Concrete Walkways and Sidewalks in Evergreen Park

Think about the first few seconds a guest spends at your home. They step off the public sidewalk and onto your walk, and that path leads them, and their eye, straight to the front door. When the walk is heaved, stained or patched in three shades of gray, the whole house looks a little neglected, no matter how nice the brick and windows are. When it is straight, even and clean-edged, the house looks finished. That is why we take walkways seriously. We start by deciding the line: straight and square to the house, or a gentle curve if the yard calls for one. Heights are matched where the walk meets the porch, the driveway and the public sidewalk, so there is no lip. We remove the tired walk entirely, dig to undisturbed soil and build up compacted stone beneath the new one. Most walks are poured about four inches thick, with extra thickness where they cross a driveway. A slight cross-slope moves rain toward the lawn and away from the foundation. Edges are tooled smooth, a broom drags fine grooves across the top for wet-weather footing, and the joints land at even intervals so they look intentional. On a block of brick bungalows and Georgians, that clean line from the sidewalk to the porch makes a real difference.