You cannot answer with wet concrete on your hands
The finish window does not wait, and neither does the customer. A request that arrives mid-pour is answered hours later, by which point the homeowner has three quotes and a favourite.
Thumbtack · concrete and masonry contractors
Thumbtack auto responder for concrete and masonry contractors
A driveway request and a small patch look identical on Thumbtack, and both cost you the same to receive. The difference shows up only after someone asks about size and access — and your crew is pouring.
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What Thumbtack costs concrete and masonry contractors
Access moves the price more than the area does
Thumbtack collects the category and often the rough size. It does not ask whether a truck can reach the back yard, and that single answer changes the day more than square footage. Asking it in the first reply is what makes the estimate worth driving to.
A real request, and the reply that goes out
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Looking for a price on a new concrete patio out back, and maybe extending the driveway while you are here. Backyard is fenced.
Both together usually make sense — the truck is already there, and that is most of the setup cost. Roughly how wide is the fence gate? Anything under about ten feet means wheelbarrowing to the back, which changes the day more than the square footage does. If you can pace out the patio area, I can give you a real range before we schedule a measure.
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How leads behave in this trade
Demand patterns, seasonality and what wins a job are the same whichever platform the lead came from — we cover that on the page for concrete and masonry contractors. This page is about what Thumbtack specifically adds to it.
What we charge
$2.99
$1.49
- Billed weekly. No monthly fee, no contract, no setup fee.
- A week with no leads costs nothing.
- Leads we filter out as spam are not billed.
One extra job pays for hundreds of leads. That is the whole argument.
Questions about Thumbtack from concrete and masonry contractors
Can it ask for photos?
Yes, and for driveways and walls it usually should — one photo answers slope and access faster than three questions, and Thumbtack lets the customer attach them.
We do not take small patch jobs. Can it say so?
You list what you do not take and it declines politely. The lead is already paid for, but a courteous decline protects your response rate on the platform.
How does it handle weather delays?
It never promises a date or time unless you write that promise into your instructions yourself — then it repeats exactly that. It asks when the customer is available and leaves confirming to you, which matters in a trade where a cold snap moves everything.
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