Concrete Contractor in Ocoee, FL - Driveways and Patios Built on Packed Ground
Clermont Concrete Company is a concrete contractor based in Clermont, FL, pouring driveways, patios, pool decks, sidewalks and slabs for homes and property owners in Ocoee, with the base dug out and packed before anything gets poured.
Ocoee homes, from downtown streets to subdivisions
Ocoee is on the Orange County side of our work area, right next to Winter Garden, and our calls here come from older homes near downtown as often as from newer neighborhoods. On the older streets it's usually a driveway or front walk that has cracked and sunk over the years, and in the newer ones it's someone who wants a wider driveway, a patio out back or a deck around the pool.
Either way, the big questions on an Ocoee job are where the water goes on the lot and what the last crew left under the old slab, so I spend as much time looking at the yard as at the concrete.
Working in Ocoee: permits, licenses and what sets the price
For concrete work in Ocoee, the city's Building Division is the office that decides on permits, and it takes applications through its online permit portal. When a job needs one, the pour date waits on the city, so I sort that out before we put you on the schedule, and we pull the permit and handle the inspections ourselves. Before you hire anyone, check two things. One is a Florida contractor license, and a state-certified license covers work anywhere in Florida while a registered one only covers places where the holder has a local certificate. The other is the city's Business Tax Receipt, which Ocoee requires of anyone doing business in the city, and the city also wants contractors registered with it, with current proof of a state license, liability and workers' comp coverage, before they can submit a permit. We're licensed and fully insured.
Price here moves with the size of the slab, its thickness, how much old concrete has to come out, how much base work the ground needs and the finish you choose. The schedule moves with the permit question, the prep and curing, the wait while fresh concrete gains strength before you use it. Those are the same things that drive a job when we pour out in Mascotte, but in Ocoee I usually spend more of the visit on drainage, and the free estimate I leave you on site is where your own number comes from.
Services in Ocoee, FL
Concrete driveway building
Older Ocoee driveways often crack and sink where the base was only raked level. We dig out the soft ground, pack a solid base and repour.
Concrete patio construction
A lot of Ocoee patios we look at hold puddles because they were poured dead flat. We slope yours away from the house so it drains.
Concrete sidewalk building
Older front walks here often break into trip edges because no joints were cut. We pour new concrete sidewalks with control joints, grooves that keep cracks in line.
Concrete pool decks
Ocoee pool decks stay wet, so a slick finish or low spot turns into a problem fast. We give yours grip and a slope toward the drains.
Concrete retaining walls
Sloped yards wash out along the edge of a driveway or patio until something holds the grade. We build concrete retaining walls on solid footings to hold it.
Concrete cutting
Widening a driveway or opening a doorway in a concrete wall takes a clean saw cut, not a jackhammer. We take the odd cuts other crews pass on.
How Ocoee's lakes and water affect concrete
Flooding in Ocoee can come from lakes and ponds running high, from streams, and from shallow ponding and sheet flow, which is rainwater sliding across the ground in a thin layer. That matters for a driveway or patio, because water that keeps running under a slab's edge carries the base away, and the concrete settles and cracks over the soft spot. So before we set a single form, I look at where water stands and which way it runs across your lot, and we set the slab to fall away from the house and out of that path.
The base is the part you never see once the slab is down, which is exactly why it's the first thing a tight budget tries to cut. I'll steer you toward a plain broom finish, the light brushed texture that gives your shoes grip, before I'll skimp on digging out and packing the ground, because a fancy top on a soft base still sinks. We cut the control joints on time too, so the cracks concrete makes as it shrinks usually land in our grooves instead of across the middle.
Get a free on-site concrete estimate in Ocoee
Send the form and we'll get back to you within one business day to find a time. I come out to your Ocoee property myself, look it over and leave you a free estimate, with no pressure and no obligation.
How an Ocoee job goes
Call or send the form
Tell us what's going on with the slab and where you are in Ocoee. We'll set a time for me to come out and see it.
I walk the site with you
I look at the old concrete, where the water runs and how we'd get equipment in, and I ask a lot of questions, so it helps if you're home. Before I leave you have a free estimate, so you know where the number stands before you decide anything.
Permit, prep, pour and finish
If the job needs a permit we pull it through the city's Building Division, and the pour waits on that. Then our own crew digs out, packs the base, builds the forms, pours and finishes, with me on site.
Walk the finished slab together
We go over the job with you before we leave. I explain how to care for the slab while it cures, and when it's ready for feet and when it's ready for your car.
Ocoee concrete questions answered
Do I need a permit to pour a concrete driveway in Ocoee?
Ask the city before anyone pours, because Ocoee's permit list names work like buildings, renovations, fences and pools, says it isn't limited to those, and doesn't settle driveways either way. You can call the Building Division at 407-905-3104 with permit questions, and if we're doing your job, we'll check for you and pull the permit when one is needed.
Can I skip a permit for a driveway or patio in Ocoee?
You can ask the city for an exemption, but it's a request the city reviews, not a pass you get just by filing. Owners and contractors submit an exemption application, and a residential request needs a notarized affidavit plus documents showing the work's scope and value. For driveways, patios and pavers the city also wants a Zoning Verification Letter, a check of zoning, setback and easement rules, before the work goes ahead, and it may ask for more information before it decides.
Do I need a permit to remove a tree for a new driveway in Ocoee?
Yes, Ocoee requires a permit to remove a tree, and that includes dead ones. If a driveway widening or a new patio means a tree has to come out, that has to be settled before we can dig, so tell me about any trees in the way when I come out.
How do I find out if my Ocoee property is in a flood zone?
Look up your address on the city's flood maps page, which links to the current flood map panels and flood study for Ocoee's mapped flood zones. I like to know that before we set the height of a patio or driveway, because a slab in a low spot needs its grade worked out with more care.
How much does a new concrete driveway cost in Ocoee?
I price every Ocoee driveway on site, because the cost comes down to its size and to what's underneath it, and I can't see that from a photo. The choices that move it most are the finish, since a broom finish costs less than stamped or decorative work, and access, since a tight side yard means more hand work. If the budget is tight, I'd trim the finish before the base, for the reason above.
How long before I can drive on a new concrete driveway in Ocoee?
You'll be walking on it well before you can park on it, and I'll tell you both waits for your slab when we walk the finished job. Concrete keeps gaining strength for a while after the pour, so driving on it too soon can break edges that would have held if you'd waited.
Call about your Ocoee driveway or patio
Call (352) 995-0299 or send the form, and since we answer early mornings and late evenings every day, you don't have to step away from work to ask.
