Concrete Contractors in Edwardsville, KS

Edwardsville is a small Wyandotte County city with a big jump in its history, and that jump is what concrete contractors in Edwardsville deal with most. The town had 619 residents in 1970 and 3,364 in 1980, more than five times as many in ten years. It reached 4,717 at the 2020 census. A large share of local homes, and the driveways and patios that came with them, date from that 1970s growth and are now around 45 to 50 years old.

From railroad stop to suburb

According to a 1912 Kansas cyclopedia, Edwardsville sits on the north bank of the Kansas River along the Union Pacific Railroad, about 13 miles west of Kansas City. The land was surveyed for a town in 1869 on ground that had belonged to Half Moon, a Delaware chief, and the town was named for John H. Edwards, a Union Pacific general passenger agent. It was incorporated in 1915. Today it lies just south of the Kansas Speedway area.

What 1970s concrete looks like now

Concrete poured in the 1970s has been through roughly five decades of freeze-thaw cycles, road salt and settling. On Edwardsville homes from that era we commonly see:

• Driveways with a scaled or pitted surface
• Aprons cracked where the drive meets the street
• Garage-front panels that have dropped below the garage floor
• Patios that slope toward the house
• Front steps with crumbling treads or a gap at the foundation

Most of these call for full replacement with a new compacted base. Where only a few panels have failed and the rest are sound, we can replace sections.

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River bottom and bluff lots

Between the river and the higher ground to the north, Edwardsville lots range from flat to steep. Flat lots need careful grading so water does not pond on a patio. Sloped lots need edges and steps that keep water and soil from washing out under the slab. We look at each lot's fall and where roof water lands before we plan.

Rural edges

Some Edwardsville properties are larger and more rural, with room for a shop or equipment shed. For those, we pour heavier slabs and aprons sized for trucks and tractors, with joints laid out to control cracking across a wide floor.

Permits and the street

Work at the street, like a new approach, is in the public right-of-way. We check with the City of Edwardsville about permit requirements before scheduling and call Kansas 811 for locates before we dig.

What we do in Edwardsville

• Driveways: replacement, approaches and widening
• Patios: new slabs and replacements
• Stamped concrete: patios and walks
• Sidewalks and steps
• Garage, shop and shed slabs
• Repair and replacement

Call (913) 355-6902 to set up a visit.