Every job below is one we do ourselves across Los Angeles.
A driveway takes more abuse than almost anything else on your property, tires, oil, the weight of your car every day. We run at least 4 inches of concrete over a properly compacted base, and we use rebar instead of wire mesh on anything that's going to see regular vehicle traffic. Control joints go in the same day we finish the pour, spaced so the slab cracks where we want it to, not wherever it feels like.
Patios need to slope away from the house, about a quarter inch per foot, or you'll be dealing with water at your foundation every time it rains. We offer a broom finish for grip around a pool or exposed aggregate if you want some texture underfoot. Either way we keep the pour flat and the joints tight, no low spots where water sits.
Stamped concrete gets you the look of stone or brick pavers without weeds coming up between them. We lay in color hardener and a release agent before stamping, then seal it once it's cured, usually within a month. The stamping has to happen while the concrete is still plastic, so timing the pour right matters more here than on a plain slab.
A slab foundation starts below grade, not at the pour. We compact the soil, lay a vapor barrier, and tie in a rebar grid before any concrete goes down, because fixing a foundation problem after the fact costs a lot more than doing the base right the first time.
Not every cracked or sunken slab needs to be torn out. If the concrete is structurally sound but has settled, we can mudjack or slabjack it back to level for a lot less than a full replacement. For surface cracking or spalling, we saw-cut out the damaged section and tie new concrete into what's left instead of skimming a patch over the top.
City sidewalks in front of your house usually mean a permit and an inspection before we can pour, we handle both. Tree roots are the most common reason a walkway heaves or cracks, so we'll talk with you about root barriers or removal before we repour, otherwise you're paying for the same repair again in five years.
Rise and run on outdoor steps has to meet code, uneven steps are a trip hazard and an inspector will flag them. We form and pour steps with a broom finish for grip, and tie the footings into the surrounding slab so they don't settle separately and pull away from the house.
A lot of lots around Los Angeles have some slope to them, and a retaining wall is what keeps that slope from ending up in your yard. We reinforce with rebar sized to the wall height and backfill with gravel and drainage pipe behind it, so water pressure doesn't build up and push the wall out over time.
If your existing slab is structurally sound but looks worn, spalled or stained, an overlay can give you a fresh surface without a full tear-out. It's a thinner application, so it won't fix a slab that's actively cracking or moving, and we'll tell you straight if resurfacing isn't the right call for your situation.
Pool decks need an expansion joint between the deck and the pool shell itself, so the two aren't fighting each other as they move with temperature. We finish decks with a broom or knockdown texture so they're not slick when wet, and slope the concrete away from the pool edge so water drains where it should.
Four steps, and no surprises in any of them.
You tell us what you want doing, we look at what is actually there, and we ask the awkward questions early.
In writing, itemised, free. If something might add cost later we flag it now rather than at the end.
Same crew throughout. We cover your floors, keep the dust down and tidy up before we leave each day.
You point out anything you are not happy with and we fix it before the invoice, not after.
We haul crews and mix trucks to job sites throughout this part of Southern California.
What comes up once a concrete job is actually on the schedule.
Describe the problem and we will tell you what it probably is. No obligation.
