Concrete Driveways
We tear out the cracked slab, build a real compacted stone base, and pour your driveway so water runs off instead of pooling. A fresh driveway is back under your tires in about a week.
Driveway Replacement & New Pours
Most failed driveways in this area did not fail at the surface. They failed underneath, where a thin or skipped stone base let the slab settle, hold water, and crack apart over a few Pennsylvania winters.
Murray General Contracting pours residential and light commercial concrete driveways across the Lehigh Valley, from Allentown and Bethlehem to Easton and out to Breinigsville. We dig out the old surface, fix the grade, compact a proper stone base, and pour the slab at the right thickness so it carries your vehicles and sheds water away from the house.
You get one local crew from the first measurement to the final walkthrough, and a free estimate within 48 hours of sending us the details.
How We Pour A Driveway
The cracked concrete or old asphalt comes out on day one, and we haul it away. Nothing new gets poured over a bad surface.
We fix the slope so water runs to the street or yard, then lay and compact a stone base that carries the load and stops settling.
Squared forms set the edges and the pitch. We add wire or rebar where the driveway needs it for heavier loads.
One continuous pour, screeded flat, with the broom finish that gives your tires and feet grip in the rain and snow.
We cut control joints so the slab cracks where we plan, not at random, then walk the finished driveway with you.
Why It Lasts
The stone base is where a driveway lives or dies. We compact it in lifts so the slab has nothing to settle into.
We set the pitch so rain and snowmelt run off the slab instead of pooling, freezing, and prying the concrete apart.
Cut joints give the concrete a place to move during freeze and thaw, so the surface stays clean instead of mapping with cracks.
Four inches handles cars and trucks. We pour thicker where an RV, trailer, or work truck needs to sit.
Driveway Work We Do
Want a finish with more character than standard gray? See our stamped and decorative concrete, or pair the driveway with new walkways and front steps while the crew is on site.
Did a fantastic job. Fast. Trustworthy. Honest. On time. Everything you want in a contractor.Jeffrey Ulle, Google review
Driveway Questions
Most residential driveways are done in about a week from demolition to finish. Tear-out and grading take a day or two, forming and pouring is a day, and the rest is curing time before you drive on it.
You can walk on it after about 24 to 48 hours. Wait roughly 7 days before parking a car on it, and about 28 days for the concrete to reach full strength. We give you the exact dates for your pour before we leave.
Concrete lasts longer and needs less upkeep than asphalt, and it holds up to Lehigh Valley freeze-thaw when it is poured on a proper base with control joints. Asphalt costs less up front but needs resealing and softens in summer heat. We will give you the honest tradeoff for your property.
All concrete moves as it cures and as the ground freezes and thaws. We cut control joints so any movement shows up along those planned lines instead of as random cracks. A compacted stone base and the right slab thickness keep cracking to a minimum.
Yes. We demolish and haul away the failing slab or asphalt, fix the grade, and build a fresh compacted stone base before we pour. A new driveway is only as good as what is under it.
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Free estimates on concrete driveways and replacements across the Lehigh Valley and Eastern Pennsylvania.