Slabline Concreting Co. Concreting in Geelong
Geelong is home base. Most of our crew lives within ten minutes of the centre, so a Geelong job means no travel surcharge and a concreter who already knows the local clay and what the soil does to a slab that is poured over loose fill.
No travel surcharge. Geelong is within 35km of Geelong.
What moves the price out here.
Serving Geelong and the surrounding streets
Larger mapA mix of original brick homes, renovated cottages and a steady run of new builds and extensions, a lot of it on reactive clay where the thickness and the mesh have to be sized to the site classification, not guessed.
- →Reactive clay sites, so the thickness and mesh sized off the site classification
- →Older driveways and paths cracking and lifting where the base was skimped
- →Within the 35km no-surcharge radius, base suburb
Why Geelong slabs land in our diary first
Geelong is home base. The crew lives within ten minutes of the centre, the truck and the screed sleep here, and a Geelong job means no travel surcharge and a concreter who already knows the local clay. We have poured driveways and slabs from the waterfront cottages out through East Geelong, South Geelong and the hospital end, so we have a feel for which streets sit on the reactive clay that moves a slab and which sit on the older fill that needs the heavier base.
The local factors that move a quote
- Reactive clay through the older suburbs. The basalt-derived clay across central Geelong shrinks in summer and swells in winter, and a thin slab over loose fill is the first to crack and lift. We classify the site under AS 2870 before we put a number on the quote, and we step up the thickness and the mesh where the soil says to. SL72 over a 100 mm slab on stable ground, SL82 over 125 to 150 mm where the clay says so, named on the page.
- Older driveways and paths past their second cracking summer. A lot of the work in Geelong is replacing a slab the last operator poured straight onto loose fill with no joints and no real reo. We break it out, compact a proper sub-base, sawcut the joints to plan, and pour to a named MPa, so the next twenty summers do not undo the work.
- The 35 km no-surcharge radius. Geelong is the base suburb, so there is no travel charge on the quote. What you pay is what is in the lines on the page, not a hidden trip fee added at the end.
What we confirm before we pour
A driveway and a path are usually owner-builder work, but the moment the slab is structural for a house, an extension or a granny flat, the work is VBA registered and the slab is designed to AS 2870 off a real site classification. We tell you on the measure exactly which path your slab falls under and which approvals the council and the building surveyor want before we pour, rather than letting you find out at inspection. Call us for an on-site measure and a written by-the-m² quote with the thickness, the mesh and the MPa named.
Every service, available in Geelong.
Driveways, paths, house and shed slabs, exposed aggregate, coloured and plain concrete. Each one priced by the m² after a free measure, with the base compacted, the mesh sized to the soil, and the thickness and MPa named on the quote.
Concrete Driveways
Driveways and crossovers poured on a compacted base with the mesh and thickness sized to the soil, not a one-size slab over loose fill.
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Paths & Footpaths
Paths, footpaths and side access, set out to fall for drainage, with control joints cut so they crack where we choose, not across the middle.
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House & Shed Slabs
New-build house slabs and shed and garage slabs designed to AS 2870 off a real site classification, with the footings, mesh and MPa named on the quote.
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Exposed Aggregate
Exposed-aggregate driveways and entertaining areas, the stone chosen and sealed, for a finish that holds up to cars and weather and still looks the part.
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Coloured & Stencil Concrete
Coloured, stencilled and patterned concrete, the colour named and sealed, a decorative finish without the cost and movement of pavers.
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Plain & Broom-Finish Concrete
Plain grey and broom-finish slabs and paths, the honest workhorse finish, poured properly with a non-slip broom texture and proper control joints.
Get a quote →Recent work across Geelong.
What Geelong homeowners say.
“Three quotes, and Slabline was the only one that gave us a real per-m² price before they even came out. The number on the day matched it, and the quote named the thickness, the SL72 mesh and the MPa. Driveway is dead flat and the crossover passed the council inspection first go.”
“Our old cracked driveway was lifting at the joints. Marco priced it by the m² and talked us through exposed aggregate versus plain so we could see the cost. New exposed-aggregate driveway, the stone matched to the house and sealed, and it grips beautifully in the wet near the beach.”
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Tell us what you need. We’ll book a walkthrough and send a quote with the work itemised, not just a number.