Local Concrete Contractor in Pleasanton CA - Driveways and Patios Built on a Solid Base

The price depends mostly on the size of the slab, how much old concrete has to come out and how much work the base needs, so I set it after measuring on site. A stamped or colored finish adds to it, and your written estimate shows each of those pieces on its own line.

Save on the finish, not the base. The base, the dug-out and packed ground the slab sits on, is hidden the day we pour, which makes it the first thing people want to cut, but a slab on raked dirt usually settles and cracks with the dirt. A plain broom finish costs less than stamped or colored concrete and still gives good footing.

You'll be back on it on foot well before you can park on it, and I'll tell you both waits for your pour before we start. That's curing, the time new concrete needs to harden and gain strength, and it shifts with the mix and the weather that week. Most of the schedule is usually the work before the pour, like any permit, the dig-out and the forms.

Yes, for most jobs. The state's Contractors State License Board requires a license when the work needs a building permit, uses any additional workers, or costs $1,000 or more in labor and materials, and the City of Pleasanton requires a business license from anyone working in the city, including companies based outside it. We're licensed and fully insured.

I come out, measure, look at where the water runs and what the ground is like, and write you an estimate line by line. If you go ahead, our own crew digs out, packs the base and sets the forms, and I check layout and slope before we call for concrete. I'm on site to run the pour.

No honest contractor can promise that, because concrete shrinks as it cures and can crack. What we control is the base, the slope, rebar where the job calls for it and control joints cut on time, so cracks that do show up usually follow lines we chose. Our work is backed by our satisfaction guarantee.

It's worth it when the look matters to you, since you get a stone, brick or wood pattern in one pour. It costs more, it needs resealing from time to time, and a repair is harder to blend into a pattern, so for a slab that mostly works hard, like a driveway, I'd usually put the money into the base and go plain.

Some concrete work does, and the city's Building Inspection Division is the place to ask before you dig, fill or regrade. The city requires a permit to build, alter or repair a building or structure, so foundation work generally falls under it, and a dumpster parked on the street for tear-out takes an encroachment permit. We confirm which office covers your address and take care of any permit and inspections that come with it.