Concrete Pads in Mobile City, Texas
Garland Elite Concrete pours concrete pads in Mobile City, Texas, for manufactured homes, RVs, sheds and parking spaces along the town's three lanes, Ivey, Lilac and Rose. The whole city covers about 9.6 acres of land, and the Census Bureau's survey estimates that about 98% of its homes are mobile homes.
Mobile City sits on Interstate 30 less than a mile east of Rockwall; its city limit sign stands at I-30 and Ivey Lane, and an old railway runs along the back of the park. Call or send the form for a free estimate, and we'll talk through the pad's size, thickness and base.
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From trailer park to incorporated town
Mobile City began as an 8.8-acre trailer park and incorporated on January 25, 1990, according to the Handbook of Texas. The park's owners, Paul and Billie Easley, incorporated it to bring alcohol sales to a dry Rockwall County; until 2007 it was the only city in the county to allow retail alcohol sales, and the Dallas-based chain Sigel's Beverages soon opened on an adjacent lot. Billie Easley served as the first mayor.
Incorporation brought the first paved roads through the park, though the turnoff into town was still a gravel road in 2021, and the mayor's mobile home doubled as city hall.
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(945) 441-5958Long, narrow homes set at an angle
Sixty mobile homes line the three lanes, long and narrow and angled like cars slotted into parking spaces, and nearly twenty had been vacated by the end of 2019. The 2020 Census counted 59 housing units, 41 of them occupied and 18 vacant, and the Census Bureau's survey puts the median year built at 1986.
The same survey estimates that about 36% of occupied homes are lived in by their owners, a small-sample figure with a wide margin. Where the home or lot is rented, the property owner has a say in any new pad. At the estimate we'll measure the home's footprint and the angle of the lot.
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(945) 441-5958Thickness and base for home, RV and parking pads
Industry rules of thumb give a starting point. A 4-inch slab is generally enough for cars or SUVs of 3,000 to 6,000 pounds, while trucks or large RVs of 12,000 pounds or more may call for 5 or 6 inches, and slabs deeper than 5 inches should get rebar or welded wire fabric. Heavier vehicles such as RVs should wait at least 28 days before driving onto new concrete.
For the pad under a manufactured home, we'll talk through the thickness, steel and base it needs for the home being placed. Where the ground is expansive clay, the usual practice is 2 to 8 inches of crushed rock beneath, with soft spots dug out and replaced.
Concrete pad costs
Dallas-area 2026 averages come to $1,200 for a 200-square-foot parking pad and $3,840 for a 640-square-foot RV pad, and gravel for a slab base runs $1 to $3 per square foot nationally. They're typical averages, not our prices; the estimate itself is free.
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(945) 441-5958Permits: check with the town and county first
Mobile City is a General Law Type C city, according to the Texas Municipal League, and it doesn't publish a website or an online code of ordinances. The ordinances on record are a 15-mile-an-hour speed limit and a ban on fireworks, with no published building or concrete rules. Missing rules don't mean no permit applies. Before a pad goes in, ask the town, and Rockwall County, where the whole city sits, whether a permit or inspection is required.
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(945) 441-5958Walks, steps and nearby work
Around a home pad, we also pour walkways, steps, patios and parking pads, and repair cracked or settled concrete. Just west, Garland Elite Concrete builds retaining walls in Rockwall, and nearby it pours residential and commercial slab foundations in Fate.
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(945) 441-5958How a pad goes in
General practice, with the approvals Mobile City's situation calls for.
Free estimate
We measure the space, check how a truck can reach it from the lane, and talk through what the pad will carry. The estimate is free.
Approvals
Where the lot is rented, the owner signs off, and the town and Rockwall County confirm whether a permit is needed, all before any digging starts.
Base, forms and steel
Soft ground comes out, crushed rock is compacted in its place, and the forms and any reinforcement are set.
Pour, joints and curing
The slab is placed, broom-finished and jointed, then cured; NRMCA says curing typically lasts 3 to 7 days.
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Garland Elite Concrete answers calls and estimate requests 24/7 for home, RV and parking pads in Mobile City and the towns around it.