Cracked, sinking or chipped front steps? We tear them out and build poured or precast concrete steps on a dug-out, packed base.
Concrete steps construction in Riverview means tearing out a worn or sunken set and building new steps to your door. They're either mixed and poured on site into forms or put together from hollow precast units, so you get a steady way in and out of the house.
Most calls start with something you can see from the driveway. The top step has cracked across, the corners are chipping, the whole set has dropped away from the door, or water sits on the landing after a storm. Those are usually signs of what's underneath, like a base that settled or water that ran the wrong way, so that's where I look first.
The price moves with how many steps and how wide a landing you need, whether you pick poured or precast, how much old concrete we tear out, how much digging the base takes and how easy it is to get materials to the door. Your written estimate lays out what's included for your steps, so you can see where the money goes.
The schedule turns on the permit, the weather on pour day and, for a poured set, the curing, the days the concrete spends gaining strength before you put weight on it. We check which office issues the permit for your address and pull it when your job needs one, so that part doesn't land on you.
The finish is what you notice, but three things you won't see once we're done decide whether your steps stay where we put them.
The subgrade, the ground the steps sit on, matters more than anything on top. If it's only raked level, it keeps settling after we leave and the steps go down with it. We dig it out, bring in base material and pack it in layers, because nobody can fix that part later without tearing the steps out.
Before we set a form, I check where the water comes off the roof and runs across the yard. If the steps and landing tip back toward the house, every rain goes against the wall and the door. So we build in a slight fall away from the house and out toward the yard.
In a poured set, rebar is the steel we tie inside the forms before the concrete goes in. Concrete takes weight well but cracks when it's pulled or bent, and the steel takes that strain. If a hairline crack shows up later, the rebar keeps the two sides from shifting, and the step stays usable.
Here's how a steps job runs from your first call to the walk-through at the end, and who you'll deal with along the way, which is mostly me.
You call (813) 471-5890 or fill in the form and tell us about the steps you have now and what you'd like instead. Then we set a time for me to come out to your house.
I measure the entry, look over the site and how we'll get materials to the door, and ask what the steps will need to carry. You get a written estimate that spells out what's included, poured or precast.
Once you say go, we sort out the permit side for your address and tear out the old steps. Then we dig out and pack the base and either set the forms, pour and finish or set the precast units.
Before we pack up, I walk you through curing, including how long to keep weight off and how to keep the surface from drying too fast. I also tell you what upkeep helps your steps last.
I'll walk you through poured and precast steps at the estimate, because the choice turns on your door, your budget and the room you have. Whichever you pick, the base under it gets the same work, and that's the one place I'd ask you not to cut. You see the finish every day, but the base is buried on day one, and it decides whether that finish stays put.
With a poured set, we set the forms and rebar, pour, and give the treads a broom finish, a light brushed texture that gives your shoes some grip when it rains. Then we keep the new concrete from drying out too fast, since a top that loses its water early comes out weak and dusty. If your steps are part of something bigger, like a new addition, we handle the slab foundation building and foundation installation too.
We mix and pour the steps in forms built right at your door, so the size, the width and the landing can fit your entry. It costs more than precast, and it needs curing time before you use it.
Precast steps are hollow units made ahead and set on the base we prepare, which makes them easier to put in and lower in price. The trade-off is fewer size choices, so they usually suit a standard entry best.
Send the form and we'll get back to you within one business day to set a time. I'll come out, measure and look over the entry. Then you get a written estimate that's free, is done at your property and comes with no obligation.
(813) 471-5890Riverview is unincorporated, so building permits here come from Hillsborough County's Development Services Department. The county requires a permit for structures and other construction. Addresses inside Tampa, Temple Terrace or Plant City limits go to those cities instead. That's the office we deal with for your steps. Work can start once the permit is issued, and the county's safety inspections happen during the job.
We're based in Riverview and work across Hillsborough County and the cities around it, including Brandon and Apollo Beach. A lot of the steps we're called about are short sets at the front door of a slab house, where the stoop has dropped away from the threshold or rainwater runs back toward the wall. We do that work the same way everywhere, starting with the base.
I learned concrete as a helper on a small crew, setting forms and pulling screed long before I ran a job, and I started this business in Riverview in 2013. That's 13 years now. I come out myself to look over your steps and measure. Our own crew does the work with me running it, so the person who quoted the job is the one checking the forms before the pour.
We're fully licensed and insured. Hillsborough County requires a valid contractor license for trades the state regulates and for work that needs a county permit. You can look up a contractor's license on HillsGovHub before you hire anyone, us included. When you're ready, call (813) 471-5890 or send the form and we'll set a time for me to come out.
If your new steps lead into an addition, a sunroom or a shed, the slab under it needs the same dug-out, packed base and careful forms.
When steps are part of a bigger build, the foundation they meet has to be set right first, so the house and the steps line up at the door.
We're based in Riverview and build steps across Hillsborough County and the cities around it. That includes the ones listed here and others nearby, so ask even if your city isn't on the list.
Installing concrete steps in the Tampa area usually costs about $650 to $5,000 for the whole project. Digging or other groundwork can push a job higher. For poured steps, the forms and the rebar or mesh are usually counted in the material cost, so check that each quote includes them. Our written estimate gives the figure for your own steps.
Concrete steps last 30 to 40 years with proper care and upkeep. That kind of life depends on the care, so keeping water from sitting on the treads and dealing with small cracks early both help. I go over what your steps need before we leave.
Yes, but summer is when hot-weather problems usually show up, and cracks are more likely both before and after the concrete hardens. A windy, sunny day calls for more care than a calm, humid one, so we plan the date with you and stay out of the midday heat. Industry guidance also rules out adding water at the site to cool the mix or make it easier to work, because that can weaken it.
Precast steps can usually be used soon after they're set, because the units arrive already cured. A poured set has to cure before it takes weight. How long that takes depends on the weather that week, so I give you the timing on pour day.
Clear planters, mats and anything else off the entry, and tell us about sprinkler lines or lights near the steps. Plan to use another door while a poured set cures. On pour day, keep pets and kids away from the forms.
Have your address, how many steps you want and a few photos of the entry ready when you call (813) 471-5890 or send the form, so I come out knowing what to check first.
