Concrete Contractor in St. Joseph, Missouri
Driveway sinking on one side? Slab cracked clean through? Garage floor pitted to pieces?
Tell us what’s wrong and where it is. You’ll be matched with a local concrete professional serving St. Joe and Northwest Missouri, you’ll get a real price, and you’ll get a pour date in writing before money changes hands.
Getting three bids? Here’s how to pick the right concrete guy.
Most driveways in St. Joe get bid three ways, and the three numbers rarely land close. Here’s the honest way to read them:
The cheapest bid is usually the most expensive one.
The number-one regret we hear from homeowners is taking the low bid, then paying twice when it fails. If one bid is far under the others, ask what got left out: gravel base, rebar or mesh, tear-out and haul-off, the saw cuts.
The winner is the one who explains the plan.
A real quote tells you what happens to the old concrete, what goes under the new pour, how thick, where the joints go, and when the work starts. If the bid is one line and a number, that’s not a plan, that’s a guess.
Ask for the date, not just the dollar.
A fair price with no start date attached is how “great price” turns into months of waiting. More on that below.
Burned before by a contractor who never called back?
It’s the most common complaint about concrete work around here, and it’s fixable with five things in writing. When your call comes through this site (here’s how this site works), these are the commitments we ask of the professional you’re matched with:
A pour date, committed when you put down the deposit. Not “in a few weeks.” A date.
A callback, every time. Leave a message through this site and you hear back within one business day.
You’ll know who’s coming. The person who quotes the job tells you who will be on your property doing it. No mystery subs.
A payment schedule, with money held back until the job is done right. You should never be asked for the full amount before the concrete is finished and you’ve walked it.
Your yard, tidied every day. Forms, dirt, and demo get staged clean each evening, and the yard gets put back when the job’s over.
What does concrete work cost in St. Joe? Here’s a straight answer.
Every concrete website around here has a pricing page with no prices on it. We think that’s a strange way to treat a neighbor, so here’s how jobs actually price out in Northwest Missouri:
| Job | Typical range |
|---|---|
| Driveway section repour (bad slabs only) | Call for today’s range |
| Full driveway repour | Call for today’s range |
| Patio, broom finish | Call for today’s range |
| Garage floor demo + replace | Call for today’s range |
| Pad or small pour (shed, pole barn, parking) | Call for today’s range |
For context from the wider market: one KC-metro homeowner reported paying about $1,600 to have a settled driveway leveled rather than replaced (Reddit, May 2026). The one St. Joseph concrete site that names a number claims $5 to $15 per square foot; that’s their claim, not ours.
Your exact number depends on square footage, what’s under the old concrete, and access for the truck. Which is why the form below asks for your footprint first. Give us dimensions and you get a real number, not a runaround.
Driveway sinking? Slab cracked clean through?
One call gets you a real price and a pour date in writing.
What do you need poured or fixed?
Driveways
Sunken slabs, cracked sections, full repours, and new pours. You can often replace just the bad slabs, not the whole driveway.
Driveway answers →
Sidewalks
The city will reimburse half the cost of sidewalk repair, up to $5,000, and more on corner lots. Almost nobody in St. Joe knows this. We’ll walk you through it.
Sidewalk answers →
Patios and decorative concrete
Broom finish, stamped, exposed aggregate, color.
Patio options →
Garage floors
Pitted, flaking, “swiss cheese” winter floors, torn out and repoured.
Garage floors →
Pads and small pours
Shed pads, pole barn and shop slabs, extra parking. Tell us the footprint and we’ll price it.
Pads & pours →Tell us the job. Get a real number.
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Questions folks in St. Joe actually ask
How do I find fair prices on concrete work in St. Joe?
Get three bids, drop the far-low one, and pick the bidder who explains the plan. The ranges above give you the neighborhood.
What should a real concrete quote include?
Tear-out and haul-off, base, reinforcement, thickness, joints, finish, a start date, and a payment schedule.
Do I need a permit for driveway work in St. Joseph?
The street strip is city right-of-way; a permit and a simple site plan are required, and they’re handled as part of the job.
Who actually shows up to do the work?
You’re told before the job starts; changes get flagged first.