Proven Concrete Contractor in Cathedral City CA - Slabs on Solid, Well-Drained Ground

It depends mostly on the size of the slab, how much base work the ground needs and the finish you pick, so we price it after seeing your property. Tearing out an old driveway, adding a stamped pattern or color, or fixing drainage adds to the cost. Your estimate is free and lists each item, so you can see where the money goes.

Yes, because the base is the part you can't easily fix once concrete is sitting on it, while a fancier finish can be added later or left off. When a budget gets tight, base work is usually the first thing cut, and it's the one I'd keep. A slab poured on dirt that was only raked level tends to settle and crack right along with it.

You can walk on new concrete well before you can drive on it, and we tell you both waits for your slab before we pour. Curing, the time concrete needs to harden and gain strength, moves at a different pace with the slab's thickness and the weather, so we set it job by job.

Yes, a state contractor license is required when a job needs a building permit, uses employees or comes to $1,000 or more in labor and materials, and we're fully licensed and insured. Cathedral City also requires a city business license from anyone doing business in the city, contractors and subcontractors included.

The city's Building Division issues building permits for construction, additions and alterations and does the inspections, so that's the office to ask about your project. When a job needs a permit, we handle the application and set up the inspections, and we tell you before any work starts and keep you posted along the way.

Yes, it's satisfaction guaranteed on every job. I'd much rather explain a choice twice than have you surprised by it later, so we go over the base, the drainage and the finish with you before anything is poured.

Any slab can crack, but most bad cracking comes from a soft base or joints cut too late, and those are the parts we take the most care with. We pack the ground firm, add rebar where the slab needs it and cut control joints, shallow grooves that give the concrete a straight line to crack along, so any cracks show up where they're planned instead of across the middle.

Yes, we pour in summer, and on hot days that usually means starting early and keeping the new slab damp while it cures. Concrete that dries out too fast at the surface can end up weak and dusty on top, which is why the day's forecast decides when we pour.