Concrete Contractors in Franklin, TN

Franklin homeowners calling concrete contractors usually fall into one of two groups: people in the historic core who need work that respects an old house, and people in the newer neighborhoods who need a driveway, patio or walk that matches a modern home. Franklin was founded on October 26, 1799, and is the Williamson County seat. It has also been one of the fastest-growing cities in the state, going from 20,098 people in 1990 to 83,454 at the 2020 census. We do both kinds of work, from careful walk and step replacements downtown to full driveways and backyard patios in subdivisions.

Historic district rules

Franklin has five districts on the National Register, and the city's Historic District Design Guidelines cover site work as well as buildings. A few points come up often on concrete jobs:

• Driveway placement: the guidelines call for parking and driveways along the rear or side of a house, following historic patterns. Ribbon or Hollywood-style strips can be appropriate, but circular driveways in front yards are not.
• Driveway materials: gravel, concrete, brick and asphalt are all listed as historically typical.
• Walks: concrete, brick and stone are listed as typical sidewalk materials, and historic walks should keep their location, alignment and width.

If your property is in a local historic district, we plan the layout with those rules in mind and help you prepare what the review needs before we form anything.

The newer side of town

Northern Franklin has been developed for homes and businesses since 1980, and growth spread out along corridors like Cool Springs Boulevard and McEwen Drive, which both have I-65 interchanges. Homes from the 1980s and 1990s are now at the age where original driveways and patios are wearing out, and homes from the 2000s and 2010s are getting second-round upgrades: bigger patios, wider drives, covered outdoor living spaces and walkways to new pools.

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The Harpeth and the weather

Franklin grew up on both sides of the Harpeth River, a tributary of the Cumberland, and many lots slope toward the river or one of the creeks that feed it. Local normals from the Franklin Sewage Plant station show 53.79 inches of precipitation and only 1.7 inches of snow a year, with a record low of minus 22 degrees. That combination means rain is the daily concern and hard freezes the occasional one. We pitch every slab to drain, use air-entrained concrete outside, and cut control joints at the spacing the slab thickness calls for.

Battlefield town

The Second Battle of Franklin on November 30, 1864, left almost 10,000 casualties, and 44 buildings served as field hospitals. The Carter, Carnton and Lotz houses from that era still stand. That history is part of why so many Franklin homeowners care about how a new walk or step looks next to an old brick facade. We match broom direction, joint layout and edge profile to what is already there, and we keep color subtle unless you ask for something bolder.

Services Franklin homeowners use most

• Driveways: side-entry and rear drives on older lots, full replacements and widening in subdivisions
• Patios: plain, colored or stamped slabs for back yards and courtyards
• Walks and steps: front walks, porch steps and landings that suit historic homes
• Slabs: detached garages and outbuilding floors
• Repairs: lifted, cracked or sunken sections

Call (615) 326-1447 to set up a visit anywhere in Franklin.