Highland, Utah
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Patios, walkways, outdoor kitchens and fire features for Highland lots with room to spread out, built on a base dug for the bench ground under your yard.
“Everything, from the grading and prep to the stonework, sprinklers, and final cleanup, was done with real care.”
“We would absolutely hire this team again and recommend them to anyone looking for landscaping help.”
Hardscaping and Concrete in Highland
A Highland backyard is a different job than a backyard in most of Utah County. Many lots here are an acre or close to it, so a patio is rarely a 12 by 12 slab off the back door. People want a dining area, a fire pit a few steps out, an outdoor kitchen and a walkway that ties it all to the court or the garden. That much hardscape has to be laid out like a floor plan, or it ends up scattered across the lawn.
The ground under it matters just as much. Highland sits on the Highland bench, a delta the American Fork River and Dry Creek built into old Lake Bonneville. USGS mapping shows the bench soil changes over short distances. One corner of a yard can be clean, gravelly sand that drains fast. Ten yards away it can be silty ground that holds water and heaves when it freezes. A paver patio that spans both needs a base built for the worse one.
Some good news on paperwork. Highland's building permit sheet says a concrete patio or sidewalk with no roof over it does not need a building permit. Add a patio cover, a gas line or power for a kitchen, and that changes. We sort out which parts of your plan need a permit before we price it and confirm current rules with the city.
Highland is the big-lot town on the bench above Lehi and American Fork, where many lots are an acre or close to it, courts and horse areas share the yard, deer browse the gardens and every retaining wall goes through the city first.
Know your Highland ground
The Highland challenges
The bench is a patchwork. Gravelly pockets drain in minutes while silty spots stay wet for days after a storm. A crew that digs one test spot and sets one base depth for the whole patio can end up with pavers that sink or lift in the wet half. We dig in more than one place before we price.
On a lot this size, a patio that looks huge on paper can look small next to a big sweep of lawn. Adding more concrete rarely fixes that. Breaking it into zones does: a spot to eat, a spot by the fire, and a path that pulls you out to them. We sketch those on your actual lot.
Highland sits a few hundred feet above Lehi and American Fork, and the cold hangs on a little longer each spring. Water that gets under a slab or into a paver joint freezes and pushes. Over a few winters that shows up as cracked concrete and wavy pavers. Base depth, compaction and slope away from the house stop it.
A large patio sheds a lot of water in a summer storm. On a Highland lot that water needs somewhere to go besides the basement, the neighbor's yard or the street gutter all at once. We plan where it goes, with a swale, a drain line or a gravel bed, before the forms go in.
The J&H approach
We dig in a few spots across the patio area to see what the bench gave you: sand, gravel, silt or a mix. The base depth and the drainage plan come from those holes. That is also when we find old sprinkler lines and buried stumps.
Patio, kitchen, fire feature, steps and walks get drawn together, with gas, power and drain lines placed before any concrete goes down. On a big lot that saves cutting a new patio open in three years to run a line out to the court lights.
We set road base in thin lifts and compact each one, then slope the finished surface away from the house. Paver joints get locked in. Where the soil is silty, we add drain rock or a pipe so water has a way out from under the patio.
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What homeowners say
"We had a really big project (full lot project) and a crazy timeline, and Jackson and his team were awesome. They are very efficient, work hard to get things done quick, and the quality of their work is top-notch. Great company. Great guys. I would highly recommend them for any landscaping needs."
"Jackson and his crew did a phenomenal job on our back yard. I had a vision and they brought it to life. We had them do a retaining wall, grading, underground trampoline, sprinkler system, and sod. They met deadlines, communication was on point, and the whole crew was friendly.…"
"…The job was completed quickly without sacrificing quality, and the results exceeded our expectations. We would absolutely hire this team again and recommend them to anyone looking for landscaping help."
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