Concrete Patio Contractor in Phoenix, AZ
Thirty-year-old backyard slabs, broken out and poured again on solid ground.
Maricopa County · Caliche desert floor
Across Phoenix, a lot of backyard slabs date from the same building boom as the houses, somewhere between the early 1970s and the mid-1990s. Those original patios were usually a plain rectangle off the slider, sized for two chairs and a grill. Thirty to fifty years later they tend to show tilted corners, cracks that wander across the middle, and a low edge that sends water back toward the house. Most owners who call us want the slab bigger, with room under a pergola or beside a fire pit, and a finish that looks like it belongs to this decade.
Typical Phoenix-area price$7–$12 / sq ft · stamped $12–$18installed · free written estimatePlanning a patio in Phoenix
Phoenix covers every kind of ground the Valley has. Near the Salt River you find river soil that settles if it was never compacted, and against the Phoenix Mountains and South Mountain, rock sits close to the surface. Much of the city sits on the caliche desert floor, where a hard layer below the yard holds water and the soil above it goes soft. We dig each patio to firm ground, break out caliche that sits high, and set a compacted aggregate base with rebar on chairs before any concrete arrives.
The City of Phoenix is the permit authority across the city, and if your patio connects to a covered structure, the crew checks what the city wants before the pour. Plenty of Phoenix subdivisions also have an HOA, and we prepare the layout, finish and color sheet a design review asks for. Summer pours start in the cool morning hours with curing begun right away, and monsoon dates are planned around the forecast. Call (602) 773-1313 for a free on-site estimate and a printed quote with the price before work starts.
What’s included
A Phoenix patio gets planned around the yard, the shade and where storm water goes on caliche desert floor, 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
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
How a Phoenix patio 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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