About HTX Concrete Co.
A residential concrete crew working Pearland and the ring of communities around it, with over 20 years of combined experience on coastal-prairie ground.
Over 20 years of combined experience, all of it on this kind of ground
HTX Concrete Co. is a residential flatwork crew. Between the people standing on your job, that is more than two decades of pouring, finishing and repairing concrete.
Whether a slab survives here is settled by decisions you cannot see once the concrete is down: how deep the base was cut and compacted, where the steel sits inside the slab, and how far apart the joints were cut.
We are insured and the certificate is available on request. There is no state license for this trade to hold — Texas licenses electricians, plumbers and HVAC contractors, and does not license concrete contractors at all.
Free on-site visit. No obligation.
The concrete work we do
Flatwork across Pearland and the south Houston ring, in three groups. Everything below is quoted with the thickness, the reinforcement and the joint spacing stated.
Concrete driveways, patios and slabs
Poured at 4 inches for patios, walkways and car traffic, and 5 inches where a truck or an RV parks, over 4 inches of compacted base with #3 or #4 rebar. Broom, trowel or stamped finish. Also hot tub and spa pads, shed and garage slabs, AC pads, sidewalks and steps.
Concrete patios in PearlandConcrete repair and resurfacing
Crack routing and sealing with polyurethane, epoxy injection on structural cracks, saw-cut panel replacement dowelled into what stays, and polymer-modified overlays on slabs that are sound but worn or spalled.
Concrete repair in PearlandConcrete removal and haul-off
Demolition of the existing slab, broken out, hauled away and disposed of — priced per square foot on the same quote as the replacement, never added to it afterwards. Forms pulled and the site swept before we leave.
Concrete driveways in PearlandResidential and light commercial flatwork. We do not do structural foundation repair on the house, underpinning or piers, we do not lift sunken slabs with polyurethane foam or mudjacking, we do not lay or sealcoat asphalt, we do not build pools or pool coping, and we do not take structural frames, tilt-wall or industrial floors — separate trades, and you are told which one you need at the estimate.
A quote should be a specification, not a number
The same total can describe a 4-inch slab over 4 inches of compacted base and a 3.5-inch slab poured on grade. Two quotes are not comparable until the specification is written down, so ours states five lines on every job.
The City of Pearland does not ask for those five lines on its driveway permit application — that form governs width, radius returns and the culvert.
It does state that concrete driveways are required to be inspected by a building inspector, while asphalt driveways are not. So the specification goes on your quote because an inspector will be looking at the work, not because a form demands it.
- Slab thicknessIn inches, for your job. A driveway carrying a truck is not a patio carrying a grill.
- ReinforcementRebar or mesh, the size, and the spacing. The line a quote can omit at no cost to the contractor, and the expensive one to get wrong.
- Joint spacingWhere the control joints sit and how deep they are cut. Concrete cracks; joints decide where.
- Sub-base prepWhat is excavated and compacted, and to what depth in inches.
- What is includedDemolition, haul-off, forms pulled, site swept. Priced at the outset, not added at the end.
Why coastal-prairie ground is harder on concrete
The ground here does damage that gets blamed on the concrete.
- Expansive clayThe soils across this coastal prairie are clays derived from the Beaumont Formation, and the USDA classes the Lake Charles series among them as smectitic — the clay mineral that swells when wet and shrinks when dry. The ground under a slab is not static, and a slab designed as though it were will fail.
- Water that will not soak awayThe USDA describes the Lake Charles series as very slowly permeable and the Bernard series as somewhat poorly drained with high runoff. Rain does not disappear into this ground; it runs where the grade sends it.
- ReinforcementSteel does not stop the ground moving. It holds the slab together while it does, so its size and spacing belong on the quote.
- Control jointsConcrete cracks. Joints determine where. Spaced and cut correctly, the cracking happens along a line you were expecting.
Where we work
Pearland is the anchor. We also cover Brookside Village, Friendswood, Manvel, Alvin, Fresno, Missouri City and Iowa Colony. Beyond that ring, the drive starts costing you money on the quote, so we would rather say no than pad it. The full list is on where we work.
The visit is free and the written quote is yours to keep.
Get the number in writing
An on-site visit, then a quote that states the specification. No fee, and no obligation to proceed.
- Over 20 years of combined crew experience
- Free on-site visit, measured properly
- One fixed price, in writing
- Thickness, steel and joints stated
- Insured — certificate on request