ST LOUIS CONCRETE LLC
About us
St. Louis Concrete is a concrete contracting company with over 35 years of experience in residential and commercial concrete installation. We offer new installation and replacement of driveways, sidewalks, patios, pool decks, porches and flatwork. We also offer new installation of outdoor fireplaces and fire pits. We stake our reputation on giving each of our customers personalized care they deserve. We are fully insured with general liability and workers compensation insurance. We can provide references upon request.
Business highlights
Services we offer
CONCRETE FLATWORK, DRIVEWAY, EXPOSED AGGREGATE AND DECORATIVE STAMPED CONCRETE, GARAGE & ROOM ADDITION FOUNDATIONS & FLOORS. INSTALLATION OF OUTDOOR FIREPLACES AND FIRE PITS., NEW AND REPLACEMENT, PATIO, POOL DECK, PORCH, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, TRADITIONAL, WALK
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I would work with Jim and his crew in the future and and am very pleased with the results. After this work was completed, I had a landscaping firm complete the finish work on the backyard and after 6 months of checking drainage, Jim's crew got it right - the runoff is consistently flowing away from the home and the street presence of the home is great.
Jim responded quickly to the request for an estimate. He provided a very competitive, detailed bid for the job. He throughly answered all my questions regarding the job before it was started, provided a Certificate of Insurance, and provided a receipt for my deposit.
Due to weather, he gave me an estimate as to when the job might start. It ended up he had an opening in his schedule slightly sooner than the original start estimate. The entire job was completed in one day (a Friday). The crew was punctual, friendly, and knowledgeable. They left the area as neat as possible when the left for the day. His crew returned to pick up the concrete forms on Monday-they also brought in dirt to completely fill in the areas around the new concrete.
I will use St. Louis Concrete again in the future when I have the need
"I am responding to the letter sent to you by the members. As she says in her letter she did her research on my company by reviews on Angie’s List and asking me for (3) references. As she states all responses were favorable to my company. We worked at her home on 5/3/12 and 5/4/12. They contacted me in regards to a crack that appeared in their concrete. When I met with them they complimented me on many things about their patio including slightly sloping the concrete up at their door instead of having a step. Overall their response was very positive. I discussed the crack with them. In no way was trying to be dismissive in regards to this matter. I was only trying to explain to them that concrete cracks for many reasons and all we can do when installing a patio, driveway, etc. is to try and control where it is going to crack. This is why “control joints” and “expansion joints” are installed. I’ve attached articles from the internet to help explain this. I did not want to be misleading to them when they asked if we could “cover the crack and prevent any future cracks”. I, nor anyone else could guarantee that there may not be any future cracking. Concrete is a durable building product that has excellent compression strength. Yet this same quality is responsible for concrete’s lower tensile strength or resistance to lengthwise stress. Concrete is affected by many things including its tensile strength, the earth’s movement and freeze thaw cycles, just to mention a few. In response to covering the crack, I wanted to be honest and not let them think I could cover it somehow that it would not reflect through over time. Covering the crack would just disguise it for a period but would eventually show through. I never said to them when they asked how to fix the crack that it depends on how much money they wanted to spend. I did offer to seal their patio at no cost. I did give them a price to put a decorative coating on their patio but this was only because they inquired about this. I did let them know that even putting a decorative coating on top the patio would not keep the crack from reflecting through. Their job was scheduled for 5/3 as they stated to you as the “work completion date”. We did prepare their job on 5/3 but actually did not pour it until 5/4. Rain had been forecasted that entire week. By the time we finished preparing the area for the pour it did look like rain. I decided to wait till the following morning of 5/4 to pour. As she states “it had not started to rain when the first arrived”. I’ve attached the report from the National Weather Service for the precipitation for 5/3 and 5/4. I think you can understand that being a contractor who works outdoors that I cannot run my business because it looks like it was going to rain. Rain was forecasted for both 5/3 and 5/4, as you can see from the report we only got a very slight amount of rain on the 4th and only in some areas throughout St. Louis. We did cover their patio as a precautionary measure. When I met with them in regards to the crack, they mentioned the marks in the patio but said they had faded. I told them as time went on, the marks would fade away more. They seemed to agree. This situation was left in the hands of the members; they were going to contact me after they had decided how they wanted to proceed. Had they contacted me to seal their patio I would have already completed this. I will still stand by what I had offered them: to seal their patio at no cost to them. I in no way tried to be dismissive of their concerns."
After receiving the estimate, I posted the deposit check on the Thursday, this was cashed on the Friday, over the weekend I received an e-mail asking if they could start on Monday due to another job postponing and I had a new driveway by Tuesday. Amazing.
The St Louis Concrete crew arrived and was working at 7am over two days. They could have done it in one day if the cement truck wasn’t delayed on the first delivery. This turned out to be a godsend, as the next day the team helped salvage some foot prints the neighbors dog had left overnight. At the end of the week, they removed the frames and delivered top soil to finish the job.
All communications, by phone, e-mail or in person were responded to quickly and professionally.
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