Concrete Patios in Winston-Salem, NC | Cost & Install

Patios are where finish choice actually matters, because you look at it every day and you walk on it barefoot. A broom finish is the workhorse and costs least. Stamped and colored work costs more per square foot and changes the character of the whole back of the house.

How Much Does Concrete Patios Cost in Winston-Salem, NC?

Every job is priced on site. We measure, check the base and the grade, and put a written price in your hand before any concrete is ordered.
What changes	Effect on your price
Square footage	The single biggest driver. Work is priced per square foot, so measure before you call.
Patio size, in both directions	Small patios cost more per square foot than large ones, because mobilising a crew and a truck is a fixed cost. A 12 by 12 is at or below many contractors' minimum job.
Reinforcement, wire or fiber	Adds roughly 10 to 15 percent over a plain pour. Worth it anywhere a vehicle or a heavy load will sit.
Finish	A broom finish is the baseline. Exposed aggregate costs more, integral color more again, and stamped work costs the most.
Fall away from the house	A patio has to shed water away from your foundation. On a flat or reverse-sloping yard that means fill, grading, or a step down, none of which is concrete cost.
Tear-out of the existing surface	Adds roughly 15 to 25 percent, depending on slab thickness and how easily a machine can reach it.
Concrete truck access	Tight lots, long wheelbarrow runs and pump trucks all add labour to the exact same square footage.

What's Included

Layout marked on site so you can see the footprint before anything is dug
Base graded and compacted, sloped away from the house
Reinforcement placed and supported
Your choice of broom, float, exposed aggregate, or stamped finish
Control joints planned to fall where they look intentional
Tie-in to existing walkways, steps, or the back door landing

How It Works

1. Tell us what you need
Call or text with the rough size and what is there now. A photo of the space answers half the questions before anyone drives out.
2. Get a written price on site
Someone walks the job, measures it, checks access and drainage, and leaves you a written number. Free, and there is no pressure attached to it.
3. We schedule the pour
Once you approve the price the work gets scheduled around the weather window. You get a start date and a realistic finish date, not a vague week.

When to Call

You want to add a patio where there is currently just grass
An existing patio has cracked, sunk, or is too small
You are extending an existing slab for a table, grill, or hot tub
You want stamped or colored concrete rather than plain grey

Finish, Layout and Joint Choices

A patio is looked at more closely than any other concrete on a property, so the finish decisions carry more weight here than they do on a driveway.

Finish

A broom finish is the practical default: grippy when wet, cheap to repair, and it hides wear. Exposed aggregate trades some comfort underfoot for excellent grip and a surface that hides staining. Stamped and stained work look the best and come with a sealing cycle attached. On a patio that sits in shade and stays damp, texture beats appearance.

Shape and edges

Curves cost more than straight runs because every curve is hand formed, but a patio is one of the few places the shape is genuinely free to be whatever you want. Thickened edges are worth specifying anywhere the slab is unsupported at the perimeter or a heavy planter is going to live.

Joint layout

Joints will be visible forever, so they should be planned rather than defaulted. Good layout divides the slab into roughly square panels, runs joints to inside corners, and lines up with door thresholds and column lines where those exist. On stamped work the joints get cut into the pattern so they read as part of it.

Concrete Patios for Winston-Salem Homes and Businesses

Same slab, different loading and different rules about who walks on it.

Homes

Backyard patios, screened porch slabs and fire pit surrounds. Four inches over a compacted base handles anything residential unless a hot tub is going on it, in which case the slab under it gets thickened and reinforced for the point load, and that has to be planned before the pour rather than discovered after.

Businesses

Restaurant and brewery patios take footfall, table traffic and cleaning that a home patio never sees. Surfaces get specified for slip resistance, accessible routes to and across the patio have to hold their slopes, and joint layout matters more because chair legs and cart wheels find every lip. Commercial patios also usually get poured in phases so the business can keep serving.

How Long Concrete Patios Take in Winston-Salem

A patio is the most forgiving concrete you can pour and the easiest to get subtly wrong, because the two things that decide whether you like it in five years, slope and joint layout, are invisible on day one.

Day 1, layout and tear out

The shape gets marked and any existing surface comes out. Patios are where layout is worth arguing about, because unlike a driveway the shape is genuinely optional and it is fixed the moment forms go in.

Day 1 to 2, base and slope

Subgrade cut, compacted aggregate base placed, and slope set away from the house. Slope is the whole ballgame on a patio attached to a structure. Water that sits against a foundation is a far more expensive problem than any patio.

Day 2, forms and reinforcement

Forms follow the marked shape, including any curves. Reinforcement is tied and chaired so it sits mid slab.

Pour day

Single day pour for almost any residential patio. Placed, screeded, floated and finished, with the finish chosen for how the surface will be used rather than how it photographs.

Pour day, joints

Control joints get cut the same day, laid out so they divide the slab into roughly square panels and land at inside corners where cracking wants to start anyway.

First 24 to 48 hours

Foot traffic only. Kept damp or covered while curing.

Day 7 to 28

Furniture and normal use from about a week. Full strength at 28 days, which is also the earliest to seal if you are sealing.

Patios are usually poured in one day, so the forecast for that single day governs. Rain inside the finishing window is the risk that moves a patio date, and a pour rushed ahead of a storm shows it in the surface for the life of the slab.

Where we cover

Concrete Patios across Winston-Salem, Kernersville, Walkertown, Rural Hall, Union Cross, Pfafftown, Clemmons, Lewisville, Stanleyville, Belews Creek, King, Germanton, Oak Ridge, Colfax, Summerfield, Stokesdale, Wallburg, Midway and Welcome.

Common Questions

How much does a 20x20 concrete patio cost?⌄

A 20 by 20 patio is 400 square feet, and patios are priced per square foot, so that footprint sets the base. Reinforcement, the finish you choose, and how hard the back yard is to get a truck and wheelbarrows into are what move it. Stamped or colored work on the same footprint costs more than a broom finish.

Are small patios cheaper per square foot?⌄

No, usually the opposite. Mobilising a crew and a concrete truck is a fixed cost regardless of size, so very small pours price higher per square foot and some contractors have a minimum job size.

How much does stamped concrete add?⌄

Stamped and colored work typically runs meaningfully more per square foot than a broom finish because of the extra material, forming, and labour in the finishing stage.

How long before I can put furniture on it?⌄

Foot traffic after 24 to 48 hours. Furniture is generally fine after a few days, though heavy planters and hot tubs should wait the full cure.

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Most jobs touch more than one of these. If you are already pricing concrete patios, it is usually worth pricing anything else you have been putting off in the same visit, because the mobilisation is already paid for.