Concrete Contractors in Huntertown, IN

Few places around Fort Wayne have changed as fast as Huntertown, and that shapes nearly every call concrete contractors get from here. The town had 1,771 residents in 2000, 4,810 in 2010 and 9,141 at the 2020 census, and Wikipedia calls it one of the fastest growing communities in northeastern Indiana. Housing units went from 1,823 to 3,235 in a single decade. That means most homes are recent, most of the flatwork came with the house, and many owners are now ready to add the patio, wider driveway or garden walk the builder left out.

New homes, young slabs

New construction brings its own concrete issues. The soil around a new foundation is backfill, and it keeps settling for years. That is why the stoop, the front walk and the end of the driveway next to the garage are the first places we see cracks and drops in newer neighborhoods. Before we add a patio off the back of a house that is less than ten years old, we probe the ground near the foundation and, where needed, dig out and compact a deeper stone base so the new slab does not follow the backfill down.

Young driveways also tend to show surface scaling early when de-icing salt is used in the first winter or two. We talk with new owners about curing, sealing and safer ice melt so a fresh pour stays smooth.

A town with a long weather record

Huntertown was settled around 1837 by William T. Hunter and was first called The Opening for its natural forest clearing. It was platted in 1869 and incorporated in 1966. Rapin Andrews began keeping weather records here in 1839, and his family kept them until 1874, logging a record low of 34 below zero on January 29, 1873. Hard freezes are part of the climate here, so every exterior slab we pour uses an air-entrained mix and control joints spaced for frost movement.

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Higher ground north of the city

Wikipedia puts Huntertown at about 837 feet, higher than downtown Fort Wayne, and Cedar Creek Canyon, the most notable landform in the area, lies nearby. Lots here often have more natural slope than the flat ground in the city. That helps drainage, but it also means patios and walks may need a step, a short retaining edge or a thicker turndown where the grade drops. We shoot elevations at the estimate so the design fits the yard.

What Huntertown owners ask us for most

• Backyard patios and patio extensions, plain or stamped
• Driveway widening and side pads for a trailer or extra car
• Walks from the driveway to the back yard
• Fixing a settled stoop or a dropped garage-end panel

The town sits along State Road 3, and Carroll Road forms its southern boundary with Fort Wayne. If you are near that line, we check whether your address is in the town or the city before we plan any work at the street. Call (260) 300-8234 to book a visit.