Every job below is one we do ourselves across Redwood City.
A driveway takes the weight of your car every day, so we run rebar through it instead of wire mesh and pour it at least 4 inches thick, more if you're parking anything heavier. We slope it away from the garage so water doesn't pool at the door.
We shape and pour patios with a slight pitch away from the house, usually a quarter inch per foot, so water drains toward the yard instead of the foundation. Finish options range from a plain broom finish to something closer to stone.
Stamped concrete gets you the look of flagstone, brick or slate without the joints where weeds and ants get in. We color and seal it while it's still workable, then stamp the pattern before it sets up, and reseal every few years to keep the color from fading.
Cracks, trip hazards at a joint, a corner that's spalled off, a section that's sunk after the soil under it settled, we deal with all of it. Sometimes that means grinding and patching, sometimes it means cutting out the bad section and pouring new concrete tied into the old with rebar or dowels.
A walkway that heaves in winter and settles in summer usually didn't have enough gravel base under it to start with. We dig it out, compact a proper base, and set expansion joints against the house and driveway so the new concrete isn't fighting anything it's attached to.
Sheds, workshops, hot tub pads, small additions, all of it starts with a slab poured to the load it's actually going to carry. We check the soil, size the base rock and rebar to the job, and give you a realistic cure time before you put weight on it.
Front steps and stair landings poured level, with enough slope on the tread that water runs off instead of pooling. We broom or float the surface so it's got grip in wet weather, not a slick trowel finish.
Hillside lots around here move, and a retaining wall built without drainage behind it will lean or crack within a few years. We install drain rock and a perforated pipe behind the wall before we backfill, so water doesn't build up pressure against it.
A raised or cracked section of sidewalk in front of your house is a liability the city will eventually flag, and it's usually cheaper to fix it yourself than wait for a notice. We cut out the panel, grade the base and pour a new section that matches the grade of the sidewalk next to it.
If your existing slab is sound but the finish looks tired, an overlay can change the surface without tearing out the concrete underneath. We resurface with a thin polymer-modified layer, then stamp, stain or texture it to whatever finish you're after.
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.
Concrete work scheduled throughout these Peninsula cities and towns.
Questions that come up once a concrete project is underway.
Describe the problem and we will tell you what it probably is. No obligation.
