Concrete Contractors in Westmoreland, KS

Westmoreland is the county seat of Pottawatomie County, and concrete contractors here see a mix of ordinary upkeep and rebuilding work. The town was platted in 1871, incorporated in 1884 and named after Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. In 2020 it had 740 residents, down slightly from 778 in 2010, and it is part of the Manhattan metropolitan area.

Rebuilding after April 2024

On April 30, 2024, an EF3 tornado hit Westmoreland. Wikipedia reports one death and three injuries, 22 homes destroyed and 13 more damaged but still livable. For a town that had 337 housing units in 2010, that was a large share of its homes.

Rebuilding a home brings a lot of concrete with it beyond the foundation. Once the house is up, owners need driveways, walks, steps, patios and often new slabs for garages and sheds that were lost. Some existing slabs may have survived but been cracked by debris or heavy equipment during cleanup. We can assess what is left and tell you whether it can be reused or should come out.

Assessing concrete after storm damage

When a slab has been through a storm and cleanup, here is what we look for:

• Cracks from impact or equipment. Heavy machinery on a driveway or patio not built for it can crack it or break the edges.
• Settlement. If the base was washed out or disturbed, the slab may have dropped in spots.
• Anchor bolts and sill plates. Shed and garage slabs may still have bolts that do not match a new building. We can cut and reset them or pour a new slab.
• Grade changes. Rebuilding often changes the yard's grade. New walks and patios need to match the final grade and drain away from the new house.

Where old concrete is still solid, keeping it saves money. Where it is not, we remove it and start fresh.

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Coordinating with your rebuild

New flatwork should go in late in the building process, after heavy trucks and equipment are done with the site. Pouring a driveway too early means it carries delivery trucks and lifts it was not designed for. We work with your timeline: we can form and pour walks, steps and patios once the house is closed in, then the driveway at the end. If an insurance claim is involved, an itemized estimate helps, and ours lists each area, its size, thickness and reinforcement.

Everyday work, too

Not every Westmoreland job is storm related. We also replace aging driveways, pour backyard patios, build stamped entries, set slabs for sheds and garages and repair sunken or scaled sections. Every exterior slab is air-entrained for Kansas freeze-thaw cycles, sloped to drain and cured properly.

Storm-ready details worth adding

A rebuild is also a good time to plan concrete around safety and storage. Some owners pour a slab for a detached garage or shed now and plan room for a storm shelter later, or add a wider walk from the back door to where a shelter will sit. Others take the chance to fix drainage, sloping new patios and walks so heavy rain runs away from the new foundation. If you are installing a prefabricated shelter, its maker will specify the slab and anchoring it needs, and we pour to those specifications.

Services in Westmoreland

Concrete driveways, concrete patios, stamped concrete, sidewalks and steps, garage and shed slabs, and concrete repair and replacement. Before work at the street, we check what the city requires. If you are still waiting on an insurance settlement or a builder's schedule, we can walk the site now and update the estimate once plans are final. Call (785) 509-7585 to talk about your project.