Concrete patios
Concrete Patio Contractors for Bridgeport Backyards
We form, reinforce and pour new concrete patios sized for how you use the yard and sloped away from the house, and we quote the whole job in writing before we start.
Monday to Friday, 8 am to 4:30 pm. We answer or call back the same working day.
- $9–$15Typical reinforced patio, per sq ft
- 1–2 daysBefore you walk on it
- 7 daysBefore the furniture goes out
Poured for your yard
Concrete Patio Contractors in Bridgeport
We pour new concrete patios for residential and commercial properties, each one sized to how you will use it, sloped to shed water away from the house and jointed so it cracks where we plan it to.
A patio is "flatwork", the trade's word for a slab laid flat on the ground, and it is the same craft as a driveway or a walk. Every patio we quote covers the whole job:
- Layout and forms, straight or curved
- Fiber or steel reinforcement
- An isolation joint at the house
- Broom, aggregate, colored or stamped finish
The estimate is free and on your property, and we clean up when the work is done.
Before the pour
Planning the Patio
Settle the size and anything heavy the patio will carry before you ask for a price, because those two things decide how big and how thick it gets.
Bring these to the estimate and we walk through each one with you on the spot.
The footprint
Mark the outline on the ground with paint or a garden hose before pricing. Standing inside it is the easiest way to keep the patio from coming out too small.
A hot tub
Its weight changes how thick the slab is poured and whether it needs footings, so tell us before the pour, not after.
An outdoor kitchen
Built-in counters and a grill station are heavy and fixed in place, so they are planned into the thickness and footings from the start.
A pergola
Its posts need footings under them, and those are decided before the concrete arrives.
Drainage
A patio does not fix a yard that already holds water. If the spot puddles now, that gets sorted first; the slab itself is sloped to carry its own rain away from the house.
From forms to finish
How a Patio Is Poured
A patio goes in the same order every time: it is formed, reinforced, separated from the house, poured and finished, then cut and left to cure.
- Forms
Forms set the outline, the height and the slope. A curved edge is bent by hand from flexible forming, which adds labor but very little material.
- Reinforcement
Most patios get fiber reinforcement in the mix. Steel goes in where the slab spans backfill or will carry a heavy load, such as a hot tub.
- The isolation joint
An "isolation joint" strip goes wherever the slab meets something that moves on its own, such as the house wall, a stoop or a garage slab, so the two never bind.
- The pour and the finish
The concrete is placed, struck off level with the forms and given the finish you picked, a broom finish for grip unless you chose another.
- Joints and the cure
"Control joints", the cut lines you see in a slab, are saw-cut the first day so any cracking follows them. Then the slab cures before it takes weight, to the curing guides of the American Concrete Institute.
Before you ask for a number
How Concrete Patio Installation Is Priced
The price of a patio is set by its size, its design, how easily the truck reaches the spot and the finish, and in Bridgeport concrete patio installation typically runs $9 to $15 a square foot.
Reinforced concrete
$9–$15
Unreinforced concrete
$7–$14
Stamped, reinforced
$12–$21
Typical ranges per square foot for the area.
What moves your price
- SizeThe square footage, and how much base preparation the ground needs first.
- DesignStraight edges or curves, one level or steps, and any footings for what it will carry.
- AccessHow close the truck can get, and how far the concrete travels from the chute.
- FinishA plain broom finish costs less than stamped concrete in several colors.
Small patios and the "short-load charge"
A small patio needs less concrete than a ready-mix truck's minimum load, so it often pays a small-job fee, and that fee can come close to the cost of the concrete itself. If a walk or a step needs work too, pouring it the same day spreads that charge.
The exact price comes from the estimate on your property, quoted in full before we start.
From a neighbor
Why Neighbors Call Us
Angel is very easy to work with and cares about his work along with fair prices.
- Free, no-obligation estimates
- We answer or call back the same working day
- We show up when we say we will
- The whole job quoted before we start
- We clean up when the work is done
How it looks and what it holds
Finishes and Fire Pits
A patio can take a broom, exposed aggregate, colored or stamped finish, and a fire pit on it needs heat-resistant materials and safe clearances.
The standard for grip
Broom finish
A broom is drawn across the fresh surface for a fine texture that holds your footing when the patio is wet.
Exposed aggregate
The top paste is washed off to show the stone in the mix, a "pebble finish" with texture and grip.
Colored concrete
"Integral color" is mixed through the whole slab, so the color goes all the way down instead of sitting on top like a stain.
Stamped concrete
Color and a pressed pattern give the slab the look of stone, brick or tile.
Planning a fire pit?
A concrete fire pit is built from heat-resistant materials and set with safe clearances to the house and to anything that burns, so we plan where it goes before the patio is formed.
After the pour
Using the New Patio
A new patio takes foot traffic after a day or two and furniture after about a week.
Concrete keeps gaining strength as it cures, so give it the full wait before the table, the grill or the planters go back on.
Pour day
Keep people and pets off the fresh surface while it sets.
1–2 days
Light foot traffic only; nothing heavy sits or rolls on it yet.
7 days
Bring the furniture, the grill and the planters back out.
Next to the patio
Related Concrete Work
Two jobs sit close to a new patio, and each of them has a page of its own.
Footprint marked yet?
Tell Us Where the Patio Goes
Tell us roughly the size and what it will carry, and we come out, look at the ground and put the whole job in writing.
- We quote the whole job before we start, with no surprise charges after.
- Monday to Friday, 8 am to 4:30 pm.