Cracked, sunken or uneven patio, or bare dirt out back? We build a new slab on packed ground with a finish that grips when wet.
Concrete patio construction in Calabasas means pouring a flat concrete slab beside your house, so the yard looks finished and you get a solid, usable space for chairs, a table or a grill.
Most calls start with an old patio that's cracked, sunk at one corner or gone uneven, or a backyard that's still bare dirt. When an old slab fails like that, the cause is usually underneath it, because the ground it sat on moved or settled. We're based in Calabasas and build patios across the cities around it.
The price moves with the size of the patio, how much digging and base work the ground needs, how easy it is to get concrete into your backyard, and whether you want a plain textured finish or color and stamping. The schedule turns on the weather, any paperwork the city asks for and the curing wait before you can use it. I'll write up an estimate for your patio once I've seen it.
You deal with me from the first visit to the last bucket of cleanup, so you're not repeating yourself to someone new at every step.
After you call or send the form, I come to your house, walk the spot where the patio's going and listen to what you want it for. I've run this business since 2020, so I'll tell you straight what your ground and layout mean for the job.
I answer whatever you want to ask on site, about finish, color or the soil, before I write anything down. Then I write up the estimate for the patio we talked through, so you're looking at the job we discussed.
Once you're ready, we sort out the paperwork and do the prep, and I'm on site with our crew through the pour and the cleanup. We're fully licensed and insured.
We start with the part you won't see once it's done. Our crew digs out the loose dirt, packs the subgrade, the ground the slab sits on, and sets the forms and steel before any concrete shows up, and then we pour, finish the top and cut the joints. If the budget gets tight, I'd rather you go simpler on the finish than skimp on the base, because a good-looking slab on loose dirt settles and cracks with it, and you can't fix that from the top. We'll help you pick a finish with good grip for wet days and talk through color before we pour. Color has to be settled early, because one color maker says integral color goes into the mix at the plant or on site so the slab is colored all the way through, and calls it typically the most cost-effective way to add color.
A patio often ties into other work. If you want the look of stone or brick pressed into the concrete, our stamped concrete services can do that, though one contractor's guide says stamped concrete can be slippery without a non-slip additive mixed into the sealer, so we'd talk that through for a patio that gets wet. If you need a path from the patio to the driveway or the side gate, we handle concrete sidewalk building too, and doing both together makes it easier to match the finish.
Here's the order our crew works in, and why each step comes where it does.
We dig past the soft topsoil and pack the subgrade firm, since a base that's only raked level keeps settling after the pour. On clay or near a slope, I'll go over what the ground needs with you before we set a single form.
Forms are the boards that hold the shape and height of the patio, and we set them so the edges land where you want them. Inside go the rebar, steel bars that hold the slab together so a crack doesn't spread apart.
We pour in the cooler part of the day, because concrete placed in midday heat can end up with a weak, dusty top. Then we put on the finish you picked, such as a broom finish, a light brushed texture that gives your feet something to grip.
We cut control joints, shallow grooves that give the slab a planned place to crack, soon after the pour, because cut late they don't do their job. Then we clean up and leave the patio to cure, a wait while the concrete hardens and gains strength, and I'll tell you when it's ready for chairs and a grill.
Tell us roughly how big you want the patio, the finish and color you have in mind, and any soil notes from your home buyer's disclosures. We reply within one business day, and then I come out, look at the site, answer your questions and write up a free estimate. There's no pressure to book, and you can also call (747) 269-3817.
(747) 269-3817A broom or exposed aggregate finish gives the best traction, according to one contractor's guide, and a smooth trowel finish is the most slippery. The same guide doesn't recommend smooth trowel for outdoor spots that get rained on, so for a patio most people lean toward a textured top.
It may crack some, because an industry guide to concrete slabs says today's methods can only reduce cracking, not stop it. What you can control is how the slab is built, so ask any contractor how they handle the base, the steel and the joints, and I'll walk you through ours from the steps above. If your yard has clay, read the Calabasas section below, since that changes the plan.
A contractor holding California's C-8 concrete license, which covers forming, pouring, finishing and installing flat concrete work, is licensed for this job. Under the state licensing board's guidance, a landscaping contractor may also do concrete when it's part of landscape work that improves the grounds around a house.
Ask the city's Building and Safety Division at (818)-224-2534 or BuildingSafetyInfo@cityofcalabasas.com. The division keeps a handout on work that's exempt from permits, and anyone working in the public right-of-way, such as the sidewalk or street out front, has to get a permit. Before we start, we check with the office that covers your address and work through whatever they ask for with you.
We run into clay in plenty of yards here, and clay can swell as it soaks up water from sprinklers or rain, enough to crack concrete and lift a patio slab. On hillside lots, the ground near the top of a slope often shifts, and a patio there can open a gap where it meets the house. That's why I look at the ground before I write anything up.
If you have soil notes from when you bought the house, we'd like to see them. Your buyer's disclosures, the building department or a soil engineer or geologist can tell you whether the property has expansive soil, the kind of clay that swells. If a permit turns out to be needed and you'd rather pull it yourself as owner-builder, the city's permit forms call for a Property Owner's Disclosure. We do the same ground check on patios in Agoura Hills and the other cities nearby.
We take calls seven days a week from 8 AM to 9 PM, so you can call (747) 269-3817 after work or send the form whenever it suits you.
If you've got a question about your patio before you're ready for an estimate, I'm glad to answer it.
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