
  3. DrivewayYours
  4. ApronYours, with a permit
  5. Public sidewalkCity or your town
  6. StreetRoad owner

Your situation

Which one is yours

  1. The surface is peeling in sheetsScaling, flaking and pitting on the driveway.Driveway
  2. The street edge has crumbledApron, curb cut and the permit question.Apron
  3. The front steps are coming apartPoured steps, walks and patios.Steps and walks
  4. The garage floor is dusty and pittedWhat the salt off your tires does.Garage floor
  5. One side of a slab has droppedWhen leveling helps and when it cannot.Leveling
  6. I was quoted for a full replacementAsk whether a patch or a new surface would do first.Driveway

Questions

What to ask first, answered

  1. Which job should I start with if I have two problems?

    Start with the one that is getting worse, usually the sunken slab or the failing apron. Name both in your request and we will say which to settle first.

  2. Do these pages give prices?

    No. The contractor sets the price after seeing the slab. Each page lists what moves a quote so you can compare two of them fairly.

  3. Why does every page mention the first winter?

    A repair that ignores the mix, the pour month and the first winter fails the way the old slab did. Ask for all three in writing on any of these jobs.

  4. Is the public sidewalk one of the five jobs?

    No. Public sidewalks are not one of the five, and inside Syracuse they are the city's work. Our sidewalk guide tells you who to call there and elsewhere.

Ask about your slab

Tell us about your slab

Send the details once. Nothing is booked and you owe nothing for asking.

We help you work out whose concrete it is and what to ask for, then introduce you to an independent Syracuse-area contractor to quote it.

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Privacy policyTerms

Put it in writing before anyone pours

Seven questions for any contractor, any slab. Copy them into your messages and keep the answers with your contract.

  • Air-entrained mix, with the air content namedThe mix decides whether the surface flakes again in a few winters.
  • The pour date, and a plan if it turns coldCold nights after the pour count, even when the pour day is mild.
  • How the slab is cured and coveredCuring and cold protection run for different lengths of time.
  • No de-icer on the new slab this winterClean sand gives traction without feeding the scaling.
  • Whose road it is, and who pulls the permitWork in a county road right of way needs a county permit first.
  • A signed written contract before work startsNew York asks for a written contract on home improvement jobs over $500.
  • What is removed, what is poured, what is leftA clear scope stops arguments about patching versus replacing.
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$100 off your first job

Your $100 comes off once your first concrete job is booked.

  • The credit comes from us, not out of the contractor's price.
  • One credit per customer, per property.
  • Your job needs to be booked by December 31, 2026.
  • Mention the $100 when you book the work.
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The straight-answer slab promise

  • No charge to ask, and no obligation once you have.
  • If the city or the road owner should fix it, we say so.
  • We ask about the mix and the pour month up front.
  • Your $100 is applied the way our Terms spell out.

Your contract is with the contractor, who answers to you for the work.

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Edge of a concrete slab beside grass with a crack running down to a chipped corner.

Five jobs

The five jobs, whose job first and which season second

  1. Close view of a driveway where the top layer has worn away, leaving rounded gravel exposed beside smooth concrete and a hairline crack.

    Driveway Repair and Replacement

    Flaking or cracked drive: what to ask first

    Yours

    Open the driveway page

  2. Residential street in winter with a granite curb, a snow bank along the edge and bare trees between the houses.

    Driveway Aprons at the Street

    Broken apron at the street: ask who owns the road

    Yours, with a permit

    Open the apron page

  3. Three poured concrete steps at a side door, a vertical crack down the riser and the top edge chipped.

    Concrete Steps, Walks and Patios

    Crumbling steps or walk: ask whose job and what mix

    Yours

    Open the steps and walks page

  4. Concrete driveway surface split by a straight joint with grit in the gap, a house blurred behind.

    Garage Floor and Slab Repair

    Pitted garage floor: salt rides in on your tires

    Yours

    Open the garage floor page

  5. Concrete slab sitting lower than its neighbor at a joint, with water standing in the gap and grass behind.

    Sunken Slab Leveling

    Sunken slab: lift it, or pour it new?

    Yours

    Open the leveling page

First winter

Will the repair last its first winter?

Jan: cold. Deep winter: cold-weather rules apply to any pour.Feb: cold. Deep winter: cold-weather rules apply to any pour.Mar: cold. Cold nights on most days, and the ground is thawing.Apr: watch. Many nights are still cold. Ask for a protection plan.May: watch. A few cold nights remain. Watch the forecast.Jun: open. Outside the cited cold-weather counts. Plan the curing.Jul: open. Outside the cited cold-weather counts. Plan the curing.Aug: open. Outside the cited cold-weather counts. Plan the curing.Sep: open. Few cold nights in the normals. Still ask about the forecast.Oct: watch. Cold-weather pour rules start to apply this month.Nov: cold. Cold nights on most days. Ask whether it should wait.Dec: cold. Cold nights almost every day. Hold off if you can.JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecpourmonth
  • Open Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
  • Watch Apr, May, Oct
  • Cold Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec

The pour calendar

Basis: Portland Cement Association NRMCA

The sequence

How a job unfolds, start to finish

  1. Describe the slab

    Say which piece it is and what you see.

  2. Hear whose job it is

    We tell you who decides: you, the city or the road owner.

  3. Get your written questions

    The mix, the pour month and the protection plan, ready to send.

  4. Meet a contractor if you want one

    An independent contractor quotes the job. You choose.

Tell us which slab is giving you trouble.

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How to choose

Pick by what you see, not by what a contractor calls it. A driveway that flakes needs a different answer from one that sank. An apron needs a different office from a garage floor, and a public sidewalk may not need you at all.

If two of these describe you, send one request and name both. We will say which to settle first.

Poured concrete only

These five pages cover poured concrete flatwork. Anything other than poured concrete is not something we arrange, so if that is your problem, say so on the phone and save yourself the wait.

Get it in writing before anyone pours.

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