QBCC 700727Licensed contractor
HIA 222105Member
A driveway is the biggest piece of concrete most people ever buy.
It is also the one that gets judged from the street every day, and the one that has to carry real weight in the Queensland weather. Both of those come down to the same thing: what is underneath it.
We dig it, base it, steel it and pour it with our own crew and our own plant. The excavation is not subcontracted out, which means the people who prepared the ground are the people who pour on top of it. When a driveway moves, that matters.
Finish is the part you choose. Plain and saw-cut, exposed aggregate, stencilled or stamped: we will show you what each one looks like on a real job near you before anyone talks about money.
What the number covers.
- Break out and removal of the existing driveway
- Excavation and cart away of spoil
- Compacted road base, 100mm of DGB20
- Steel mesh laid on bar chairs, not on the ground
- Formwork set to the falls so water runs away from the house
- Concrete supply, place and finish in the finish you chose
- Saw-cut control joints
- Clean up and rubbish removed
What it does not.
- Council crossover application fees, where one is required
- Engineered design where a site class or a load needs it
- Retaining, drainage or landscaping beyond the slab edge
- Pumping, where a truck cannot reach the pour
The numbers we build to.
| Standard residential driveway | |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 100mm standard, 125mm over 2 tonne, 150mm heavy |
| Reinforcement | SL72 mesh standard, SL82 over 2 tonne |
| Concrete grade | 25 MPa standard, 32 MPa on reactive soil |
| Base | 100mm compacted DGB20 road base |
| Control joints | Saw-cut, roughly a quarter of the slab depth |
| Finishes | Plain, exposed aggregate, stencilled, stamped |
Reactive soil, AS 2870 class H1 or H2, steps the concrete up to 32 MPa. We check the site class before we price it, not after.
Jobs we have finished.
Every photo on this page is our own work. None of it is stock.
From the day you say yes.
No guessing what happens next, and no three-week silence after the quote goes out.
We measure it properly
On site, with the specs written down: thickness, grade, mesh, finish and access. The quote is itemised so you can see what each part costs.
Date booked, concrete ordered
You get a pour date, not a vague week. The mix is ordered to the spec on your quote and the crew is locked in around it.
Dig, base and steel
Excavation out, road base in and compacted, formwork set to the falls, mesh laid on bar chairs. The part that decides whether it lasts.
Pour, finish and cut
Placed, screeded and finished the way you chose, then control joints saw-cut once it is hard enough. We tell you when you can drive on it.
Worth asking before you commit.
How thick should a concrete driveway be?
How long before I can drive on it?
Will it crack?
Do you remove the old driveway?
Do I need council approval for a driveway?
The rest of what we pour.
Moreton Bay out to the Sunshine Coast.
We are based at Elimbah, which puts Caboolture, Bribie, the hinterland and the coast itself inside an easy run. Eight tradesmen and our own plant means a job down the road and a job an hour away both get a full crew.
Tell us the size of your driveway and we will come and measure it.
You will get an itemised quote with the thickness, the grade, the mesh and the finish written down, so you can hold it next to anyone else's and compare like for like.
Tell us about the job.
Takes about a minute. The more you can tell us, the closer the first number will be.
Got it, thanks.
We have your details and will be in touch to arrange a time to come and measure it. If it is urgent, ring 0499 649 685 and you will get someone straight away.