Melbourne & surrounds · Licensed & insured
Built on solid ground.
Balconcrete pours driveways, slabs, exposed aggregate and retaining walls that hold up to Melbourne's clay soil and swinging seasons — backed by a 10-year workmanship warranty.
What we pour
Services, graded to the job.
Every application uses a different concrete strength grade. We spec the right mix rather than a one-size pour — here's what goes where.
Driveways
Broom-finished or exposed aggregate driveways engineered for vehicle loads and Melbourne's reactive clay.
Paths & Patios
Coloured, stencilled or plain paths and alfresco patios finished to match your landscaping.
Structural Slabs
House slabs, shed bases and garage floors poured to engineer specification with full reinforcement.
Footings & Retaining Walls
Strip and pad footings, plus block or poured retaining walls for sloped Melbourne blocks.
N20 / N25 / N32 / N40 — the compressive strength grade (MPa) each application is engineered to, per AS 1379.
How a pour happens
From quote to cured slab.
Five stages, same crew start to finish — no subcontracted pours.
Site visit & quote
We assess ground conditions, drainage and access, then send a fixed-price quote within 48 hours.
Excavation & base
Excavate to level, compact road base, and lay damp-proof membrane where required.
Formwork & reinforcement
Boxing set to fall and levels, then SL72/SL82 mesh or reo bar placed per spec.
Pour & finish
Concrete placed, screeded and finished — broom, exposed aggregate, stencil or trowel.
Cure & handover
Curing compound applied, site protected, and a handover walkthrough once fully cured.
Why the wait matters
Concrete keeps getting stronger.
A slab is walkable within a day or two, but it isn't at full design strength until 28 days. We tell every client what to keep off it, and when.
Approximate compressive-strength gain for standard portland cement mixes. Vehicles should stay off new driveways until at least day 7, and full loads should wait for day 28.
Why Balconcrete
Four things clients mention most.
Licensed & insured
Registered building practitioner, full public liability cover.
Same crew, every job
No rotating subcontractors — the team that quotes is the team that pours.
Realistic scheduling
We quote weather buffers up front so your job date actually holds.
10-year warranty
Workmanship guaranteed in writing on every slab we pour.
Recent pours
A sample of the work.
Textures shown represent finish types — ask for the full photo set of any recent job near you.
Client reviews
What the job site says.
"Quoted accurately, turned up on the day they said, and the exposed aggregate finish looks better than the display home we copied it from."
"Our block slopes badly. They explained the footing plan in plain English before pouring the retaining wall, no surprises on the invoice either."
"Shed slab poured and cured well ahead of our installer's date. Communicated clearly about curing times so nothing got delayed."
Where we work
Greater Melbourne, wall to wall.
Based centrally, we cover the inner north, east and west without a call-out surcharge. Further out? Ask — we still take jobs across greater Melbourne.
- Mount duneed
- Colac
- Werribee
- Geelong
- Ballarat
- West Melbourne
- Lorne
- Sunbury
Get a free, fixed-price quote
Let's talk about your job.
Send a few details and we'll call back within one business day — most quotes are finalised after a single site visit.