Concrete Contractor in Pullman, WA - Driveways and Patios Built for the Hills

Your price comes from your site, so I give it in a written estimate after I've looked at the job. Size and thickness, whether an old slab has to be broken out and hauled off, how much digging and base the slope calls for, how a truck reaches the pour and whether you want a plain broom finish, the light texture that gives your feet grip, or color all move the number. The schedule turns on the weather and the cure, the wait while concrete gains strength, so you'll walk on it well before you park on it, and I give you both dates at the pour.

The city's list of work that skips a building permit doesn't settle it for a driveway or patio, so we check before we start. That list names things like fences up to 7 feet and finish work such as painting or tiling, and small work on a one- or two-family house valued at up to $1500 in a twelve-month period can also be exempt if the building official agrees, it touches no structure and adds no bedroom. Before work starts, we check with the City of Pullman and tell you what they said, and if a permit is needed we handle the application and work through the inspections with you.

The shed itself needs no building permit in Pullman if it's one story, detached and within 120 square feet, or 200 square feet under the residential code that covers most houses. The city's list speaks to the shed, and an exemption never covers work that breaks the code, so I check the slab with the city along with the rest of the job. Plumbing or electrical in that shed can still need its own permit.

Pullman follows the current International Building Code and International Residential Code as Washington adopts them, along with any changes the city writes into its own code. State law puts those codes in force in every city and county in Washington except where the statute says otherwise. If the city has changed something that touches your project, it comes up when we check with them before work starts.

Washington requires every construction contractor to register with the state Department of Labor & Industries, and state law also requires them to be bonded and insured. Pullman adds a general business license for companies working inside city limits, $15 for a business based elsewhere once it earns more than $4,000 a year in the city. Registered contractors also give you a disclosure notice on any residential job of $1,000 or more, so expect one, and know that we're licensed and insured.

A local news report says the proposed flood map has grown in downtown Pullman, with the risk coming from high water on the South Fork of the Palouse River. Because it's a proposed map, check with the city on where your lot sits before you plan a slab or a foundation downtown. On jobs near the river we look harder at grade and drainage, so the slab sends water away from the house instead of holding it.