A True Form patio is a quiet workhorse — a clean, flat, properly-poured slab that you'll cook, host, and live on for years to come. Broom finish, stamped, or decorative — every patio is hand-finished and built right.
Most concrete patios in St. Charles County are poured at 3,000 PSI on a quick sub-base by a crew that's trying to get to the next job. They look fine for a year. Then the first hard winter hits, the slab settles unevenly because the sub-base wasn't compacted, and the cracks start running diagonally across the surface.
True Form patios are built the opposite way. Every pour starts with proper excavation, a graded and compacted sub-base, and 4" of 4,000 PSI concrete with fiber reinforcement. Control joints are saw-cut on a clock — 8 to 18 hours after pour — so the inevitable shrinkage cracks happen exactly where we want them (inside the joint line) instead of across the slab face.
The standard residential patio finish — light textured broom strokes across the surface that give you traction, hide minor imperfections, and weather beautifully. Pairs with any home style, won't go out of fashion, and is the most affordable finish we pour.
Slate, ashlar, flagstone, brick, herringbone — the same look as natural stone pavers at roughly half the installed cost and with none of the joint maintenance. We stamp wet concrete with rubber mats while it's still in the green stage, then release-color and seal. See our full stamped concrete page.
Integral color (mixed into the concrete itself), acid stain (applied to cured concrete for a marbled effect), exposed aggregate (washed surface that reveals the stone), and salt finish (texture from rock salt embedded during the pour). See decorative concrete options.
Every project is priced after an on-site walkthrough. We send a written, itemized estimate within 24 hours — no verbal guesses, no surprise add-ons. Request your free estimate or call (636) 387-2442.
Every quote we write is itemized — you see exactly what you're paying for. No verbal estimates, no “we'll figure it out on the day,” no surprise change orders.
Concrete shrinks as it cures. That shrinkage produces stress, and stress has to go somewhere — either into a planned saw-cut control joint (good) or into a random crack across the slab face (bad). The difference between a patio that lasts 5 years and one that lasts 25 isn't the concrete; it's everything that happens around the concrete.
We control patio cracking with five disciplines: proper sub-base prep, fiber reinforcement, control joint spacing (typically every 8–10 feet on a 4" slab), timely saw-cutting (8–18 hours, never later), and cure protection in hot or cold weather. Skip any one of these and the slab will tell you within 18 months.
We pour patios across the entire St. Charles County area plus parts of West County St. Louis. Most-served cities: St. Charles, O'Fallon, St. Peters, Wentzville, Lake St. Louis, Cottleville, Dardenne Prairie, Weldon Spring, and Defiance.
Most patios are prepped on day 1, poured on day 2, and saw-cut on day 3. The slab is walkable in 24–48 hours, ready for patio furniture in about a week, and at full cure strength at 28 days.
Yes. We install an expansion joint material between the new patio and your foundation so the slab can move independently without stressing the foundation. This is standard on every patio that abuts the house.
A properly-installed stamped concrete patio will outlast paver work by 10–15 years before needing significant maintenance. Pavers shift, settle, develop weeds in the joints, and need re-leveling. Stamped concrete is a single monolithic slab — no joints to fail.
Sometimes. If the existing slab is structurally sound (no major cracks, no settlement), we can pour a 2–3″ overlay with proper bonding. If the existing slab is failing, we recommend tear-out and full replacement — anything else is a band-aid.
Slate, flagstone, brick, and custom patterns — the look of natural stone in concrete.
View Service →Integral color, acid stain, exposed aggregate, salt finish. Architectural results in concrete.
View Service →Tie the new patio into a matching front walk or side path. Same quality, same crew.
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