Tired of looking at a plain gray patio, walk or drive? We pour new concrete with the color, pattern and texture you pick.
Decorative concrete in Rancho Cucamonga is a slab with color, texture or pattern worked into it, using integral color, stains, stamping, exposed aggregate, polishing or sealers on their own or combined, so your patio, walk or driveway looks like something you chose instead of a plain gray slab.
Stamped, colored and exposed aggregate finishes take a lot more care and experience than a broom finish, the light scratched texture that gives an everyday slab its grip, so the crew you hire matters more than the pattern you pick. The color and pattern have to go in while the concrete is still workable, and there's no fixing them once it sets. State rules count forming, pouring, finishing and installing flatwork, the flat concrete of patios, walks and driveways, as a concrete contractor's work, and that's the work we do.
Price comes down to the size of the area, the finish and how many colors or patterns it has, whether old concrete has to come out or can be covered, and how much base work your ground needs. The schedule turns on the weather, on a permit if your job needs one, and on curing, the wait while the concrete gains strength before you walk or drive on it. My written estimate spells out what's included, so you can see where the money goes.
Here's who does what, from the first look at your yard to the day we walk the finished slab with you.
I look at the site, ask what the concrete has to carry and how you'll use it, and leave you a written estimate that spells out what's included. I've been running this business since 2013, and I still make the call on every job.
We're licensed and fully insured. Once you say go, we take care of any permit the job needs and set the forms, so the paperwork is done before the truck shows up.
Our own trained crew does the work, and I run it on pour day, pouring when the day suits it. When it's done, we walk the finished work with you. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Color and texture only look even when every step is done the same way, so the same hands handle your job from the pour to the sealer. Before you pick a finish, I go over the upkeep each one needs, because a look that has to be scrubbed and resealed isn't right for everyone. When the budget gets tight, I'd rather cut the pattern than the base, the packed ground under the slab, because nobody sees the base on day one but everybody sees the cracks when it settles.
A colored patio often runs up against a slope, and we build concrete retaining walls to hold that ground back. Indoors, the same finishing work carries into concrete floor installation, where polishing and sealers do the work that color and pattern do outside.
The finish is what you see, but it only lasts on a slab built right underneath it. This is the order we work in.
We dig down to firm ground and pack the subgrade, the soil and base the slab sits on, because raked dirt settles and takes the slab with it. While we're down there, we set the slope so water runs away from your house.
We set the forms to the shape you picked and lay rebar, the steel inside the slab that holds it together, so if a crack opens it stays tight instead of spreading.
We work the color, pattern or exposed stone in while the concrete is still soft, because that window is short. We leave enough texture underfoot that the surface isn't slick when it's wet.
We cut control joints, shallow grooves that give the slab a straight place to crack, because concrete does crack and it's better where we chose. Then it cures untouched while it gains strength, we seal it, and I tell you when it's ready to walk on and when it can take furniture or a car.
Tell us how big the area is, the finish you like and whether there's old concrete to cover or remove, or call (909) 552-8210. We reply within one business day to set a time for me to come out. The estimate at your property is free, with no pressure to book.
(909) 552-8210A stamped concrete patio in Riverside, California usually costs about $9 to $18 per square foot, which is the going rate in that market and not our own price. Where a job falls in a range like that depends on the pattern, how many colors it takes, the size and shape of the area, and whether old concrete has to come out first. The estimate I write for you lists what's in your price.
Color can shift across a job because the conditions on site, the mix, the finishing, the curing and the sealer all change how it comes out, according to one color maker's guide. That's the reason the same hands do every step on your job. Some variation comes with colored concrete, and I'd rather tell you that up front.
Yes, a summer pour works fine with planning. Heat problems can show up any time of year but mostly in summer, when fresh concrete sets faster, gets harder to finish and is more likely to crack as it shrinks, and wind makes the heat and dry air hit harder. On hot days we start early so the color and texture go in before the slab gets ahead of us, and it's fair to ask any contractor how they'll handle a summer pour.
Keep it clean and plan on resealing now and then. One sealer maker says the sealer has to stay clean to protect the surface best, may need resealing depending on use and care, and lasts a lot longer when loose dirt gets swept off often. How much upkeep you'll do depends on the finish, which is why I go over it before you choose.
Rancho Cucamonga takes every permit application online through its Online Permit Center. The city's own permit notes call out solar, reroofs and patio covers and don't mention decorative concrete, so that list doesn't tell you whether your job needs one. If it does, we apply with the city and keep track of it so you don't have to, and if you have a technical question of your own, the city takes them at EDRnotification@CityofRC.us.
We're based in Rancho Cucamonga and take jobs in many cities around it across the Inland Empire, including Upland, Fontana and Ontario. A lot of the decorative work we see here is backyard patios, front walks and pool surrounds, often as part of a bigger yard redo. On those jobs, state guidance lets a landscaping contractor take on the concrete when it's part of the landscape work around the house, so you may get bids from both kinds of contractor.
Call (909) 552-8210 or send the form, because color and pattern get decided before the truck shows up, and once concrete sets, changing it means breaking it out.
If you're still choosing between finishes, send a note and I'll help you weigh them.
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