Form & Pour Vacaville Concrete is a concrete contractor based in Vacaville, CA, and we come over to Concord to replace driveways, patios and steps and to pour slabs and footings. I look at every job myself before anything gets poured.
(707) 514-3389
A lot of what we're called to Concord for is concrete that's been down a long time: a driveway with a crack running across it, a patio that's dropped at one corner and holds pooling water, or steps that have pulled away from the front door.
Most of those are tear-outs rather than patches, because a slab that sank usually sat on dirt that was raked flat instead of dug out and packed, and new concrete poured over it inherits the same problem. Builders and property owners here call us too, for footings and slabs, and that work starts with the same digging before anything else happens.
We reply within one business day, whether you send this form or call (707) 514-3389. I'll come out to your Concord property myself, look at the old concrete and the ground under it, and give you a written estimate with the work spelled out line by line, free and with no obligation. Tell us what you're planning, and ask which permits might apply while you're at it.
(707) 514-3389For Concord homeowners we tear out and replace driveways, patios, sidewalks and garage floors, and we build new concrete steps where the old ones have settled away from the door. We also do stamped and decorative work, pool decks and retaining walls, and for builders and property owners, footings, slab foundations and parking lots. Most of it is flatwork, the flat slabs you walk and drive on, and every job starts the same way, digging out to firm ground and packing a base before the pour.
In Concord, permits go through the city's Permit Center, and when a job needs one, the review and inspections set part of the schedule, so I sort that out before we put you on the calendar. The city's list of work needing a permit on single-family homes names things like roofs, water heaters and windows, and it doesn't settle driveways or patios either way, so we check your address with the city instead of guessing, and when a permit's needed we handle the application and set up the inspections. Two things are worth checking on any contractor you're comparing, us included. The state licensing board requires a license when a job needs a building permit, uses any extra workers or runs $1,000 or more in labor and materials, and the city requires its own business license of contractors who work here, even ones whose office is in another city, like ours in Vacaville.
What moves the price on a Concord job is mostly what's under and around the slab: how much old concrete comes out, how far we dig to reach firm subgrade, the ground the slab actually sits on, how big and thick the slab is, how close the truck can get, and whether you want a broom finish, the light brushed texture that keeps a driveway from getting slick, or stamped work. The schedule turns on the permit, if there is one, and on curing, the days new concrete needs to harden before it carries feet and then cars, and your estimate spells all of that out. We drive over from Vacaville for this work the same way we do for jobs in Napa, and we usually start Concord pours early in the day, which also keeps fresh concrete out of the midday heat that can leave a weak, dusty top.
I come out to your Concord property myself, look at the ground and the old concrete, and write the estimate. Then our own crew does the work and I run it, so the person who explained the job is the one standing there on pour day.
Nobody sees the base on day one, which is why it's the first thing people want to cut. I'd rather you pick a plainer finish than a thinner base, because a surface can be redone later and sunken ground means tearing the whole slab out.
We're licensed and insured, I've run this business since 2013, and our promise is satisfaction guaranteed on every job. I'll tell you the unwelcome parts too, like the fact that concrete cracks. Ready to talk it through? Call (707) 514-3389 or send the form.
I'll give you a written number after I've seen your driveway, not a range off a website, because the biggest costs sit where you can't see them from the street. Old concrete that has to be broken out, soft dirt that has to be dug past and any work where the driveway meets the sidewalk all add up before the finish does. Call (707) 514-3389 and I'll come out and measure.
Usually, yes. When a job moves soil or does work in the public strip along the street, which is often where a driveway apron and the sidewalk sit, the city says you have to apply for separate grading and encroachment permits with its Engineering Division, on top of any building permit. That's why I look at where your driveway meets the street on the first visit, so that step starts early instead of holding up the pour.
Concrete shrinks as it hardens, so nearly every slab cracks somewhere, and the job is deciding where. Control joints are the straight grooves we cut across a new slab so it cracks inside the groove, out of sight, instead of across the middle. Cracks that wander, gap open or step up and down usually trace back to joints cut late or skipped, or a base that moved, and a slab built right shouldn't do that.
Longer than you can walk on it, because concrete keeps curing, slowly hardening and gaining strength, for days after the pour, and a car on it too soon can crack it. I'll tell you how long to wait for each at the estimate, so you can plan where the cars go in the meantime.
Start with where the water should run, then settle size and finish, because a slab that tips toward your house sends water at the foundation and no finish fixes that. On the walk-through I check the slope and dig a little to see what's under the old slab. Then we break out, dig to firm ground, pack the base, set forms and rebar, the steel that holds a slab together, and pour.
Type your address into EQ Zapp, the California Geological Survey's statewide map, and it shows whether your property sits in any of its mapped earthquake hazard zones. If you're planning footings, a slab foundation or a retaining wall, look it up before the walk-through and bring it up, so we can talk about what it means for your job.
