Concrete Contractor in Pasadena - Older Driveways Replaced on a Solid Base
R&C Arcadia Concrete Contractors breaks out and replaces driveways, patios, walks, steps and slabs for homeowners in Pasadena, CA, and we dig out and pack the base before any new concrete goes down.
- Fully licensed and insured.
- Free estimates at your property.
- Replies within 1 business day.
Pasadena concrete, built from the ground up
Pasadena has a lot of older houses, many in its historic neighborhoods, and we see plenty of original driveways and walks that have settled or cracked. We're a concrete contractor in Arcadia, CA, pouring since 2017, and we work here and in the cities around us, including El Monte and San Marino. I come out to look at the job and write the estimate myself.
Pasadena's Permit Center issues building permits, and in residential zones a driveway or other paving needs a zoning permit, the city's check against its zoning rules. If your job needs one, we pull it and handle the inspections. The price turns on size, how much old concrete comes out and how deep the base goes, the schedule on the permit and the cure, and your estimate covers both.
What we pour and fix in Pasadena
Get a quoteConcrete driveway building
We break out the old driveway, pack the subgrade, the ground it sits on, and pour. Cars usually wait about a week while it cures and hardens.
Concrete patio construction
A patio needs a fall away from the house so rain runs off instead of pooling at the back door. We check that before the forms go in.
Stamped concrete services
Stamped concrete is pressed with patterns while it's still wet, so it reads like stone or brick. Timing matters, because the stamps only take in a short window.
Concrete sidewalk building
When a walk has lifted into a trip hazard, we cut out the bad panels and repour them with a broom finish, a brushed texture for grip.
Garage floor concrete
Old garage floors chip and crack under cars. We pour new slabs with rebar, steel that keeps cracks from pulling apart, where the load calls for it.
Decorative concrete
Color, exposed stone or a polished top changes how a slab looks. It still sits on the same packed base as plain concrete, so we start there.
Concrete retaining walls
Where a yard steps down a slope, a concrete retaining wall holds the soil back. Its footing and the drainage behind it decide whether it stays standing.
Concrete floor installation
We pour interior slabs for workshops, studios and additions, level and finished smooth or textured depending on what goes on top.
Concrete pool decks
A pool deck has to shed water and stay safe underfoot when wet, so we slope it and give it a finish bare feet can handle.
Concrete steps construction
Crumbling front steps are a fall waiting to happen. We form and pour new ones with every step the same height, so nobody catches a toe.
Slab foundation building
A slab foundation is the floor and footing in one pour, for a garage, a backyard unit or an addition. What's packed under it matters most.
Foundation installation
For new structures that need more than a slab, we dig, form and pour the foundation to the plans, with inspections where the permit calls for them.
Concrete parking lot building
Lots take heavy, turning traffic, so they get a thicker slab, a deeper base and control joints, cut lines that give cracks a planned place to go.
Concrete footings
Footings are the buried concrete that carries a wall, a post or a column. If they're undersized or sit on loose fill, everything above can move.
Foundation raising
When part of a slab or foundation has sunk, lifting it back toward level can beat tearing it out. We'll say which makes sense once we've looked.
Concrete cutting
We saw-cut concrete for new drains, plumbing runs, doorways or a clean edge where an old slab meets a new one, without breaking out more than we need.
Tell us about your Pasadena job
Tell us through the form or by phone what's there now and what you want. We reply within one business day and set a time for me to come look.
- Free estimate at your house
- No obligation to hire us
- Your price before we start
Why Pasadena homeowners call us
Base first, finish second
When the budget's tight, the base looks like the easy cut because it's buried by day one. I'd trim the finish first, since a nice top on loose dirt settles and cracks.
Licensed, insured and on the permit
Pasadena's permit staff check a contractor's license with the state licensing board. We're fully licensed and insured, and our agreement says who handles the permit.
The owner writes your estimate
I look at the job and write the estimate myself, and I'm on site with our crew when we do the work, so whoever priced it sees it built.