Concrete Contractors in Clifton, CO

Clifton is bigger than many people outside the valley realize, and homeowners here call concrete contractors for the same reasons people in any good-sized town do: a cracked driveway, a patio that never got built, or a walkway that turned into a trip hazard. The 2020 census counted 20,413 people in Clifton, an unincorporated community and census-designated place bordered on the west by Grand Junction. It covers about 6 square miles, with Interstate 70 along its northern edge and the Colorado River forming its southern boundary.

Households with kids, driveways that work hard

At the 2020 census, 33.2% of Clifton's 7,790 households had children under 18, and the median age was 35.1. That tells us a lot about how concrete gets used here. Driveways hold two or three vehicles, bikes, a basketball hoop and chalk drawings. Backyards need a flat spot for a trampoline, a playset border or a small sport court.

For those uses we think about:

• Width: room to open car doors without stepping onto gravel or grass
• Thickness: extra depth where a work truck or trailer parks
• Finish: a broom texture that gives grip for kids running in wet shoes
• Joints: placed so cracks, if they come, run straight and stay tight

Where the county handles the street side

Because Clifton is unincorporated, Mesa County governs it rather than a city. Mesa County's Development Engineering page says a driveway permit is required whenever you build a new driveway that will tie into a Mesa County right-of-way. The county asks applicants to mark the driveway location on the form and flag it on the property, and it says to allow 10 to 15 working days for processing. If your project adds a new access to the road, we build that wait into the schedule. Replacing a driveway on your own lot without changing where it meets the road is a different question, and we check it with you before work starts.

River edge and canal country

The southern edge of Clifton runs along the Colorado River. Between the river, irrigation ditches and watered lawns, soil moisture can change a lot from one lot to the next, and even from one side of a yard to the other. Moist ground is not bad for concrete by itself, but uneven moisture under a slab is. When one side stays wet from a flower bed or a lawn sprinkler and the other side stays dry, the slab can settle unevenly and crack. We compact a gravel base before every pour and recommend keeping spray heads aimed away from slab edges.

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Services we offer in Clifton

Driveway replacement. We break out the old slab, haul it off, regrade and compact the base, then pour new concrete with steel reinforcement where the load calls for it.

Patios. Plain broom finish or exposed aggregate for a budget-friendly patio, or stamped concrete for a finished look next to the back door.

Sidewalks and side-yard paths. A path from the driveway to the backyard gate keeps mud and gravel out of the house.

Slabs. Shed pads, trash can pads, hot tub bases and RV pads, each sized and thickened to fit what goes on them.

Repair. Sunken steps, heaved walk panels and broken driveway corners can sometimes be fixed by replacing a single section instead of the whole run.

Built along the old highway

U.S. Route 6 runs through the center of Clifton, about 6 miles to Grand Junction in one direction and 6 miles to Palisade in the other. The Clifton post office opened in 1900, and the name comes from the cliffs near the original townsite. A driveway that dates back several decades was often poured thinner than we would pour today, sometimes on little or no gravel base. Those slabs usually show it with wide, uneven cracks and corners that have snapped off where tires roll over the edge.

Two jurisdictions on one road

Clifton's western boundary is the Grand Junction city line, so a street that starts in the city can end in the county. That matters only when a project touches the road: the City of Grand Junction requires a right-of-way permit for driveway changes, sidewalk and curb work inside city limits, while Mesa County handles new driveway access onto county roads. Before we price an apron or curb cut, we confirm which side of the line your lot is on and fold the right permit step into the schedule.