Concrete patio construction in Beaumont TX - a slab that drains away from your house
Puddles by the back door or a sinking old slab? We build patios on packed ground, sloped to carry water away from your house.
- Licensed and fully insured.
- Free on-site estimates.
- Expect a reply within 1 business day.
What goes into building a concrete patio in Beaumont?
Concrete patio construction in Beaumont means pouring a slab on prepared ground right beside your house, so you get a hard, level place to sit and grill that sends rain away from the foundation instead of toward it.
Most patio calls start with a muddy path out the back door or an old slab that's cracked and dropped. Size, how much digging and base the ground needs, whether an old slab has to come out first and the finish you want all move the price. The schedule turns mostly on the weather, the permit side and the cure, which is the wait while the slab hardens before it can take weight. When the budget gets tight, people want to cut the base first because nobody sees it on day one, and it's the last thing I'd cut, since a nice finish on a slab that sinks is just a nicer-looking crack. I walk the yard with you, and you get the figure for your patio in writing.
How do you know it's time for a new patio?
Water sitting by the door
If rain puddles against the house or runs off the old slab toward the wall, that slab was poured flat or tipped the wrong way. Every storm puts more water at your foundation, and it won't fix itself.
Old slab cracked and dropped
A slab broken into pieces with one side lower usually sat on dirt that was raked level instead of dug out and packed, so it settled as the dirt did. Those edges catch toes, and patches rarely hold because the ground under them hasn't changed.
Bare dirt out back
If the path to the grill is worn grass that turns to mud after a rain, you're tracking it inside every time. A patio gives that traffic somewhere solid to land, and planning the slope now beats fixing a wet corner later.
How our concrete patio construction works
I start where there's nothing to see yet. A patio sits right up against the house, so we set the slope to carry water away from it before any concrete shows up. Then we dig out to the subgrade, the soil the slab rests on, pack a base over it and set forms to that slope. Rebar goes in next, the steel bars that keep cracks from opening wide, and we pour early in the day so the heat doesn't dry the top before we can finish it. We give it a broom finish, a light texture so it isn't slick when wet, cut control joints, grooves that give the slab a planned place to crack, and keep it damp while it cures.
Some patios need a little work around them. If you want more than plain gray, our stamped concrete services are done on the same pour, and concrete sidewalk building gives you a solid path from the driveway or side gate so the patio isn't an island in the lawn.
Plain broom-finish slab
This suits most backyards and most budgets, because the texture grips when it's wet and there's nothing extra to keep up. It's the one I'd pick if the money is better spent on the base.
Stamped or colored finish
This suits a patio that's on show, since a pattern and color dress up the same slab. It costs more and takes more care at the pour, so it's worth it where people actually look.
Replacing an old patio
This suits a yard where the old slab has cracked and sunk, because we break it out and fix the ground underneath instead of pouring over the problem. A new slab on top of a failed one just inherits the same trouble.
Get a written estimate for your new patio
Send the rough size, where it goes beside the house and whether you're inside Beaumont city limits. We'll reply within one business day, and I'll come out for a free on-site estimate with no pressure to book.
(409) 240-0378- Based in
- Beaumont, TX 77702
- Hours
- Mon–Fri: 6 AM–11 PM, Sat–Sun: 8 AM–9 PM
What happens after you call about a patio in Beaumont?
Here's how it runs from your first call to the day we walk the finished patio together, with me there at each step.
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Call or send the form
Call (409) 240-0378 or use the form, and we'll get back to you to set a time that works. We answer late on weekdays, so an evening call is fine.
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I look at your yard
I check the ground, where the water runs now and how you want to use the patio. You get the estimate in writing, with the size, the base work and the finish spelled out, so the price isn't a mystery.
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We sort permits and pour
If you go ahead, we sort out the permit side and plan the pour around the weather, since a cooler early start makes for a stronger top. Then we dig, pack, form and pour.
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Walk the finished patio together
Once it's done, we walk it with you and look at the slope and the joints. I'll tell you how to keep it damp while it cures and when it's ready for chairs and a grill.
Why Beaumont homeowners call Advanced Beaumont Concrete for patios
If you've got a spot picked out behind the house, send us the details or call (409) 240-0378 and I'll come take a look.
I walk every patio myself
I come out to look at every job, starting with the ground, since plenty of yards here sit on slow-draining clay, and our small crew does the work with me alongside them. The person who promised you the slope is the one standing there when it's set.
Our own business since 2023
I learned concrete on other people's crews and started this business in 2023, so we've been at it three years under our own name. Before that I grew up on a farm fixing whatever broke, which teaches you fast that the ground matters.
Licensed and fully insured, every job
We're licensed and fully insured. That matters on a patio, because we're digging and pouring right up against your house.
Straight answers about cracks
Concrete cracks, and I'd rather show you where yours will crack and why than pretend it won't. You get that plain talk up front, and satisfaction guaranteed on every job.
Patios, permits and clay ground in Beaumont
Who signs off on a patio depends on which side of the city line your house sits. Inside Beaumont, Community Development handles all permitting, and the city's permit resources include checklists of residential work that does and doesn't need a permit. In unincorporated Jefferson County, you contact Environmental Control before any development, and grading or paving counts. I won't guess whether your patio needs one, so we look up what the office for your address asks for, tell you what we found, and handle the paperwork and inspection bookings when the permit is ours to hold.
Some lots here sit on what's mapped as the Beaumont soil series, a deep clay on flat ground that drains poorly and takes in water very slowly. When it dries out, it cracks open at the surface, with cracks running 12 inches deep or more. That's why we dig out soft ground, pack the base and get the slope right, because water sitting on flat clay next to a slab has nowhere else to go. We're based in Beaumont and work in the cities around it, and we run into the same flat, slow-draining yards on jobs in Nederland and Port Neches.
Questions about concrete patios in Beaumont
How much does a concrete patio cost in Beaumont, TX?
I can't give you a fair number without seeing the ground, because the size, the base work, tearing out an old slab and the finish move the price more than anything else. A plain broom finish costs less than stamping, and a soft yard that needs more digging costs more than firm ground. You get the figure in writing after I walk the yard with you.
Why does a concrete patio need to slope away from the house?
So rain runs off into the yard instead of soaking in along your foundation. The usual building guidance is that any patio slab within 10 feet of the foundation should slope down and away from it. On the estimate visit I'll show you which way the water will run before anything gets poured.
How do I know where my new concrete patio will crack?
Look at the control joints, because those cut lines are where the slab is meant to crack as it shrinks. They're often cut with a saw so the shrinkage cracks form at planned spots instead of wandering across the middle. Steel bars or wire help keep crack widths small and add strength, while fibers mixed into the concrete reduce cracking but add no structural strength, so ask which one a quote includes.
What causes a concrete patio to sink or crack in Beaumont?
Usually it's the ground underneath, since a slab on poor ground is far more likely to perform badly and fail no matter what steel or mesh is in it. The clay on many Beaumont lots holds water and cracks as it dries, which is hard on whatever sits on top. Ask any contractor how they'll prepare the ground, because reinforcement won't make up for weak soil.
How do I take care of a new concrete patio while it cures in the heat?
Keep it damp, starting right after the pour, because a slab that dries out too fast in the heat ends up with a weak, dusty top. Hot-weather guidance lists a curing compound, seven days of soaking, wet covers or curing paper as ways to do it. One concrete admixture maker also warns that adding water to fresh concrete to cool it or make it easier to work hurts its strength and durability, so a wetter mix isn't the answer.
Who do I call about a patio permit in Beaumont, TX?
Inside Beaumont city limits it's the city's Community Development office, and in unincorporated Jefferson County it's the county's Environmental Control office, which wants to hear from you before grading or paving. Tell us which side of the line you're on when you call, and we'll find out what that office needs for your patio.
Other concrete work that goes with a patio
Stamping presses a flagstone, brick or slate pattern into the slab while it's still soft, so the patio gets a stone look without laying individual stones.
A poured walk out to the patio keeps grill runs and guests on solid footing instead of wet grass, and it can match the slab's finish.
Cities we pour patios in around Beaumont
Advanced Beaumont Concrete is based in Beaumont, TX, and the 10 cities below have their own pages, including Lumberton and Vidor. If you don't see your city, call and ask, since we work in the cities around Beaumont too.
Book a look at your patio spot
Standing in the yard together settles the size and which way the water goes faster than any back-and-forth on the phone.
Beaumont, TX