Concrete Contractors in Mound House, NV

Mound House is an unincorporated community in Lyon County on U.S. Route 50, between Carson City and Dayton, and it is a fitting place for concrete contractors to work. It is the first community you reach in Lyon County heading east from Carson City, at an elevation of 4,974 feet. Its history is tied to the raw materials of building: in 1912, the Pacific Portland Cement Company bought the gypsum holdings here, and gypsum is one of the ingredients in portland cement.

From rail depot to gypsum mill

Mound House had a Pony Express stop in 1860 and 1861, a railroad station by 1871 and a post office by 1877. When the narrow-gauge Carson and Colorado Railway was built in 1880, the town became a transfer depot. Former Governor Jewett W. Adams acquired a gypsum deposit around 1904, the Nevada Gypsum Company began building a mill in 1907, designed by future governor Emmet D. Boyle, and the mill was shipping product by February 1909. After the Pacific Portland Cement Company bought the holdings in 1912, operations moved to Empire, Nevada, in 1924, and the mill was taken down.

Gypsum is added to portland cement to control how fast it sets. Without it, cement can stiffen within minutes. Every bag and truckload of concrete we place still depends on that small ingredient.

What we build in Mound House today

Wikipedia describes Mound House today as a mix of industrial enterprises, small businesses, mining and several residential areas, and gypsum is still mined and milled here. Common requests:

Shop and garage slabs with thickened edges and a hard-troweled interior finish.

Parking pads and driveways for trucks, trailers and RVs, poured heavier than a standard car driveway.

Concrete patios for shaded outdoor space.

Walkways and steps between parking and entrances.

Repairs to cracked or sunken slabs, broken corners and steps.

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High desert, close to the hills

At nearly 5,000 feet, Mound House sits higher than Sparks and only a few miles from Carson City, which averages 125 mornings a year below freezing and 14 inches of snow. Winters bring plenty of freezing nights, and summers are dry and sunny. We handle both with air-entrained concrete, curing that starts as soon as finishing ends and slopes that keep water off the slab. On hot days we pour early in the morning, and on windy days we protect the surface so it does not dry and crack before it has set.

Heavy loads need a heavier slab

A thin slab on loose soil does not last under trucks, trailers or equipment. Soft material comes out, crushed rock is compacted in lifts, and the slab is poured as deep as the load requires. For a pad where a loaded trailer will turn, a tied rebar grid set on supports keeps the steel mid-depth instead of lying uselessly at the bottom. Corners and edges, where wheels concentrate the stress, get extra thickness, and joint spacing follows the slab depth so cracks stay straight.

Fixing older concrete

Older slabs around town may have been poured without joints or air entrainment. Cracks run in every direction and the surface flakes in winter. For those, we usually recommend replacing the worst sections rather than patching, and we quote panel by panel so you only replace what has failed.

Lyon County rules

Mound House is in Lyon County, so county requirements apply, and we check them before scheduling. Call (775) 278-6129 to book a visit in Mound House, NV.