Worn dirt track or a cracked old path to the door? We build a solid new walkway in poured concrete or pavers.
Walkway construction in Beaumont, TX means building a hard path, usually poured concrete or concrete pavers, from your door, driveway or gate to wherever you walk every day, so you're off the mud and the wet grass for good.
Most walkway calls I get start with a dirt track worn across the yard, or an old path that's cracked, sunk or tipping toward the house. Ironstone Beaumont Concrete and Masonry is based in Beaumont and works in the cities around it. The price moves with the length and width of the path, the material you pick, how much old concrete and soil has to come out first and whether the path runs out to the street. The schedule mostly turns on the weather, the curing days a concrete slab needs and any permit the job calls for. For your own figure, I come out, walk the route and send you a written estimate after the visit. If the drive needs work too, our driveway pavers page covers that side.
I walk the route with you, look at the ground and the slope and talk through concrete or pavers. Our masons do the work, and I'm on site to check it, so the person who gave you the estimate also sees how the path gets built.
I learned the trade laying brick and block on new houses around Beaumont, then started this business in 2013 to work on homes people already live in. Thirteen years of that teaches you to keep the mess small and treat the yard like it's yours.
We're fully licensed and insured, so you're not the one carrying the risk of a crew digging and pouring in your yard. Ask about it when I come out for the estimate, and I'll give you a straight answer before anyone breaks ground.
That's our promise on every walkway we build, and it covers the small stuff too, like keeping dirt off your driveway while we work. When you're ready, call (409) 240-0376 or send the form below, and I'll set up a time to come look.
Send the path's rough length and width, whether it runs out to the street and a few photos of the yard, and we'll reply within one business day to set up a free visit. I look at the job in person and send you a written estimate afterward, with no obligation to go ahead.
In Beaumont, the rules turn on where the path runs. Any work in the public right-of-way, the strip along the street, needs a permit from the city, whether a walk is going in or coming out, and the city's Building Codes Division is the office that issues sidewalk permits and the one to ask about your own project. On your own lot, the city says work that disturbs more than 450 square feet needs a grading permit and smaller private jobs don't need that one, but it wants concrete, crushed rock and other hard surfaces kept at least 2 feet from interior property lines. If your job needs a permit, I'll tell you at the estimate and we'll help get it in place before we start. Keep in mind the city puts upkeep of the sidewalk serving a property on its owner or lessee, so a walk that ties into the street side is yours to look after.
Some lots here sit on Beaumont clay, a very deep, poorly drained soil that takes water in very slowly and opens wide, deep cracks when it dries out. Not every yard has it, but we see plenty of old walks around town that have cracked or tipped on ground like that, so I look at the soil and the slope before we settle on concrete or pavers. We build walkways the same way in Nederland, Port Neches and the other cities around Beaumont.
Across the US, installing a concrete sidewalk usually costs about $12 to $14 per square foot, and that's a national figure, not our price. Your number moves with the size of the path, how much old concrete or soil comes out and whether it reaches the street. I'll send you a written estimate after I look at the job.
You do if any part of the walk is in the public right-of-way by the street, and the city also wants a grading permit when work on your lot disturbs more than 450 square feet. The Beaumont section above covers the details. I'll tell you at the estimate which rules apply to your path.
Pick pavers if you need to use the path right away, and poured concrete if you want one smooth slab and can wait out the cure. The paver industry says pavers take traffic as soon as they're laid and their joints help cut down the cracking you see in regular concrete paving. They also say a section opened for utility work can be put back without damaging the surface.
Concrete curing guidance calls for at least 3 days, with the slab covered by wet burlap and plastic, sealed with a curing compound or kept wet with water. Covering it keeps the water in the concrete from evaporating too fast. Plan the rest of your week around those days.
Concrete guidance says to pour at a time of day or night when the weather is favorable, so your pour may even happen at night. We pick the time around the forecast and let you know ahead, so a truck in the driveway at an odd hour isn't a surprise.
