Concrete Driveway Installation in Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor hills, mixed soil, and a driveway poured to stay put.
Ann Arbor covers a lot of different ground. Close to downtown and the University of Michigan you find older homes with short, narrow driveways tucked beside the house. Toward the edges of town the subdivisions are newer and the driveways wider, and along the Huron River the lots tilt and roll. Under almost all of it is glacial till, a mix that can change from firm sand to soft clay within the length of one car.
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A Ann Arbor driveway, built from the ground up
That mix is why a new concrete driveway in Ann Arbor starts with a proof roll. We run heavy equipment over the exposed subgrade, watch where it gives, and dig those soft pockets out. Compacted 21AA aggregate goes back in, thicker than a flat-lot job would need. On a sloped lot we plan where runoff from uphill will travel and shape the grade so it moves around the slab and toward the street.
Then we pour an air-entrained mix with rebar or fiber, cut the control joints, cure it properly and seal it before the first winter. The City of Ann Arbor sets its own requirements for driveway and approach work, and we'll go over what your project needs during the free estimate. Ann Arbor is a longer drive for us than the towns around our Romulus shop, so we plan those visits a little ahead.
The hills of southern Oakland County, a mix of dense clay with pockets of sand and stone left by retreating glaciers.
Proof-roll the subgrade to find soft spots, replace them, build a thicker compacted base, and plan the grade so runoff is carried around the slab.
Every Ann Arbor driveway install includes
The same groundwork goes into every driveway we pour in Ann Arbor, sized to your lot and your rolling glacial till.
- New driveway installation
- Two-car and three-car driveways
- Driveway approaches and aprons
- Broom, stamped and exposed-aggregate finishes
- Decorative borders and bands
What goes under and into it
- 01Excavation and compacted base
- 02Slope that sends water away from the house
- 03Rebar or fiber reinforcement
- 04Air-entrained mix for freeze-thaw
- 05Control joints in the right places
From estimate to walkthrough in Ann Arbor
- 1Free estimate: we visit, measure and listen
- 2Plan the layout, finish and timeline
- 3Prep, forms and reinforcement, then the pour
- 4Cure, seal where needed and walk it with you
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