Concrete Contractors in Mauriceville, TX

Mauriceville is a rural community in north central Orange County, about 17 miles northeast of Beaumont at State Highways 12 and 62, and the work concrete contractors do here looks like the place: shop slabs, barn floors, long drives and big patios. The census area covers about 8.5 square miles, all land, with 2,983 residents in 2020. The Texas legislature named it the Crawfish Capital of Texas in 1983, and it holds a Crawfish Festival every April.

Lumber, rice and dairy

The Texarkana and Fort Smith Railroad came through in 1898 and the Orange and Northwestern in 1902. The town was named for Maurice Miller, son of the Orange and Northwestern's first president, and got a post office in 1906. The Beaumont Land Corporation sold its first town lot in 1910. Lumber was the early business. As timber ran low, rice, truck and dairy farming took over. The community grew from 2,046 people in 1990 to 3,252 in 2010.

Outdoor cooking and big patios

In crawfish country, a back patio often has to hold a boil. A large slab for cookers, tables and a crowd needs:

• Enough size. We help lay out space for burners, prep tables and seating.
• A slope for washdown. A gentle fall to one side lets you hose the slab off.
• A broom or textured finish. Wet, spicy water on a smooth surface is slippery.
• Sealing. It helps keep grease and seasoning from staining.

Many owners put a roof over part of the patio. If so, we pour footings or thickened areas where posts will sit.

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Shop and barn slabs

On acreage, a shop or barn is often the biggest concrete job. We pour these with thickened edges, rebar on chairs, a vapor barrier where the building will be closed in and joints on a grid. Anchor bolts go where your building plans call for them. We can add a slight slope toward the door for washing out.

Driveways from the highway

Long drives off State Highways 12 and 62 or county roads need a good connection and usually a culvert. We check what the state or county requires before forming the entrance. Long drives can be poured in phases, starting with the part nearest the house.

Ground and drainage

Mauriceville sits at 30 feet, higher than the cities along the coast, but heavy rain is still common in this part of Texas. We strip topsoil, build a compacted base and keep each slab slightly above the surrounding ground so water moves away from it.

Reinforcement for heavy loads

A farm or shop slab may carry a loaded truck, a tractor or a stack of feed. Concrete is strong in compression but weak when it bends, and bending is what happens when a heavy wheel sits on a slab over softer ground. Rebar in the right place carries that bending load. On heavier slabs, we use rebar on a closer grid, thicken the concrete where wheels travel and make sure the base is compacted firmly all the way to the edges. Edges are where slabs most often break, so we thicken them as well.

Tell us everything you expect to drive or store on a slab, and we will size it for that, not just for today's use.

Older concrete around the house

Homes that have been in Mauriceville for decades often have a front walk, porch or garage apron that has cracked or settled. We replace those sections on a new base, match the slope so water runs away from the house and seal the joints. It is often the quickest way to make an older place look cared for.

More we pour

Sidewalks to outbuildings, stamped entries, pads for AC and generators, and repairs to older concrete around the house. Every estimate is in writing, with base, thickness, reinforcement and finish listed.