Concrete Contractors in Duncanville, AL

Duncanville is an unincorporated community about 12.5 miles southeast of Tuscaloosa on US 82, and our concrete contractors in Duncanville mostly work on homes set on larger lots and acreage. Many properties here have a house, a shop or barn, and a long drive back from the highway or a county road. We pour driveways, patios, stamped concrete, walks and steps, and slabs for garages, shops and barns, and we repair concrete that has cracked, sunk or broken up.

A railroad-era post office

Duncanville's post office, ZIP code 35456, opened on August 22, 1898. Wikipedia says the community was named for either William M. Duncan, a local property owner, or W. Butler Duncan, an official of the Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad. The community has grown up around the highway since, and today it is home to Duncanville Middle School on Eagle Parkway, a Tuscaloosa County school with about 460 students in grades 6 through 8.

Driveways that meet a busy highway

Wikipedia's description of US 82 in Alabama notes that the route is mostly two-lane, with the exception of the stretch from Tuscaloosa to Centreville, which is the stretch that passes Duncanville. Faster traffic and turning trucks make the driveway apron the hardest-working piece of concrete on many properties. We pour aprons thicker than the rest of the drive, reinforce them, and set the grade so water drains toward the ditch. Work in a highway right-of-way can need state approval, so we check before we schedule.

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Lower ground south of the city

Duncanville's listed elevation is 243 feet. Lower, flatter land can hold water after the heavy storms the Tuscaloosa area gets, so the base under a slab matters more than the surface. We remove soft soil, build and compact a stone base, and keep slabs a little above the surrounding ground. On long driveways we look for low spots where a culvert or swale will keep water from crossing the concrete.

Shop floors and barn alleys

Shops, pole barns and equipment sheds are common here. Before we quote a floor, we ask what will sit on it, from a riding mower to a tractor or a loaded trailer, and size the thickness, reinforcement and joints for that load. We slope barn and shop floors slightly toward the door so wash water runs out.

No town office, but still rules

Duncanville is unincorporated, so there is no town permit office. We check with Tuscaloosa County, and with the state where work meets US 82, before pouring. Call (205) 656-5328 to set up a visit.