Concrete Driveway Contractor in Downtown Tempe, AZ
Driveways for old houses and busy rentals south of campus.
Tempe · River and wash alluvium
The streets south of the ASU campus are full of older homes, and a lot of them are rentals. Their driveways take a beating: four roommates with four cars, parking on the edges, trucks backing in on move-in day. What we usually see here is a narrow single drive that broke apart years ago, a dirt strip where tenants park beside it, and a landlord who wants one durable slab that handles all of it and is easy to keep clean.
Typical Phoenix-area price$8–$12 / sq ftinstalled · free written estimateWhat Downtown Tempe driveways need
Ground near the Salt River and Tempe Town Lake is river and wash alluvium, silt and sand left by old floods. It drains well but settles when it gets wet or carries weight, and much of it under older lots was never compacted. We compact the base in lifts, pour thicker where trucks park, and grade the drive so runoff stays off the slab and out from under it. That is how a rental driveway survives heavy use.
The City of Tempe sets the standard for driveway work at the street, and our crew checks what your address needs, including any permit for a new or wider curb cut. Street parking and narrow lots near campus can make access tight, so we plan the truck and pour times with you and your tenants. Summer pours start at first light. For a free estimate and printed quote, call (602) 773-1313.
What’s included
Every Downtown Tempe driveway we pour starts with the ground under it, river and wash alluvium here, and the same list of work goes into the quote:
- New concrete driveways
- Driveway replacement and tear-out
- Extensions, widening and side parking
- RV and trailer parking pads
- Stamped, colored and exposed-aggregate finishes
- Aprons at the street, with the city permit where one is needed
- Caliche, fill and soil checked before forming
- Compacted aggregate base, deeper where you park heavy
- Slope that sends water away from the garage
- Control joints laid out before the pour
- A pour timed and cured for the heat
River and wash alluvium
Layered silt, sand and gravel laid down by the Salt River and the desert washes, across the flood plains and alluvial fans of the central and west Valley.
Compaction done in lifts at the right moisture, with loose or soft soil dug out and replaced, a thicker section anywhere a truck, trailer or RV will park, and grading that keeps runoff off the slab and out from under it. Washes and drainage easements stay open.
What fails here first
- Corners or joints sunk below the next panel
- Ruts or cracks along the tire lines of a driveway
- Gaps opening under the edge of a slab
- Soil washed out along an edge after a monsoon storm
How a Downtown Tempe driveway job runs
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Free Estimate
Call, text or send the form. We come out to look at the space, measure it and talk through what you want, and we can do a drive-by estimate if your schedule is tight.
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Printed Quote
You get a printed quote on the spot, free of charge, with the project details and a clear breakdown of the cost. You decide if and when to go ahead.
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Install
Once you approve it, we schedule the work, prepare the site and pour, finish and cure your concrete with methods planned for the heat and the monsoon.
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Final Walkthrough
We’ll review the completed work with you, answer your questions, and make sure you know how to care for your new concrete.
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