What counts as a short load
There's no official cutoff. People usually mean a pour small enough that a full drum truck would bring more concrete than the job can use. These come up a lot.
- A pad for an AC unit, a generator or pool equipment
- Footers or piers for a shed, a deck or a carport
- Fence posts and mailbox posts
- A new walkway or a short stretch of sidewalk
- A small patio slab out back
Why site-mix suits a small pour
With a drum truck, the concrete is batched before it leaves the plant. Order too little and you wait on a second truck while the first part of the pour starts to set. Order too much and the extra has nowhere to go.
A site-mix truck gets around most of that. The materials stay dry until our driver starts mixing, and the truck stops when you say you've got enough. If your math was a little off, that's usually fine. It keeps mixing until the holes are full.
Measuring a small pour
Concrete is measured in cubic yards. Multiply length by width by depth, all in feet, then divide by 27. A 4 by 4 foot AC pad that's 4 inches deep comes out to about a fifth of a yard.
For post holes, count them and note how wide and deep each one is. We can work through the numbers with you on the phone. Your figure is for planning. On pour day the truck mixes to what the forms actually take.
Backyard jobs
A lot of small pours sit behind a fence. A loaded mixer won't fit through a garden gate, so plan how the concrete gets from the truck to the forms. Usually that means wheelbarrows and a clear, flat path. Tell us where the truck can park and how far it is to the pour.
Some small slabs need a permit and some don't. It depends on what the slab is for and where you live, so check with your city or Brevard County before the pour. When you're ready, call (321) 751-6666 or request a quote.
What customers say
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Questions people ask
What if I have more than one small pour?
Got more than one small pour on the property, like footers on one side of the house and an AC pad on the other? Tell us when you call and we'll talk through how to handle it.
What if I measured wrong?
Tell our driver. The truck mixes as it pours, so coming up a bit short usually just means mixing more. If you measured long, it stops when the forms are full.
Do I need a permit for a small slab?
It depends on what the slab is for and where the property is. Check with your city's building department, or with Brevard County if you're outside city limits, before you pour.