Serving Lauderdale Lakes, Broward County
Concrete Driveway Lauderdale Lakes FL
Lauderdale Lakes is a compact, established city where most homes date from the 1960s and 1970s and most driveways are original. We work on residential driveways only — installation, replacement, widening, aprons, removal and repour, and repair — and a large share of our work here is honest triage: figuring out whether your slab is worth repairing or whether replacement is the better use of your money.
Budget matters to a lot of homeowners here, and we treat that seriously. Sometimes the right recommendation is a targeted section replacement now rather than a full driveway you weren't planning to buy.
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Residential services
What we build for Lauderdale Lakes homeowners
New Concrete Driveway Installation
Full residential driveway builds from layout and forming through base prep, reinforcement, pour, and finishing — sized to your home, your parking needs, and your yard's drainage.
Driveway Replacement
Cracked, sunken, or patched-over driveways removed and rebuilt properly. We correct the base, not just the surface, so the new slab has something solid to sit on.
Driveway Widening & Extensions
Extra width for a second or third vehicle, wider turning room near the garage, or a new parking pad on the side of the house — matched to the existing slab as closely as possible.
Concrete Aprons & Entry Sections
The apron where your driveway meets the street takes the hardest use. We rebuild aprons and entry sections with proper thickness and clean transitions.
Driveway Removal & Repour
Demolition, haul-away, regrade, and a fresh pour. Old asphalt, tired pavers, or failing concrete cleared out and replaced in one organized project.
Residential Driveway Repair & Surface Restoration
Section replacement, joint work, spalling and surface repair, or resurfacing when the slab underneath is still sound and worth keeping.
Repair or replace: how we decide
We look at four things. Thickness, judged from a broken edge — anything under about three and a half inches is working against you. Movement, checked by watching whether sections shift underfoot or under a vehicle. Crack character, because hairline cracking is cosmetic while wide cracks with vertical offset are structural. And water, because a slab that holds standing water or drains toward the house has a grade problem no repair addresses.
If three of those four are fine and the damage is contained to one area, we'll quote a section replacement and tell you honestly what to expect from it. If the slab is thin, moving, and draining badly, we'll say that too. We would rather give you a straight answer than sell a repair that fails next season.
Why 1960s and 1970s slabs fail here
Original driveways in Lauderdale Lakes were typically poured three to three and a half inches thick with little or no reinforcement, on a base that was graded but not thoroughly compacted, with control joints spaced too far apart. Each of those was normal practice at the time and each is a known weak point now.
Add fifty years of intense sun, summer storms, and vehicles substantially heavier than what the original slab was designed for, and mid-slab cracking and settled sections near the apron are the predictable result. Replacement at four inches with welded wire mesh over a properly compacted stone base — five to six inches with rebar where heavier vehicles park — resolves all four original weaknesses at once.
Straightforward projects, clean sites
Most Lauderdale Lakes driveways are modest in size, which means projects move quickly: demolition and haul-away in a day, prep and pour the next, and a week before vehicles go back on. We tell you where to park in the interim and keep the street clear for neighbors.
Debris goes in the truck as work progresses rather than sitting in your yard, edges get cleaned, and the site gets washed down at the end of each day. On smaller lots that discipline is the difference between a tolerable week and a miserable one.
Lauderdale Lakes neighborhoods we work in
- Somerset
- Cypress Chase
- Eastgate
- Oriole Estates area
- Hawaiian Gardens surrounds
- St. Thomas Gardens
Questions
Lauderdale Lakes driveway questions
Can you replace just the cracked section of my driveway?
Yes, when the rest of the slab is flat, adequately thick, and draining properly. We saw-cut clean edges at logical joint lines, rebuild the base beneath the removed area, and pour the replacement section. Expect a color difference for the first year or so as the new concrete ages in.
What's the most affordable way to improve a badly worn driveway?
If the slab is structurally sound and drains correctly, surface restoration or resurfacing can give you a much better looking driveway for considerably less than replacement. If the slab is thin, moving, or holding water, resurfacing only hides the problem and we'll tell you so.
How thick were driveways originally poured in this area?
Commonly three to three and a half inches with little or no reinforcement. That was standard practice decades ago, but it's under-built for modern SUVs and trucks, which is why so many original Lauderdale Lakes driveways are cracking now regardless of how well they were maintained.
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Fort Lauderdale Concrete Driveways · 2881 E Oakland Park Blvd, STE #1319, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306 · Open 7 days a week, 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
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