Form & Pour Vacaville Concrete has been based here since 2013. I look at every job and write every estimate myself, and our own crew pours the driveways, patios, steps and slabs.
(707) 514-3389
Most Vacaville calls start with something you can see from the curb. It's a driveway cracked across the middle, a section that's settled at the garage door, or water that pools on the patio after rain and just sits there. In the older neighborhoods it's usually concrete that's done its time, and in the newer subdivisions it's often a builder's driveway that's started to settle or a backyard that's still bare dirt waiting for a patio.
When I come out, I look past the cracks to what caused them, because it's usually the ground underneath, a base that was never dug out and packed, or a slab that tips water toward the house. That's the part I care about most, and it's the part you won't see once we've poured, so I'd rather walk you through it on site than ask you to take it on faith.
We reply within one business day, whether you call (707) 514-3389 or send the form. Tell us what the job is and the address, and I'll set a time to come out to your Vacaville property, measure and look at the ground myself. The estimate is free and in writing with the work spelled out line by line, and there's no pressure and no obligation.
(707) 514-3389Most of what we pour in Vacaville is flatwork, the driveways, walks, patios and pool decks that lie flat on the ground, and concrete driveway building makes up a big share of it. We also rebuild front steps, put stamped and decorative finishes on patios, pour garage floors and retaining walls, and cut out old slabs. For builders and property owners we set footings, slabs and foundations across the city, and we raise foundations that have settled.
Inside Vacaville city limits, the city's Building Division handles building permits and reviews and inspects new construction and improvements to existing structures, so whether your job needs a permit is the city's call, not ours. I check each address and job with the division instead of guessing, and when a permit is needed we handle the application and set up the inspections, so review and inspection time becomes part of your schedule. Before you hire anyone, ask for their California contractor license number, and ask whether they hold a Vacaville business license, which the city requires of anyone charging for work inside city limits and which runs out every April 30. We're licensed and insured.
The price mostly turns on how big the slab is, how much old concrete has to come out and how much digging and base work the ground needs. The schedule turns on the permit if there is one, the weather and curing, the wait while fresh concrete hardens before you can use it. Hot afternoons are hard on a new pour, so in summer we plan to pour early in the day. Jobs just outside the city, in county areas or over in Fairfield, go through a different office, which is one more reason I check the address before I write anything down.
When you call, I'm the one who walks the job with you, looks at what's under the old slab and writes the estimate. You get it in writing with every part of the work on its own line, so you can see what you're paying for.
We don't hand your driveway to a crew you've never met. Our own people do the work and I run the job myself, so the person who told you about the packed base is the one standing there watching it go in.
If the budget's tight, I'd rather pour a broom finish, a light brushed texture that gives tires and shoes grip, over a properly dug and packed base than a fancy finish over raked dirt. You won't see the base on day one, but it keeps the slab from settling.
We're licensed and insured. Satisfaction guaranteed on every job. When something about your job isn't settled yet, like what's under a slab we haven't broken out, I'll tell you that instead of guessing. Call (707) 514-3389 or send the form to set up a visit.
It comes down to the size, the thickness, how much old concrete has to come out and the finish you pick, and I give you the figure for your driveway in a free written estimate after I measure on site. The biggest swing is usually the ground, because soft fill needs more digging and packed base before we pour. Access matters too, since forms the truck can't reach mean pumping or wheeling the concrete, and stamped or colored work costs more than a broom finish.
Start with where the water will go, because a patio that slopes toward the house sends every rain at your foundation and your back door. When I come out, we walk the yard together, talk about size and how you'll use it, and check what's under the surface before I write the estimate. Call (707) 514-3389 or send the form with the job and the address to set a time.
You can usually walk on it well before you can drive on it, because the concrete keeps hardening after the pour and needs a lot more strength to carry a car than a person. The wait depends on the mix and the weather, so I'll go over it for your slab before we pour and we'll plan where you park in the meantime.
Usually it's the subgrade, the dirt and base the slab sits on, that was raked level instead of dug out and packed, so it settles and takes the concrete with it. Control joints cut late or skipped, and pours in midday heat that leave a weak, dusty top, cause most of the rest. Concrete does crack, so we cut control joints, grooves that give it a straight line to crack along, and add rebar, steel inside the slab that holds the pieces together, so a crack usually stays tight instead of opening up.
It depends on the job, so I check your address and the work with the city before we schedule anything. If the work reaches into the public right-of-way, which usually means the strip along the street, the city's encroachment permit for work there can come into it, and the city applies that permit to larger grading projects too. When a permit is needed, we sort it out before the pour.
In most cases, yes. The Contractors State License Board requires a license when a project requires a building permit, uses any additional workers, or has contracts totaling $1,000 or more in labor and materials. When the city requires a permit, it also requires a signed statement from the licensed contractor giving the license number and saying the license is in full force, so ask for that number up front.
