Concrete Contractor in Bay Point, CA - Driveways and Patios Built on Firm Ground
Excel Antioch Concrete Company is a concrete contractor pouring driveways, patios, walks, steps and slabs for homes and small businesses in Bay Point, CA. We grade and lay out every job before the truck shows up.
- Licensed and fully insured.
- Free on-site estimates.
- Replies within 1 business day.
Bay Point homes and the concrete around them
Bay Point is mostly houses. There are single-family homes with apartments and other multi-family buildings mixed in, so most of what we pour here is flatwork, the driveways, walks, patios and steps around a home. Some small business owners call us too, for walks, steps and parking areas. We're based in Antioch and do the same work in Pittsburg next door and over in Concord, so Bay Point is right in the middle of where we work.
Lots here tend to be snug and side yards narrow, so part of every estimate is figuring out how we'll get concrete from the street to the back yard. The grade around the house matters just as much, because it decides where the water goes once the slab is down.
Concrete work we do for Bay Point homes and shops
Concrete driveway building
Driveways that sank at the garage or cracked across the middle get dug to firm ground and repoured with control joints, cuts that tell cracks where to go.
Concrete patio construction
A back patio on a Bay Point lot has to shed water away from the house, so we set the slope before we set the forms.
Stamped concrete services
Stamped concrete gives a patio or front walk the look of stone or brick, and it lasts best when the base under the pattern is done right.
Concrete sidewalk building
At Bay Point homes, walks to the front door settle or lift and leave trip edges, so we replace the bad sections or the whole run.
Garage floor concrete
A cracked, stained or sunken garage floor can be broken out and repoured on a packed base, so it sits flat under the car and the workbench.
Decorative concrete
Color, exposed stone and saw-cut patterns let a Bay Point entry or patio look finished without the upkeep of pavers that can shift.
Concrete retaining walls
Where a yard steps down or a bank pushes on a patio, a concrete wall holds the soil back and gives water a way out behind it.
Concrete floor installation
For shops, sheds and workrooms, we pour concrete floors that sit level, with rebar, the steel that ties the slab together, where the load calls for it.
Concrete pool decks
A pool deck has to drain away from the water and grip under wet feet, so we set the slope first and pick a finish that isn't slick.
Concrete steps construction
Front steps that pull away from the house or crumble at the edges get formed new, with every step the same height so they're easy to climb.
Slab foundation building
For an addition, garage or accessory building, we pour the slab foundation on a dug-out, packed base, with the rebar and thickness the plans call for.
Foundation installation
When a new structure goes up on a Bay Point lot, we lay out, dig and pour the foundation to the approved plans so framing starts square and level.
Concrete parking lot building
Shops and multi-family buildings along Bay Point's busier roads need parking areas that carry cars all day and drain off the lot, not toward the doors.
Concrete footings
Posts for a patio cover, a deck or a fence and the base of a new wall all sit on footings dug down to firm ground.
Foundation raising
If a corner of the house or a slab has dropped and doors stick or floors slope, we look at why it moved before we talk about raising it.
Concrete cutting
We saw-cut clean lines to pull out a sunken section, open a slab for a new drain, or add the joints an old pour never got.
Get a written concrete estimate for your Bay Point job
We reply within one business day to set a time. I come out myself, measure the job and send you a written price, free and with no pressure to book.
Call (925) 503-1201- Based in
- Antioch, CA 94509
- Hours
- Mon–Sun: 6 AM–11 PM
Working in Bay Point means working with the county
Bay Point is unincorporated, so there's no city hall here, and Contra Costa County issues building permits and does the inspections. The county says almost all projects need a permit, and some work needs planning approval before you can even apply for the building permit, which is the step most likely to stretch a schedule. Its list doesn't name driveways or patios, so before we start, we check with the county about your address and the work you want done.
Willow Pass Road and Bailey Road carry most of the shops here, and for a business on one of them, the plan includes keeping a door or part of the lot open while the new concrete cures. What moves your price is the size and thickness of the slab, how much old concrete comes out, how much digging and base the ground needs, how close the truck can get and the finish you pick. The schedule turns on the county, if a permit is needed, and on curing, the wait while concrete gets strong enough to use. Your written estimate gives you the price for your job, and we work the same way in Brentwood and the other cities around Antioch.
Why Bay Point driveways and patios crack and settle
The county says Bay Point as a whole is more exposed than most places to flooding, rising water along the bay, landslides and earthquakes, though any one lot can differ. For concrete, that means the ground and the water decide how long a slab lasts. So we dig down to firm subgrade, the soil the slab sits on, pack a base on top of it and grade the surface so water runs away from the house, not toward it.
Most of the bad slabs I look at cracked where nobody chose because the joints were skipped or cut late, or they sank because the base was raked level instead of dug out and packed. Concrete cracks, and the joints are there to tell it where. The base is the part you can't see on day one and the first thing people want to cut, so I'll tell you straight that I'd rather trim the finish, because the base is the one part you can't fix once the concrete is down.
How a concrete job runs when you call us in Bay Point
Here's what happens from your first call to the day I walk the finished concrete with you.
Call or send a message
Call (925) 503-1201 or use the form and tell us what you've got and where it is. We get back to you and set a time for me to come look.
I come out and measure
I look at the slab or the bare ground, where the water runs, what's around it and how we'll get concrete to it. Then you get a written estimate that lists what's in the price, so you know what you're paying for before anyone digs.
We prep, form and pour
Once you say go, we sort out anything the county needs before we dig. Then we dig out and pack the base, set forms, pour and finish.
We walk the job together
I walk the finished concrete with you before we leave and tell you when it's ready for feet and when it's ready for the car. Our work is satisfaction guaranteed.
Questions about concrete work in Bay Point
Call (925) 503-1201Permit applications go in online through the county's ePermits Center, and the county issues them to a licensed contractor or to the property owner. A tenant can get one too with the owner's written okay. If your job needs a permit, we apply for it as your contractor, or we help you through it if you'd rather file it yourself.
The county requires a building permit for a retaining wall 3 feet tall or more. For a shorter wall, we still check with the county before we set forms, because it asks owners to confirm with its staff whether other permits apply.
It can, because the county requires a drainage plan for certain projects, including ones that add 1,000 square feet or more of new hard surface. Grading or clearing more than 10,000 square feet down to bare soil also triggers one, which mostly comes up on larger sites. A driveway and patio poured together add up faster than people expect, so I measure at the estimate and tell you if you're close.
Your price is set by the size of the driveway, the old concrete we break out and haul off, the base work your ground needs and the finish, so I measure it and send a written price instead of guessing over the phone. A broom finish, the brushed texture that keeps tires and shoes from slipping, costs less than stamped or colored concrete. On a tight lot where the truck can't reach, getting concrete in by other means adds to it too.
Plan on staying off it for several days after the pour while it cures, with foot traffic coming well before cars. I give you both days at the walkthrough based on the weather that week. If it's your only driveway, we talk at the estimate about where you'll park.
The best way is to settle the grade first, either cutting the slope back and holding it with a wall or building the patio up on a packed base, so the slab sits flat and water runs off the low side away from the house. If that wall comes out 3 feet or taller, it needs the county permit covered above, and we handle that before we dig.
Antioch, CA
Tell us about your Bay Point concrete job
Describe the project and ask about permits when you reach out, so I show up already knowing what to check with the county for your address.