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Concrete Patios in St. George
We pour concrete patios in St. George, from new backyards in St. George Village and StoneyRidge to older lots off Main Street and farm properties on the concession roads. The village sits on clay that holds water and lifts concrete in a hard freeze, so we build every patio on a compacted granular base and slope it about 2 percent away from the house. Union-certified crews, a free written quote, and a lifetime warranty on labour.
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St. George sits up on the clay plain, not down in a river valley. That clay is slow to drain. Snowmelt and spring rain sit in low yards and soak the ground beside the house for weeks, and when frost drives deep, the wet clay grips a slab and lifts it. A thin patio poured on uncompacted ground rarely stays flat for long here.
The full method, the 32 MPa air-entrained mix, the 100 mm slab, the compacted Granular A base and the control joints, is on our concrete patios page. This page is about what St. George's ground and homes change. The site visit and the written quote are free, and the number on the quote is the number you pay unless you change the job.
Clay that holds water
On clay, a patio fails from below. Water that cannot drain sits under the slab, freezes, and pushes it up unevenly. Then the slab settles back in the spring, and the cracks start.
So we build on a compacted granular base, so the slab sits on stone that drains instead of on wet clay. We slope the patio about 2 percent away from the house, roughly a quarter inch per foot, and plan with you where the downspouts go so their water does not end up under the slab or against the foundation.
New lots in St. George Village and StoneyRidge
St. George Village and StoneyRidge are the newer subdivisions in the village, and many of those lots still have a bare patch where a patio should be. The builder poured the driveway and left the backyard to you.
A new home often needs more than a patio: a pad for a shed or a hot tub, or a wider driveway. Tell us the whole list at the site visit. Getting the crew and equipment to the site is a large part of the cost of a small pour, so a patio poured in the same visit as a garage pad or slab costs less than separate trips. You get one written quote for all of it.
Older homes and farm properties
The blocks off Main Street mix century homes with postwar houses, and the concession roads still have farmhouses on stone and rubble foundations. Behind an older house, a new patio often starts with taking out an old cracked slab and finding why it failed. If the old patio went in flat or sloped toward the house, the new one fixes that.
Out on the farms, open-field wind cools a late-fall pour faster than in town. We pour air-entrained mix made for freeze-thaw winters, and we push a pour back a few days rather than fight a November cold snap the cure cannot win.
Finish, cure and when to book
Broom finish gives grip. Exposed aggregate adds texture. Stamped concrete adds pattern and colour; see our stamped and decorative concrete page if you are weighing it.
Foot traffic can go on a new patio after 24 to 48 hours, furniture after 7 days, and we seal it at about 28 days. St. George is on our weekly Brant County route with Brantford and Paris, so a village patio waits on the schedule, never on whether the trip is worth a crew's time.
Straight answers
Why do patios in St. George heave and crack?
Because the clay under the village holds water. A patio poured on uncompacted ground sits on wet clay, and when frost drives deep the clay lifts the slab unevenly, then drops it in the spring. We build on a compacted granular base and slope the patio about 2 percent away from the house so water runs off it, not under it.
We just moved into a new house in St. George Village. What should we pour first?
Make a list of everything: the patio, a pad for a shed or hot tub, a wider driveway. Getting the crew and equipment to the site is a large part of the cost of a small pour, so doing them in one visit costs less than separate trips. Tell us the list at the site visit and you get one written quote.
Is a small patio worth a trip to St. George?
Yes. St. George is on the same weekly Brant County route as Brantford and Paris, so a small patio or a hot tub pad gets a free written quote like a full driveway does.
How much does a concrete patio cost in St. George?
Size, the finish you choose, access to the backyard, tear-out of an old slab, and the base the clay needs all change the number. We give you a written quote after a free site visit, and the number on the quote is the number you pay unless you change the job.
Keep reading
- Concrete Patios across Southern OntarioThe full method: mix, base, slope, joints, finishes and cure times.
- Concrete Contractors in St. GeorgeEverything else we pour and repair in the village and on the farms around it.
- Concrete Walkways & Steps in St. GeorgeThe walkway and steps that lead out to a new patio, built for the same clay.
- Stamped & Decorative ConcretePatterns, colours and what stamped work adds, if the patio is going decorative.
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