Concrete Contractors in Humble

Concrete work in Humble

Humble started as an oil town. The field found here in 1904 gave its name to Humble Oil, the company that later became part of Exxon. Today the city itself is small, but the area people call Humble is much larger, taking in Atascocita, the neighborhoods along FM 1960 and the streets that run toward Lake Houston and the San Jacinto River.

Much of the housing went up from the 1980s onward, and a great deal of it in the last twenty years. That mix shows in the concrete. Older driveways have settled and cracked next to the garage, while newer subdivisions are full of homes that came with a small back slab and a yard of bare clay waiting for a real patio or a pool deck.

We take requests from Humble, Atascocita and the nearby parts of Kingwood and northeast Harris County. The contractor who calls you back works this side of Houston and knows the neighborhoods, the homeowner associations and how the ground behaves near the lake, the river and the creeks that cross the area.

Driveways that dropped next to the garage

In the older Humble neighborhoods the most frequent complaint is a driveway that sank next to the garage, leaving a lip or a gap where water sits after every storm. It usually comes from fill that was placed loosely against the foundation decades ago, combined with roof water landing on the same few square feet.

When the panels are still in large pieces, leveling them back up and sealing the gap is usually faster and cheaper than tearing the driveway out. Moving the downspout that caused the problem a few feet away, or into a buried line, is the step that keeps the slab from dropping again next year.

Wet ground after heavy storms

Parts of the Humble area lie close to the San Jacinto River, Lake Houston and the creeks that feed them, and neighborhoods here saw serious flooding during Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Even well away from the water, the ground is flat and the clay drains slowly, so yards can stay soggy for days after a big storm.

For concrete that means drainage gets planned with every slab: surfaces sloped away from the house, downspouts led away from driveways and walkways, and joints sealed so water doesn't run under the concrete and soften the clay. These details cost little during a pour and a lot to add afterward.