Concrete Work Across Greenwood
Greenwood is two towns as far as concrete goes. Around Uptown, Lander University and the old mill villages, the houses have had their driveways and front walks for generations, and most of that concrete was poured thin, narrow and without much stone under it. Out along Bypass 72 and the Highway 25 corridor, the subdivisions are new, the lots are freshly graded, and the owners want a patio, a wider parking pad or a slab the builder never included.
A1 Concrete LLC is based here, so this is the ground we work most. We are licensed and insured, we take both residential and commercial jobs, and we handle the dirt work as well as the pour: grading, clearing, retaining walls, French drains, demolition and silt fence alongside driveways, patios, slabs and sidewalks.
Older streets, newer subdivisions
On the older streets the usual story is a driveway built for one small car. It is a single lane wide, it has cracked along the same lines for decades, and tree roots have lifted a section near the street. Patching rarely holds because the trouble is underneath: red clay that swells in a wet spell and shrinks in a dry one, with nothing between it and the slab. The fix that lasts is to take the old concrete out, cut the clay down, put in compacted stone and pour a drive wide enough for the vehicles people own now. Here is how we build a drive on this clay, from base to joints.
Inside the city limits, the apron where a driveway meets the street sits in the public right-of-way, and so does the sidewalk in front of most houses. Questions about what can be changed there go to the City of Greenwood, and it is worth asking before a plan is drawn and not after. We lay the job out with that line in mind.
In the newer neighborhoods the concrete is sound but there is not enough of it. Builders pour the minimum. So we get asked to add a parking pad beside the garage, extend a back patio, or run a walk from the drive to a side gate. Fill on those lots has often not finished settling, so we check how the ground was built up before promising that a new slab can tie to the old one.
Jobs we do most in town
Driveway replacement leads the list, followed by patios and sidewalk sections. After that comes the work people do not expect a concrete company to do. A back yard that holds water after every thunderstorm gets regraded or drained. A bank that is slumping toward a carport gets a retaining wall with stone and pipe behind it. A cracked garage apron or an old set of steps gets broken out and hauled away.
Storm cleanup still shows up as well. Hurricane Helene in September 2024 brought down thousands of trees across Greenwood County, and falling trunks and root balls broke driveways and tore up yards that are only now being put right. We clear what is left, regrade the washed-out ground and repour what was broken.
For owners who want more than gray, a patterned, colored patio is a common request behind the newer homes, and a colored border suits many of the older ones. Small commercial jobs are part of the week too: parking pads, dumpster pads, and walks and entries for shops and offices.
How a job runs here
It starts with a visit. Someone walks the yard, measures, looks at where water goes and where a concrete truck can stand without crushing a curb or a water line. Every job is priced after someone has walked the ground and measured it, with the price in writing before a truck is ordered. You get that number along with a plain description of the base, the thickness, the finish and where the joints will go.
Summer pours start early. Afternoon highs in the 90s make concrete set faster than a finisher wants, so in July and August the truck is usually on site soon after sunrise. Once the slab is down we tell you how long to keep feet off it, and then cars.
Services we bring out here
Concrete Driveways and Flatwork
Built on a compacted stone base with joints and mix chosen for red clay.
Stamped and Colored Concrete
Stone, slate and brick patterns, sealed to hold color in Southern sun.
Driveways and Slabs in Ninety Six
Concrete and site work for town lots and farms near Ninety Six.
Concrete and Grading Around Hodges
Grading and concrete for Hodges acreage along Highway 25, quoted on site.
Ask for a price
Being based in town keeps this simple, since most Greenwood addresses are a short drive from us. Use the quote form and put what you need in the message box: the rough size, what is there now and what bothers you about it. You can also call (864) 554-5164. The phone is answered around the clock, and the quote form on this site works any hour too. If you live just outside town, we also work down the road in Ninety Six and in the communities up Highway 25.
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