Concrete Driveway Contractor in Sunnyslope, Phoenix, AZ
Sloped Sunnyslope driveways, cut in and built for the runoff.
Phoenix · Desert foothills and rock
Sunnyslope sits below North Mountain and the Phoenix Mountains, and most of its homes are from the 1970s or earlier. The driveways reflect that. Many are short, steep or narrow, built when one car was the norm, and lots near the mountains often climb from the street to the garage. Typical jobs here are replacing broken originals, adding a parking pad beside a carport, and rebuilding a driveway that has started to slide or crack down the slope.
Typical Phoenix-area price$8–$12 / sq ftinstalled · free written estimateWhat Sunnyslope driveways need
The ground gets rockier the closer you are to the mountains. Rock can sit close to the surface, and support can change from solid rock to loose fill in a few feet, which is what cracks a slab in a straight line across. Runoff comes down the slope fast during storms. We excavate into rock where it is needed, compact base over the fill, add drainage on the uphill side, and build short retaining walls where the cut leaves a bank.
Sunnyslope is part of the City of Phoenix, so the apron in the street right-of-way is built 6 inches thick to city standards and usually goes under a city permit we pull. Older streets here can be narrow, so we plan where the concrete truck parks before pour day. Summer pours start early, and steep driveways get extra attention to the monsoon forecast. Call (602) 773-1313 for a free estimate and a printed quote.
What’s included
Every Sunnyslope driveway we pour starts with the ground under it, desert foothills and rock 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
Desert foothills and rock
Sloped lots on and around the Valley’s mountains, where thin, stony soil sits on bedrock or hardpan: granite that weathers to coarse sand in the McDowells, older schist in the Phoenix Mountains, and volcanic rock in parts of the north Valley hills.
Excavation into the rock or hardpan, a thicker compacted base where the support is uneven, drainage that catches runoff above the slab and carries it around, and engineered retaining walls where the grade is cut. Walls on hillside lots often need a permit, and each city and town has its own rules, so we check yours.
What fails here first
- Edges undercut or washed out after storms
- Runoff and gravel washing across the driveway from uphill
- Cracks where a slab crosses from rock to fill
- Retaining walls that lean or weep
How a Sunnyslope 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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