Old patio cracked, sinking or plain gray? We pour new concrete with a pattern and color that fits your budget and the upkeep you want.
Our stamped concrete services in East Los Angeles, CA cover pouring a new patio, walk or driveway and pressing a pattern and color into it while it's still soft, so you get the look of stone or brick in one solid slab.
Stamping happens on fresh concrete, so if your old patio is cracked, sinking or holding puddles, it comes out first and we start over from the dirt. The price moves with the size of the area, how detailed the design is, whether there's an old slab to tear out and how easy the spot is to reach.
The schedule turns on the size of the job, the weather on pour day, the curing wait before you can use it and whether your address needs a permit first. I come out, measure and give you a written quote that spells out what's included, so the number covers your job and not a guess.
Most of what makes one stamped job cost more, last longer or need more care gets settled before the pour. These are the three things I talk through on most estimates.
A single pattern in one color costs less and is easier to keep up, though it won't stand out as much. Intricate patterns with several colors, borders and custom inlays can help curb appeal and resale, but they cost more and need frequent care to hold their look. Pick the one you'll actually maintain.
Control joints are lines cut or formed into the slab so it cracks along them instead of across the middle. When a pattern's grout lines run roughly parallel, the joints can often hide in them. A random stone pattern shows joints however they're made, so ask to see photos of similar finished jobs before you choose.
Stamping guidance calls for protecting fresh concrete from extreme heat, wind and rain while it cures, the days it spends hardening before you use it. A slab that bakes in midday sun can end up with a weak, dusty top later, so the forecast often decides the pour date.
From your first call to the final walk-through, here's who does what. I handle the visit and the quote, and our crew lead handles everything on site.
Call (213) 338-1030 or use the form, and tell us your address, the rough size of the area and the look you have in mind. We get back to you to set up a time for me to come out.
I walk the area, measure, ask how you'll use it and find out which office handles your address. Then you get a written quote that lists what's included, so there's nothing to guess about.
Our crew lead runs the job from prep to cleanup. We dig out and pack the base, set the forms, pour, press the pattern in while it's soft, add the color and cut the joints.
I walk the finished work with you before we pack up. We go over when it's ready for feet, when it's ready for cars if it's a driveway, and how to keep the sealer up.
I'll help you pick a pattern and colors you can afford and keep up, not just the one that looks best in a photo. We lay out the joints so they hide in the pattern where it allows, and your quote spells out the pattern, the colors, any border and the sealer. That way you know what you're getting and can hold any other bid up against it.
The pattern is what you see on day one. What decides whether it stays flat is underneath. We dig out and pack the subgrade, the dirt the slab sits on, set solid forms and slope the slab so water runs away from the house. When a budget gets tight, the base is the first thing people want to cut. I'd drop the border before I'd skimp there, because no pattern hides a slab that settles.
Stamping isn't only for patios. A front walk or entry gets the same base work as our concrete sidewalk building jobs, with the pattern on top. If you're thinking about the slab inside the garage, look at garage floor concrete first, since that floor takes tires and oil more than bare feet.
Every foot gets stamped and colored, which gives the most finished look. It also means more labor on pour day and more surface to reseal down the road.
A band of pattern runs around a smooth troweled center. It dresses up the edges with less stamping work and less detail to keep up, and it suits a patio that mostly holds furniture.
Send your address, the rough size of the area and the pattern and colors you like. We respond within 1 business day to set up a visit, and I come out, measure and give you a free written estimate at your property. It's obligation-free.
(213) 338-1030East Los Angeles is unincorporated county land, so building permits here come from LA County Public Works, which has a Building and Safety office in East Los Angeles. Whether your stamped patio or walk needs a permit depends on the work, so we check with that office before we set a date. When your job needs one, we take care of the permit and the inspections that go with it.
Most of the cities around us, like Montebello and Monterey Park, run their own permit counters, and the county's address lookup shows whether your property is county land. In East Los Angeles, work that reaches into the street or the public sidewalk, like a driveway entrance, goes through the county's right-of-way permits, a separate step from the building side.
A lot of the stamped work we pour here sits behind the house, reached through a side gate or down a narrow drive. Tight backyards and hillside lots can take more time, special equipment or hauling material by hand, which is why I want to see the way in before I quote.
I worked concrete every summer through school, next to finishers who'd been at it for decades, and I started this business in 2013. That's 13 years now. I still do the estimates myself, and our crew lead runs your job with our own crew. I'd rather lose a job by quoting it right than win it by skipping the prep.
California's contractors board counts forming, pouring and finishing flat concrete as concrete contractor work. We're fully licensed and insured. Every job is backed by our satisfaction guarantee. When you're ready, call (213) 338-1030 or use the form on this page.
A cracked or heaving front walk is worth replacing on its own, and a new one can carry the same pattern as your patio so the two match.
Garage slabs take tires, jacks and dripping oil, so they're usually poured smooth and plain, built for weight more than for looks.
We're based in East Los Angeles, CA 90022, and we work in the cities around it, like Montebello, Downey and Monterey Park, plus plenty of others nearby. Find your city below.
Stamped concrete around Los Angeles usually runs about $15 to $30 per square foot. That's the going rate in the area, not our price, and where a job lands depends on its size, how detailed the design is and local contractor rates. I measure your area and give you a written quote for your job.
It can, because concrete shrinks and moves, which is why we cut the control joints covered above to give it a place to crack. Industry guidance says rebar, the steel set inside a slab, or wire mesh won't stop cracking, but the right amount keeps a random crack from opening wide, so it shows less.
Stamped concrete in Los Angeles should be resealed every two to three years. Out here the sun and foot traffic are what wear the surface down, and the sealer is what protects it, so put resealing on the calendar the way you would painting the trim.
You stay off it until it cures, the wait while fresh concrete hardens enough to take weight, and a driveway needs longer before cars than a patio needs before feet. Weather on pour day moves the whole schedule, and we go over the timing for your job when I quote it.
Clear the area of furniture, pots and grills, move cars out of the way and make sure we can get through the gate. Tell me about sprinkler lines or anything buried there, since we dig out for the base. Keep pets and kids off the fresh concrete until we say it's ready.
By state law, the down payment on a home improvement contract can't be more than $1,000 or ten percent of the contract price, whichever is less. You can read the current wording in the state licensing board's guide. A bid asking for more than that up front is a reason to ask questions.
Call (213) 338-1030 or use the form, and with your address, the rough size and the pattern and colors you like, I can find your permit office and show up ready to measure.
