We're a concrete contractor based in Vacaville, CA, pouring driveways, patios, walks and steps for homeowners in Suisun City, and every job starts with the ground under the slab. Call (707) 514-3389 and tell me what you're dealing with.
(707) 514-3389
Most of what we pour in Suisun City is flatwork, the flat slabs like driveways, patios, walks and steps at single-family homes, from the blocks near the marina and the Waterfront District out to the neighborhoods farther from the water. A lot of the city sits low and flat beside the slough and the Suisun Marsh, so rainwater doesn't run off a yard on its own, and the first thing I look at is where it goes now and which way a new slab should fall, away from the house and never toward it.
When an old driveway here has sunk at one corner or holds a puddle by the garage, the cause is usually underneath, in a subgrade, the dirt the slab sits on, that was raked level instead of dug out and packed. That's why, if the budget has to give somewhere, I'd rather you go plainer on the finish than thinner on the base, because you can redo a surface later but you can't reach the base without tearing the slab out.
Call (707) 514-3389 or send the form, and we'll reply within one business day. I come out to Suisun City myself, look at the ground and where the water runs, and give you a written estimate with the work spelled out line by line. No pressure, no obligation.
(707) 514-3389In Suisun City we pour new driveways and replace ones that have sunk or cracked, build backyard patios and steps, and do stamped and decorative work when you want more than a plain slab. Out front we take on concrete sidewalk building and walkways, and for builders and property owners we pour slabs, footings and garage floors. Every one of them starts the same way, with the ground dug out and packed so the slab stays put on these flat lots.
Permits in Suisun City go through the city's Building Division, which handles permit review and inspections and asks you to check with it before you alter your property, so whether your job needs one is the division's call, not mine or yours. When it does, that review and the inspections set part of the schedule, along with the weather and the pour date. Before you hire anyone, check two things: a California contractor license and a Suisun City business license, which the city requires of every contractor working inside its limits. When a permit's needed, we handle the application and set up the inspections, and I check your address with the division instead of guessing. Your price moves with the size of the slab, how much old concrete comes out, how much base the ground needs and the finish you pick, and the written estimate puts each of those on its own line.
Suisun City is a short drive from our base in Vacaville, close enough that our crew can be set up early on pour day. That matters here in summer, because we want the concrete placed before the afternoon heat, when a slab sets too fast and the top can turn weak and dusty. It's the same work we do in Dixon and Fairfield, and the same habits come with us: dig out, pack the base, check where the water runs and cut the joints on time.
I come out to Suisun City myself, walk the lot with a tape and look at the dirt and where the water runs before I price anything. You get the estimate in writing, line by line, so you can see what the base costs next to the finish.
Nobody you haven't met shows up on pour day. Our crew digs out, packs the base, sets the forms and finishes the slab, and I'm there making the calls, so the person who promised you a packed base is the one watching it go in.
We've run this business out of Vacaville since 2013, licensed and insured, with satisfaction guaranteed on every job. If something about your job isn't settled yet, I'll tell you that instead of guessing. Call (707) 514-3389 to set up a visit.
I can't give you a fair number until I've seen the lot, because the same size driveway costs more when the old slab has to be broken out or the ground needs more base dug out and packed. A broom finish, the light brushed texture that keeps it from getting slick, costs less than stamped or colored work, and tight access for the truck adds labor. Your written estimate breaks out each of those so you can see where the money goes.
You'll usually be walking on it within a few days and driving on it a good while after that, and I'll tell you when your slab is ready before we pour. That wait is curing, the slow hardening that gives concrete its strength, and cutting it short is how a good slab ends up with chipped edges and tire marks. Plan on parking in the street for a stretch if it's your driveway.
Concrete cracks as it shrinks and as the ground moves, so I won't tell you a slab will never crack, but we can decide where it cracks and keep it from sinking. We cut control joints, grooves that give the crack a straight line to follow instead of wandering across your driveway, and we cut them in time, before the slab picks its own spot. Rebar, the steel inside, holds the pieces together, and a packed base keeps them from settling apart.
Yes, for most jobs, because the Contractors State License Board requires a license when the work needs a building permit, uses any hired workers, or when labor and materials come to $1,000 or more. Someone can work without one only when every condition holds, including no permit, no employees, no claim to be licensed in their ads and a total under $1,000. You can look a contractor up with the board before you sign anything.
Yes, if it's the public sidewalk, because on most Suisun City streets the property line sits behind the sidewalk, so the sidewalk, curb and gutter are public right-of-way, and digging or building there takes an encroachment permit from the city. A walkway on your side of the line is a separate question, and I sort that out when I check your address.
The permit holder does, and every permit the city issues needs an inspection during the work, at the end, or both. When we handle the permit, we set up those inspections ourselves, so you're not the one chasing them. The city's permit page also says projects it covers have to keep at least half their nonhazardous construction debris out of the landfill, and the permit isn't closed out until the city gets proof, so we plan the old concrete's haul-off before the job starts.
