Concrete Contractor in Moss Point, MS - Slabs Built for River City Ground
Quickset Mobile Concrete Company is a concrete contractor based in Mobile, AL, and we cross into Mississippi to build driveways, patios, slabs and foundations for homes and businesses in Moss Point.
Concrete work in Moss Point, the River City
Moss Point calls itself the River City, and it grew up around sawmills where the Escatawpa and Pascagoula rivers meet. We come over from Mobile to pour driveways, patios, garage floors and foundations here, often on the same trips that take us to Pascagoula, and the calls come from homeowners, local builders and small business owners alike. In a city built along two rivers, I care as much about where the water goes and what the slab sits on as about the finish on top, because that's what decides how the concrete holds up.
Inside city limits, permit questions go to the city's Zoning department first, and the city keeps its building and flood rules in its own Code of Ordinances. We check with the city before work starts and handle the paperwork when your job needs a permit. Your price moves with the size of the slab, how much base work the ground needs, how easy the spot is to reach and the finish you pick. Your wait turns on the weather on pour day and on curing, the time fresh concrete needs before you can walk on it and then drive on it. The estimate I write on site gives you your own number.
What we build for Moss Point properties
Concrete driveway building
A sunk or split driveway usually means the base gave out, so we dig out the soft dirt and pack a firm one before we pour.
Concrete patio construction
A backyard patio should fall away from the house, so we set the slope before we form it and keep rain from running back toward your walls.
Stamped concrete services
Stamped patterns cost more than a plain finish, and they're only worth it on a base that's built to hold, which is where we start.
Concrete sidewalk building
A walk with one square heaved above the next is a trip waiting to happen, so we replace the bad sections on a packed base.
Garage floor concrete
Garage floors take car weight, dripping oil and wet tires, so we pour them thick enough for the load and finish them smooth enough to sweep.
Decorative concrete
Color and pattern can dress up an entry or patio, and we'll tell you where a plain broom finish, a light texture for grip, would serve better.
Concrete retaining walls
On a sloped yard, a retaining wall holds back the soil, and it needs drainage behind it because water trapped back there pushes on it too.
Concrete floor installation
Shops, sheds and small business spaces need a floor that stays flat under use, so we level and pack the ground before any concrete goes in.
Concrete pool decks
A pool deck has to shed splash water away from the pool and the house, and its surface needs enough texture that wet feet keep their grip.
Concrete steps construction
When front steps pull away from the door or rock underfoot, we form new ones on footings that reach firm ground.
Slab foundation building
For new homes, additions and garages in Moss Point, we build slab foundations on a dug-out, packed base, because that hidden layer carries the whole building.
Foundation installation
Builders call us for foundations because we set forms square and true, the way I was taught, and check the layout before any concrete arrives.
Concrete parking lot building
Small business owners need a lot that drains and carries daily traffic, so we plan the slope, thickness and joints around the vehicles that use it.
Concrete footings
Decks, porches, carports and additions rest on footings, the concrete under posts and walls, and we dig them down to firm soil before pouring.
Foundation raising
If floors slope or doors stick because part of the house has settled, we look at what's under it first and tell you whether raising it will help.
Concrete cutting
We saw out broken sections, cut openings for doors and drains, and cut control joints, the grooves that give a slab a planned place to crack.
What signs mean your Moss Point slab needs a look?
In a city built along two rivers, most slab trouble starts underneath, with water washing out or softening the dirt the concrete sits on, and these signs usually show it first.
- Cracks that keep getting wider
- One slab sitting higher than the next
- Water pooling against the house
- Corners or edges that have sunk
- Chipping or a dusty, flaking top
- Steps pulling away from the door
If you spot one of these, call or send the form, and I'll come out, look at what's going on underneath and tell you what I'd do.
Should you fix the slab or replace it?
The answer usually depends on what's under the concrete, not how the top looks, so I check the base and where the water runs before I tell you which way I'd go.
When a repair is enough
If the base is still firm and the trouble is a few cracks or one bad section, we can saw out that piece and pour it back. New concrete rarely matches old in color, and I'll tell you that up front.
When replacing makes sense
When the slab has sunk, tilts toward the house or is cracked across most of it, the ground under it has usually given out. Patching over that only buys time, so we tear it out, rebuild the base and pour new concrete.
What Moss Point ground asks of a slab
I learned from a boss who'd make you reset a form if it was off. I kept his standards and added what he skipped, the why, so you can judge any bid, ours included.
Base work before finish
Nobody sees the subgrade, what the slab sits on, so cheap bids skimp there, and I'd trim the finish before I'd touch it.
Water sent away from your house
We check where the water runs before we set forms, so the slab falls away from your walls, not toward them.
Pours planned around the heat
We schedule pours early rather than in midday heat, because a top that dries too fast turns weak and dusty.
Joints cut on time
We cut control joints before the concrete can crack on its own, because a late cut leaves cracks in places nobody chose.
Licensed, insured, run by me
We're fully licensed and insured, I run our finishers and form setters on site, and you can reach me at (251) 219-6382.
Call about your Moss Point concrete
Our phones are open until 9 PM every day and from 6 AM on weekends, so you can call (251) 219-6382 while you're standing by the slab.
Nearby cities, or call about yours
If your city has its own page below, open it, and if it doesn't, call (251) 219-6382 and ask, because we work in more places than we list here.