Driveways, walkways, steps, and stoops for Garden City homes — poured and finished by the same family crew that handles the landscaping around them.
The same mature oaks and maples that make Garden City's streets what they are happen to be hard on concrete. Roots from trees that have been growing for generations lift walkway slabs, crack driveway edges, and push front walks a little further out of level every year. All that canopy keeps surfaces shaded and damp longer, too, which means more freeze-thaw damage each winter.
The deep front lawns don't help. A front walk here tends to be a long one, so a heave or a bad pitch shows up in more places, and it's the first thing anyone sees from the street. On the older homes, the original steps and stoop have usually been patched a few times already — and at some point another patch costs more than doing it properly.
We work in Garden City regularly from our base a few minutes away in Westbury. Replacing a heaved walk or a spalled stoop is a normal week for us, not a special trip.
It starts with a walkthrough and a straight price from Kenny before anything gets scheduled. Garden City is a village that keeps a close eye on exterior work, and some concrete jobs — especially anything touching the sidewalk or the apron — can need village approval first. We'll find out what your specific address requires before we start, not after.
Where a tree root caused the damage, replacing the slab alone just restarts the clock. Because we do tree and root work in-house, we deal with the cause at the same time — prune the root properly, reroute the new walk around it, or take the tree down if it's past saving — so the new concrete isn't heaved again in a few years.
After that it's the unglamorous fundamentals that decide how long concrete lasts: a properly compacted base, pitch that moves water away from the house, a clean finish. And because we handle the landscaping too, the lawn and beds get regraded to meet the new work — no repair line, no strip of torn-up grass along the new walk.
It depends on the specifics, so we price it in person rather than guessing. The big factors are the size of the pour, how much old concrete has to be broken out and hauled away, the condition of the base underneath, whether tree roots have to be dealt with, and whether the job includes sidewalk or apron sections that involve the village. Kenny gives you a straight price before any work starts, and the estimate is free — call or text (516) 333-4019.
Sometimes. Garden City is an incorporated village with its own rules on exterior work, and jobs that touch the public sidewalk or the driveway apron are the most likely to need approval. Rather than giving you a blanket answer, we check what your specific address requires and tell you before the work starts — not after.
Usually not. In most cases the root can be pruned properly or the new walk can be rerouted around it, and the tree stays. Removal only makes sense when the tree itself is failing. Because we do tree work and concrete in-house, one crew handles both, and the fix addresses the cause instead of just replacing the slab until the root lifts it again.
Also available throughout Garden City and nearby Nassau County towns.
Also available throughout Garden City and nearby Nassau County towns.
Also available throughout Garden City and nearby Nassau County towns.
See everything we handle in town on the main Garden City landscaping page.
Call or text Kenny, tell him what's cracked or heaving, and get a straight price and a real timeline before any work starts.
Call (516) 333-4019