Concrete contractor in McAllen, TX - slabs that send water away from your house
United Mission Concrete is a concrete contractor based in Mission that pours driveways, patios, steps, pool decks, slabs and footings for homeowners and builders in McAllen, with the forms and grades set before the truck shows up.
What we pour in McAllen
Every service below is available in McAllen. Tap one to read how we do it, or call (956) 379-6556 and tell us what you have in mind.
- Concrete driveway building
- Concrete patio construction
- Stamped concrete services
- Concrete sidewalk building
- Garage floor concrete
- Decorative concrete
- Concrete retaining walls
- Concrete floor installation
- Concrete pool decks
- Concrete steps construction
- Slab foundation building
- Foundation installation
- Concrete parking lot building
- Concrete footings
- Foundation raising
- Concrete cutting
Slabs that send rain away from the house
Flooding that never shows up on the official flood maps happens often here in Hidalgo County, and many homes take water because storm water can't get into the drains fast enough. It ponds in the yard and finds its way inside. So on every McAllen job, the first thing I look at is where your water goes now and where the new concrete will send it.
A slab doesn't soak anything up, so a new driveway or concrete patio changes where every rain ends up. We set the grade so it falls away from your house and check it with a string line before the truck backs in, because fixing a bad slope after the pour means breaking concrete out.
Where it meets the house
Where the new slab meets your house, garage or an older walk, we match the heights so water doesn't sit at the seam or run back toward the walls.
What's under the slab
If the dirt was only raked flat, we dig out the soft stuff and pack a firm subgrade, the ground the slab sits on, because concrete settles with whatever's under it.
Steel and joints
We set rebar, the steel that holds the slab together if it cracks, and cut control joints, grooves that give cracks a planned place to go.
From Mission to your McAllen driveway
We're based in Mission and work in McAllen, Edinburg, Pharr and the other cities around it across Hidalgo County. When you call, I set a time to come out myself, look at the job and measure it, and when we pour, our crew does the work with me on site.
Price moves with the slab's size, how much soft dirt has to come out, the steel it needs and the finish you pick. The schedule turns mostly on the weather and any permit. Mark the spot, find your survey if you have one, and the on-site estimate gives you your own number.
Inside the city limits, building permits come from the City of McAllen. When a job needs one, we handle the application with the city or the county office, whichever covers your address, and set the work date after it's issued.
- Area
- McAllen, TX
- Phone
- (956) 379-6556
- Hours
- Mon–Fri: 7 AM–11 PM, Sat–Sun: 6 AM–10 PM
- Based in
- Mission, TX 78572
Tell us about your McAllen job
Send the size and the spot through the form, or call. We reply within one business day, and I come out to measure for your free, no-obligation estimate.
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(956) 379-6556Questions we hear in McAllen
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Will my new concrete driveway crack like the old one did?
It can, but a slab on a packed base with joints cut on time usually cracks in the joints instead of across the middle. Most bad cracking traces back to a base that was only raked flat, so if the budget's tight, I'd rather you go plainer on the finish than cheaper on the base.
Do I need a permit for a concrete driveway or patio in McAllen?
Check before anything gets poured, because the City of McAllen says that as a general rule permits are needed to build, alter, repair or improve. The work it lists as needing none is finish work like painting, tiling and cabinets, so if your job isn't clear-cut, we'll check with the city's office instead of guessing.
How much does a building permit cost in McAllen, TX?
The city sets residential permit fees by the value of the improvement or the square footage of new construction, with a minimum fee of $48.00. Since amounts can change, the city's permits page has the current figures.
Who answers floodplain questions for a house in McAllen?
Inside McAllen city limits, the City of McAllen does, because each city in Hidalgo County has its own floodplain administrator and sets its own drainage rules, mostly for storm sewers and streets. When a slab on your lot raises one of those questions, we'll ask the city instead of guessing.