Service · Concrete Patching & Repairs
What we offer
Hairline and structural cracks chased with a router, cleaned, and sealed with a flexible polyurethane joint sealant that flexes with freeze cycles. The right concrete repair for cracks that haven’t opened up wide enough to need a full panel replacement.
Spalled concrete, the flaky, pitted surface that comes from salt damage and freeze cycles, gets ground clean and overlaid with a fresh topcoat that bonds back into the original slab.
Single panel pushed up by a tree root or settled below the next flag. Two options: grind the lip down or saw-cut and replace just that flag. Cheapest option that holds, every time.
Chipped step edges, broken corner joints, lifted apron edges. Form-built edge repairs with bonding agent and concrete that ties into the original slab, not surface caulk.
Old expansion joints that have opened up, dried out, or caulked over with the wrong sealant get cleaned and re-sealed with proper joint material. Stops water from tracking under the slab and freezing.
The most valuable thing we do on a concrete repair call: tell you straight whether your slab actually needs repair, replacement, or nothing at all. Reviews regularly mention us telling customers they don’t need work yet.
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From our neighbors
“A short story…we needed someone who could do an emergency sidewalk repair in center city Philadelphia during the holidays! Impossible? Well, Marcello made it possible. He called back when he said he was going to call back. He showed up exactly when he said he'd show up. He arrived at…”
“A short story…we needed someone who could do an emergency sidewalk repair in center city Philadelphia during the holidays! Impossible? Well, Marcello made it possible. He called back when he said he was going to call back. He showed up exactly when he said he'd show up. He arrived at our center city address, got out of his truck and fixed the problem. He really cared about getting it right. And…all that happened for a reasonable price. Personable, honest, man-of-his word. He's been added to my short list of trusted Philly vendors.”
“I contracted with Marcello Family Concrete to replace my driveway, sidewalk, and steps/walkway from the driveway to the front door. The Marcello crew was AMAZING. They showed up on time, worked efficiently, and cleaned up as they went along. The owner and his father are wonderful people. Besides, being professional,…”
“I contracted with Marcello Family Concrete to replace my driveway, sidewalk, and steps/walkway from the driveway to the front door. The Marcello crew was AMAZING. They showed up on time, worked efficiently, and cleaned up as they went along. The owner and his father are wonderful people. Besides, being professional, honest, and dependable, they're true craftsmen who take tremendous pride in their work. It shows in the quality of the product they produce. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS COMPANY.”
A family contractor
Marcello and his father pour every job themselves. The hands that quote your work are the hands that hold the trowel. No project-manager handoff, no subbed-out crew, no surprises.
What to expect
No call center. No answering service. Most days it’s Marcello himself on the line. We’ll talk through the project and schedule a free walk-through.
We measure, talk through what you’re looking for, and walk the existing condition with you. You’ll get a written quote with a clear scope, no pushy sales.
We confirm the start window with you, line up materials and equipment, and walk you through what to move (cars, hose reels, anything along the work line) before the crew arrives.
Concrete repair work that’s most of what we do, crack chasing, patching, resurfacing, usually wraps in a single day. Larger residential concrete repair projects can run 1–2 days. We clean up every speck before we leave.
FAQ
The simplest test: is the failure on the surface or all the way through? Spalling, hairline cracks, edge chips, surface failures, residential concrete repair handles them. Cracks you can see daylight through, settling, displaced panels, structural failures, replacement is the right call.
We’ll do the full assessment on site for free.
Yes, surface spalling is one of the most common concrete repair calls we get, especially after a hard winter of salt and freeze cycles. We grind the spalled surface clean and overlay a fresh topcoat with a bonding agent and color-matched concrete. Lasts 15–25 years if done right.
For a 2′ sidewalk crack on a Saturday afternoon, sure, for a few months. Real concrete repair uses bonding agents, proper edge prep, and color-matched mix designs so the patch becomes part of the slab. Bag patches sit on top and pop off the next freeze.
Close, not exact. Concrete cures to its final color over months and never quite matches a fresh pour next to old concrete. We use color-matched mixes and feathered edges to make the transition read as clean as possible, but no honest concrete repair company can promise an invisible repair.
If perfect color match matters more than cost, full panel replacement is the move.
Most concrete repair calls wrap in a single day on site. Crack chasing and joint resealing is a few hours. Surface resurfacing on a porch or step is a half- to full-day. Larger residential concrete repair projects can run 1–2 days.
Both. A single trip-hazard flag, one cracked panel, an edge chip on a step, we’ll quote them and pour them. Most concrete repair companies skip these because the dollar amount is too low. We do them between bigger pours because customers remember.
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Free walk-through. Written quote with a clear scope. No call center, no sales script, Marcello will pick up the phone himself.
