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Serving Sherman, TX and surrounding areas. (903) 294-5759
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Sherman ConcreteSherman Concrete Company provides concrete contractor services throughout Garland, TX, including concrete floor installation, driveways, patios, garage floors, and foundation work for the city's mid-20th-century brick homes. Garland's expansive clay soil is one of the hardest conditions for concrete in North Texas - we have served the DFW area since 2023 and respond to every inquiry within one business day.
Garland homes from the 1960s through the 1980s often have garage floors and interior slabs that have cracked, stained, and in some cases shifted as the clay soil underneath has moved through wet and dry seasons over the decades. A properly installed concrete floor on a compacted and graded base gives you a clean, level surface that holds up under the real-world conditions this soil type creates. See everything about our concrete floor installation service.
Most Garland homes sit on modest suburban lots where the driveway was poured 30 to 50 years ago - and on this clay soil, driveways that age have absorbed a lot of seasonal movement. Spring hailstorms and the occasional hard freeze accelerate the breakdown of concrete that is already under stress from soil expansion below, and patching the cracks does not address the cause.
Garland summers run long and hot, often reaching 95 to 100 degrees from May through September, and North Texas homeowners get real use out of backyard spaces well into October. A concrete patio handles the heat, the occasional winter freeze, and the spring hailstorms that come through the area far better than wood decking, which degrades faster in this climate and requires constant upkeep.
Foundation installation in Garland requires more than a standard pour - the city's clay soil demands proper base preparation and reinforcing that accounts for the seasonal expansion and contraction cycle specific to this part of the DFW area. Homeowners adding detached garages, room additions, or accessory structures need a foundation that is designed to perform on this soil over the long term.
Older Garland homes with attached garages often have original concrete floors from the 1960s and 1970s that have cracked, heaved, and settled unevenly from decades of clay soil movement. A new garage floor pour on properly prepared base material gives you a flat, functional surface that will hold up to daily vehicle traffic and resist the staining and cracking that older slabs can no longer shed.
Older neighborhoods closer to the Garland downtown square have sidewalks dating back decades that have heaved and cracked as the clay soil beneath them expanded and contracted over the years. In a city this size with active foot traffic in established residential areas, displaced sidewalk sections are a safety liability as well as a property maintenance concern.
Garland's housing stock is concentrated in the mid-20th century - most homes in the city were built between the 1960s and 1990s, putting the majority of the city's driveways, slabs, and flatwork in the 30-to-60-year age range. Those surfaces have been subject to one of the most demanding soil conditions in Texas: the heavy clay that runs throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area swells significantly when it absorbs rain and then contracts hard during dry summers and drought years. That repeated movement - season after season, year after year - is what produces cracked driveways, uneven slabs, and foundation problems across Garland's neighborhoods. It is not the concrete failing on its own; it is the soil forcing movement from below.
The climate adds to the pressure from the soil. North Texas spring storms bring hail regularly, and Garland sits in one of the more active hail corridors in the country. Hail impacts accelerate surface deterioration on aging concrete, and the water that gets into existing cracks during spring rains further widens them as it cycles through freeze and thaw events in winter. The combination of aggressive clay soil, extreme summer heat, spring hail, and periodic hard freezes means that concrete in Garland ages faster and under more stress than in most parts of the country - and work that skimps on base preparation or reinforcing shows the consequences within just a few years.
Our crew works throughout Garland regularly, and we understand the local conditions that affect concrete contractor work here. Garland has a noticeable contrast between its older core neighborhoods - the areas closer to the historic downtown Garland square, where homes from the 1950s and 1960s sit on smaller lots with mature trees and original concrete flatwork - and the newer subdivisions in the southern and eastern parts of the city, where the homes are more recent but the underlying clay soil demands the same attention to base preparation. Both types are common across this city of 240,000, and the scale of Garland means we encounter a wide variety of property ages and conditions across different zip codes.
Garland borders Dallas to the west and wraps around Lake Ray Hubbard on the east - a large reservoir that most Garland residents use for recreation and that marks the city's eastern boundary. The DART light rail line connects Garland to downtown Dallas at stations near the historic square, which reflects how closely tied Garland is to the broader DFW metro area. We also serve homeowners in Plano, TX to the north and Sherman, TX further north along US-75, both areas with similar North Texas clay soil and seasonal conditions.
Reach us by phone at (903) 294-5759 or through our online contact form. We reply to every inquiry within one business day and schedule a site visit at a time that works for you - you do not need to take time off work to be there for the initial call.
We visit your Garland property to measure the area, check the existing surface and sub-base condition, and assess soil and drainage factors. The estimate we give you is written and itemized - the number we quote is the number you pay, not a starting point for negotiation after the job starts.
We handle existing concrete removal where needed, then move through forming, base compaction, and the pour in sequence. On Garland's clay soil, the compaction and gravel base layer is where the job's long-term performance is determined - not the surface finish.
Concrete needs about seven days to cure before vehicle traffic. We walk through the finished work with you before closing out the job, answer any questions about care and maintenance, and make sure everything meets what we discussed at the estimate.
We serve Garland homeowners throughout the city and respond within one business day. No pressure - just a straight answer on what your project needs and what it will cost.
Garland is one of the largest cities in Texas, with a population of approximately 240,000 residents, and sits directly on Dallas's eastern border as part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area. The city grew rapidly during the postwar decades, and most of its residential neighborhoods reflect that era - single-family brick homes on modest lots, built from the 1960s through the 1990s, that are now 30 to 60 years old. Neighborhoods near the historic downtown Garland square tend toward the older end of that range, with homes from the 1950s and 1960s on smaller lots, while the southern and eastern parts of the city have newer subdivisions built in the 1980s and 1990s. Firewheel Town Center in eastern Garland is a major retail and dining destination that most residents visit regularly.
Lake Ray Hubbard forms most of Garland's eastern boundary, a large reservoir used heavily for boating and fishing by residents across the eastern DFW area. About 57% of Garland's housing units are owner-occupied, which reflects the city's character as a stable, working community where homeowners plan to stay and maintain their properties over time. We also serve homeowners in Plano, TX to the north, where the housing stock and clay soil conditions are similar, and in Allen, TX to the northwest.
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Learn MoreGarland's clay soil keeps working on your driveway and slab year-round. The sooner you address cracked or shifting concrete, the less it costs to bring back to a safe, solid condition. Call us today.