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A few driveways, patios, and repairs we've poured around town.
Every job below is one we do ourselves across Torrance.
We excavate, compact a gravel base, and form driveways to carry daily car and truck weight without cracking at the edges. Rebar goes in on anything load-bearing, not wire mesh, and we slope the pour so water runs to the street instead of pooling at the garage.
A patio slab needs to drain away from the house, usually a quarter inch of fall per foot, or it holds water against your foundation. We finish patios broom, trowel, or exposed aggregate depending on how much slip resistance you want underfoot.
Stamped concrete gets you the look of flagstone, slate, or brick without the joints weeds and ants get into. We color the slab integrally or with a release agent, then seal it so the pattern holds up to sun and foot traffic.
Walkways take a different kind of stress than a driveway, mostly foot traffic and tree roots pushing up from underneath. We isolate them from porch slabs and steps with an expansion joint so the two don't crack against each other as they settle differently.
Spalled surfaces, pop-outs, and trip-edge cracks usually don't need a full tear-out. We can grind and patch a section, mudjack a sunken slab back level, or cut out and replace just the panel that's gone, depending on how bad the damage is underneath.
Garage floors, shed pads, ADU foundations and equipment pads all need a slab poured to the load they'll actually carry. We check soil compaction first, since most settling problems trace back to a base that was never compacted right.
Steps have to hold a consistent rise and run or they become a tripping hazard, and that's one of the first things an inspector checks. We form and pour steps to current code and tie them into the porch slab with rebar so they don't separate over time.
We expose the stone in the mix by washing off the surface cream before the slab fully sets, which gives you a non-slip finish that holds color longer than a plain broom finish.
A retaining wall holds back soil on a sloped lot and keeps it from washing onto your patio every time it rains. We size the footing and drainage behind the wall to the height and soil type, because most retaining wall failures come down to water pressure the wall was never built to handle.
If the slab underneath is still structurally sound, a thin overlay can fix surface scaling, discoloration, or minor cracking without the cost of a full replacement. We won't recommend resurfacing over a slab that's actually broken or settling, since the overlay will just crack again.
Four steps, and no surprises in any of them.
You tell us what you want doing, we look at what is actually there, and we ask the awkward questions early.
In writing, itemised, free. If something might add cost later we flag it now rather than at the end.
Same crew throughout. We cover your floors, keep the dust down and tidy up before we leave each day.
You point out anything you are not happy with and we fix it before the invoice, not after.
A few driveways, patios, and repairs we've poured around town.
We travel throughout the South Bay for driveway, patio, and repair work alike.
Questions that tend to come up once a concrete job is actually underway.
Describe the problem and we will tell you what it probably is. No obligation.