We’re concrete driveway contractors in Windsor handling new driveways, replacements, and widenings across the city and Essex County. Windsor sits at the southwest tip of the province, where winters swing through repeated freeze and thaw — and the driveways that hold up are the ones built on a base that drains, not the ones that just got a good-looking surface poured on weak ground.
Windsor anchors the Windsor-Essex region — see that page for LaSalle, Tecumseh, Amherstburg, and the surrounding Essex County towns we also serve.
New pours, replacements, and widenings across the city and county — each built on a base prepared to drain and carry the load.
For a slab that's cracked, sunken, heaving, or spalling — if the base has failed, replacing it is the chance to fix the cause, not just the surface.
For a new build, an addition, or a first-time paved driveway — the finish grade, excavation, and drainage all get set before any concrete goes down.
For a second parking space or squaring off a narrow drive, tied cleanly into the existing slab with any municipal width limit confirmed first.
Excavating to depth, compacting a base that drains, and grading so water sheds away instead of pooling and freezing underneath — the biggest factor in surviving freeze-thaw.
Rebar or mesh sized to the load, plus control joints so the slab cracks where it's meant to rather than at random.
Breaking out and hauling away the old slab and any sub-base that won't compact — part of almost every replacement or widening.
Same base, drainage, and reinforcement rules as a full driveway, at a smaller scale — a poorly built apron fails just as fast.
Patterns stamped into the surface and sealed, for the look of stone or pavers without the shifting joints.
The surface washed back to expose the stone for texture and grip, finished and cured differently on the same structural base.
Windsor works through repeated freezing and thawing all winter, and a driveway’s survival comes down to the base beneath it. The city sits on flat, low-lying land near the river, and on ground like that drainage is something to get right deliberately — water doesn’t just run off a flat lot on its own, so how the slab is graded and how the base is built to shed water matters more, not less. Windsor runs from the older west-end and Walkerville streets, where driveways are often narrow and due for replacement, out to the newer subdivisions of South Windsor and the east side, where a driveway mostly needs to be built properly from the start. Because conditions differ from one property to the next across the city and Essex County, the ground gets checked during excavation rather than assumed. Water that gathers under the slab and freezes is what lifts and cracks it, so the base has to be built to drain and the surface pitched to send runoff toward the street instead of the garage or foundation. Add a winter’s worth of melt, refreeze, and road salt, and the demands on the slab only grow.
We look at your site, then send a firm written quote — not a guess over the phone.
The same factors apply to any driveway in the region — in Windsor, base preparation on wetter lots and old-slab removal often drive the number.
We don’t post a Windsor price we haven’t stood on the site to confirm — every job gets a firm written quote after we see the driveway and the access.
Typical concrete driveway jobs homeowners in the area ask us to quote. These are common project types, not a record of specific completed jobs.
Common request
Driveway replacement in Walkerville or Riverside — removing a cracked or heaving slab, correcting the base, and repouring — common on the city’s established streets.
Common request
Driveway widening in South Windsor — adding a second parking space or squaring off a narrow drive, tied into the existing concrete.
Common request
Garage apron or parking pad in Sandwich — a garage apron or standalone pad, with drainage sorted before the pour.
Windsor has plenty of driveway crews, and the cheapest quote is usually cheap because it skips the base or the disposal. Before you hire, ask:
A driveway that fails in three winters was never a saving.
It depends on size, whether an old slab needs removal, base condition, and finish — see the cost factors above. You get a firm written quote after a site visit, not a phone estimate.
Expect one to two days to form, excavate, and pour a typical driveway, plus curing time before regular use afterward. Larger areas or restricted access can extend that.
Through the warmer months and into the shoulder seasons with proper cold-weather precautions. We don’t pour onto frozen ground or in hard frost without those measures, because that’s how slabs fail early.
Entrance, curb-cut, and driveway requirements are set by the City of Windsor and can change. Confirm your specific case with the City before starting — we build to whatever the approval allows.
Concrete normally lasts longer with less routine work; asphalt is less expensive to lay down but needs resealing and resurfacing more often. Budget and how long you’re staying decide which makes sense.
Usually yes — we tie the new concrete into the existing slab and match the finish, confirming any municipal width or setback rule before starting.
Yes, full removal and disposal is part of any replacement or widening that starts from an existing slab.
Light foot traffic is usually fine after a few days, vehicles after roughly a week, and the slab reaches most of its strength by about 28 days. We’ll give you exact timing for your pour.
Written quote after we see the site — not a number over the phone. Prefer to talk? Call 416-317-8200.
Windsor and Essex County.