Concrete driveways, patios and repair in Bellevue
A lot of Bellevue still has the driveways that went in when the houses around Offutt were built. Most of that concrete has done its time.
Concrete work in Bellevue, Nebraska
Bellevue keeps us busy with tear-outs. The neighborhoods that filled in during the 50s and 60s (Birchwood, the streets off Fort Crook Road and Galvin) are mostly sitting on original driveways. Those were poured about three inches thick, usually with no steel in them, and they've been through sixty-some winters of freeze, thaw and salt. You can only ask so much.
We also do plenty of new work out in Twin Creek and the newer stuff south toward Highway 370. Patios, a third stall on the driveway, a pad for the camper. Either way, we come out, look, and give you a price on paper.
The bluffs, and what 2019 left behind
Bellevue sits up on the Missouri River bluffs, and a lot of that ground is loess. It's fine silt that the wind piled up a long time ago. Dry, it's surprisingly strong. Soaked, it can settle all at once. That's how a driveway sits perfectly flat for fifteen years and then drops half an inch one spring. Usually a downspout or a sump line started dumping water next to it.
So before we form anything we look at where your water goes. If a downspout is aimed at the spot we're about to pour, we'll tell you. Ten feet of extension costs about twenty bucks and it protects a few thousand dollars of concrete.
The low ground along the river (Haworth Park, Green Meadows, the stretch below the bluff) took water in the 2019 flood, and ground that's been underwater doesn't always settle back where it was. If a slab moved after that and has been sitting crooked since, it's worth figuring out whether it's done moving before you fix it.
Parts of Bellevue we work in
Pretty much all of it, including Old Towne Bellevue, Twin Creek, Birchwood, Fairview, Leawood, Near Offutt, Fort Crook Road, Cornhusker Road, Highway 370 corridor and Fontenelle Forest area. If you're in or near Bellevue and don't see your street, call (531) 236-6623 and ask. It takes about thirty seconds.
Bellevue questions
Do I need a permit to replace my driveway in Bellevue?
Not for the part on your own property. The apron between the sidewalk and the street, a public sidewalk panel, or a new curb cut is different. That's city right-of-way, so it needs a permit and an inspection from the City of Bellevue. We'll tell you at the estimate which parts of your job need one and handle it.
My driveway sank by the garage. Do I have to replace it?
Not always. If the slab itself is in one piece and just dropped, lifting it back up is usually a few hundred to a couple thousand dollars. If it's original 60s concrete broken into chunks, lifting it just gives you broken concrete at a better height. We'll look and tell you which one you've got.
Can you schedule around shift work?
Sure. Plenty of our Bellevue customers work odd hours out at Offutt. Once concrete's poured the timing is fixed (walk on it the next day, drive on it in about a week), but which week is up to you.