Old driveway cracked, sinking or holding water? We build a new one on packed ground, sloped away from your house, sized for what you park.
Concrete driveway building in Oxford, MS means digging out and packing the ground, then pouring, finishing and curing a new slab that drains away from your house and holds up under what you park on it.
Most people call because the old driveway is cracked, sinking or holding water by the garage. I spent years patching drives like that for a property management company, and most of them didn't fail in the concrete on top. They failed underneath, where the dirt had been raked level instead of dug out and packed, and the water had nowhere to go.
The price moves with the size of the drive, whether we're tearing out an old one, how thick it needs to be for what you park, how much groundwork the site needs and the finish you pick. The schedule turns on the permit check, the weather on pour day and the cure time after. You get your own figure once I've measured and looked at the ground.
Concrete can crack, and I won't tell you otherwise. Whether yours stays flat and cracks only where we planned comes down mostly to work you never see once the pour is done.
The subgrade, the dirt your slab sits on, and the layer packed on top of it carry the whole driveway. How well concrete pavement holds up depends on those layers and how well they drain, so when you compare bids, ask each contractor exactly what they'll do to the ground.
Before we set forms, I check where the water runs now and where it'll run once the slab is down. A driveway that falls toward the house sends rain at your foundation and garage, so we pitch it to carry water off toward the street or the yard.
Control joints are the straight grooves cut across a slab so that when concrete shrinks and cracks, it cracks down in the groove where you'll barely notice. Cut them late or skip them and the cracks pick their own spots, which is what you see on a lot of old drives.
You deal with the owner from the first call to the last walk-through. Here's how a driveway job runs, from the phone call to the day you park on it.
Call (662) 550-8149 or send the form with the rough size of the drive, what you park on it and any finish you have in mind. Most times I'm the one who calls you back.
I come out, measure and look over the ground, the slope and how the trucks will get in. Then I send a written estimate that spells out what the price covers and what it doesn't.
Once you say go and any permit is sorted, our crew digs out and packs the base, sets the forms, then pours and finishes the slab and cuts the joints.
When the work is done, we walk the finished driveway with you again. I'll tell you when it's ready for foot traffic, when it's ready for your car and how to keep it in good shape.
What you park on a driveway decides how we build it, so before I price anything I ask about trucks, trailers, a camper, a work van, anything heavy. That tells me how thick the slab has to be and how much rebar, the steel bars set inside the concrete to help it carry the load and hold together, it needs.
We settle the layout and where the runoff goes with you before the price is final. That covers where the drive meets the street, how wide it runs, where it turns and which way the water leaves, because changing any of that after the forms go up costs you money and time.
The base is the part nobody sees on day one, so it's the first thing people want to cut when the budget runs tight. I'd cut the finish first, because a plain slab on packed ground outlasts a fancy one on raked dirt. If you want the drive dressed up, stamped concrete is an option, and a concrete patio out back is worth pricing on the same visit.
A broom finish is a light texture dragged across the wet concrete so tires and shoes grip when it rains. It's the plain, lower-cost finish most driveways get, and the one I'd pick when the budget is tight.
A stamped or colored finish gives the drive a pattern or a stone look at the front of the house. It costs more than plain concrete, so we price it once the base and thickness are settled.
We reply within 1 business day, and most times I'm the one who calls. The on-site estimate is free, and there's no pressure to book. After you send the form, I set a time to come out, measure and walk the job with you, then send the price in writing.
(662) 550-8149Before work starts, we check with the permit office that covers your address. In Oxford, the city's Engineering division approves right-of-way permits for work in the right-of-way, which usually takes in the stretch where a drive meets the street, and the city's Building division reviews residential applications and issues permits. I don't assume either way, and when your job needs a permit, we handle the paperwork and line up the inspections.
The Building division also enforces the city's erosion control rules, so while the ground is open we keep the dug-out dirt and muddy runoff from washing into the street or a neighbor's yard. Around Oxford we see plenty of older drives on homes and rentals that settled or cracked because of what was under them, and landlords who want one person to handle the replacement.
We're based in Oxford and work across Lafayette County and the cities around it. The same prep and drainage work goes into the drives we build in Batesville and Holly Springs, and the questions I ask about what you park don't change from one city to the next.
I started Oxford Concrete Company in 2023 after years of upkeep work for a property management company, fixing walks, steps, drives and slabs that failed too early. I come out myself to look at your job and write the estimate, and I'm on site running the work with our crew, so the person who priced it is the one making sure it gets built that way.
We're licensed and fully insured. Every driveway we build is backed by our satisfaction guarantee. Homeowners call us, and so do landlords and property managers who want a straight answer and one person to deal with. When you're ready, call (662) 550-8149 or send the form and I'll set a time to come walk it.
A slab out back for a grill and chairs raises the same questions about packed ground and where the rain goes, so it makes sense to look at both together.
If you'd rather have a pattern or a stone look than plain gray, stamped concrete presses that texture into the slab while it's still wet.
Oxford is home base. The cities below have their own pages, and we take driveway jobs in other cities nearby too, so call even if yours isn't listed.
A plain residential concrete driveway in Mississippi usually costs about $7 to $14 per square foot, by one statewide cost guide. Tearing out an old drive, a thicker slab, extra groundwork or a decorative finish all push it higher. Your own price comes in the written estimate after I measure and look at the ground.
Concrete tends to hold up for 30 to 40 years, while asphalt usually tops out around 15 to 25, by one Mississippi cost guide's numbers. From what I've fixed, the ground under the slab decides whether it gets anywhere near that, which is why we spend the time underneath before we pour.
Most home driveways are poured 4 inches thick, and parking anything heavier than a sedan, like a truck, RV or trailer, calls for 5 to 6 inches. The extra concrete adds to the price, so tell me about anything heavy you plan to park there down the road too.
Oxford limits driveways and curb cuts serving homes to 20 feet wide. On home lots with less than 100 feet of street frontage, a semi-circular drive is allowed only if the City Engineer finds it acceptable, and each entrance is then held to 10 feet. The copy I've seen may not be current, so read the city's land development code for the latest text, and we check it before we lay out your drive.
Curing, the stretch where fresh concrete hardens and gains strength, starts right after we finish the surface and typically runs 3 to 7 days. Driving on it too soon can damage a slab that's still setting up, so plan on parking somewhere else until I tell you it's ready for your car.
Yes, but hot weather can cause trouble getting concrete delivered, placed and cured, and that trouble can hurt how the slab holds up. Most of it comes from the cement reacting faster and the mix drying out faster, so a hot-day pour needs planning, and I'd rather start early than finish a slab in the midday heat.
Mississippi requires a license from the State Board of Contractors for new residential construction over $50,000 and for residential remodeling or additions over $10,000. Whether a job crosses those lines depends on what's being built and what it costs, and it's a fair question to put to anyone bidding your drive.
Call (662) 550-8149 or send the form, and we can settle thickness, layout and runoff on one visit before any concrete is ordered.
