Farmington Hills, MI · Oakland County
Brick Pavers, Porches & Concrete Replacement in Farmington Hills, MI
Replacing failing concrete with brick paver porches, steps, walkways and patios, plus driveways, retaining walls and landscaping. Family owned and operated, second generation, licensed and insured, 26+ years in Oakland County.
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What Usually Brings People to Us Here
Farmington Hills went up largely between the seventies and the nineties, so the first generation of poured concrete on those houses is now well past its service life.
THE PROBLEM
Concrete that is cracking and flaking
Surfaces break up along cracks and the faces flake away, which is what decades of freezing, thawing and road salt does to a poured slab.
WHAT WE DO
Remove it and rebuild in paver
The old pour comes out, the base underneath is rebuilt and compacted, and the new surface goes in as brick paver or natural stone with proper pitch.
THE PROBLEM
Steps and landings that have settled
Risers end up uneven, the landing tilts back toward the house and the whole thing starts to feel unsafe underfoot.
WHAT WE DO
Rebuild from the base up
Settling means the ground under it moved. We dig out and recompact the base, then reset the treads and risers so the heights are even again.
THE PROBLEM
Water running the wrong way
A surface pitched back toward the foundation sends water at the house every time it rains, which is often what caused the settling in the first place.
WHAT WE DO
Regrade and drain it
Pitch is re-established away from the house, and where there is not enough fall to work with, a drain line or dry well takes the water instead.
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Common Questions
Why does concrete spall and flake in Michigan?
Water gets into the surface, freezes, expands and pushes the top layer off from the inside. De-icing salt makes it worse by driving more melt water in and forcing more freeze cycles. Pavers handle this better because they are individual units with joints, so there is no large flat surface for water to sit on and lift.
Will the new porch sit at the same height as the old one?
That gets set deliberately rather than by accident. The finished height has to clear the door threshold and keep the step risers even, so we measure from the door down and build to that. It is one of the reasons laying new material straight over old concrete causes problems.
Do the steps have to be rebuilt too, or just the landing?
It depends what moved. If the landing settled and the steps are sound, sometimes only the landing needs attention. More often the whole assembly sits on the same base, so when one part goes the rest follows, and rebuilding it together is the only way to get the riser heights even.
How do I know if my front steps have become unsafe?
Look for riser heights that are no longer equal, treads that rock or move underfoot, cracks running right through a step, and a landing that slopes back toward the door. Uneven riser heights are the one people trip on, because the foot expects the next step to be where the last one was.
Do you cover Farmington Hills and Farmington?
Both. They are separate cities that share several zip codes, and we work across each of them along with Novi, West Bloomfield, Southfield and the rest of Oakland County. There is a Farmington page as well.
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248-250-1330
Licensed and insured · Family owned · 26+ years