Concrete Patios
We build the base, set the pitch, and pour a backyard patio that drains instead of pooling. Sitting areas, fire-pit pads, elevated slabs, and patios poured around the features you want to keep.
Backyard Patios, Done Once
A backyard patio takes more abuse than people expect. Furniture legs, a grill, standing water after every storm, and one Pennsylvania winter after another all work on the slab at once. Get the base and the pitch right and none of that matters.
Murray General Contracting pours concrete patios across the Lehigh Valley, from Allentown and Bethlehem to Easton and out around Breinigsville. We dig out the footprint, compact a stone base, set the forms to a slope that sheds water away from the house, and pour the slab flat. Then we finish it the way you want it, whether that is a clean broom finish or a stamped surface with more character.
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 Patio
We mark the footprint in your yard so you can stand on it before we dig. Shape, size, and where it meets the house all get settled first.
We excavate the area, then lay and compact a stone base in lifts. The base is what keeps the slab from settling or heaving over the winter.
Forms set the edges, the curves, and the slope. We pitch the slab away from the house so water runs off instead of sitting against the foundation.
One continuous pour, screeded flat. Then the finish you chose, a broom texture for grip or a stamped and colored surface for character.
We cut control joints so the slab cracks where we plan, not at random, then walk the finished patio with you before we leave.
Why It Lasts
The stone base is where a patio lives or dies. We compact it in lifts so the slab has nothing to settle into and no soft spot to crack over.
We set a slope away from the house so rain and snowmelt run off the patio. No standing water against the foundation, no ice sheet in January.
Cut joints give the slab a place to move during freeze and thaw, so the surface stays clean instead of mapping with random cracks.
Broom, smooth, stamped, or colored. We finish the slab so it fits the house and the yard instead of looking like a bare gray pad.
Patio Work We Do
Want a finish with more character than standard gray? See our stamped and decorative concrete, or connect the patio to the rest of the yard with new walkways and steps while the crew is on site.
Project: Backyard Oasis
On our Backyard Oasis project we partnered with Lehigh Valley Landscaping LLC to build a footer and wall system, an elevated patio slab, a radius (curved) walkway, and a driveway extension, all poured around an existing pond. It is the kind of layout that shows what a backyard patio can be when the concrete and the landscaping are planned together.
Did a fantastic job. Fast. Trustworthy. Honest. On time. Everything you want in a contractor.Jeffrey Ulle, Google review
Patio Questions
A patio should fall about a quarter inch per foot, pitched away from the house. That is enough to push rain and snowmelt off the slab and toward the yard without being a slope you notice underfoot. We set that pitch with the forms before any concrete goes down.
Yes. We form to the feature you want to keep and pour around it with a clean edge. On our Backyard Oasis project we poured an elevated patio slab and a radius walkway around a pond, working alongside Lehigh Valley Landscaping LLC. Fire-pit pads and tree wells are routine.
A broom finish is the standard for outdoor slabs because it gives grip when the surface is wet. If you want more character than gray concrete, we can stamp or color the slab so it reads like stone or pavers. We will walk you through the tradeoffs and the upkeep for each.
Yes. An elevated patio sits on a footer and a wall system that carry the slab above grade, which is how you get a level sitting area on a sloped yard. We dig footers below the frost line, build the walls, backfill, and pour the slab on top.
Yes, and it is the right time to do it. While the crew, the forms, and the base work are on site, we can connect the patio to a walkway, a set of steps, or a driveway so the elevations and joints line up. One pour plan keeps the whole backyard reading as one project.
Four inches over a compacted stone base handles foot traffic, furniture, and a grill. The base matters as much as the thickness here, because Lehigh Valley freeze-thaw will heave a slab that sits on bare dirt. We compact the stone in lifts and cut control joints so the slab moves where we plan.
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