Concrete Contractor in Norwalk, CA - Driveways, Patios and Slabs on Solid Ground

There's no set price, because each driveway here is priced on its own size, tear-out and ground, and the biggest swing usually comes from what we find once the old slab is out. A plain broom finish keeps the cost lower than color or a stamped pattern, and a driveway that will carry a truck or an RV usually needs more thickness and steel. I'll give you your own figure after I've seen the job, so please call (657) 347-3764 or send the form.

You're usually off it from the day we break out the old slab until the new one has cured enough to drive on, and the curing is the longest stretch. Curing is the wait while concrete hardens and gains strength, so you can walk on it within a few days but should keep cars off it longer. We plan the pour for the cooler part of the day where we can, because concrete that dries too fast in the heat can end up with a weak, dusty top.

Usually it's the ground under the slab, not the concrete. When the subgrade, the soil and gravel the slab sits on, was raked level instead of dug out and packed, it settles and the concrete goes with it, and water running toward the house makes it worse. No slab is crack-proof, so we check where the water goes, cut control joints, shallow grooves that give the concrete a straight place to crack, and add rebar, steel bars inside the slab that hold the pieces together.

Yes, for most concrete work. In California, anyone who contracts for work that needs a building permit, uses employees or workers, or takes on a job worth $1,000 or more in combined labor and materials must hold a current, valid license from the Contractors State License Board. We're licensed and fully insured, and I'm glad to give you our license details at the estimate.

Only small jobs that meet every condition of the state's minor work exemption. The combined labor, materials and all other costs on one or more contracts must come to less than $1,000, the work can't need a building permit, no employees can be used and the person can't advertise as a licensed contractor. That limit went up from $500 to $1,000, and the board also says homeowners improving their own property, by themselves or with their own paid employees, may be exempt as owner-builders.

Type your address into the state's EQ Zapp map, which shows whether the property lies in any of the state's mapped earthquake hazard zones. It also tells you if the state hasn't evaluated your area yet. It's worth a look before a foundation or a large slab, and I'm happy to go over what you find when I come out.