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Concrete Driveways in Pickering
We pour new, wider and replacement concrete driveways across Pickering. In the older lakeshore neighbourhoods the job is usually tear-out and a deeper base on clay with water close below. In Seaton and the newer surveys it is often a driveway widened past what the builder poured, which in Pickering needs a City permit to cut the curb. Union-certified crews, a free written quote that holds, and a lifetime warranty on labour.
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A Pickering driveway depends on where your lot sits. The south end along the lake, Bay Ridges, West Shore, Rosebank, Dunbarton and Liverpool, is older housing on the old Lake Iroquois shoreline plain, where the soil runs to clay and the water table sits high. North of there, Seaton is new streets on glacial till that heaves when frost gets under a thin slab. See our Pickering page for everything else we do in the city.
Every driveway we pour gets the same core: excavation to stable ground, a compacted Granular A base, 32 MPa air-entrained concrete for freeze-thaw and road salt, and saw-cut control joints. The full spec is on our concrete driveways page. This page covers what Pickering ground, Pickering homes and Pickering rules change about the job.
Lakeshore Pickering: tear-out and a deeper base
Many driveways in the lakeshore neighbourhoods were poured decades ago, on a thinner base than we build to now. Near the lake, frost gets under a thin slab, it heaves, and the panel cracks. Water then sits in the crack, freezes and opens it wider every winter. Past a point, resurfacing does not fix that. So a replacement starts with tear-out: we break out the old slab, haul it away, and fix the base before we pour.
Clay with a high water table also holds water against a house. We grade the new slab so melt and rain run off it and away from the foundation and the garage.
Seaton and the new surveys: settled ground first
In Seaton, many houses arrive without a finished yard, and the common ask is a driveway wider than the strip the builder poured. The ground there is glacial till, and around a new house it keeps settling after the builder backfills. A driveway poured too early can sink.
Seaton also has its own driveway rules. In the City's Zoning By-law 8149/24, parking and driveway rules for the Seaton Urban Area are in Section 14, and other parts of Pickering follow Section 5.
Wider driveways and the City's curb cut permit
In Pickering, a permit is required to cut the curb to widen the driveway apron or boulevard. The City asks for a preliminary sketch first, to confirm the project is eligible, and then a completed application form with a sketch. An incomplete application is not processed.
The City also limits the opening at the street. Where a lot's frontage is less than 11.0 metres, the driveway access can be at most 3.0 metres wide. Where the frontage is 11.0 metres or more, it can be up to 6.0 metres. Only one driveway access is allowed per lot, and the driveway must keep a clear distance from boulevard trees, utility boxes and fire hydrants. Some lots also need a culvert extension, and the curb cut area must be clear of cars and landscaping before the curb is cut.
Booking a Pickering driveway
Pickering sits at the far west edge of Durham, a long drive from our home routes, so we book Pickering driveways into planned trips to the area and give you firm dates, not a same-week promise. A new slab needs vehicles kept off for at least 48 hours, and heavy trucks off for 7 days, so plan the pour around when you need the car. We reply to every request within one business day.
Straight answers
Do I need a permit to widen my driveway in Pickering?
If the wider driveway needs a wider opening at the street, yes. The City of Pickering requires a permit to cut the curb to widen the driveway apron or boulevard. You send a preliminary sketch first, then an application form with a sketch. The opening can be at most 3.0 metres on a lot with less than 11.0 metres of frontage, and up to 6.0 metres on a wider lot.
Our driveway in Bay Ridges has cracked and lifted. Can you replace it?
Yes. We tear out and haul away the old slab, fix what lifted it (usually frost under a thin base on wet lakeshore clay), and pour on an excavated, compacted Granular A base graded to drain away from the house. Tear-out and disposal are in the written quote, not a surprise at the end.
How much does a concrete driveway cost in Pickering?
Size sets the floor, then the finish, the base the ground needs, access, and whether an old slab has to come out. On the lakeshore clay the base can go deeper, and a wider opening at the street adds the City's curb cut permit. We do not post a flat rate that would only mislead you. You get a free written quote after a site visit, and the number on the quote is the number you pay unless you change the job.
Keep reading
- Concrete Driveways across Southern OntarioThe full spec: mix, base depth, joints, finishes and cure times.
- Concrete Contractors in PickeringEverything else we pour and repair across Pickering, from the lakeshore to Seaton.
- Concrete Driveways in AjaxNext door to the east: lakeshore clay in the south and the Town's curb cut rules up north.
- Concrete Removal & DemolitionReplacing an old driveway starts with tear-out and disposal.
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