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Concrete Driveway Contractor in South Tempe, AZ

South Tempe driveways from the 1980s and 1990s, poured new on firm ground.

Tempe · Caliche desert floor

South Tempe is the part of Tempe south of US 60, mostly single-family homes built in the 1980s and 1990s with townhomes mixed in. The area sits inside the Kyrene School District, which is why plenty of locals just call it Kyrene. Driveways here are thirty to forty years old. The usual story is a two-car drive with a crack at each garage corner, a sunken panel by the sidewalk and a surface worn smooth. Families who need a third parking spot ask about a strip along the side, and townhome owners deal with short drives the association looks after.

Typical Phoenix-area price$8–$12 / sq ftinstalled · free written estimate
(602) 773-1313
Broom finishControl jointsRebar on chairsAggregate base courseCaliche, broken outMix adjusted for heat
A driveway on caliche
Serving ZIP 85283, 85284 · Maricopa County, ArizonaPermits and right-of-way work: The City of Tempe
Concrete Driveways in South Tempe

What South Tempe driveways need

The ground under South Tempe is caliche desert floor. A hard layer of lime-cemented soil sits anywhere from a few inches to a few feet down, and water that reaches it has nowhere to go, so the soil above turns soft after storms and long sprinkler cycles. That's what lets a driveway sag at one corner. We dig to firm ground, break out caliche that sits high and replace it with compacted aggregate base, then set rebar on chairs and slope the slab so water heads to the street.

Driveway permits here go through the City of Tempe, and our crew checks its rules for the slab and the apron at the curb. Many subdivisions and most townhome communities have an HOA, and we prepare the layout, color and finish their review asks for. On most streets a concrete truck can pull right up to the house. We pour early on summer mornings and move the date when a monsoon storm is in the forecast. Call (602) 773-1313 for a free estimate and a printed quote.

What’s included

Every South Tempe driveway we pour starts with the ground under it, caliche desert floor 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
The ground under South Tempe

Caliche desert floor

Gravelly desert soil on the fans and terraces of the Valley floor, often with a layer of caliche, soil cemented hard by calcium carbonate or silica, anywhere from a few inches to a few feet down.

Dig to firm ground, break out caliche that sits high in the base and haul it off the site, bring in aggregate base compacted in lifts, and slope the slab and the grade so roof and sprinkler water run away from it and off the hardpan.

What fails here first

  • Slabs sunk or cracked beside sprinkler beds and downspouts
  • Water standing along an edge for days after a storm
  • Corners and edges dropped below the next panel
  • Cracks that keep opening over the same low spot
Our process

How a South Tempe driveway job runs

  1. 01

    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.

  2. 02

    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.

  3. 03

    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.

  4. 04

    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.

South Tempe driveway questions

Straight answers

Sam The Concrete Man North Phoenix pours driveways in South Tempe, the Kyrene area south of US 60 where most homes date from the 1980s and 1990s. Caliche often sits a few inches to a few feet down here, so our crews break out any that sits high, haul it off and build on compacted aggregate base with rebar on chairs. We thicken the apron and any side slab for a trailer or RV, and changes at the curb are cleared with the City of Tempe.

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We pour driveways in South Tempe from our North Phoenix base.

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(602) 773-1313