Slab foundation building in Arcadia CA - a slab built for the ground it sits on
Planning a new house or addition and not sure what the ground will hold? We start with the soil and pour a slab to fit it.
- Fully licensed and insured.
- Free estimates at your property.
- Replies within 1 business day.
A slab foundation that starts with the soil
A slab foundation for a new house or addition is one reinforced concrete slab poured on prepared ground, so it's your foundation and your floor in one piece. It's only as good as what's under it, and once it's poured, nobody gets a second look.
We work from your soils report and the engineer's design, so if you don't have a report yet, that's where I'll suggest you start. Ground varies by lot, and one Arcadia site's report expected its sandy soil to cave in shallow trenches, so forms may be needed. Size, soil prep and reinforcement set the price, and the report, design and any permit, which we pull, set the schedule.
Ways to build a slab for your ground
Get a quoteRebar-reinforced slab
Rebar, the steel bars tied in a grid inside the concrete, holds the slab together, and it's the usual pick when the soils report shows steady ground.
Post-tensioned slab
Steel cables pulled tight after the pour keep the concrete squeezed, which the Post-Tensioning Institute says resists soil that swells and shrinks, so it's worth asking about.
Extra prep for clay
On expansive clay, the ground needs work before the pour, such as wetting it to the right moisture, mixing in lime or cement, or a deep moisture barrier.
Pier and grade beam
When clay swells too much for a slab, the engineer may call for concrete piers dug down with beams across them, and we'd talk through foundation installation instead.
More services
- Concrete driveway building
- Concrete patio construction
- Stamped concrete services
- Concrete sidewalk building
- Garage floor concrete
- Decorative concrete
- Concrete retaining walls
- Concrete floor installation
- Concrete pool decks
- Concrete steps construction
- Foundation installation
- Concrete parking lot building
- Concrete footings
- Foundation raising
- Concrete cutting
Tell us about your lot
Send your lot address, the slab size in square feet and any soils report you have. We reply within one business day to set a time to come look.
- Free estimate at your property
- Obligation-free
- What your price covers, written out
Why Arcadia owners call us for slabs
I write the estimate myself
I come out, look at the lot and the soils report, and write the estimate myself, then I'm on site with our crew while they build it.
Pouring since 2017
We've been in business since 2017, and most of it is ground work nobody sees, like slabs, driveways and the base under concrete parking lots for property owners.
Fully licensed and insured
We're fully licensed and insured. When you're ready to talk about your slab, call (626) 254-4113 or use the form on this page.