Mule Town Concrete

Field note 01

Concrete contractor in Columbia, TN

Columbia has carried the nickname Mule Town for a long time, and Mule Town Concrete takes its name from it. The company is local to Columbia and works the towns around it: Spring Hill, Mount Pleasant, Culleoka, Thompson's Station and Franklin. That keeps the crew close to the jobs it takes on and keeps Lane McCrary on the job himself instead of handing it off.

The work is residential and light commercial concrete. That means the slabs people use every day: the driveway you park on, the patio out back, the walk to the front door, the pad under a shed or HVAC unit, the floor of a garage or shop, and the footings that hold up an addition or a deck.

Field note 02

Floating mud, then cutting lines

The tagline is the job in the right order. Fresh concrete, the mud, gets placed, screeded flat and floated so the surface closes up and finishes clean. Once it has set enough, control joints are saw-cut into the slab. Concrete shrinks as it cures and it will crack somewhere; the cut lines give it a planned place to do that, so the cracks hide in a straight joint instead of wandering across the middle of a driveway.

Finish is chosen to fit the job. A broom finish gives traction on driveways, walks and anything that gets wet. A smooth troweled finish suits garage and shop floors that need to be swept and cleaned. Stamped concrete gives patios, walkways and drives a decorative surface on top of a regular structural pour.

Field note 03

How to get a quote

Text Lane at (931) 922-1252. Include the town you're in, what you want poured or fixed, a rough size if you know it, and a couple of photos of the spot. Photos of the existing concrete, the slope of the yard and where a truck could get in help most. Lane can look at those and tell you what the job involves before anyone shows up with forms.

If you are comparing options, the service pages below walk through how each kind of pour is done, what to plan for and the questions people ask most. The town pages cover what work looks like in each part of Maury and Williamson counties.

Field note 04

What Mule Town Concrete pours

Driveways and aprons, new or replacement. Backyard patios and pads. Sidewalks and walkways. Slabs and pads for sheds, HVAC units, generators and equipment. Foundations and footings for additions, garages, shops and decks. Garage and shop floors. Concrete repair and replacement for cracked, sunken or heaved sections. Stamped concrete. Broom and smooth finishes and saw-cut control joints on all of it.