Residential concrete contractors in Little Rock, AR

Your driveway protected during the pour, a clear path kept open to your door, and a cure time you can plan a weekend around.

Concrete poured around a house you still live in

You get a driveway or patio poured with your house still lived in, not a job site you have to work around for weeks.

A finished broom-swept concrete driveway running up to a single family home, control joints tooled straight and the lawn edges clean on both sides.

Little Rock Concrete Elite is a concrete contractor pouring residential driveways, patios and foundations across Little Rock and central Arkansas since 2011, fifteen years of work, with new jobs typically starting inside two weeks.

Driveways and parking pads, patios and walkways, garage and shed slabs, concrete repair, and decorative finishes such as stamped or stained concrete make up most of the residential book.

Every driveway or patio is poured at four inches over a compacted base, a 4,000 PSI mix, fiber reinforced, with control joints cut within twenty-four hours at four times the slab depth, so a crack runs along a joint instead of across the middle of your driveway.

How small a job is worth calling about, and how big can you take on? A single sunken step or a cracked walkway counts, and so does a full driveway and patio replacement, and the same crew handles both.

Call (501) 555-0168 for a free estimate. You go from stepping around a cracked or sunken slab every day to parking and walking on one that is actually level.

What changes when the crew is at your house

A residential pour happens around your family, your car and your yard, not an empty lot.

A general contractor asks about mix tickets and phasing. A homeowner asks where to park for a few days, whether the dog can still reach the yard, and how soon the new patio can actually be used.

That is a different job to plan, even when the concrete itself is identical. Driveways get poured in a way that still leaves a path to the front door, patios get protected from being walked on before they cure, and the crew works around whichever part of the property still needs to function while the rest of it is a job site.

  • Somewhere else to park while the driveway cures
  • A path to the front door kept clear during the pour
  • Fencing or barriers kept between the pour and pets or kids
  • Old landscaping and beds protected, not just the slab
  • A cure time you are told upfront, not left to guess
  • One crew from the first call to the final sweep
A residential driveway freshly poured with a barrier or caution tape across the entrance, an ordinary house in the background.
A patio slab curing under plastic sheeting in a residential backyard, garden furniture pushed clear of it.

Services

Where the concrete goes, from the curb to the back yard

Commercial Residential
  • A freshly poured concrete driveway running from the street to a garage, broom finished and still curing, wood forms standing along one edge.

    Driveways and Parking

    For a homeowner replacing a driveway that has cracked along the same line every summer since it went in, or a family adding a second pad for a teenager's first car. A driveway carries real weight every day, so the base and the reinforcement underneath matter more here than the finish on top, and getting them wrong is expensive to redo once a slab is down.

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  • A finished concrete patio behind a house, poured flush against a back door with outdoor furniture set on it, broom finished with a lawn edge around it.

    Patios and Walkways

    For a family who wants somewhere to put a table and chairs that does not turn to mud after a storm, or somebody replacing a patio that has pooled water against the back door for years. A patio only has to carry people and furniture, so the drainage fall and the finish decide how it holds up over time, not the thickness underneath it.

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  • A poured concrete footing and foundation wall on a residential job site, formwork freshly stripped and rebar visible at the edge.

    Foundations and Slabs

    For homeowners adding a garage, workshop or sunroom, and builders who need a foundation poured, inspected and ready for framing on a fixed schedule. Every footing and slab is designed to the soil underneath it rather than to a standard drawing, because a foundation that ignores Little Rock's clay settles within a few seasons.

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  • A cracked or unevenly settled concrete driveway or walkway before repair, the damage clearly visible in flat daylight.

    Concrete Repair

    For homeowners with a driveway that has sunk at one edge, and sellers who need a cracked walkway fixed before a home inspection finds it first. Every repair starts with a straight answer about what actually failed, and polyurethane foam leveling or epoxy crack injection is used wherever the concrete underneath is still sound, rather than defaulting to a full replacement.

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  • A finished stamped or stained concrete patio or driveway, the texture and color pattern clearly visible in flat daylight.

    Decorative Concrete

    For homeowners replacing a plain patio with something they will actually want photographed, and for anyone upgrading a driveway or pool deck before listing the house. Every pattern is stamped true and every finish sealed with a product built for Arkansas sun, because a stamped surface that fades or chalks within a year is worse than a plain one that never promised color to begin with.

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From your call to a cured slab

Most driveways and patios run five to ten days from the first call to a slab you can park or walk on.

  1. Call and a free estimate

    Same day

    We talk through the job on the phone, then walk the site with you. We measure the area, check grade and access for a truck, and note anything the clay soil or drainage will affect.

  2. Mix and design agreed

    One to two days

    You get a written quote naming the mix strength, the slab thickness, the reinforcement and where the control joints will sit, so nothing about the pour is decided on the day.

  3. Excavation and base prep

    One to two days

    Old material comes out, the ground is graded to fall away from the house, and a compacted base goes down before a single form is set. This is where a bad clay base fails later.

  4. The pour and screed

    One day

    Concrete goes in, screeded level and floated while it is still workable. Arkansas heat sets a load fast, so the crew works the whole slab in one continuous pour.

  5. Finish and cure

    Three to seven days

    Broom, stamp or exposed aggregate goes on while the surface is still workable, then the slab is covered and cured out of the sun before it takes any weight.

  6. Joints cut, site cleared

    Within a day

    Control joints are saw cut to the correct depth so the slab cracks where it is told to, not where the clay underneath decides. Forms come up and the site is left clean.

Call Little Rock Concrete Elite for a free estimate, or ask for a callback the same day.

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Why do two driveways the same size cost different amounts?

The steps above are the same on every job. What moves the number is the ground underneath, how the old surface comes out, and the finish you choose.

Site access
A driveway a truck can back up to pours in one load. A patio reached only through a side gate means barrowing concrete in by hand, which adds crew time to the same square footage.
Removing the old surface
A new pour over prepared ground costs less than one that starts with breaking out an old driveway or patio, hauling the debris away and disposing of it before any new base goes down.
Base and soil prep
Little Rock clay swells and shrinks with the season, so a base that will actually hold a slab flat needs more excavation and compaction than a site sitting on stable ground.
Thickness and reinforcement
A patio and a driveway are not poured to the same spec. A slab carrying vehicles needs more depth, a stronger mix and steel or fiber reinforcement a footpath never sees.
The finish
A broom finish is the fastest and least expensive. Stamped, stained or exposed aggregate work takes longer, needs a more skilled crew, and the price reflects that extra labor.
Size and shape
Square footage sets the base cost, but curves, cutouts, steps and extra edging all add form work and labor that a plain rectangle of the same area does not need.

Most of this only becomes clear once somebody has actually seen the site and the surface being replaced, which is what the free estimate is for. Get a free quote

FAQs

Frequently asked questions

Residential concrete questions in Little Rock

Will you take on a small job like one cracked step?

Yes, a single step or a short section of cracked walkway gets the same crew, the same base preparation and the same written quote as a full driveway replacement, just a shorter day on site and a smaller bill at the end of it.

Does the price include removing my old driveway?

Only if it is quoted in. Breaking out and hauling away an old driveway or patio is priced separately from the new pour because the amount of material varies so much from house to house, and it is always agreed before anybody starts.

How long before I can park on a new driveway?

Most driveways cure enough to carry foot traffic within a couple of days and vehicle weight within about a week, though full strength takes closer to a month. The crew tells you the exact date for your slab before they leave.

Should I repair a cracked patio or replace the whole slab?

It depends on whether the crack is at a joint doing its job or a sign the base underneath has failed. A quick look at the site usually settles it, and repair is recommended wherever it will actually hold for the long term.

Why do two driveways the same size cost different amounts?

Site access for the truck, whether an old surface has to come out first, how much the clay base needs preparing, and the finish you choose all move the number more than the square footage does on its own.

Where do we park while the driveway is being poured?

Anywhere on the street or elsewhere on the property usually works fine. The crew tells you how many days ahead of the pour so you have somewhere lined up, and a path to the front door stays clear the whole time the job runs.

Broom finish or stamped concrete, what is the difference?

A broom finish is textured with a broom while the concrete is still wet and is the fastest, least expensive option. Stamped concrete is pressed with a pattern to look like stone or tile and takes longer, more skilled labor to finish.

Do you need access through the house or the yard?

Usually not. Most driveways and patios pour directly from the street or a side gate, but a job reached only through the house is discussed and planned for well before the day of the pour, not discovered on it at the last minute.

What happens if my new slab cracks later?

Call and the same crew that poured it comes back to look at it. A hairline crack along a control joint is the slab doing what it was designed to do, an uneven settlement is different, and either way it gets checked rather than ignored.

Will the pour disturb my landscaping or sprinkler lines?

Beds and sprinkler lines near the work area are flagged and protected before excavation starts, and anything that has to move to get a truck or a mixer in is discussed with you first, not discovered halfway through the job.

Can you pour around an existing patio without replacing it?

Yes, extending a patio or adding a walkway that ties into existing concrete is common work, and the new pour is jointed against the old slab so the two sections move independently instead of cracking against each other over time.

Is my yard too small or too awkward to pour in?

A tight side yard reached only through a gate takes longer because concrete has to be barrowed in by hand rather than poured straight from the truck, but it is still a normal job, not an unusual one, and it is priced for the extra labor upfront.

Little Rock Concrete Elite

Pouring concrete across central Arkansas since 2011.

Little Rock Concrete Elite pours driveways, patios, foundations, garage slabs and steps across Little Rock and the surrounding towns of central Arkansas, along with repair, resurfacing and decorative finishes like stamped and stained concrete for slabs already showing their age.

Why call Little Rock Concrete Elite for the pour?

  • Pouring driveways, patios, foundations and repairs since 2011
  • A written quote naming the mix, thickness and joints, not a guess
  • Same day callback on every call
  • General liability and workers compensation cover on every job
  • Crews who build for Arkansas clay and heat, not against them

Central Arkansas's clay soil moves every slab poured on it, and the difference between a driveway that lasts and one that cracks at the joints within a year is what goes in before the truck ever arrives. Little Rock Concrete Elite has been getting that part right in Little Rock since 2011. Call (501) 555-0168 for a free estimate, or ask for a same day callback.

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