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The best concrete contractor prepares the ground correctly. This will help ensure stability. Atlanta’s soil is clay based, which moves. The reason so many concrete driveways crack is because of weak preparation. Search for a licensed and insured crew that employs a compacted base, reinforcements, control joints and proper drainage. At ATL Priority Mason, we have the right person for the job. Vetted local concrete crews for driveways, patios, slabs and repairs. We handle both residential and commercial properties, working all over Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, Brookhaven and Lynwood Park, Chamblee, Peachtree Corners, East Roswell, Roswell and Alpharetta. Contact us to get a free estimate.

We serve Kingsley, East Roswell, Ashford Park, The Corners, and Dunwoody Village with concrete services. One of our busiest areas for driveway and patio work is Kingsley and East Roswell.

You should repair it if it’s one hairline crack or two in the same area, the slab is level across the crack, the surface is sound.

If you notice that the pavers are dropping and not meeting flush together anymore, if the cracks have become wider than a quarter inch, if the surface is flaking or crumbling in large areas or if you patched the same spot more than twice, then replacement is the answer.

Quick check: stand either side of a crack. The base underneath the ground has failed and resurfacing will not hold if one side moves when you shift your weight. 

Driveways cost in the range of $8 to $12 per square foot. Outdoor Patios Starting from $8 to $15 Cement slabs cost $7 to $10. The average repair cost is $300 – $3000.

A driveway takes three to five days. A patio, three to seven. Allow it to cure for seven days at a minimum, ten in cold weather.

Typically, the pour lasts for a single day. All that went before is prep and that’s what matters. 

Every concrete cracks. That's not a flaw. That's physics. Concrete shrinks slightly as it cures and it has to relieve that stress somewhere.

Control joints are incisions made on a schedule to allow movement When cut correctly and on time, your driveway cracks along a straight line you hardly see. When you choose to skip the steps, cracks form wherever they want to. Just so you know, they usually occur diagonally through the middle.

Georgia Presents Two New Complications. The slab’s contact with our clay creates a flexing effect that can cause the driveway to shift. Concrete doesn’t dry. It cures through a chemical reaction that requires moisture. Our humidity slows the curing of concrete. Therefore, a summer slab that is left uncovered ends up baking in the sun, eventually becoming weak at the surface and spalling within a few years.

In Kingsley and The Corners, where mid-century homes have long-outlived their original driveways, we do a lot of concrete work. East Roswell has a newer construction. Builder-grade slabs that were poured thin on graded lots tend to show problems around years 8 to 12.