We're Form & Pour Vacaville Concrete, a concrete contractor in Vacaville, CA, and we pour driveways, patios, walks and steps for homeowners in Davis. I come out to look at every job myself, and our own crew does the work.
(707) 514-3389
Davis is its own city, a short drive east of us on I-80, just past Dixon. A lot of the homes we look at here back onto a greenbelt or sit near a park, so people spend real time in their yards, and the calls we get are for patios, walks and the driveway that's cracked or sunk where the old base gave out.
When I walk a Davis yard, I check what I check everywhere else, which is the ground under the old slab and which way the water runs when it rains. That usually tells me more about why your driveway is cracking or your patio holds a puddle than the surface ever will.
Call (707) 514-3389 or send the form, and we'll get back to you within one business day. I come out to Davis myself, look at the job and write your free estimate on site, with the work spelled out line by line. There's no obligation, so take whatever time you need with it.
(707) 514-3389Most of what we pour in Davis is flatwork, the driveways, patios, walks and steps that sit flat on the ground, and a lot of it replaces slabs that cracked or settled. A backyard that opens onto a greenbelt is a natural spot for a new patio, and if you want color or a pattern on it, our stamped concrete services cover that. We also pour footings, slabs and garage floors for builders and property owners here.
Whether your job needs a permit is something we check with the city or county office for your address, not something I guess at standing in your driveway, and when one's needed, we handle the application and set up the inspections. Two things you can check on any contractor working here are a state contractor license, which the questions below cover, and a city business license, which starts at the Business Licenses link on the City of Davis Finance page. We're licensed and insured, and I'm glad to go over any of it when I'm out there.
What moves the price is mostly the part you won't see once it's poured. That's tearing out the old slab, digging out and packing the subgrade the new one sits on, the thickness of the slab and the rebar, the steel set inside to hold it together if it cracks, and then the finish you pick and how close the truck can get. The schedule turns on a permit if your job needs one, the weather, and curing, the stretch after the pour when the concrete gains strength and has to be left alone, and your written estimate lays all of it out for your job. Davis is an easy drive from us, and we do the same work in Woodland to the north and Suisun City to the southwest.
I learned this work on concrete crews through school and have run this business since 2013. When you call, I'm the one who measures your Davis job and writes the estimate, line by line, so you understand what you're paying for before you sign. We're licensed and insured.
If something has to give on the budget, I'd rather keep the finish simple than skimp on the base, because the dug-out, packed ground under the slab is what keeps it from settling. Nobody sees it on day one, but it decides how the slab holds up.
Our own crew does the work and I run Davis jobs myself, so the person who wrote your estimate is there when the base gets packed and the joints get cut. Satisfaction guaranteed on every job. Call (707) 514-3389 or send the form to get started.
Your price comes down to the size of the job, how much old concrete comes out, how much base work the ground needs and the finish you pick, so I give you a number only after I've seen it. A plain broom finish, the light texture that keeps the surface from getting slick, costs less than stamped or colored work, and that's a better place to save than the base. The estimate is free and written line by line.
Yes, if the job needs a building permit, uses any additional workers or costs $1,000 or more in labor and materials. That's the rule from the Contractors State License Board, and the $1,000 counts every contract on the project, so a bigger job can't be split into small ones to get under it. We're licensed and insured, and you're welcome to ask me about it.
You can usually walk on it well before you can drive on it, because concrete keeps gaining strength for days while it cures, and a car weighs a lot more than you do. I'll give you the dates for your job before we pour, since the weather and the slab set them. Please keep cars off until then, even if it looks done.
Concrete cracks as it dries and shrinks and when the ground under it moves, so I won't tell you a new slab can't crack. What we control is where it cracks and how much, by digging out and packing the base instead of raking it level, sloping the slab away from your house and cutting control joints, grooves that give the slab a straight place to crack, on time. When we tear out an old slab, the cracks usually line up with a spot where the base settled or water got under it.
Pour early in the day, because Davis summers get hot and a slab that dries too fast in the afternoon can end up with a weak, dusty top. We start summer pours in the morning and keep the surface from drying out while it cures. Davis doesn't get a lot of rain in a year, but we still watch the forecast and move a pour rather than finish it in bad weather.
