Concrete Contractor in Arcadia - Driveways and Slabs Built on Solid Ground

Much of the concrete we're asked to replace in Arcadia went in decades ago, often over dirt that was raked level instead of dug out and packed, so it settled with the ground and cracked. Big shade trees add to it, because their roots work under driveways and walks and lift whole sections. When we replace a slab here, we dig down to firm subgrade, the soil the concrete really rests on, and pack a proper base over it. If a large tree's roots are part of the problem, the city has separate applications for removing a protected tree or working inside its protected zone, so we raise that with the city before any roots are cut.

Plenty of houses here have been added onto or rebuilt, so new concrete often has to meet an older foundation, patio or garage floor at the right height. Before we set forms, I check where the water runs across your lot, because a slab that falls toward the house sends every storm against your walls.

In Arcadia, building permits come from the city's Building Services office, which issues them for most construction once the plans are approved, so on a job that needs a permit, the pour waits for that approval. State law says the permit is pulled by a licensed contractor or by the property owner, and a contractor applying has to show a current state contractor's license, a city business license and a workers' compensation certificate. You can look up any contractor's license with the Contractors State License Board before you sign anything. We're licensed and insured, and when your job needs a permit, we handle the application and the inspections with the city, and I'll tell you at the estimate if I expect one.

What moves the price here is mostly the size of the slab, how much old concrete has to be broken out and hauled off, how much digging the base needs, how easily we can get equipment to the work, and the finish, since a plain broom finish, a light brushed texture that gives grip, costs less than stamped or colored concrete. The schedule turns on the permit, when there is one, and on curing, the days new concrete needs to harden before you use it, and your written estimate spells out what's included. Arcadia is a short drive from us along the 210, so getting the crew and the concrete truck to your street on pour day is simple, and we do the same work in Baldwin Park and Azusa.

Arcadia is mostly a city of single-family homes, with shopping and offices along its main streets and quiet residential blocks behind them. On our jobs we see two kinds of houses side by side, older homes still on their original driveway and patio, and newer, larger houses built where an older one came down. The concrete each of those needs is quite different.

We're a concrete contractor in Glendora, CA, and Arcadia is a short drive west of us, with El Monte just to the south. Older lots usually mean breaking out tired concrete and rebuilding the base under it, while newer homes call for larger, cleaner pours that have to meet a modern foundation at the right height.