Alsip Concrete Walkways and Sidewalks

Two reasons account for most bad walkways we see around Alsip. The first is what lies beneath. Walks poured on bare clay or loose fill shift as that soil swells, freezes and dries, so one panel ends up higher than its neighbor. The second is drainage. A walk with no tilt, or one that dips near the house, collects water that freezes into a sheet of ice right where people step. Replacing a walk the same way it was originally built just restarts the clock. So our estimates spell out a different approach. Old sections are broken up and loaded out. The path is excavated, and a compacted gravel bed is laid to a stated depth. Boards are staked a touch lower on one side, enough to send water off that edge without making the walk feel tilted underfoot. Most walks get around 4 inches of concrete, with extra thickness where a path crosses a driveway. Joints are tooled at regular intervals, a soft broom drag gives shoes some bite, and soil is backfilled along both sides when the forms come off.