Concrete patio construction in San Gabriel CA - an outdoor slab that fits your lot

Most patio calls San Gabriel Concrete gets start with an old slab that's cracked, sunken or chipping, or a bare corner of the yard the family wants to use. Your price mostly comes down to the size, whether old concrete has to be broken out and hauled off, how much digging the base needs, and the finish, since a plain broom finish, a light swept texture that gives your feet some grip, costs less than stamped or colored work. The schedule turns on the same things, plus curing, the wait while the concrete hardens before it can take weight, and any approval the city needs first. Your own figure comes from the estimate, which we do on site.

Before we size anything, I look at what's already paved or built on your lot, because it can all count against what the lot allows, and I'll point you to the Planning Division to confirm. Once the layout's set, our crew breaks out any old concrete, then digs out and packs the subgrade, the ground the slab sits on, instead of just raking it level, since a slab poured over loose fill tends to sink with it. We set the forms, place the reinforcement, pour and finish the top, then cut control joints, shallow grooves that give the slab a planned place to crack, before the concrete gets too hard to cut cleanly. After that it cures before you put furniture or a grill on it, and we clean up as we go so you're not left with chunks in the yard or dust down the driveway.

Patios often tie into other work. If you want the surface to look like stone or brick, our stamped concrete services press a pattern in while the concrete is still wet, so that's a call to make before the pour. If the path from the driveway or side gate is cracked or missing, we can handle the concrete sidewalk building while we're there so the walk lines up with the new slab.

San Gabriel has a zoning rule that caps how much of a lot can be covered, and covered and uncovered patios count toward it along with the house, the garage and other hard surfaces, which is why I check what's already there before we draw the patio. If your lot is close to the limit, the patio you pictured may need to shrink, and it's better to know that before the pour than after. Permit applications go through San Gabriel City Hall, and Planning Division approval usually comes first. The city's permit information doesn't say which patio work needs a permit, so ask City Hall about yours, and before work starts we settle with you who will handle any permit the city asks for and what it needs from us.

When old concrete has to go, a bin sitting completely on your property needs no city permit, but one in the street or public right of way does, so we plan where the bin sits before we start breaking. We're based in San Gabriel and work in the cities around it across the San Gabriel Valley and nearby, and we plan haul-outs the same way on patio jobs in Alhambra and Temple City, where we often find an older cracked slab out back and not much room left on the lot.