Concrete Contractors in Flushing, MI

Flushing started as a mill town on the Flint River in the 1830s, and concrete contractors here work on two very different kinds of housing. Near Main Street there are homes from the 1800s and early 1900s; farther out are the neighborhoods built when the city's population nearly doubled in the 1960s, from 3,761 in 1960 to 7,190 in 1970. The 2020 census counted 8,411 people and 3,770 housing units, with only 3.8 percent vacant. Each era has its own concrete problems, and we plan around both.

The Main Street Historic District

Flushing's Main Street Historic District includes 82 structures on 22.4 acres. Its commercial buildings date from 1850 to 1918, and its houses from 1850 to 1932, in Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and bungalow styles. On these homes the concrete is part of how the house meets the street: the front walk, the porch steps, sometimes a carriage-width drive. We take care with finish and edge details, keep new steps in proportion to the porch, and protect old foundations and masonry when we break out failing concrete next to them.

The 1960s and 1970s neighborhoods

Homes from Flushing's fastest growth years usually have two-car attached garages, poured driveways and back patios. After 50 or more winters, the common problems are scaled driveway surfaces, a cracked and sunken apron, garage floors that have dropped at the door, and patios that tip toward the house. We test the base, check where water runs, and recommend repair or replacement based on what we find, not on what is quickest to sell.

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Life along the river

The Flint River, the largest river in the county, runs north along the south and west sides of the city. Riverview Park and the Flushing Riverview Trail follow its bank. Flushing also sits at about 699 feet, lower than Flint. Lower ground near a river can mean a higher water table and wetter soil in spring, and wet soil under a slab settles. On lots near the river we pay extra attention to the base and to grading, and we avoid pouring on soft or saturated ground.

Early concrete and infrastructure

Main Street was paved in 1920, and the current Main Street bridge over the Flint River was completed in May 1922. Some walks and steps in the older part of town are close to that age. Since November 27, 2017, the city has received Lake Huron water through the Karegnondi Water Authority pipeline. If service or utility work has left trench patches across your drive or walk, we can cut and replace them so the surface is level and the joints line up.

What we do here

Driveways, patios, stamped concrete, sidewalks and porch steps, garage and shed slabs, and concrete repair. Call (810) 428-0447 to book a visit in Flushing.