Concrete Contractors in Mount Morris, MI

Mount Morris is a small city just north of Flint, and concrete contractors working here deal mostly with older homes on compact lots. The city covers a little over one square mile, all land, and had 3,170 residents and 1,460 housing units in the 2020 census. It was platted as Dover in 1862, incorporated as a village in 1867 and reincorporated as a city in 1929. Its population peaked at 3,778 in 1970 and has stayed above 3,000 since, so most homes here have had owners for a long time and concrete that has had decades to wear.

Railroad origins, rail-era lots

The Pere Marquette Railway line, built in 1857, spurred development of the town. Like other rail towns in the county, Mount Morris grew on a tight grid near the tracks. Homes on those blocks tend to have short driveways, detached garages behind the house, front stoops close to the walk, and a back patio that may have been added decades after the house was built. Each of those pieces was usually poured at a different time, and they fail at different rates.

Vacancy and older housing

About 8.5 percent of the city's housing units were vacant in 2020, higher than in most nearby suburbs. When a house sits empty for a while, its concrete takes a beating: gutters overflow onto the walk, nobody clears the snow, and water and ice work into every crack. If you have bought or are fixing up a house in Mount Morris, the driveway, steps and walk are often on the to-do list. We can tell you what is salvageable, what has to come out and what order makes sense if you are spreading work over time.

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Ground and water

Mount Morris sits at about 774 feet on fairly level ground. Level lots drain slowly, so we set slope on every patio and walk and make sure downspouts do not empty onto new concrete. Since November 27, 2017, the city has received water from the Karegnondi Water Authority pipeline. If water or sewer work has cut through your drive, we can replace the trench patch so it sits level with the rest.

City and township

The city is governed separately from Mount Morris Township, which surrounds it to the west and includes the Beecher area to the south. Permits for work inside the city come from the City of Mount Morris. We confirm which government covers your address before we schedule. Our Mount Morris work covers driveways, patios, stamped concrete, sidewalks and steps, garage and shed slabs, and concrete repair. Call (810) 428-0447 to book a visit.