Plain talk up front, because a cracked driveway is annoying enough without wondering who you are actually dealing with. This page explains exactly what Des Moines Flatwork Pros is, what it is not, and how the money works.
Des Moines Flatwork Pros is a referral service for homeowners in the Des Moines metro who need concrete flatwork help. We publish plain English information about flatwork problems in Central Iowa, take your call or your form, and pass your request to a local concrete flatwork contractor who serves your part of the metro. The contractor schedules the evaluation, inspects your project, and, if work is needed, quotes and performs it under a contract directly with you.
We exist because finding the right contractor cold is its own project, especially in spring when every concrete crew in Polk County is booked out and half the driveways in town show fresh winter damage at the same time. A homeowner staring at a heaved driveway usually wants one thing: a qualified local contractor to come look at it. Arranging that introduction is the whole of our job.
Before a contractor receives referrals through this site, they must:
Once a contractor partner is active for this area, their legal name is published on this site, captioned as theirs, so you can verify it before anyone tears out your driveway.
The referral costs you nothing. Contractor partners pay us a flat fee for operating this marketing and referral service. That fee is the same whether your job is large, small, or never happens at all, and it is never a percentage of your contract and never a charge added to your bill. We do not sell your information to data brokers or to lists of unrelated companies; your details go to a contractor partner for the purpose of answering your request, as our privacy policy spells out.
Because our fee does not depend on your job, nothing about this service rewards steering you toward a bigger pour. If the contractor's honest answer is that your driveway needs two panels and not a full replacement, that answer costs us nothing and earns exactly what it should: your trust, and maybe your word of mouth.
Flatwork behavior is local. The freeze and thaw cycle on a shaded Beaverdale walk, the clay under a new Ankeny subdivision, and the salt load on a three car garage floor in Altoona are three different problems that happen to share a material. The guides on this site are written from the conditions of this metro on purpose, so that when you talk to the contractor who evaluates your project, you can ask sharper questions and hear whether the answers match the ground and weather you live with.