Driveways and Slabs in Ninety Six
Ninety Six keeps its history close. The Ninety Six National Historic Site and its Revolutionary War star fort sit just south of town, the main street is a few blocks long, and beyond it the land opens into pasture, hay fields and homesteads that run east toward Lake Greenwood. Concrete work here follows that map: compact lots in town, long drives and outbuildings in the country, and a steady traffic of boats and campers heading for the water.
A1 Concrete LLC comes over from Greenwood for all three. It is a short run, and the ground is the same red clay we work every day.
Jobs we see most around Ninety Six
In town, the calls are for driveways and walks that have reached the end of their life. Many were poured narrow, with no stone under them, and have broken into plates that rock when a car rolls over. We take the old slab out, rebuild the base and pour a drive with joints where the cracks would otherwise choose to go.
Outside town the list changes. A gravel drive several hundred feet long does not always need concrete from end to end; often the sensible plan is the stretch near the house, a turnaround and a pad in front of the shop. Shop and barn slabs are regular work, and so are pads for a camper or a boat trailer, sized so the rig can be backed in without putting a wheel in the yard. If you want to see how we pour a farm drive or slab, that page walks through the base, the thickness and the joints.
New homesteads need ground work before any of it. A wooded or overgrown parcel has to be opened up, stumps dealt with and a pad cut level before a slab or a drive makes sense, and we do that too. Read about getting an overgrown lot cleared and graded if you are starting from trees. Helene left plenty of that behind in September 2024, when thousands of trees came down across the county and a lot of rural properties ended up with blocked lanes and torn-up ground.
Clay, slope and where the water goes
The soil around Ninety Six is Piedmont clay. It holds water, swells when it is wet and pulls back when it dries, and a slab sitting straight on it moves with it. That is why every pour we do starts with the clay cut to grade and a compacted stone layer on top.
Rain is the other half. This area gets around 47 inches a year, and much of it arrives in summer downpours. On flat farm ground that water has nowhere to go unless the grade sends it somewhere. We set slabs so they shed water away from buildings, and where a low spot or a wet corner will not dry out, a French drain or a regraded swale usually solves it before the concrete goes down. Toward the lake the lots start to roll and some fall off sharply to the water, and there a short retaining wall may be what makes a level parking spot possible.
Services we bring out here
Concrete Driveways and Flatwork
Built on a compacted stone base with joints and mix chosen for red clay.
Grading, Clearing and Site Work
Site work for owners and builders, done with erosion control in place.
Concrete Work Across Greenwood
Licensed, insured Greenwood concrete crew with free written quotes.
Lake Greenwood Lot Work in Coronaca
Retaining walls, graded drive approaches, patios and drainage, with a free quote.
What a visit looks like
You tell us what you have in mind and we come look. We measure, check the slope with a level and not by eye, ask what will be parked or stored on the slab, and look at how a loaded concrete truck gets in from the road. On country properties that last point matters: a soft lane, a low limb or a narrow gate can change how the pour is done. Every job is priced after someone has walked the ground and measured it, with the price in writing before a truck is ordered. We are licensed and insured and work for homeowners, farms and businesses alike. To start, fill in the quote form with your name and number and type a few lines about the job: about how big, what is there now, and whether the ground needs clearing first. We cover the country east of here as well, so if your place is closer to the county line, see our Saluda page.
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