A&M Azusa Concrete builds driveways, patios, walks and steps for Pasadena homes, and replaces the cracked, sunken concrete that's already there. We're based in Azusa, a short drive east.
(626) 540-1248
Most of our Pasadena calls are about concrete that's older than anyone living with it. We see long driveways running back along the side of the house, walks that tree roots have lifted into a step nobody planned, and patios that slope toward the back door and leave water sitting there. The houses tend to be older, the trees bigger and the yards well kept, so the job is usually replacing old concrete without wrecking what's around it.
We get back to you within one business day. I come out to your Pasadena home, look at the job and write the estimate myself. It's free, and there's no obligation to go ahead.
(626) 540-1248Most of our Pasadena work is replacement. That means concrete driveways that roots or age have broken up, patios that hold water against the back of the house, and walks and steps that have lifted. Sloped back yards often need concrete retaining walls. We also pour garage floors, stamped and decorative concrete, pool decks and footings, and we cut out old concrete when only part of it has to go.
Most construction in Pasadena needs a building permit from the city's Permit Center, part of Building & Safety, so we settle the permit question before your job goes on our calendar, because the city's answer decides when we can start. Before you hire anyone, check two things. The contractor should hold a state license, and anyone pulling a permit here has to show the city a current Pasadena business license. Before work starts, I check with the city about your address, and when a permit is needed, we pull it and handle the paperwork.
Your price mostly depends on how much old concrete comes out, how much base we rebuild under it, how far the crew has to wheel everything down a narrow side driveway, the size of the job and the finish you pick. The schedule turns on the permit, the weather and curing, which is the wait while the slab hardens before it can take weight. I give you your number after I've walked the job. It's the same approach and the same crew we bring to every job, from Azusa out to Citrus.
I've run this business since 2013, and I still come out to look at the job and write the estimate myself. Our own crew does the work, and I'm on site running it, so the person who quoted your job is the one standing there on pour day.
We dig out and pack the base, because what the slab sits on decides whether it stays flat or settles with the dirt. Nobody sees it once we pour, so it's the first thing people want to cut from a budget. I'd give up the fancy finish first.
We're fully licensed and insured, and our work is backed by our satisfaction guarantee. Before anything gets broken up, we protect the plants, sprinklers and fences around the work. When we leave, the old concrete is gone and the place is clean.
In a residential zone, yes. The city lists driveways and other paving among the work that needs a zoning permit, which checks the job against Pasadena's zoning rules, and lower retaining walls are on the same list. The city explains how to apply on its permit application page, and we settle what your job needs before it goes on the schedule.
Yes, whenever the job needs a building permit, and also when the contractor uses employees or the labor and materials come to $1,000 or more. The Contractors State License Board issues those licenses, Pasadena's permit staff check them through the board, and contractors also have to carry workers' compensation insurance. Ask for the license number before you sign and check it with the board.
Most of the price is in the tear-out, the base and the finish, so a plain driveway on an easy lot costs a lot less than a stamped one running down a narrow side yard. A broom finish is the plain option, a light texture swept into the surface so it isn't slick when it's wet, and stamped or colored work costs more. I'll give you your own number on site.
You can usually walk on it within a few days, but the car has to wait longer, because concrete keeps gaining strength while it cures. Parking on it early is a good way to give a new slab cracks it didn't need. We'll tell you the day it's ready.
Most of the time it's what's underneath, either a base that settled or tree roots pushing up, plus control joints that were cut late or skipped. Control joints are shallow grooves cut into fresh concrete so it cracks along a line we picked instead of across the middle, which is about the most you can ask of concrete. We cut ours on time and slope the slab so water runs away from your house instead of under it.
Call (626) 540-1248 or use the form, and I'll come out, look at the job and write the estimate myself. While I'm there, we look at where the water goes, how we'll get equipment in and out, and what the city needs before we pour. Once you say go, we line up the permit and set the date.
