Concrete Contractors in Harrodsburg, IN

Harrodsburg sits midway along a road most Monroe County homeowners know. Indiana State Road 37 runs down its east side, with Bloomington 12 miles to the north and Bedford the same distance south. We are concrete contractors who work that whole stretch, and Harrodsburg properties usually call for a practical mix: drives that meet a fast road, patios on rural lots, and slabs for garages and sheds. Wikipedia lists 656 residents in the 2020 census.

Low ground and a creek

At 627 feet, Harrodsburg sits about 177 feet below Bloomington. Clear Creek, a southeast-flowing tributary of Salt Creek, drains the community and joins Salt Creek just south of town, a short way downstream of the Lake Monroe dam. For concrete, low ground next to a creek means one thing above all: control the water. A slab set a little too low, or pitched the wrong way, holds water against the house or lets it soak in underneath. We set grades with a level and string line, not by eye.

Driveways that meet the road

Where a driveway meets a county road, the Monroe County Highway Department requires permits for any work in county right-of-way. If your drive opens onto State Road 37 instead, state approval can be needed. We find out which applies to your lot before we form the apron. On the drive itself, we look at:

• Thickness for trucks, trailers and farm equipment
• A wider apron where vehicles turn in from a fast road
• A broom finish for grip on slopes
• Control joints placed so cracks stay straight and tight

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Garages, barns and shop floors

Rural lots here often have room for a detached garage, a workshop or a pole barn. Shop floors take hard use: floor jacks, engine stands, dropped tools and oil. We build them with steel, a compacted stone base and a steel-trowel finish where equipment rolls, or a light broom where footing matters more. Where posts are already standing, each one is boxed out and isolated so the slab can move without cracking around it.

Patios and stamped concrete

On a country lot, a back patio turns lawn into usable space. Plain broom-finish slabs handle grilling and seating well, and stamped concrete adds a pattern and color for owners who want it. Stamped work is sealed after it cures and resealed every few years. Plain slabs benefit from sealer too, mainly in their first winters, to slow water and salt from getting into the surface.

Old steps and walks

The town was first platted as Newgene in 1836, and a post office has run there since 1840. Some houses still have walks and steps poured before air-entrained mixes were standard. Without those tiny air voids, a surface has nowhere to relieve the pressure of freezing water, so it flakes and pits faster. When a step has crumbled at the nose or a walk has heaved, we usually replace it, since a thin patch will not bond well to weak concrete.

Slabs near the creek bottoms

Along Clear Creek and its side drainages, soil close to the surface can stay wet well after a storm. Before forming a slab on that kind of ground, we dig test spots to see how deep the soft layer goes, take it out, and replace it with crushed stone compacted in lifts. We also look at where runoff from SR 37 and the higher fields ends up, because a new driveway or garage pad should not become the next low point. If a culvert under the drive is undersized or clogged, it is cheaper to fix it now than after the concrete is in. Call (812) 286-8782 to schedule a look.