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Footing seated in steady ground
Steps begin on a real footing set into steady subgrade, never bare Blackland clay, so the wet-dry swings that drive McKinney's soil can't heave or lean them off the house.
Proof
A job we'd put our name on
Entry steps that suit the house, with even risers built to code, rebar run through the pour, and footings seated in steady ground so Collin County clay can't lever them off the porch, then knit back in clean.
Credibility comes from how it's built, not from promises. Here's the order of operations on every concrete steps & stairs job.
Steps begin on a real footing set into steady subgrade, never bare Blackland clay, so the wet-dry swings that drive McKinney's soil can't heave or lean them off the house.
We keep every riser the same height and inside local code, so the flight climbs comfortably and nobody is caught out by a tread that lands wrong.
We thread steel rebar through the pour so the steps keep their edges, corners, and nosing intact through season after season of ground that will not stop moving under them.
A broom or textured surface keeps footing in the rain, and we can work in extra grit where the entry sees the most traffic.
We knit the new steps into the existing porch, slab, or walkway so the whole entry reads as one piece of work.
Most contractors vanish after the deposit. We pick up the phone, show up when we say, and stand behind the work after the truck leaves. The follow-through is the difference.
A foreman we know runs your job and a vetted crew does the work, managed by Billy's, one company accountable from the first call to the final walkthrough.
COI and lien waivers on file before we break ground. The documentation that lets commercial clients pay and gives homeowners peace of mind.
Prepped subgrade, reinforced and mixed to spec for the job, and proper curing. We build credibility through the process, not promises. On concrete steps & stairs, that starts with footing seated in steady ground.
Steps get priced as a whole set rather than by the square foot, with the riser count, the footing depth, and how the flight ties into the house all feeding into it. To start the conversation, a typical set lands somewhere around $300 to $500 per step. We hand over a firm figure after we have stood at your entry and taken the measurements.
Almost always a footing dropped straight onto raw clay, which swelled and drew back across years of McKinney wet and dry spells and edged the steps off the porch a little at a time. We reseat the new footing in steady subgrade so the moving soil can't drag the set along again.
We hold the risers even and inside local code so every tread meets your foot the same way, since one odd step in a flight throws people off and invites a stumble, all the more once rain has it slick.
It comes down to what has gone wrong. A bit of surface flaking can now and then be patched and left alone, but a flight that has tilted on moving clay or cracked clean through a riser has usually run past the point of repair and is due for a rebuild. We tell you plainly which of the two you are dealing with.
We build and finish the steps and cast anchor points into the pour for a railing, then coordinate the railing install so the finished entry clears the access and safety needs you have in mind.
Count on a few days off the fresh set while the concrete keeps gaining strength. We give you the exact timeline for your steps before we pour, with that week's heat worked into it.
You'll hear back from a real person, usually the same day. No call center, no runaround, no chasing us down.
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