Concrete Contractor in Asheville, NC
In Asheville, NC, Ace Concrete Construction pours driveways, patios, slabs, foundations, and retaining walls out of our office at One Town Square Blvd in Biltmore Park. Mountain ground behaves nothing like Piedmont flatwork.
We build for that. Estimates are free.
Ace Concrete Construction is a concrete contractor serving Asheville, NC and Buncombe County from an office at One Town Square Blvd in Biltmore Park. We pour driveways, patios, structural slabs, foundations, and retaining walls for homeowners, custom builders, and commercial GCs. Estimates are free.
- Retaining walls and stepped footings, which most Asheville lots need somewhere
- Driveways and patios detailed for freeze-thaw at 2,130 feet of elevation
- Foundations and structural slabs for custom builders and commercial GCs
- Grading and drainage before the pour, in a city averaging 49.6 inches of rain a year
- The same crew that handles residential, commercial, and industrial work across the Upstate
Built for Mountain Ground
Ace Concrete in Asheville, NC
- Slope is the default, not the exception. Asheville sits at 2,130 feet in the Blue Ridge, and most lots fall away somewhere. We form retaining walls and stepped footings to hold ground that would rather move.
- Freeze-thaw is real at this elevation. January averages 37.1 degrees here and the record low is 16 below zero. A slab poured without proper air entrainment and joint spacing comes apart over a few winters.
- Water has to have somewhere to go. Asheville averages 49.6 inches of rain a year. We grade and drain first, then pour.
Why Concrete Work in Asheville, NC Is Its Own Problem
- Two rivers with a long flood record. The French Broad and the Swannanoa flooded the city in 1916, again during Frances and Ivan in 2004, and catastrophically during Helene in September 2024. Replacement driveways, pads, and walls have to account for where that water went.
- Freezing rain more than snowfall. Asheville averages 10.3 inches of snow a season, but freezing rain is the recurring problem. Surface finish and slope carry more weight here than on flat work.
- Housing stock with real age on it. Much of the city built out in the early 1900s and through the Art Deco years of the 1920s and 30s. Original walkways, steps, and foundations from that period are usually past their service life.
FAQ
Concrete questions Asheville, NC homeowners ask
Answering your questions about our concrete services.
Driveway, structural slab, and retaining wall work in Asheville generally goes through City of Asheville or Buncombe County permitting, and a wall can require engineered drawings depending on its height and what sits above it. We confirm what your specific project needs with the permit office before any concrete is ordered.
Spring through fall is straightforward. Winter pours at 2,130 feet need cold-weather measures: mix adjustments, blankets, and a longer cure. January averages 37.1 degrees and the record low is 16 below, so a slab poured carelessly in December tends to show it by March.
Yes, and on most Asheville lots something has to hold the grade. Wall height, soil, and the load sitting above it decide the footing and the drainage design. We walk the slope in person before quoting it.
Yes. We pour replacement driveways, pads, walls, and foundations for property that took water in September 2024. On ground that flooded, drainage gets solved before the concrete does.
Find Us
Serving Asheville, NC and Buncombe County
Our Asheville office is at One Town Square Blvd, Suite 345, Asheville, NC 28803, in Biltmore Park. From there we cover Asheville, Hendersonville, Black Mountain, Weaverville, Arden, Fletcher, and the surrounding Buncombe County towns. Call 864-214-5271 for a free estimate.
Concrete Services Ace Handles in Asheville, NC
Crews work Asheville from the office at One Town Square Blvd, Suite 345, Asheville, NC 28803. Pick the pour that matches your project.
Getting to the Ace Concrete office in Asheville
Our Asheville office is at One Town Square Blvd, Suite 345, Asheville, NC 28803, in Biltmore Park just off I-26 south of downtown. Tap any map for turn-by-turn directions from nearby Western North Carolina towns.
Which Pour Fits an Asheville Lot
Most quotes we give in Asheville come down to how much the ground moves and how much water crosses it. This is the short version of what we recommend and why, at 2,130 feet with 49.6 inches of rain a year.
| Option | When it fits | What we watch at this elevation |
|---|---|---|
| Standard four-inch slab driveway | Lots with little fall and normal car traffic | Joint spacing and air entrainment, so winter cycles do not open cracks |
| Reinforced five to six-inch slab | Sloped approaches, work trucks, RVs, and trailers | Thickness and steel placement, plus a base that drains rather than holds water |
| Stepped pour with retaining walls | Grade changes of roughly three feet or more, which is common here | Drainage behind the wall, and engineered drawings once height and load call for them |
| Stamped or decorative finish | Patios, walkways, and entries where appearance matters | Resealing after freeze-thaw winters, since surface wear shows first |
| Structural slab or foundation | New builds and additions for custom builders and GCs | Site prep on cut-and-fill lots, where compaction decides everything after |
Where We Work From, and How Far We Reach
The Asheville office sits in Biltmore Park, just off I-26 south of downtown. That puts crews a few minutes from the Blue Ridge Parkway side of town, straight up I-26 to Weaverville, and out I-40 toward Black Mountain and Swannanoa in one direction or Candler in the other. Hendersonville and Fletcher sit south on I-26 and US-25.
Asheville proper covers about 45 square miles and holds roughly 94,589 people, with a metro closer to 417,000 across the surrounding mountain towns. Those towns are why the truck routes matter more than the mileage. A lot four miles out on a ridge road takes longer to reach than one twice as far down the interstate, and we quote schedules with that in mind.
Ace also runs work across the Upstate South Carolina market from the original yard at 4706 Locust Hill Rd in Taylors, roughly an hour south on I-26. Crews and equipment move between the two, which is how a mountain job gets a full crew instead of whoever happened to be closest.
Where Our Reviewed Jobs Actually Are
Ace has worked the South Carolina side of the line longest, so that is where the reviewed jobs are concentrated. The reviews further down this page name driveways and patios in Taylors and around Greenville, not Asheville. The Asheville office is newer and the reviews from this side of the state line are still coming in.
Saying so beats dressing up somebody else's driveway as an Asheville job. The crew is the same either way: Jason handles estimates, Tyler runs site coordination, and both names show up in those reviews. Ace holds a 4.8 average across 118 Google reviews, and Asheville work runs out of the Biltmore Park office rather than being driven over from Taylors for every site visit.