Tired of a plain, cracked patio or walk? We stamp and color new concrete to look like slate, brick or stone.
Stamped concrete services in Vacaville give you a new patio, walk or driveway that's textured and colored to look like slate, brick or natural stone, poured and stamped by our own crew over a dug-out, packed base.
Most calls I get for stamped work start with a plain gray slab that's cracked, sinking or just tired, and an idea of something that looks more like stone. If the old slab is sinking, the ground under it usually wasn't dug out and packed, so tearing it out and redoing the base becomes part of the job, the same as on any concrete patio we pour. The price mostly follows the size and shape of the area, whether old concrete has to come out, how much base work your ground needs, and the finish you pick. The schedule turns on the tear-out, on whether your address needs a permit, and on where we are in our calendar. I'll walk it with you and put each of those in a written estimate, line by line, so you can see what you're paying for.
I come out myself to look at your patio or walk and write the estimate. Our own crew does the work and I run the job, so the pattern, colors and joint layout we settled on at your kitchen table are what end up in the concrete.
I started this business in 2013 after years of summer work on concrete crews, learning to finish from people who'd done it for decades. We're known for slowing down and explaining a job before anything gets poured, so ask whatever you need to before you sign.
We're licensed and insured. That matters on stamped work, where there's a concrete saw, forms and a loaded truck on your property for the job. Ask about both when I come out for the estimate, and I'll walk you through them.
That's our promise, and the way we keep it is by settling the details before the pour, with the pattern, colors, color method and joint layout all written down. When you're ready, call (707) 514-3389 or send a request.
We reply within one business day, whether you call or send this form. I'll come out to look at the area and give you a free estimate on site, in writing with each part of the work listed line by line, and there's no obligation to go ahead.
Inside Vacaville city limits, the city's Building Division reviews and inspects all new construction and improvements to existing structures. Solano County requires a building permit unless the work is on its exempt list, which names sidewalks and driveways that sit no more than 30 inches above the ground beside them, over no basement or story below, and outside any accessible route, the paths built for wheelchair access. Neither of those settles on its own whether your patio or walk needs a permit, so I check your address with the right office instead of guessing, and when a permit is needed, we handle the application and set up the inspections.
We're based in Vacaville and pour stamped work in the cities around it, including Fairfield and Davis, along with Napa, Vallejo and Concord. A lot of what we see here is backyard patios, front walks and pool surrounds that were poured plain years ago and have started to crack or settle, and the same base work and joint planning goes into each of them. If your city isn't named on the site, call and ask.
I can't give you a fair number until I've seen the area, because the base work and any tear-out change from yard to yard. Beyond size, the finish choices move the price, such as which color method you pick, how many accent colors you want, and how detailed the pattern and borders are. You get all of it in writing, line by line, so you can see which choices to trade off.
Concrete can crack whether it's stamped or not, so the goal is to control where cracks go and how wide they get. Steel bars called rebar, or wire mesh, won't stop cracking, but the right amount keeps a random crack from opening wide, which makes it less noticeable, so ask what reinforcement your estimate includes. That matters here because one soil data site reports about 51% of Solano County's soil area is high shrink-swell clay, the kind that swells when it's wet and shrinks as it dries.
One supplier's guide calls for resealing every 2 to 3 years, or as often as the sealer maker requires, to keep the protection and the look. Plan on it as a regular part of owning a stamped surface. Around a pool, ask which sealer the job uses, since one maker sells an exterior sealer with a slip-resistant additive meant to help traction on surfaces that can get slippery.
A contractor pouring stamped concrete needs a license from the California Contractors State License Board, whose C-8 Concrete Contractor class covers forming, pouring, placing and finishing flat concrete work. The state requires a license when a project needs a building permit, uses employee labor, or totals $1,000 or more in labor and materials. Ask any contractor you're considering for their license before you sign.
Have the rough size of the area, what it'll be used for, and a pattern idea or a few photos you like. Use matters because a driveway carrying cars needs a different slab than a patio for chairs, and a pool surround raises the sealer question. Then call (707) 514-3389 or send the form, and I'll come out to measure and talk it through.
