Concreters North Rocks

Yes. We build driveways and crossings, carport, garage and granny flat slabs, patios, pool surrounds, paths, stairs and decorative concrete for homes in North Rocks and nearby suburbs, including Winston Hills, Baulkham Hills, West Pennant Hills and Castle Hill.

Yes. Paths, entries and verandahs are regular jobs for us, and we often do them alongside a driveway so they match.

Yes — and the first question is which council. The NSW Electoral Commission lists North Rocks among the localities included wholly or partly in The Hills Shire, and also among those included wholly or partly in the City of Parramatta, a legacy of the 2016 boundary change. Your rates notice or your section 10.7 planning certificate names the council that assesses your block.

Under The Hills: A Vehicular Crossing Request lodged online with payment before residential work commences, the contractor’s details and a copy of their public liability policy to a $10 million minimum, and two inspections — one before any concrete is poured and one at completion — on 24 hours notice. Under the City of Parramatta: An application and payment of inspection fees before construction starts. Concrete no less than 25 MPa at 28 days with a broomed or wood float finish, a residential crossing between 3.0 and 5.5 metres wide, one crossing per property with frontages up to 18 metres and two where the frontage exceeds 18 metres, and a minimum 24 hours notice to council’s Asset Inspector for formwork inspections.

Under the City of Parramatta, the number of crossings is limited to one per property with frontages up to 18 metres, and two where the frontage exceeds 18 metres. If your block is assessed by The Hills instead, that is a different application with different rules, so check your rates notice before you plan a second crossing.

It depends on the size, how much excavation and base preparation the ground needs, whether an old driveway comes out, the crossing at the road, and the finish you choose. On an established block, what is under the old surface is usually the variable. The accurate number comes from seeing the site, and quotes are free.

The Hills District sits on the Wianamatta Group shales of the Cumberland Plain, and reactive clay swells and shrinks with moisture, so base preparation and reinforcement matter more than they would on stable ground. Your block’s actual site classification under AS 2870 comes from a geotechnical soil test, not from a suburb map. On an established block the bigger unknown is usually what is under the old driveway — fill, a broken-up sub-base, or tree roots.

Both The Hills Shire and the City of Parramatta name North Rocks in their locality lists, a legacy of the 2016 boundary change. Your rates notice names the one that assesses your block. It matters for a driveway, because Parramatta limits a property to one crossing where the frontage is up to 18 metres and two where it exceeds 18 metres, and sets residential crossing widths between 3.0 and 5.5 metres.

Yes. Southo Concrete holds NSW contractor licence 398552C and a general construction induction white card, and carries $20 million public and product liability cover plus workers insurance. Certificates of currency are available on request, along with SWMS where a site needs them, and we can complete site inductions as required.

We use high-quality materials and proven construction methods to help ensure our work lasts for 25 years or more. We also use appropriate materials and techniques to control cracking in our slabs, helping to keep it very limited, if not eliminate it altogether. Please note that cracking can be affected by factors outside our control, including ground movement, weather and site conditions.

No. We take on complete jobs — driveways, carport and garage slabs, patios, pool surrounds and paths — where we control the work from preparation through to finish. We don’t do small patch-up repairs.