Concreting · Sydney · Established 2017

Concreting in SydneyConcrete driveways, footpaths, crossovers and slabs

Every driveway poured at 130mm over S72 reinforcement in 32MPa concrete, then saw cut to control where the slab moves. Licensed 498669C, owner-operated since 2017.

130mm

Driveway depth

32MPa

20mm aggregate

S72

Mesh, on chairs

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Est. 2017

9 years concreting

Licence 498669C

NSW licensed

Owner-operated

Team of 3

All of Sydney

Based in Seven Hills

Why concrete fails early

Why concrete driveways crack

Most of the failed driveways we are asked to look at went wrong for one of the following reasons. None of them are misfortune.

01

Insufficient depth

A driveway carrying vehicle loads requires 130mm. A great many are poured at 85 to 100mm — a material saving that presents as cracking within the first few summers.

02

Reinforcement laid on the subgrade

Steel performs only when it sits within the slab. Placed directly on the ground and poured over, it finishes along the bottom face contributing almost nothing. Plastic chairs are a negligible cost and the entire difference.

03

No control joints, or cut too late

Every slab moves as it cures. Saw cutting early gives that movement a defined line to follow. Without it the concrete determines its own line, and it is rarely a straight one.

What we pour

Concreting services across Sydney

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  1. 01DrivewaysPoured at 130mm over S72 reinforcement in 32MPa concrete, then saw cut to control movement.
  2. 02FootpathsSide access, wraparounds and garden paths, including the narrow runs that have to be finished by hand.
  3. 03CrossoversKerb to boundary, to council specification, with drainage resolved before the pour.
  4. 04Driveway ResurfacingAcid wash, primer, then a skim coat to level. Sprayed in your selected colour or pattern and sealed the following day.
  5. 05House SlabsSet out, steel fixed and poured to Australian Standard.
  6. 06Granny Flat SlabsPlumbing penetrations set before the pour rather than cut in afterwards.
  7. 07Shed SlabsSized to your kit, with the edge thickened where the frame bears.
  8. 08Patio SlabsLarge open pours, finished flat and graded away from the building.

Why Rockrete

Why choose Rockrete Concreting

Licensed 498669C

A NSW builder's licence, verifiable on the public register.

Owner-operated

Viliami prepares the quote and is on site for the pour. The team of three does not change between quotation and completion.

Specification as standard

32MPa, 20mm aggregate, S72 mesh, chairs and abelflex on every project — included, not offered as an upgrade.

Site left clean

Skip on site, spoil removed, and the frontage clear on completion.

Across Sydney

Recent projects from Rosemeadow in the south west through to Beecroft in the north.

How a project runs

How we pour a concrete driveway

The sequence is the same on every project we quote, whether it is a three metre side path or a full driveway and crossover.

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  1. 01

    Demolition and excavation

    Existing slab removed, ground opened up and a skip brought on site. Spoil is carted away rather than left at the frontage.

  2. 02

    Levelling and base

    Base graded and compacted. No quantity of concrete corrects a poorly prepared subgrade.

  3. 03

    Formwork

    Boxed and pegged to finished levels, with falls set so water drains away from the building.

  4. 04

    Steel fixing

    S72 reinforcing mesh raised on plastic chairs so it sits within the slab, with abelflex to the perimeter.

  5. 05

    The pour

    32MPa at 20mm aggregate, pumped where access requires it. Driveways are poured at 130mm.

  6. 06

    Finishing

    Screeded, floated and hand finished while the concrete is still green.

  7. 07

    Saw cutting

    Cut early to control where the slab relieves. Every slab moves; the cuts determine where.

Recent projects

Recent concreting projects

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Wraparound path — New build · finished
Wraparound pathNew build · finished
Side path — Completed · hand finished
Side pathCompleted · hand finished
Footpath to street — Frontage · completed
Footpath to streetFrontage · completed
Curved rear path — Set out by hand
Curved rear pathSet out by hand
S72 mesh on chairs — Before the pour
S72 mesh on chairsBefore the pour
Narrow side access — Hand finished
Narrow side accessHand finished
Viliami, owner of Rockrete

The person you deal with

Owner-operated
Sydney concreters

Rockrete is Viliami and a team of 3. He prepares the quote, he is on site for the pour, and he remains the point of contact afterwards. There is no intermediary between you and the people doing the work.

Based in Seven Hills, NSW and working across all of Sydney — from the Macarthur through to the Hills District. Concreting since 2017, to Australian Standard on every pour.

Licence
498669C
ABN
29 430 372 055

Common questions

Concreting questions, answered

130mm, over S72 reinforcing mesh, in 32MPa concrete at 20mm aggregate. Driveways poured thinner than that are the ones that crack under vehicle load within the first few summers.

All concrete moves as it cures and as the ground beneath it shifts. That cannot be prevented. What can be controlled is where it happens, which is the purpose of saw cutting — cut early, the slab relieves along a defined straight line rather than across the centre of the driveway.

If the existing slab is structurally sound, yes. It is acid washed, primed, then skim coated to fill and level, and sprayed in the colour or pattern you select from the sample. Sealer follows the next day. Where a slab has failed structurally, resurfacing only conceals it for a season — we will tell you that rather than take the work.

Keep foot traffic off for two days and vehicles off for a week. The concrete continues gaining strength for a month beyond that. On coloured concrete the sealer is applied three weeks after the pour — any sooner and it traps moisture in the slab.

Yes — kerb to boundary, including the drainage. Completing the crossover and driveway together means the levels align at the boundary rather than leaving a lip between the two.

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Request a concreting quote

Two steps, and Viliami will contact you directly. Quotes are itemised and hold for 60 days — you will see exactly what the concrete, the reinforcement and the labour cost.

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