We replace worn-out driveways and pour new ones across Baton Rouge and the nearby parishes. The clay here swells and shrinks through the year, so our quote spells out the base, the thickness and the steel. Widening a driveway needs a city-parish permit, and we check that before work starts.
A Baton Rouge driveway sits on clay that changes size with the weather. After a rainy winter the soil is swollen and the slab rides high. By the end of a dry August the clay has pulled back and left gaps under the edges. A driveway that is thin, short on steel or missing joints will crack in the first few of those cycles. So we plan the parts you cannot see first: how deep to dig, what compacted base goes in, how thick the slab is and what reinforcement ties it together.
Water is the second thing we plan. Our storms are short and violent, and a driveway is the largest hard surface most homes have. We set the fall so rain runs to the street or a drain, never to the garage door or along the house wall, because wet clay on one side of a slab is what tips it. In neighborhoods with open ditches the drive crosses a culvert, and the pipe and the cover over it need as much care as the slab.
The city-parish Permits and Inspections Division lists adding to or expanding a driveway as work that needs a permit, so widening for a third car or a boat is not something to start without asking. A typical replacement takes a day to break out, a day to form and prepare, and a day to pour, with rain deciding the dates. In summer we start at first light, since heat makes the mix stiffen fast.
Concrete driveways in Baton Rouge: common questions
Why did my Baton Rouge driveway crack across the middle?
Usually because the clay under it moved and the slab had no joint there to take the bend. Clay that swells and shrinks lifts the middle or drops the edges by a small amount each year. Joints at the right spacing and steel in the slab keep those cracks narrow and straight.
Do I need a permit to widen my driveway in Baton Rouge?
The city-parish Permits and Inspections Division lists an addition to or expansion of a driveway as residential work that needs a permit. We check the requirement for your address before any forms go down. A plain like-for-like replacement should still be confirmed with the office.
My driveway crosses a ditch. Can you replace the pipe too?
A culvert is not ours to change freely. In East Baton Rouge the Department of Development has to approve any culvert in a ditch, and it decides the pipe size. We can pour the drive over an approved pipe and rebuild the ends so the ditch keeps flowing.
How it works
- Free estimate: Call, text or book online. We visit and measure.
- Written quote: Clear pricing with finish options.
- Prep & forms: We excavate, grade, compact the base and set forms and reinforcement.
- Pour, finish & cure: We pour, finish, cut control joints and tell you when you can use it.