We're Form & Pour Vacaville Concrete, based in Vacaville and pouring driveways, patios, steps and stamped work for homeowners in Vallejo. I come out to look at your job myself, and our own crew does the pour, so call (707) 514-3389 to set up a visit.
(707) 514-3389
Vallejo sits on the water at the outer edge of the Bay Area, and a lot of our work there is on older homes where the first slab has had decades to settle. The usual calls are driveways that tip toward the garage, patios that sank on one side and front steps that pulled away from the house, and most of those trace back to what was under the concrete, not the concrete itself.
Plenty of lots here slope toward the street or the back fence, and older blocks often have big trees close to the drive, so before we talk finishes I'm looking at where your water runs and what's been pushing on the old slab. That walk-around tells me how much of your job is digging and base work, which is the part you won't see once it's poured.
Call (707) 514-3389 or send the form with a few lines about what you're planning, and ask about permit steps too if you're not sure. We reply within one business day, and then I come out to your Vallejo address, look at the slab and the ground, and give you a written estimate with the work spelled out line by line. It's free, with no pressure and no obligation.
(707) 514-3389Most Vallejo calls are for replacing a driveway that's cracked or sunk, building a patio out back or rebuilding steps that have settled away from the house, and we also do stamped and decorative finishes, retaining walls for sloped yards and footings for additions. Indoors, we handle concrete floor installation for garages, shops and additions, with the same care for the ground underneath. Every service below is one we bring to Vallejo.
Permit questions for work on a home in Vallejo start at the city's Central Permit Center, which you can find through the City of Vallejo website. When your job needs a permit, the pour date waits on the application and the inspections, so we sort that out before we put your job on the crew's calendar. We handle the application and set up the inspections with the city ourselves, and we check your address with that office instead of guessing what applies. Price and timing mostly come down to how much old concrete has to come out, how much digging and base work the ground needs, the slope and drainage, the size of the slab and the finish you pick, and I'll know most of that once I've walked your property.
Vallejo is a short drive down the freeway from our base in Vacaville, so getting a crew and materials there is routine for us. We do the same work in the cities nearby, from American Canyon just up the road to Richmond to the south, and the older neighborhoods we meet in Vallejo look a lot like what we see there. Narrow streets and tight driveways on some older blocks decide how close we can get a concrete truck, which changes how we pour, so that's one more thing I check on the visit.
I come out to Vallejo myself, walk the property with a tape measure and write the estimate there. You get it in writing, with the tear-out, base work, forms, pour and finish each spelled out line by line, so you know what you're paying for before anything gets poured.
We don't hand your job to people you've never met. Our own crew does the digging, forming and finishing, and I run the job myself, so the person who told you the base would be dug out and packed is standing there when it happens.
The ground under the slab is the part I care about most, because it decides whether the concrete stays put. We dig out the soft dirt, pack the base and set the forms so water runs away from your house instead of toward it or under it.
We've been in business since 2013, and we're licensed and insured. Satisfaction guaranteed on every job. If you're ready to talk about your Vallejo driveway, patio or steps, call (707) 514-3389 or use the form above, and I'll set up a time to come out.
Your price depends on your driveway, so I give you a figure only after I've seen it, in a written estimate that lists each part of the work. Tearing out the old slab, how much bad ground has to be replaced with packed base, the slope, how close a truck can get and whether you want a broom finish, the light texture that gives shoes and tires some grip, or stamped work all move the number. When budgets get tight, people want to trim the base first because nobody sees it on day one, and that's the one place I won't cut, because a loose base is how a slab ends up sinking and cracking again.
You're off it while we tear out, prep and pour, and then through curing, the stretch where fresh concrete gains strength and needs to be left alone. You can walk on it well before you can drive on it, and I'll tell you both for your slab before we start, since they depend on the job and when we pour.
Concrete shrinks as it dries, so some cracking on a new slab is normal, and I'd rather tell you that now than surprise you later. We control where it cracks by cutting control joints, shallow grooves that give a crack a straight line to follow, and we limit movement by digging out and packing the subgrade, the ground the slab sits on. Sinking and big uneven cracks usually come from a base that was only raked level, water running under the slab or no rebar, the steel bars that hold the pieces together if a crack does open.
It starts with me at your house, looking at the old concrete, the slope, where the water goes and how a truck will reach the pour. From there you get a written estimate, we take care of any permit and inspections the city requires, and our crew digs out, packs the base, sets forms and pours, with me running the job.
Yes, there's a historic district on Mare Island, which the island's tour operator mentions when describing St. Peter's Chapel there. If your home is on Mare Island, mention it when you call, and I'll check your address with the city before we plan anything.
The city lists its general hours as Monday through Thursday, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, and every other Friday during the same hours. Those are the city's overall hours rather than ones posted for a particular office, and if your job needs a permit, we handle the back-and-forth with that office for you.
