Concrete contractor in Salem, OR - driveways and slabs built on a packed base
Woodburn Concrete is a concrete contractor based in Woodburn that builds driveways, patios, steps, garage floors and foundations for homes and small businesses in Salem, with the base dug out and packed before anything gets poured.
- Concrete driveway building
- Concrete patio construction
- Stamped concrete services
- Concrete sidewalk building
- Garage floor concrete
- Decorative concrete
- Concrete retaining walls
- Concrete floor installation
- Concrete pool decks
- Concrete steps construction
- Slab foundation building
- Foundation installation
- Concrete parking lot building
- Concrete footings
- Foundation raising
- Concrete cutting
- Licensed and insured.
- Free in-person estimates.
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Salem concrete jobs, from tired driveways to new slabs
Salem is a short drive south of Woodburn, so it's part of our regular run, along with Keizer next door and cities farther north like Tigard. Homeowners, builders and small business owners here call us for flatwork, the driveways, patios and walks that lie on the ground, and for foundations under new garages and additions.
In the older parts of the city we see a lot of driveways and walks that have sunk, tipped or cracked, while newer houses bring calls for patios, garage floors and slabs for shops. The price moves with the size of the slab, how much old concrete has to come out, how deep we dig for the base and the finish you pick. The schedule turns on permits, the weather on pour day and curing, the days fresh concrete needs to harden before you walk or drive on it. When I come out, I'll walk the site with you, explain the plan and give you your own number. On older lots, a good share of the job usually goes into breaking out what's there and rebuilding the base underneath, because that's where the old slab failed.
Why concrete fails early on Salem lots
- Low ground near the Willamette, where the floodplain reaches close to downtown, tends to hold water, so we check where it runs before we set a single form.
- A lot of the sunken driveways we see were poured on dirt that was raked level instead of dug out and packed, so the slab settled right along with the ground.
- If money gets tight, I'd cut the fancy finish before the base, because nobody sees the base on day one but the slab rests on it for years.
Concrete work we do on Salem properties
Concrete driveway building
When an older Salem driveway has sunk or split, we break it out, dig out the soft dirt, pack a new base and pour it again.
Concrete patio construction
If your patio holds water against the house, we pour a new one sloped away from it, with a broom finish, a brushed texture that grips when wet.
Stamped concrete services
Stamped concrete presses a stone or brick pattern into the fresh slab, so a patio here gets that look without pavers shifting in wet ground.
Concrete sidewalk building
We replace walks that have heaved or tipped toward the house and cut control joints, shallow grooves that tell the slab where to crack.
Garage floor concrete
A cracked or dusty floor in an older Salem garage gets broken out and repoured over a packed base, so it holds your car and sweeps clean.
Decorative concrete
Color, exposed stone or a smooth border can dress up a plain entry slab on a Salem house, once the base under it is done right.
Concrete retaining walls
On a sloped Salem yard, a concrete retaining wall holds the soil back so a driveway, walk or patio has flat, steady ground beside it.
Concrete floor installation
For a shop, basement or addition, we pour interior floors over a compacted subgrade, the packed ground the slab sits on, so the floor stays flat under shelving.
Concrete pool decks
For a Salem backyard pool, we pour a deck with a textured surface that grips wet feet and slopes so splash water runs off the right way.
Concrete steps construction
Front steps that have pulled away from the porch or gone uneven get rebuilt with rebar, steel bars that keep the concrete from pulling apart, and even rises.
Slab foundation building
For a new garage, shop or addition, we build the slab foundation from the dug-out, packed base up, thickened at the edges where the walls bear down.
Foundation installation
Builders and homeowners in Salem call us for full foundations, with forms set to the plans, steel placed and walls poured on footings over firm ground.
Concrete parking lot building
Salem small business owners get a parking lot poured thick enough for delivery trucks, with the surface pitched toward drains so water doesn't stand in the stalls.
Concrete footings
Footings are the wide concrete base under walls, posts and decks, and we dig them to firm soil so whatever sits on top doesn't settle with soft dirt.
Foundation raising
When part of a house has settled and doors start to stick, I look at what's moving underneath before we talk about lifting it back toward level.
Concrete cutting
We saw-cut openings in old slabs and walls for new doors, drains and pipes, and cut out broken sections cleanly so a patch ties into sound concrete.
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Get a free on-site estimate for your Salem concrete job
Send the form with a few words about your Salem project, and we'll reply within one business day to set a time. I'll come out myself to look at the site, explain the plan and give you an estimate, free and with no obligation. If you go ahead, our crew lead runs the work on site.
(971) 772-3554Salem concrete questions we hear most
How do I find out if my concrete driveway needs a permit in Salem, OR?
Start with the City of Salem's Permit Application Center, which handles building and development permits inside the city. Its staff answer questions about your property's zoning, infrastructure needs and code requirements, no appointment needed, and you can also reach the city at 503-588-7272. Before we set a date, I'll go over which office handles your permits and who'll apply, and when it makes sense we file the paperwork as part of the job.
Does a concrete contractor in Salem need an Oregon license?
Yes, in most cases, because the Oregon Construction Contractors Board says state law generally requires a license for anyone paid to do construction work on real property. State law also requires contractors to carry general liability insurance, with a minimum that depends on the type of license they hold. We're licensed and insured, and you're welcome to ask about it when I come out.
Which office issues permits for concrete work on a Salem house on the Polk County side?
If your house is inside Salem city limits, the city handles it, because Polk County's building permits cover the county and Falls City, not Salem. If you're outside city limits in unincorporated Marion County, Marion County issues the permits. Sorting that out for your address is one of the first things I check.
What should I check before pouring concrete near the Willamette River in Salem?
Check with the city first, because Salem has a Floodplain Development Permit for development where floodplain rules apply, and the permit center can tell you whether they apply to your lot. We plan the base, the slope and the pour date around what the city tells you.
How much does a new concrete driveway cost in Salem?
The price comes down to the size and thickness of the slab, how much old concrete we break out and haul off, and how much digging and base work your ground needs. A plain broom finish costs less than stamped or colored concrete, and a site we can back the truck up to costs less than one where every load goes in by wheelbarrow. I'll give you a number for your own driveway after I've seen it.
How do I keep dirt from washing off a concrete job site in Marion County?
Keep loose soil on the site and away from ditches and storm drains, because Marion County Building Inspection permits include language on the county's Willamette River mercury requirements, which hold the construction site operator responsible for stopping sediment runoff that can carry mercury. On our jobs, we keep dug-out dirt and washout away from drains and clean the site as we go.
Call us about your Salem concrete job
Our phone hours run until 10 PM on weekdays and 11 PM on weekends, so call (971) 772-3554 after work or send our form anytime.