Concrete driveways, patios and repair in Dayton
One of the oldest towns in Nevada, with a lot of its newest neighborhoods. Around here the concrete is either over a century old or under 25, and both come with their own problems.
Old Dayton and new Dayton
Old Dayton, down by the Carson River, goes back to the Comstock days. Attached to it is a lot of newer growth from the late '90s on: Dayton Valley, the golf course neighborhoods, Santa Maria Ranch, and everything filling in along Highway 50 toward Mound House and out toward Silver Springs.
In the newer neighborhoods we're pouring first patios for bare builder backyards, widening driveways for a third car or an RV, and adding shop slabs and hot tub pads. We also fix a lot of settling, mostly where a slab crosses from solid ground onto backfill. In the older part of town it's replacing genuinely old concrete with tight access.
River ground, backfill and old mill sites
The native soil is river sand and gravel with some silt, and on its own it's easy to build on. The trouble is usually backfill. Every house in a subdivision has a ring of loose dirt around it where the foundation hole was dug wider than the walls and filled back in. That fill keeps settling for years. Pour a stoop or patio half on solid ground and half on fill, and it cracks along the line or tips toward the house.
A tipped stoop is one of our most common calls here, and it matters because it sends roof water right at the foundation. The fix isn't filling the crack. It's dealing with what's under it, or lifting the slab if it's still in one piece.
There's also something specific to Dayton. Ore from Virginia City was milled along the Carson River, and old mill tailings with mercury in them are still around in parts of the river corridor. If a job near the river means real digging, it's worth checking with Lyon County and the state first. We'll bring it up if your lot is in that area.
What we pour in Dayton
- First patios for new builder backyards
- Driveway widening for a third car or RV
- Shop slabs and hot tub pads
- Fixing settled stoops and patios
- Replacing old concrete in old town
Neighborhoods we work in
Old Town Dayton, Dayton Valley, Santa Maria Ranch, Riverpark, Sutro, Mound House, Six Mile Canyon, the Highway 50 corridor, Stagecoach and Silver Springs.
Not on the list? If you're in or near Dayton, we almost certainly cover you. Call (775) 264-5350 and ask.
Dayton questions
My stoop pulled away from the house and my patio cracked along one line. Related?
Almost certainly. Both are sitting partly on solid ground and partly on backfill that's still settling. Fix the stoop soon, because one tipped toward the house sends rain and roof water straight at your foundation. Depending on the slab, it's either lifted and stabilized or replaced with the fill fixed first.
Who issues permits in Dayton?
Lyon County. Dayton is unincorporated, so there's no city hall. Patios, pads and shop floors usually don't need a building permit, but structures and footings do. Driveway work at a county road needs an encroachment permit, and at Highway 50 it can involve NDOT.
It hits 100 degrees here in July. Can you still pour?
Yes, it just takes a different plan. We start at first light, use chilled water or ice in the mix when it makes sense, keep the slab out of the wind and get the cure on right away. What we won't do is place a big slab at 2pm in August and hope.