Reliable concrete driveway building in Franklin TN - a slab built for what you park
Old driveway cracked, sunk or holding water? We dig out, pack a solid base and pour a slab sized for the vehicles you drive.
- Licensed and insured.
- Free in-person estimates.
- We respond within 1 business day.
What does it take to build a concrete driveway in Franklin?
Concrete driveway building in Franklin, TN, means digging down to firm ground, packing a base and pouring a slab thick enough for what you park, with joints cut so it cracks where we choose. Done right, you get a flat driveway that sends water away from your house.
Most calls start with an old driveway that's cracked through, sunk at the garage or holding water after rain, or with a new house that still has a gravel drive. The price moves with the slab's size, how much old concrete has to come out, how thick it needs to be for your vehicles and how far it runs to the street. The schedule turns mostly on the weather and the permit side at the street. Your written estimate gives you your own figure and spells out what's included and what isn't.
How do you know your driveway needs replacing?
Cracks that keep spreading
A crack that widens every year or runs across the middle of the slab usually means the base underneath has shifted, or the joints were cut late or never cut at all. Water gets in through it, and the pieces on either side start moving on their own.
A section that has sunk
When one slab sits lower than the next, often at the garage or the street, the dirt under it usually wasn't packed or has washed out. The step it leaves catches toes and mower wheels, and the gap keeps letting more water under.
Water pooling by the house
Puddles by the garage door, or water running toward the foundation, mean the driveway falls the wrong way, usually because nobody checked where the water would go before the forms went in. Every storm sends that water back toward your house.
How we handle concrete driveway building, from the dirt up
Before anything gets formed, I ask what you park and drive on the driveway now and what you expect a few years out, like a work truck or a camper, and we build the slab for that. We talk through how the driveway meets the street and pick the pour day around the weather. On the job, we break out and haul off the old slab, dig down to the subgrade, the ground the whole driveway rests on, and pack a gravel base over it in layers so it holds instead of settling with the dirt. We set the forms so the slab falls away from your house and garage, add rebar, the steel bars that hold the slab together if it cracks, then pour and give the top a broom finish, a light dragged texture so tires and shoes grip when it's wet. Then we cut control joints, shallow grooves that give the concrete a straight line to crack along instead of a random one. When a budget gets tight, the base is the first thing people want to trim because nobody sees it on day one, and it's the last thing I'll cut, because a nice top on a soft base still sinks and cracks.
A driveway is flatwork, our word for any slab poured on the ground, so the same crew and the same base work carry over if you want more done while we're there. Plenty of owners add a concrete patio out back, and if you'd like a pattern on the front walk or along the edge of the drive, our stamped concrete services start from the same packed base.
Replacing an old driveway
This suits a driveway that's cracked through, sunk or sending water toward the house. We break it out and rebuild from the base up, because patching a slab that sits on a bad base usually just puts off the same repair.
A new driveway on bare ground
This suits a new house or a gravel drive that's ready for concrete. We grade the ground, shape the fall away from the house and plan where the slab meets the street before the first form goes in.
Get a written driveway estimate from the owner
Send the form with your rough driveway size, what you park and whether it meets a city street. We reply within one business day to set a free on-site visit, and the written estimate comes with no obligation.
Call (615) 716-3053- Based in
- Franklin, TN 37064
- Hours
- Mon–Fri: 7 AM–10 PM, Sat–Sun: 6 AM–11 PM
What happens when you call about a driveway in Franklin?
Here's how a driveway job runs from your first call to the final walk-through, and who you'll deal with at each step.
Call or send us the form
We get back to you and set a time for me to come out. Having a rough driveway size and a list of what you park ready helps me plan the visit.
I look over the site
I come out to look at the ground, where the water runs and how the driveway fits the lot and meets the street. You get a written estimate that spells out what's included and what isn't, so you know what you're paying for and why.
We sort permits, then pour
We sort out the permit side with the right local office first. Then I lead the crew through the dig-out, base, forms and pour on a day the weather allows.
Walk the finished driveway together
I walk the finished driveway with you and go over how to treat it while it cures. Satisfaction guaranteed on every job.
Why Franklin homeowners call Superior Franklin Concrete for driveways
The owner comes to every job
I come out to look at every driveway, write the estimate myself and lead the crew that builds it. The person who told you what goes under your slab is the one who puts it there.
Running our own crew since 2021
I learned concrete on other people's crews before starting this business in 2021, and I still like the jobs with a puzzle in them, like a steep bank or a tight entrance. You get someone who explains why each choice was made, not just what it costs.
Licensed and insured for driveways
We're licensed and insured. That matters on a driveway, where heavy equipment works right next to your house, your yard and the street.
Pours timed for Franklin summers
Hot afternoons here can dry the top of a slab before it's finished, which leaves a weak, dusty surface later, so on hot days we start pouring early. It costs us an early alarm, and it saves you a surface that wears out ahead of its time.
When you're ready to talk about your driveway, call (615) 716-3053 or send us the details, and I'll come out to look at the ground.
Driveways, permits and street access in Franklin
Most driveways here end at a city street, and Franklin requires a permit for anything placed in or on its streets, sidewalks and grass strips, which the city's Streets Department handles. That means the apron, the stretch where your driveway meets the road, may need one, and the city's permitting page also lists a Driveway Access Control Permit, which we check against your address. A bigger job that disturbs 5,000 square feet of ground or more needs a Stormwater & Grading Permit from the Engineering Department. If trees have to come out to make room, Building & Neighborhood Services issues tree removal permits on single-family lots larger than an acre, while lots of an acre or less don't need one. We find out which of these covers your job and handle the paperwork that's ours to pull, and if part of it belongs to an engineer or another trade, we tell you who that is.
Many of the driveways we build around Franklin climb from the street up to the garage, so before any forms go up I look at where rain runs across the yard and make sure the slab sends it away from the house. We meet the same slopes and the same questions about reaching the street on jobs in Brentwood and Spring Hill.
Questions about concrete driveways in Franklin
Call (615) 716-3053A two-car concrete driveway, installed, usually costs about $2,900 to $8,600 around the Nashville area. That's the market's going range, not our quote, and your written estimate shows where your driveway lands and what's included.
Michigan concrete industry guidance calls for 4 inches for passenger cars, light trucks and the occasional heavier truck, and 5 to 6 inches for light to medium trucks. It's guidance from up north, not a Franklin rule, but it's a fair way to check that the thickness on each quote matches what you park. I set ours by what you tell me you'll drive on it.
Cars can typically drive and park on a new concrete driveway seven days after the pour, according to national guidance. Because curing, the slow hardening that keeps going after the surface looks dry, takes longer to finish, RVs and large trucks should wait at least 28 days, and everyone should keep tires off the edges, which break more easily.
Work that reaches into a Franklin street, sidewalk or grass strip needs a city permit, and big grading jobs or tree removal on larger lots can add others, as laid out in the Franklin section above. We check which ones apply at your address and handle the paperwork that's ours to pull.
Concrete driveways often last 30 to 40 years, while asphalt driveways typically last 15 to 20. If you plan to stay in the house a long while, that gap is worth weighing when you compare the two. Sealing helps the surface along, and penetrating sealers typically last 5 to 10 years, while film-forming acrylic sealers need redoing every 2 to 3.
The best time is a warm stretch, because concrete cures best when the air is above 50°F. Colder weather can slow curing a lot or stop it altogether, so in winter we watch the forecast and wait for a warm run before we pour.
Related concrete work to pair with a driveway
Concrete patio construction
If your back door opens onto dirt or a sunken old slab, a new patio gives you a level spot for a grill, a table and chairs.
Stamped concrete services
When plain gray isn't what you want at the front walk or entry, stamped concrete presses a pattern into the surface while it's still workable.
Service areas for driveway work around Franklin
Superior Franklin Concrete is based in Franklin, Tennessee, and builds driveways across the cities around it, including Nolensville and Columbia. The seven cities below have their own pages, and we work in plenty of places in between.
Franklin, TN
Get your new driveway on the calendar
Call (615) 716-3053 or send the form with a rough size and what you park, and I'll come out with the right questions already in hand.