Driveways
New concrete driveways, replacements, extensions and parking pads for homes across Acadiana. The apron and the culvert at the street are part of the job, and the quote comes in writing.
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Three in four homes in Abbeville were built before 1990. If your driveway went in with the house, it may be cracked across the middle and sunk at the street. The land around Abbeville is flat, and after a hard rain, water can stand in the backyard for days.
RockSolid Contracting is based in Lafayette, and we come over to Abbeville on US 167, about 21 miles south. We pour new concrete driveways, patios, walks and shop slabs, and we take down old sheds and carports. For wet yards, we put in French drains and yard drainage. Call or text (337) 520-8615, and we will look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Tell us about the driveway, slab, drainage problem or teardown and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Abbeville, the Vermilion Parish seat, is an old town. Father Megret's 1846 map ran from St. Victor Boulevard on the north to Lafayette Boulevard on the south. By Census figures, the median home in Abbeville was built in 1969, against 1981 in Lafayette. More than a third of the homes in town went up before 1960.
When an old driveway breaks up or drops at the street, the usual fix is tearing out the old slab. If one section has failed, we saw-cut around it so only the bad part comes out.
A hydraulic breaker on the mini excavator breaks up the old concrete. We haul the rubble off in a dump trailer. The new driveway goes down on a compacted base with rebar or wire mesh. Control joints let the shrinkage cracks land where they belong.
The city's 2024 stormwater plan calls the land around Abbeville flat, with an average elevation of 16 feet. The same plan puts Abbeville's average rainfall at 61 inches a year. That much rain on flat ground drains slowly.
Much of Abbeville sits on Coteau and Patoutville silt loams, which NRCS lists as somewhat poorly drained. Parts of town sit on Frost silt loam, a poorly drained soil. NRCS describes it as wet within 1.5 feet of the surface, December through April, in most years.
The city's storm drains empty into the Vermilion River at 15 outlets. On most new city streets, catch basins and underground pipe carry water to bigger ditches first. A wet yard still needs its own way out. Yard drainage gives it one with a catch basin or a swale, a shallow graded ditch that carries water.
If your driveway crosses a roadside ditch, the culvert under it is part of the driveway job. On parish roads, the Vermilion Parish Department of Public Works issues a culvert installation permit. It covers culverts along your property line in the parish road right-of-way.
The permit form lists the culvert size and type required. It says the surface grade may not block drainage along the road. Work must be done within six months of the permit, or the permit is canceled. Inside the city limits, start with the city's Tax and Permitting office.
Digging for a culvert starts with Louisiana 811. State law calls for a locate request at least 48 hours before any digging, weekends and holidays excluded.
Abbeville adds few new houses. The Census counted 16 new homes permitted in the city in 2020, and 16 again in 2022. The city's stormwater plan describes mostly single-family homes, with homes and businesses mixed along LA 14 and US 167. That means much of the concrete work in town happens on lots that already have a house.
Maybe you want a concrete slab for a shop behind the house. Or an old carport has to come down before anything new goes in. We take down the old structure and haul the debris off before the pour.
The city's permit page says a building permit comes before new construction or an addition. Moving a shed needs one too. The Vermilion Parish Police Jury runs its own permit office, and its list includes accessory buildings and barns. Which office covers you depends on your address, and the permit is sorted out before work starts.
Communities and areas we serve around Abbeville: Downtown Abbeville, Magdalen Square, Charity Street, North Lyman Street, Wildcat Drive, Old Kaplan Highway, LA 14 corridor, US 167 corridor, Maurice, Erath, Kaplan, Delcambre.
Abbeville ZIP codes served: 70510.
We come over from Lafayette, look at the job and put the quote in writing.
(337) 520-8615 New concrete driveways, replacements, extensions and parking pads for homes across Acadiana. The apron and the culvert at the street are part of the job, and the quote comes in writing.
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Concrete patios, porch slabs, walkways and sidewalks with a broom finish. Each one slopes away from the house so rain runs off.
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Concrete slabs and pads for shops, metal buildings, carports and sheds on your land around Lafayette. Each one goes down on a compacted base, with the steel set before the truck arrives.
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We pour slab foundations and footings for houses, additions, garages and outbuildings around Lafayette. Each one is dug and poured to the builder's or engineer's plan.
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We break out cracked or sunken driveways, patios, walks and slabs and haul the rubble off. Where a new slab goes in, we grade the base and pour new concrete.
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We take down sheds, carports, patio covers, decks, fences, small garages and old slabs. The debris goes on the dump trailer and the ground is raked clean.
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We install French drains for soggy yards and for wet ground along the house. The pipe sits in washed gravel and filter fabric, sloped to an outlet.
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Catch basins, channel drains, downspout lines, swales and driveway culverts for yards that hold water. We give rainwater a path away from the house and off the lot.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Abbeville. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Tell us about the job and the town it is in, and text us photos if you have them. Call or text (337) 520-8615 or use the form, and we will get back to you.
Tell us about the driveway, slab, drainage problem or teardown and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.