Every job below is one we do ourselves across San Jose.
We form and pour driveways sized for the vehicles that'll actually use them, with a base compacted deep enough to carry the weight. Control joints go in the same day so the slab cracks along the joint instead of across the middle. We can finish it broom, exposed aggregate or stamped depending on what you want to look at every day.
Patio slabs get sloped away from the house so water doesn't pool against the foundation. We can pour a plain broom finish or dress it up with a stamped pattern or integral color. Most patios run 4 inches thick, more if you're planning to put a hot tub on it.
Stamped concrete gives you the look of flagstone, brick or cut stone without the joints where weeds and ants get in. We seal it after curing to bring out the color and protect the texture from foot traffic and tire marks. It costs more than plain concrete but a lot less than the real material it's copying.
Garage slabs, shed pads and small foundation pours, all done with the rebar or mesh the load actually calls for. We check the base compaction before any concrete goes down, since that's what decides whether the slab stays flat.
Cracked, sunken or spalling concrete doesn't always need a full tear-out. We can mudjack or foam-lift a sunken section back to grade, or cut out and patch a bad panel without touching the rest of the slab. Hairline cracks get routed and filled so water stops getting underneath and making them worse.
Steps and porch slabs get poured to the rise and run your local code calls for, not just whatever fits. We tie new steps into the existing foundation with rebar dowels so they don't pull away and crack at the seam.
Sidewalk sections get poured and jointed to match the spacing of the panels next to them. If tree roots or soil movement already lifted a section, we can cut it out and repour without touching the rest of the walk.
An overlay lets us resurface an old driveway or patio that's structurally sound but ugly, without tearing it out. We can add color, stamp a pattern into it or just give it a clean broom finish over the cracks and stains.
Sometimes a slab is too far gone for patching, heaved from roots, cracked in a dozen spots, or poured too thin to begin with. We break it out, haul it off, and start over with a base built to hold up this time.
Small to mid-size retaining walls to hold back a slope or level out a yard, poured or built block on a footing sized for the soil behind it. We handle the drainage behind the wall too, since that's usually what fails first if it's skipped.
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.
Here's the general reach of our concrete crew out of San Jose.
Questions that tend to come up once a concrete job is underway.
Describe the problem and we will tell you what it probably is. No obligation.
