Concrete Contractors in Wheeling, IL

Wheeling is one of the oldest villages near us and one of the busiest. It incorporated on June 18, 1894, after a special election at the Union Hotel that passed 43 to 3. Today the village is home to 39,137 residents, a large manufacturing workforce and half of Chicago Executive Airport. As concrete contractors in Wheeling, we pour for homes first, and we bring the same heavy-use thinking to garage floors and shop slabs.

A village that grew late

For its first half century Wheeling stayed tiny: 916 people in 1950. Then it took off, reaching 7,169 in 1960, 13,243 in 1970 and 23,266 in 1980. ACS data on Point2Homes shows 25.3% of homes built in the 1970s and 24.5% in the 1980s, with a median year built of 1980. About 62.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied and the rest are rented, so we work with both homeowners and landlords who need walks and steps kept safe for tenants.

Heavy-use slabs

Wikipedia's employment figures list 3,404 of 21,671 working residents, or 15.7%, in manufacturing, second only to education, health care and social assistance at 18.6%. When a garage holds a trailer, a work truck or a bench full of power tools, a standard 4-inch floor on thin fill is under-built. For a heavy-use garage or shop slab we talk through:

• Thickness: 5 or 6 inches under concentrated loads
• Reinforcement: rebar held up on chairs so it ends up mid-slab instead of on the dirt
• Base: a deeper compacted stone layer to spread the weight
• Joints: saw cuts made early, spaced to suit the thickness

Driveways and aprons

A Wheeling driveway takes snowplow spray, salt and freeze-thaw every winter. The village climate figures on Wikipedia show a January mean low around 16 degrees and a July mean high around 83, so concrete here swings through a wide range every year. New driveways get air-entrained concrete, a compacted base and a cure period before any salt touches them. We also pay attention to the apron at the street, which is often the first piece to fail and may fall under village rules for work in the right-of-way.

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Sidewalks and steps for rentals and homes alike

Cracked walks and loose steps are a liability for any owner, and more so with tenants coming and going. We replace failed sidewalk sections, rebuild front stoops, and pour new steps with consistent riser heights so nobody catches a toe. Where an old stoop has pulled away from the house, we remove it, fix the footing or base problem underneath and pour a new one tied in properly.

Near the airport

Wheeling shares Chicago Executive Airport, the former Palwaukee, with Prospect Heights, and Wikipedia ranks it fourth among Illinois airports after O'Hare, Midway and DuPage. The village's history runs back further than the runways: the Union Hotel, built in 1856 and rebuilt after a 1925 fire, hosted the 1894 incorporation vote and later became several restaurants before it was torn down in 1996.

Our six services in Wheeling

• Concrete driveways and aprons
• Garage & shed slabs, including heavier shop floors
• Sidewalks & steps for owner-occupied and rental homes
• Concrete patios for backyard space
• Stamped concrete for a decorative patio or walk
• Concrete repair & replacement for 1970s and 1980s slabs

Call (224) 494-2266 for a free estimate.