Concrete guides for Grand Strand homeowners
Plain-language answers to the questions we hear most: what a driveway costs here, which permit your apron needs, why slabs sink on the sand, what a flood zone does to a concrete job, how to build a golf cart pad the law and the HOA will accept, and whether to pour or pave.
Concrete driveway cost in Myrtle Beach
2026 prices per square foot and per driveway, the apron and culvert add-ons, and what moves the number.
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Driveway permits and encroachment
City, county or SCDOT: who owns your road, what each one's apron spec says, and how the permit works.
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Why concrete sinks and cracks here
Sand, hardpan, water table, Carolina bays, clay and salt — the Grand Strand's geology, slab by slab.
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Flood zones and concrete
What AE and VE mean for a slab, the 2021 maps, fill rules, base flood elevation and each town's number.
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Golf cart pads and SC cart laws
The $5 permit, the four-mile rule, where carts can go, and how to build the pad the HOA will approve.
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Concrete vs. pavers at the beach
Which settles, which cracks, which the HOA wants, and what each costs over twenty years on sand.
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