Concrete Contractors in Ocala, FL

We are concrete contractors in Ocala, Florida, and most of our work is at people's homes: driveways, patios, stamped concrete, pool decks, slabs and repairs. Ocala is the county seat of Marion County, a city of about 71,753 people by the Census Bureau's 2025 estimate, inside a county that has grown 17.8% since 2020. That mix of older neighborhoods and new building shapes the work. Some homeowners need a 40-year-old driveway torn out and replaced. Others want to add a patio, widen a driveway for a third car or pour a pad for a boat, trailer or RV.

Older housing means older concrete

Ocala is not a new city. It was incorporated as a town in 1869, and after a Thanksgiving Day fire in 1883 downtown was rebuilt in brick, which earned it the name the Brick City. The housing stock is younger than that, but not by much in concrete terms. By Point2Homes' count from Census survey figures, the typical Ocala home was built in 1984. About 12% of homes were built in the 1960s, 17.5% in the 1970s and 19.5% in the 1980s. Concrete poured in those decades is now 35 to 60 years old. Driveways from that era were often poured thin, with light or no reinforcement and joints spaced far apart. Tree roots, decades of rain and heavier modern vehicles all take a toll.

When we look at an old driveway or patio, the question is whether it can be repaired or whether it needs to come out. Hairline cracks and surface wear can be sealed or resurfaced. Slabs that have broken into pieces, sunk at the edges or tipped toward the house usually need to be replaced.

Heat and rain set the schedule

Ocala has a humid subtropical climate. Wikipedia's climate table for the city, based on 1991 to 2020 normals, shows June, July and August averaging highs between 91 and 92 degrees, with September close behind at 89.5. Those same four months bring 6.5 to 7.4 inches of rain each, falling on 13 to 18 days a month. That is the real constraint on a summer pour.

Hot concrete sets fast. On a July afternoon the finishers have less time to work the surface, and the top can dry before the slab below it has cured. A storm that hits fresh concrete can wash out the finish. We handle that by:

• Starting summer pours early in the morning
• Dampening the base so dry sand does not pull water out of the mix
• Keeping plastic or covers on site in case a storm builds early
• Starting curing as soon as finishing is done

Winter is milder, but it is not always frost-free. The same climate table puts the average coldest night of the year at about 25 degrees, and the record low is 11. We do not pour when a hard freeze is forecast for the first nights after placement.

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The ground under Ocala

Ocala sits on limestone. The Ocala Limestone formation is named after the city, and it lies at or near the surface in what geologists call the Ocala Karst District. Karst terrain forms where water dissolves rock, which is why the area has so many springs. Silver Springs, just east of the city, averages more than 550 million gallons a day. For homeowners this matters in a few practical ways. Sandy soil over limestone drains fast, but it has to be compacted well before concrete goes on it, or the slab can settle. Low spots and soft areas need to be found during the estimate, not after the pour. And if a slab has dropped in one area for reasons beyond poor compaction, we will tell you that the ground needs a closer look before new concrete goes down.

Horse country concrete

Marion County has more than 1,200 horse farms, and its roughly 900 Thoroughbred farms alone cover some 77,000 acres. Ocala calls itself the Horse Capital of the World. Rural properties bring their own concrete jobs: long driveways and turnarounds, wash racks, barn aisles, feed room floors, trailer pads and equipment slabs. These need thicker sections and reinforcement, a broom or rougher finish for footing, and slope so water runs off and does not pond.

What we pour and repair

• Concrete driveways: new driveways, full replacements, widening and extensions, aprons and turnarounds
• Concrete patios: back patios, lanai slabs, walkways and extensions of an existing patio
• Stamped concrete: patterned and colored patios, walkways, pool decks and driveways
• Pool decks: new decks around new pools, deck replacement and resurfacing of tired decks
• Concrete slabs: shed, garage, RV, trailer, generator and barn slabs
• Concrete repair: crack repair, leveling, resurfacing and sealing

From first call to cured slab

The visit comes first: we measure, follow where the water runs, note roots and old concrete, and talk about finishes. Next you get the price in writing, item by item, and we sort out whether your address in the City of Ocala or unincorporated Marion County needs a permit. On the work days, old concrete comes out, the ground is graded and compacted, forms and steel go in, and the pour is finished, jointed and put under cure. Before we leave you get dates for walking on it, driving on it and sealing it.

Concrete lasts longest when two unglamorous steps are done right: the base and the cure. On old Ocala driveways, failures usually trace back to one or the other.

We work across Ocala, from the brick downtown and the Victorian homes along East Fort King Street to the subdivisions on the city's edges. Around Marion County we pour and repair concrete in Silver Springs, Silver Springs Shores, Silver Springs Shores East, Liberty Triangle, Ocala Estates, Belleview, Summerfield, Weirsdale, Ocklawaha, Marion Oaks, On Top of the World, Dunnellon, Rainbow Springs, Rainbow Lakes Estates, Anthony, Citra, Fort McCoy, Reddick and McIntosh, plus farms and acreage in horse country. Just over the county line we also work in The Villages and Lady Lake. Not sure about your address? Call (352) 741-5026.