Service · Concrete Porches
What we offer
Concrete porch repair runs the full spectrum — surface spalling on a still-sound slab, cracked-through porch slabs that need full replacement, peeling paint on porch caps that need stripping and refinishing. Front porches on Philly row homes especially: we pour them every week, finish them in broom or smooth, and tie them clean into the steps below.
When the porch slab is cracked through, settled, or pulling away from the front façade — full tear-out and fresh pour. New rebar, new slab, new tie-in to the steps and front-stoop columns. The right move when the structural concrete is failing.
Surface spalling, edge chips, hairline cracks — concrete porch repair when the structure is still sound. We grind, patch, and feather repairs into the existing porch with a color-matched topcoat. Cheaper than replacement and lasts decades.
Old porch slab that’s structurally fine but cosmetically rough — pitted, paint-peeled, salt-stained. We grind the surface clean and overlay with a fresh 1″ cap so the porch reads new without the cost of full replacement.
Porch caps that have lost their finish or are flaking concrete paint. We strip, prep, and refinish — broom or smooth trowel — so the cap matches the look of the new pour without redoing the whole porch.
Porch slabs that pitch toward the house instead of away from it dump water into your foundation and soak the front wall. We re-pitch as part of any porch repair or full pour so water sheds off the front edge, where it should.
When all three are tired, we pour them together as one tied-in package — porch slab, steps, sidewalk landing — with clean expansion joints between each section. One crew, one pour week, one written quote.
Porch details
Concrete porches fail in a different way than driveways or sidewalks. They’re elevated. They tie into the front façade. Water that gets to them or under them goes straight into your house. Get these four right and a porch repair lasts a generation.
Every porch slab has to slope away from the foundation, not toward it. 1–2% off the front face is the standard. We re-pitch in the formwork on every concrete porch repair where the existing slope is wrong.
Where the porch meets the front wall is the most failure-prone seam on the whole slab. We seal the joint properly so freeze cycles don’t open it up and water can’t track into the basement.
Porches get walked, stood on, and rained on. Broom finish is the standard — texture for grip, no slip-and-fall risk in winter. We’ll do smooth-trowel on request, but it’s the wrong choice for a Philly porch.
The porch slab and the top tread of the steps share a continuous front edge. We pour them in sequence with a clean expansion joint at the seam so the line reads as one finished face, not patched.
Why Marcello
Front concrete porches are weekly work for us in Philadelphia row homes — standard slab dimensions, typical façade tie-ins, the porch caps and column bases that 80% of the city’s blocks share.
Surface spalling and cosmetic damage gets concrete porch repair. Settled or cracked-through slabs get replacement. The wrong call on a porch makes water get into your house — we don’t guess.
If your porch slopes the wrong way, we re-pitch it. Water has to shed off the front edge, not back into the foundation. Skipping this step is why most cheap porch repair work fails inside two winters.
Marcello and his father are on most jobs themselves. The hands that quote the porch are the hands that finish it. Front-porch work is visible and on display — we treat it that way.
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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.
Demo the old porch slab, prep the base, set forms with proper pitch, pour, broom-finish, seal the façade tie-in. Most concrete porch replacements wrap in 1–2 days on site; resurfacing jobs are typically a single day.
FAQ
If the porch slab is structurally sound but cosmetically rough — surface spalling, edge chips, hairline cracks — concrete porch repair or resurfacing is usually right. If it’s cracked through, settled, or pulling away from the front façade, replacement is the better long-term call.
We’ll look at the porch on site and give you the honest answer. The wrong call lets water into the house.
Yes. Concrete porch repair patches specific failures (cracks, spalls). Resurfacing strips the existing surface and overlays a fresh 1″ cap across the whole slab — a full cosmetic refresh of a structurally sound porch.
Resurfacing is the right move when the slab itself is fine but the surface is too pitted or paint-peeled to look clean.
Yes — this is part of any concrete porch repair or full pour we do. If the existing slab pitches back toward your house (the most common porch failure pattern), we re-pitch in the new pour or as part of a resurfacing overlay so water sheds off the front edge instead of into your basement.
Surface concrete porch repair and resurfacing is usually a single day on site. Full replacement runs 1–2 days — tear-out and form-set day one, pour and finish day two. Foot traffic after 24–48 hours; full cure in a week.
Yes — porch + steps + sidewalk combos are some of the cleanest jobs we do. We pour them in sequence over 2–3 days with clean expansion joints between each section, so the whole front of your house reads as one finished work, not three patched ones.
Cost depends on porch size, whether it’s repair, resurfacing, or full replacement, condition of the existing pitch, and whether the steps and sidewalk are getting tied into the same pour.
Free on-site estimate, written quote with a single number, no hidden line items.
Other services
Below the porch
Front-stoop steps that meet the porch slab on top — usually poured the same week as the porch.
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Repair, not replace
Surface spalls, edge repairs, surface resurfacing — when full replacement isn’t the right call.
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Front to street
The front-of-the-house package: porch, steps, sidewalk — tied together as one continuous pour week.
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Out back
Backyard pads, side-yard slabs — same broom-finish, same drainage detail, same crew.
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Philadelphia & the surrounding counties.
Mayfair · Bustleton · Holmesburg · South Philly · Center City · Bucks · Montgomery · Delaware
From our neighbors
“I contracted with Marcello Family Concrete to replace my driveway, sidewalk, and steps 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. They’re true craftsmen who take tremendous pride in their work.”
“I had Marcello family Concrete come and do three of my pads out front. I could not be happier with the quality of work and the expertise of his workers. They were on time, did a great job, cleaned up everything when they were done. I would recommend this company to anybody.”
Get a free estimate
Free walk-through. Written quote with a clear scope. No call center, no sales script — Marcello will pick up the phone himself.
