Concrete Contractors in Monona, WI

Monona is a small, settled city on the southeastern shore of Lake Monona, and most work for concrete contractors in Monona is replacement rather than new construction. Wikipedia says the area was mostly farmland and summer homes before 1938, when permanent homes and small businesses had become common enough for Monona to incorporate as a village on August 29, 1938. It became a city in 1969. The population jumped from 2,544 in 1950 to 8,178 in 1960 and peaked at 10,420 in 1970, and it was 8,624 in 2020. That population curve points to a burst of building in the 1950s and 1960s, and a lot of the concrete we replace here dates from that era or soon after.

Concrete that has seen sixty winters

Walks, steps and driveways from the post-war building boom have usually been replaced at least once, and the pieces that have not are often in rough shape. On Monona properties we commonly see:

• Front steps that have settled and tipped toward or away from the house
• Single-car driveways that owners want widened for a second car
• Garage slabs with large cracks and low spots where water sits
• Back patios added later on thin bases that have since moved
• Old walks without air entrainment that have scaled and crumbled at the edges

We look at each piece separately and give you options: replace what has failed now, and plan the rest when it makes sense.

Small city, tight lots

Monona covers only about 3.35 square miles, so lots are compact and neighbors are close. That affects the job more than people expect. We plan where the truck will park, how concrete gets to the back yard and how we protect lawns and landscaping. When a patio is in a back yard the truck cannot reach, we bring concrete in by buggy or pump.

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Living by the lake

With Lake Monona on one side and the Yahara River running through the city, plenty of Monona homes sit on low ground. During the August 2018 floods, Dane County's executive said Monona and surrounding communities were at high risk, and sandbags were moved there. High water and wet soil mean a patio or walk needs a deeper, well-drained base and a slope that sends water away from the house. Near the shoreline, some work may also be subject to shoreland rules; we check before we design.

Old ground, carefully handled

Monona has three pre-Columbian mound sites on the National Register, including the Monona Mound, the first mound protected under Wisconsin's Burial Sites Preservation Act, and the Outlet Mound in Indian Mounds Park. They are a reminder that this lakeshore has been lived on for a very long time. On older properties we always ask about buried utilities, old foundations and anything else that might be under the work area before we dig.

Concrete services in Monona

• Driveways: replacement and widening of older single-car drives
• Patios: replacement patios and new lake-side slabs
• Stamped concrete: decorative patios and walks
• Sidewalks and steps: front walks, stoops and porch steps
• Garage and shed slabs: garage floor replacement and shed pads
• Repair and replacement: settled steps, trip edges and scaled walks

We check what the City of Monona requires for any work at the street or public sidewalk. Call (608) 597-6094 to set up a visit.