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Driveways, walkways and patios

Concrete Patio Contractor in Guadalupe, AZ

Patios for Guadalupe homes, built on carefully compacted ground.

Maricopa County · River and wash alluvium

Guadalupe is the smallest town we serve, under one square mile and home to about 5,300 people, set between Tempe and Ahwatukee. About seven in ten homes here are detached houses, with the median built in 1993. Yards tend to sit close to family and neighbors, and a patio is where people cook, gather and sit in the shade. Common jobs are pouring a first patio where there was dirt, enlarging a small slab, and adding a pad for a grill or a covered area.

Typical Phoenix-area price$7–$12 / sq ft · stamped $12–$18installed · free written estimate
(602) 773-1313
Stamped and coloredJoints on grout linesBase on firm groundSlopes away from houseUV-resistant sealer
A patio on river and wash soil
Serving ZIP 85283 · Maricopa County, ArizonaPermits and right-of-way work: The Town of Guadalupe
Concrete Patios in Guadalupe

Planning a patio in Guadalupe

NRCS soil maps show mostly Valencia sandy loam under Guadalupe, a river-laid soil that needs careful compaction. Loose sandy loam settles under a slab when it gets wet, and that's behind many sunken patio corners in town. We dig to firm ground, add aggregate base, and compact it in lifts before any rebar goes down. The patio is sloped so roof water and irrigation run out to the yard and stay off the soil under the concrete.

Permits in Guadalupe come from the Town of Guadalupe, a separate town from Phoenix and Tempe, and we check its rules for your patio before we schedule. If you share a driveway or a narrow side yard with family next door, we plan the route from the street to the backyard with everyone at the visit. Summer pours start in the cool morning. Call (602) 773-1313 for a free on-site estimate and a printed quote with the price before work starts.

What’s included

A Guadalupe patio gets planned around the yard, the shade and where storm water goes on river and wash alluvium, and the quote spells out each part:

  • New patios and patio extensions
  • Stamped, colored and exposed-aggregate finishes
  • Pergola and shade-structure pads, with footers
  • Fire-pit, grill and outdoor-kitchen slabs
  • Step pads and paths to the patio
  • Patio replacement and resurfacing
  • Slope away from the house
  • Compacted base for caliche or clay
  • Joint layout that fits the design
  • Color that holds up in the sun
  • A UV-resistant sealer, renewed every few years
The ground under Guadalupe

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
Our process

How a Guadalupe patio 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.

Guadalupe patio questions

Straight answers

Sam The Concrete Man North Phoenix builds patios for Guadalupe homes, about seven in ten of which are detached houses, with the median built in 1993. On Valencia sandy loam we compact the ground and base well, then slope the slab away from the house. Pergola and shade footings go in with the pour, and lighter integral colors or a cool-deck style finish keep the surface cooler.

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We pour patios in Guadalupe from our North Phoenix base.

A new patio in Guadalupe? Let’s talk.

Tell us what you're planning. We'll come out, measure, look at the ground and leave you a printed quote.

(602) 773-1313