The Vancouver Concrete Company serves Orchards, WA for concrete driveways, patios, slabs and repairs, with free estimates and written quotes. Call (360) 995-1179 or text a photo of the job.
Concrete Contractor services in Orchards
Orchards is named for the prune and fruit orchards that once covered this flat plain northeast of Vancouver. The ground is the main difference from the rest of the county. Much of it is gravelly soil laid down by ancient floods, and it drains far faster than the silt and clay to the west. That helps concrete. A slab on well-drained gravel has less water sitting under it in winter. It still needs a compacted base, because loose gravel settles like any other loose ground. Homes range from older houses on large lots around Sifton to tracts built from the 1980s on. Level lots and wide streets make access easy, so RV pads, shop slabs and wider driveways are common requests. Where roof and driveway water goes still has to be planned, since the county expects runoff to stay on your lot.
Neighborhoods we cover in Orchards
- Sifton
- Covington Road area
- Fourth Plain corridor
- SR 503 corridor
- Orchards Park area
Permits and local rules
Orchards is unincorporated, so Clark County is the permit office, not a city hall. County code exempts sidewalks and driveways that are no more than 30 inches above grade from a building permit, and retaining walls up to 4 feet. A new or changed driveway approach onto a county road needs an approach permit from the county road engineer under Clark County Code 12.08. We confirm the current county requirement for your address before work starts.