Concrete Contractor in Anaheim - New Slabs for Older Driveways and Patios

It may need one, and the city's Building Division is the office that settles it for your address, since it handles plan review and inspections. The city says most improvements need a permit before construction starts and cosmetic work doesn't. An older city handout lists examples like re-roofs and window change-outs without naming driveways or patios. Before we set a date we check with the city, and if a permit's needed we handle the application, build the review time into the schedule and tell you up front.

Yes, for nearly any concrete job, because the California Contractors State License Board requires a license when the work needs a building permit, uses any additional workers or costs $1,000 or more in labor and materials combined. The city also says any business working in Anaheim needs an Anaheim business license, including businesses based outside the city. We're fully licensed and insured.

Your price comes down to size, tear-out, base work, access and finish, and I put a number on it after I've looked at the site. Breaking out an old slab and hauling it off, digging out a soft base and adding rebar, the steel that holds a slab together, all raise the price. A plain broom finish, the light texture that keeps it from getting slick, costs less than stamping or color. On a tight older Anaheim lot where the truck can't reach the back, pumping or wheeling the concrete in adds cost too.

Most cracking traces back to things we control: the base, the joints, the steel and when we pour. We dig out and pack the subgrade, which is just the dirt under the slab, and cut control joints early, grooves that tell the concrete where to crack. In Anaheim's summer heat we pour in the morning so the top doesn't dry weak and dusty. Concrete still cracks a little, but it should crack in our joints, not across the middle.

Most of the wait is curing, and you can usually walk on the new slab well before you can park on it. Tearing out and pouring go faster than that wait, so the real question is how long your car lives on the street, and I'll walk you through the timing for your pour before we start. We also plan pours around the winter rain.

Projects sent to the city now are reviewed under the current California building codes plus Anaheim's own amendments, which are written for local terrain, climate and geology and cover homes and commercial work alike. The city also says construction plans must come from a qualified person, usually a California licensed architect or engineer, because city staff don't draw plans. We pour footings and slab foundations to those approved drawings.