Fort Bragg, formerly Fort Liberty: what to call it and where we pour
The Army gave the post its Liberty name in 2023 and went back to Bragg in February 2025, this time honoring Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, a World War II soldier who earned the Silver Star and Purple Heart. Search boxes still carry the old name, so the heading keeps it and this page answers what people around the post are asking.
The post covers more than 251 square miles across Cumberland, Hoke and Harnett counties, with Pope Field, Simmons Army Airfield and Womack Army Medical Center inside the fence. Our patio work is off the post: houses, townhomes and small businesses in Fayetteville's northern neighborhoods, in Spring Lake and on the county ground between. If your home sits on the post, the housing manager is your first call. Corvias runs family housing there under the Army's partnership.
Which desk covers your address: city, town or county
Because the post straddles three counties, the permit office depends on which side of a line your lot sits. Inside Fayetteville, the city's Permitting & Inspections office takes applications through its E-Development Portal. The city's page doesn't say whether residential flatwork needs a building permit, so its Construction Liaison is the person to ask. In Spring Lake, the town's own Inspections Department handles permits and inspections. Unincorporated Cumberland County goes through County Planning & Inspections. Hoke and Harnett have their own offices for the parts of the post's surroundings in those counties.
Our crew will tell you at the estimate which desk we think applies, but the office decides. For the Spring Lake side, the Spring Lake slab page covers that town's rules, and the county permits guide lays out the rest.
Backyard slabs are priced by the square foot, $7 to $12 per sq ft for plain or broom finish, and stamped runs $12 to $20. These sizes come straight from those ranges.
| Project | Size | Per sq ft | What it comes to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grill landing off a townhome door | 10x10 (100 sq ft) | $7 to $12 | $700 to $1,200 |
| Family table and chairs | 14x14 (196 sq ft) | $7 to $12 | $1,372 to $2,352 |
| Full entertaining space | 16x20 (320 sq ft) | $7 to $12 | $2,240 to $3,840 |
| Stamped pad | 12x16 (192 sq ft) | $12 to $20 | $2,304 to $3,840 |
Small pads can hit a job minimum. Grading, base work, steps and a seat wall move the number. We give a free written estimate after we see the site.
City stormwater rules that touch a backyard pour
Fayetteville's stormwater chapter exempts a separately built single-family residence or its accessory buildings when the work disturbs less than one acre. It also exempts redevelopment that adds no more than 5,000 square feet of new impervious surface on under an acre. A backyard pad on an existing lot sits well under that second test. Exempt work still can't send water onto a neighbor's property, so the grade has to carry runoff to your own yard or the street.
The city's stormwater utility counts 2,266 square feet of impervious surface as one equivalent residential unit. Each developed detached single-family property is billed one unit, so a bigger pad doesn't change the bill on a standard house lot. A duplex, a townhome or a small commercial lot is billed differently, and the stormwater chapter has the details. These rules apply inside Fayetteville only, not in the town or the county.
