We're a concrete contractor in Azusa, CA, and we come over to Duarte to replace tired driveways, patios and walks with slabs that sit flat and shed water where they should.
(626) 540-1248
Duarte is right next door to Azusa, where we're based, and most of what we pour here goes on houses people already live in. The calls sound alike. A driveway has cracked and sunk at one corner, a patio sends water toward the back door instead of away from it, or a tree root has been lifting the front walk for years.
That's the work I started this business for in 2013. I learned concrete on new construction, pouring on empty lots, and a yard with a lawn, a garden and a family in it takes more care than an empty lot ever did. We replace what failed, fix the reason it failed and leave the rest of the yard alone.
Send the form or call (626) 540-1248, and we'll get back to you within one business day. I come out to your Duarte address, look at the job and write the estimate myself. It's free, and there's no pressure and no obligation.
(626) 540-1248We replace cracked and sunken driveways, pour patios that drain away from the house, rebuild walks and steps that tree roots have pushed up, and lay concrete pool decks that send splash water away from the pool and the house. We also do stamped and decorative finishes, garage floors, retaining walls, footings and concrete cutting when an old slab has to come out in pieces.
In Duarte, building permits come from the city's Building & Safety Division, and applications go in person to the Community Development Department at City Hall. When a job needs one, the pour waits until it's issued, so the permit can set your start date more than our calendar does. Before you hire anyone, ask to see two things, a California contractor license and a Duarte business license, which every company working in the city has to hold. Before work starts, I check with the office that covers your address, and when a permit is needed, we pull it and handle the paperwork. The price comes down to the size of the slab, how much old concrete has to come out, how much work the ground underneath needs, the finish you pick and how close we can get the truck, and the estimate I write on site gives you your own number.
Pour day on a Duarte street takes some planning, because the concrete truck and sometimes a pump need room where your neighbors park and drive. I work out where they'll sit during the estimate so nobody gets boxed in, and we give the neighbors a heads-up before the noise starts. We do the same work in Vincent and Pasadena, with the same crew and the same fuss about the ground under the slab.
I come out, look at the ground and the drainage and write the estimate myself. Our own crew does the work with me on site running it, so the person who priced your job makes sure it's built that way. We're fully licensed and insured.
The subgrade, the ground a slab sits on, decides how it holds up, and nobody sees it after day one, so it's the first thing a tight budget cuts. We dig it out and pack it. If something has to give, it's the fancy finish.
Homes people live in come with trees, sprinklers, neighbors and usually a dog that wants to help. We protect what's around the work and leave the place clean, and the job is backed by our satisfaction guarantee. Call (626) 540-1248 and I'll come take a look.
It might, so don't let anyone tell you it doesn't before they've checked. The city's permit examples are things like roofs, windows, stucco, solar and enclosed patios, not flatwork, the slabs that lie on the ground like driveways and walks, so the list doesn't settle it. Grading and drainage work need their own permits, and work in the city right-of-way out by the street needs a Right of Way Permit pulled by a licensed contractor from the Public Works Division.
Some homes with a Duarte mailing address fall under L.A. County instead of the city, generally those west of Mountain Avenue and south of Duarte Road. The city sends those owners to the L.A. County Department of Building and Safety at 626-574-0941. It's one of the first things I sort out at the estimate, because it decides which office we deal with.
Yes, when the job needs a building permit, uses employees or costs $1,000 or more in labor and materials, under the California Contractors State License Board's rules. A home improvement contractor has to hold that license before bidding, and a bigger job can't be split into small pieces to slip under the line. We're fully licensed and insured.
Your cost depends on your driveway, so the honest number comes from the estimate I write on site. Once the size is set, the two choices that move it most are how much digging and packing the ground needs and how fancy the surface gets. Thickness matters too, and so does whether the slab gets rebar, steel bars that hold cracks tight so they don't spread.
You'll walk on it well before you drive on it, and I'll give you both dates when we set your pour. That wait is curing, the time concrete needs to gain strength before it carries weight, and a car parked on it early can crack what we just built. Plan on parking on the street for a while.
Usually the ground under it, because a slab poured on dirt that was raked level instead of dug out and packed settles right along with the dirt. Water running under the edge, a midday pour that leaves a weak, dusty top and joints cut late or skipped do the rest. Concrete will crack, so we cut control joints on time, grooves that give the crack a place we picked instead of the middle of your driveway.
Start with where the water goes, because a patio has to fall away from the house and a pool deck has to shed splash water away from the pool and the house. Then pick the finish, and around a pool a broom finish, a light brushed texture, grips better under wet feet than a smooth one. I walk through drainage, the finish and what's in the way, like trees and sprinkler lines, with you at the estimate.
