Stamped concrete services in Gillette WY - a stone or brick look poured for our winters
Tired of a plain gray slab? We pour, stamp and color new concrete so your patio or walk looks like stone or brick.
I look at every job myself
I come out to look at every stamped concrete job myself, and my crew does the work with me on site. The person who walked your yard and talked through the pattern is there when it's poured.
Thirteen years running this business
I started this business in 2013 after years of flatwork beside my dad. We're known for explaining the job before we pour, so you know what goes under your stamped surface and why it matters.
Licensed and fully insured on your job
We're licensed and fully insured, so the crew working on your property is covered while we're there. When you're ready to talk patterns, call (307) 670-7851 or send the form below.
Stamped concrete in Gillette, explained
Our stamped concrete services in Gillette, WY give you a patio, walk or driveway that looks like slate, brick or natural stone. It's flatwork, a slab poured at ground level, pressed with a pattern and colored before it sets, for homeowners who want that look without laying stone.
The price of a stamped job turns on its size, the pattern, how many colors you want and how much work the ground needs before we pour. Tearing out an old slab, hauling in base or fixing a spot where water pools all add to it, while a simple pattern in one color keeps it down. My written estimate spells out what's included, so you can see where the money goes.
Your schedule turns on weather, since we need a pour date that suits the season and time for the slab to cure, the early wait while it hardens. Gillette's Engineering Division issues street-cut permits and licenses for work that reaches into the right-of-way along the street, and its list doesn't name stamped concrete, so we check with the city or county office that covers your address and handle any permit paperwork the job calls for. We're based in Gillette and also take jobs in the cities and rural areas around it.
Stamped concrete and the work underneath it
Choosing a pattern and color
I'll walk you through patterns and colors in your own yard, because a slate pattern that looks right on a small sample can look busy across a big patio. Color can come from a color hardener, a powdered blend of cement, pigments and fine aggregate that hardens and colors the surface. If you also need a plain walk to reach the new slab, our concrete sidewalk building work can be planned in the same visit, so the two are laid out together.
The base you won't see later
The pattern is what you'll show off, but the base is what keeps it flat, so it's the last place I'd cut to save money. We dig out and pack the subgrade, the ground the slab sits on, instead of raking dirt level, and we check where water runs so the slab sheds it away from your house. That matters in Wyoming, where the most common swelling clays, bentonite and calcium montmorillonite, run through some shale layers and turn up locally in others. It's the same groundwork we do for garage floor concrete.
Timing the pour and the joints
Once the look is settled, we choose a pour date with you that's unlikely to bring a freeze right after the slab goes in. For concrete that faces hard freezing and thawing, concrete guidance is to order good quality air-entrained concrete, which holds tiny air bubbles that give freezing water room, so ask us or anyone you're pricing whether theirs is. We also cut control joints, shallow grooves that give the slab a straight line to crack along. Some cracking is normal, and the joints decide where it goes.
Get a free on-site estimate for your stamped concrete
We reply within one business day, then I come out to measure and ask how you'll use the space. The on-site estimate is free with no obligation, so tell us the size, the look you want and your timing.
(307) 670-7851How a stamped concrete job goes
You call, I come out
You call or send the form, and I come out to look at the site, take measurements and ask how you plan to use the space. That's when we talk through patterns and colors right where the slab will go.
Your estimate and pour date
I write up an estimate that spells out what's included, so you can see what goes under the stamped surface as well as what goes on top. Then we pick a pour date together that fits the weather.
Pour day and aftercare
On pour day I show you the forms and the base before any concrete goes in, so you see what you paid for. Before we leave, I tell you how to look after the new surface through its first season.
Stamped concrete questions from Gillette homeowners
When is it too cold to pour stamped concrete in Gillette?
Late fall, winter and early spring are the risky stretches, because concrete guidance urges caution about pouring outside when fresh concrete could freeze soon after it's placed, while it's still saturated. That's why we treat the pour date as part of the plan from the first visit. Call (307) 670-7851 and we'll talk through when your slab can go in.
How do I take care of new stamped concrete its first winter?
Keep deicing chemicals off it the first winter, then use them in moderate amounts after that, which is what concrete guidance advises. Repeated freezing and thawing causes scaling, the top flaking or peeling away. Before you spread any deicer, read the label and skip ammonium sulfate, ammonium nitrate and magnesium-based salts, because they destroy concrete surfaces.
How do I check a concrete contractor's license in Gillette?
Call the City of Gillette at (307) 686-5260, 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday, and ask whether the contractor is current on licensing. The city requires contractors to hold a license to do business here, and working without one, or after a suspension, is a misdemeanor. You're welcome to check on us the same way.
How soon can new stamped concrete be sealed?
One color hardener maker's guide says stamped concrete should cure for 72 hours or more before it's washed and sealed. Curing is that early wait while the concrete hardens, and rushing the next step works against it. Ask us when the washing and sealing will fall after your pour, and we'll fit it to your date.