Concrete Contractor in Menlo Park, CA - Driveways and Patios on a Solid Base
Precision Mountain View Concrete pours driveways, patios, walkways, steps and retaining walls for homes and small commercial lots in Menlo Park, with the base dug out, packed and sloped so water runs away from your house.
Our work in Menlo Park. Driveways to foundations.
Concrete driveway building
If your driveway has sunk or cracked across, we tear it out and repour it over a dug-out, packed base.
Concrete patio construction
A new patio or a bigger one off the back door, sloped so water runs toward the yard instead of your house.
Stamped concrete services
Stamped concrete gives a patio or walk the look of stone or brick, and it pays off most where guests see it.
Concrete sidewalk building
Walkways to the front door or side yard, replaced when a raised edge or a broken section turns into a tripping spot.
Garage floor concrete
If your garage floor is cracked, stained through or sloping the wrong way, we break it out and pour a new slab.
Decorative concrete
Color, exposed stone and borders for a slab that has to look good, on the same packed base as any other.
Concrete retaining walls
Where a slope is pushing soil onto a patio or toward the house, a wall with drainage behind it holds it back.
Concrete floor installation
Interior concrete floors for additions, workshops and studios, poured level and smooth so the flooring on top goes down right.
Concrete pool decks
Pool decks sloped to drain away from the water, with a finish that keeps bare feet from slipping when it's wet.
Concrete steps construction
When front or back steps have cracked, settled or pulled away from the house, we form and pour new ones.
Slab foundation building
A slab foundation for an addition, a garage or a backyard unit, with the ground prepared and the steel set before pouring.
Foundation installation
New foundations under additions and new structures. This is where the base and the layout matter most, because nobody sees them again.
Concrete parking lot building
For small commercial lots that crack or puddle, we repour sections or the whole lot with drainage worked out first.
Concrete footings
Footings under posts, walls and additions. If a footing is too small or sits on loose soil, everything above it moves.
Foundation raising
If floors slope or doors stick because part of the house has settled, we look at whether raising that section makes sense.
Concrete cutting
Clean saw cuts for a new drain line, a wider opening or removing one bad section without breaking up the whole slab.
How a Menlo Park job runs. We check before we pour.
When a job here needs a permit, the city's Building Division issues it after plan check, and we book the pour around its inspections. The city also requires nearly every business working here to hold a Menlo Park business license, so ask any contractor whether they have one. We're fully licensed and insured.
We handle the permit paperwork and set up the inspections, and if it's unclear whether your job needs one, we check with the city before scheduling anything. Price moves with the size, how much old concrete comes out, how much work the base needs and the finish, and the estimate I write on site gives you your own figure.
Tell us about your Menlo Park job. I'll come take a look.
Tell us what you want poured or fixed, by form or at (650) 447-1063. We reply within one business day to set up a free on-site estimate, no obligation.
(650) 447-1063Why the base matters in Menlo Park. It's what you never see.
A slab poured on a base that was only raked level settles with the dirt and cracks wherever it likes. One that falls toward the house sends water at your foundation, and one poured in midday heat can end up with a weak, dusty top.
If the budget gets tight, I'd cut the fancy finish before the base, because a pretty surface on loose dirt cracks anyway. We dig out and pack the subgrade, the ground the slab sits on, check where the water runs before we set forms, and cut control joints, grooves that give the concrete a planned place to crack.
Other cities we pour in. Yours may be one.
We're based in Mountain View and work in East Palo Alto, Redwood City and plenty of other cities around it, so call (650) 447-1063 if yours isn't listed.
Concrete questions in Menlo Park. Start with these.
Here's what's worth knowing before you hire anyone for a driveway, patio or wall. If your question isn't below, give us a call and ask.
What drives the cost of a concrete patio in Menlo Park?
A patio's price comes down to size, tear-out, base work and finish, and the finish is where you have the most say. A plain broom finish, a light brushed texture that gives shoes some grip, costs less than stamped or colored work, and tight access for the truck can add labor.
Will a new concrete driveway crack like my old one did?
Not the same way, if it's built right. Concrete usually cracks a little, but a slab on a packed base with control joints cut on time cracks along those joints instead of across the middle, so I look at your old driveway to see whether the base sank or the joints were skipped before pricing the new one.
How long before I can drive on a new concrete driveway?
You'll walk on it well before you drive on it, because concrete has to cure, the stretch where it slowly hardens and gains strength, before it can carry a car. When I write your estimate, I'll tell you how long to stay off it on foot and by car for your job.
How do you apply for a building permit in Menlo Park?
Menlo Park takes building permit applications online only, with digital plans and supporting documents. When your concrete job needs a permit, that filing sits with us, and we'll let you know when each inspection is booked.
Does a short retaining wall need a permit in Menlo Park?
The city exempts retaining walls up to two feet, footing top to wall top, unless the wall carries extra load, like a driveway or slope above it, or holds back certain liquids. Exempt or not, it still has to meet the state building code as Menlo Park amends it.
Water pooling by the house? Ask us to come look.
We're open evenings and weekends, so call (650) 447-1063 or use the form, tell us what's cracking or pooling, and we'll set a time to come look.
Mon–Fri: 7 AM–9 PM, Sat–Sun: 6 AM–9 PM
