Concrete Contractor in Cerritos, CA - Driveways and Patios Built for Family Homes

Yes. The city lists driveways, walkways and patios among the projects that need its approval and a permit, and Planning Division approval has to come before any home improvement work starts, with Building & Safety reviewing the plans afterward where it applies. Before we set a date, we check with the city, handle the application when a permit is needed, build the review time into the schedule and tell you up front.

For a driveway or patio, yes, two of them. The state requires a license from the Contractors State License Board when a project needs a building permit, uses employees, or totals $1,000 or more in labor and materials, and the city requires its own business license for contractors working in Cerritos, with a copy of the state license pocket card on the application. We're fully licensed and insured, and it's fair to ask any contractor you're comparing to show you that state card.

Weekdays from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The city allows no construction on Sundays or city-observed holidays unless it approves otherwise in writing. We set pour days inside those hours, so a Saturday job starts later than you might expect, and while our phone is on Sundays, nobody's breaking up your driveway that day.

Call the city's Building & Safety Services Division at (562) 916-1209, Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Have the contact name and phone number, the project address, the permit number and the inspection type ready. Requests are taken until 5 p.m. the day before, with no same-day requests, so plan at least a day ahead.

Your price comes from the size of the driveway, how much old concrete we break out and haul away, how much the ground underneath needs and the finish you choose, so I give you your number after I've seen it in person. A plain broom finish costs less than stamped or colored concrete, and a thicker slab with rebar costs more than a thin one but holds up better under cars. The city's approval and permit steps are part of the job too, so I tell you about them up front instead of springing them on you later.

Longer than the pour itself, because the city's sign-off comes first and the new concrete has to cure before it takes weight. You can usually walk on a fresh slab well before you can park on it, and I'll give you the dates for yours once the schedule is set. Our crew also cuts the control joints, shallow grooves that give the slab a planned place to crack, while the concrete is still young, so cracks usually stay in those lines instead of wandering across your driveway.