New Driveways, Replacements & Tear Outs

For driveway replacement, there’s no better contractor to address all of your needs than us. We understand the importance of your driveway to you, and we have everything that it takes to ensure that you driveway will be there for a lifetime and continue to give you years and years of service all while increasing the curb appeal and value of your home.

Many times damaged driveways that are beginning to show signs of cracking, breaking or sinking are reacting to an incorrectly finished surface, inadequate reinforcing or poorly prepared sub-grade. We take a lot of pride in the measures that we take to prevent crumbling and other damage to our concrete pours. Whether it’s the fact that we carefully lay a base layer of hard packed gravel beneath each of our pours, or the fact that we use a good quality sealer after every pour to improve its durability and strength, it’s clear that we do all we can to protect your investment. Don’t settle for less than the absolute best Kansas City concrete contractors.

Whether it’s our responsive, timely service, our accurate and easy to understand work estimates, or our expert, friendly and knowledgeable technicians, we’re positive that you’ll be happy that you chose Johnson Concrete Construction for all of your concrete driveway needs.

Driveway replacements are our bread and butter here at JC.  Replacing driveways is what got this company started back in 2009 and it is what we continue to like to do the most out of all of our projects.  There’s no better facelift to the curb appeal to a home than a brand new driveway.  There is a right and wrong way to do them however.  

First, removing your old driveway takes a lot of equipment and know-how to do it safely without damaging your home.  We have all our own demo equipment, dump truck and experienced workers guys to get the job done.  

Next is the subgrade, we bring in a compacted gravel base to give your new drive a bed to sit on that will not settle or erode over time.  Next is reinforcing rebar that gives the slab the tensile strength to hold up whatever load you might put on it.  We use half inch rebar (no wire mesh like others) and we put it on chairs so it stays where is should (not just pull it up and step back on it like others).  Like all of our concrete we use a high strength 4,000 psi mix or higher and use a water reducer to prevent the addition of too much water that dilutes the mix.  

While finishing the driveway we tool joints that are a true 1” deep and not just put a shallow decorative joint like a lot of other driveways out there.  Usually there is a least one joint down the middle of the drive and one every 10’ going the other direction.  This helps prevent cracks from forming on your new investment.  And the last but not least is the sealer. Once we are finished brooming the texture we then apply an acrylic cure and seal that protects the top from the harsh KC elements.