Flatwork Poured Around Bridgeview

A shed pad seems simple. So does a condenser pad or the strip between the garage and the fence. That is why they get poured on bare dirt with no slope and no joints. Then the shed racks. The condenser tilts. The strip cracks in three places and holds a puddle against the foundation. We do not price small slabs differently from big ones. The sod comes off. The black dirt comes out. Crushed limestone goes in and gets tamped in layers. Forms are staked with a measured drop so water leaves one side. Then the screed, the bull float, a broom drag and an edger pass. Joints get cut at the right spacing for the size. Heavier loads, like a generator or a hot tub pad, get more thickness and steel. Every one of those items shows up on the written price. On Bridgeview's clay, that base layer is what keeps a pad flat through the freeze and the thaw.