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The Best Concrete Contractor in Hardeeville

Hardeeville’s city limits went from 5 square miles to over 45 in about a decade, timber tracts that used to grow pine for the mills got sold off and turned into some of the largest planned communities in the Lowcountry almost overnight. Sharper Edge Custom Concrete pours and repairs driveways, patios, and pool decks across the city, and most of what we see reflects just how recently that land was still a working timber operation.

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Concrete Services in Hardeeville

Old Timber Tracts, New Planned Communities

That timber history means the ground itself is fairly consistent, longleaf pine country tends to drain well, but the pace of construction is what actually varies job to job.

A slab going in inside Riverton Pointe or Hilton Head Lakes might be sitting on a tract that was cleared within the last few years, while a repair job in one of the smaller original neighborhoods near downtown, Pine Arbor or Deerfield Village, is dealing with concrete that’s had decades to settle.

The city’s still annexing and building at a pace most towns never see, so we’re just as likely to be prepping a base on raw, recently graded land as we are patching something that’s been there since before the growth started.

Concrete Questions From Hardeeville Homeowners

We’re in one of the big new communities, Riverton Pointe or Hilton Head Lakes. Is the ground here any different to build on?

Sometimes. These were timber tracts not long ago, so depending on how recently a section was cleared and graded, we may need to spend more time on compaction than we would on land that’s been settled longer.

Our home is in one of the older neighborhoods closer to downtown. Does that change anything?

It can work in your favor, ground there has usually had more time to settle. That said, older concrete itself may show more wear, so repairs are more common than fresh pours in that part of town.

Our lot backs up to one of the community lakes in Hilton Head Lakes. Does that change how you grade or pour?

Yes, lots near those retention lakes are graded specifically to manage runoff into the water, so we’re careful not to disrupt that when we pour a patio or driveway close to the bank.

Everyone says this is one of the fastest-growing cities in the Southeast. Does that mean you’re mostly doing new construction here?

Right now, yes, more than in our older, more established markets. Most of our Hardeeville work is fresh pours inside the newer planned communities rather than repair work.