Stamped concrete services in Antioch CA - a slab with the look of stone or brick
Tired of a plain gray slab or a stamped patio gone dull? We pour, stamp and seal concrete that reads like slate, brick or stone.
- Licensed and fully insured.
- Free on-site estimates.
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What goes into a stamped concrete patio or walk in Antioch?
Stamped concrete is a concrete slab pressed with a pattern and colored to look like slate, brick or stone. Our stamped concrete services in Antioch, CA cover patios, walks and driveways, from the layout through the first coat of sealer.
Most people who call us have a plain slab they're tired of looking at, or they're planning a new concrete patio and want it to look like more than gray concrete. The price moves with the size of the area, how much old concrete has to come out first, the pattern you pick and how easily a truck can reach the spot. The schedule mostly turns on the weather, because the slab has to cure before it's sealed, and on whether the work touches the sidewalk or street and needs the city's sign-off first. The written estimate gives you your own number before anything gets set.
How do you know it's time for stamped concrete or a reseal?
Cracked, stained gray slab
If your patio is cracked in every direction and stained past what a pressure washer can fix, it's usually done, and the old slab has to come out before new work goes in. Waiting mostly gets you more trip edges and more water working its way underneath.
Color looks faded and flat
When stamped concrete that used to look rich turns dull and chalky, the sealer has usually worn thin. The longer it goes bare, the more sun, dirt and spills get at the surface.
Water soaks in instead of beading
Splash some water on it, and if it darkens the concrete instead of sitting in drops, the sealer has quit. Oil, leaves and drink spills will soak in and stain, so you'll be cleaning harder before the next coat goes on.
How we handle stamped concrete services
Before you pick a pattern, we talk sealer type and how you'll reseal it, because stamped work looks great until the sealer wears off. On the job we set forms to your layout and check where the water will run, so the slab falls away from your house and not toward it. We pour early and stay out of the midday heat, color the surface and press the stamps in while the concrete is soft enough to take the texture and firm enough to hold it. Then we cut control joints, grooves that give the slab a planned place to crack, and line them up with the pattern so they read as part of the stone. Once curing, the wait while the concrete hardens enough to use, has gone far enough, the sealer goes on.
Stamped work rarely stands alone. The path out to a new patio is often part of our concrete sidewalk building, and some customers run a stamped border along it. People redoing the outside of the house also ask about garage floor concrete on the same visit, since I'm already out there measuring.
Film-forming sealer for richer color
This is the most common choice on stamped work, because it sits on top and deepens the color with a bit of sheen. It suits you if you want the slate or stone look to really show.
Penetrating sealer for a natural look
It soaks in and guards against water and stains, but most kinds leave the color about the same as bare concrete. It suits you if you care more about protection than a deeper, glossier finish.
Get a written price for your stamped concrete
We reply within one business day, and the on-site estimate is free with no pressure to book. I come out, measure the area and send you a written price.
Call (925) 503-1201- Based in
- Antioch, CA 94509
- Hours
- Mon–Sun: 6 AM–11 PM
What happens when you call about stamped concrete in Antioch?
Here's how a stamped job runs from your first call to the final walk-through, and who you'll be dealing with at each step.
Call or send us a message
Call (925) 503-1201 or use the form and tell us what you want stamped and where it is. We set a time for me to come out and look.
I measure and price it
I come out myself, look at the site, what's around it and how we'll get concrete to it, then send you a written estimate. It spells out the pattern, the sealer and the price, so you're weighing a real number and not a guess.
We pour, stamp and walk it
Once you say go, we sort out anything the city or county needs, set forms, pour, stamp and finish. I walk the finished job with you before we leave, so you know where the joints are and what sealer is on it.
Why Antioch homeowners call Excel Antioch Concrete Company for stamped work
The person pricing it pours it
I come out to give the estimate, and then my crew and I do the work. What we talked about in your yard is what gets built, with nobody in between to lose the details.
Antioch business since 2023
I learned concrete on my dad's jobs and started this business here in Antioch in 2023, after years of pouring and finishing beside him. Most of our calls come from Antioch and the cities around it, so these yards and this ground are what we know.
Licensed and fully insured crew
We're licensed and fully insured. If something goes wrong on your property while we're working, you're not the one left covering it.
If you're weighing patterns and sealers, get in touch and I'll come out and talk them through on site.
Stamped concrete, walks and curb work in Antioch
For a patio or walk on your own lot, the Antioch Building Division lists concrete flatwork as permit-exempt and says most residential flatwork doesn't need a permit, with questions going to the building department. That's the city's general rule, not a ruling on your job, so before we start we check with the office that handles your address. Work that reaches the sidewalk or street is a different matter, because Antioch requires a separate encroachment permit from its Engineering Division for anything in the public right-of-way, including curb cuts and driveway changes. The city only issues that permit to the owner of the property next to it or to a state-licensed contractor, and it requires a current state license and a City of Antioch business license for that work, so ask any contractor about both. If a permit's needed, we apply for it as your contractor, or we help you through it if you'd rather file it yourself.
Contra Costa County's soil is rated High for shrink-swell, which means the ground swells when it's wet and shrinks when it dries, and that movement is a big reason slabs around here crack. We can't stop clay from moving, so we lay out the joints with it in mind and talk through whether rebar, steel bars that hold a crack tight, makes sense for your slab. We see the same ground on jobs in Pittsburg and Oakley.
Questions about stamped concrete in Antioch
Call (925) 503-1201A stamped concrete patio in the Bay Area usually costs about $10 to $20 per square foot, and that's a regional guide, not our price. Patios with steel reinforcing run more per square foot than ones without, and the pattern, tearing out an old slab and access for the truck move it too. For an Antioch number, I'll measure your space and send a written estimate.
Stamped concrete has to cure, fully or to a certain point, before sealer goes on. How long that takes depends on where you are, the time of year and the sealer, so the season and the product set the sealing date, not a fixed count of days. We'll tell you when your slab is ready for it.
Reseal when it needs it, not on a calendar. Plan it when water quits beading up or the color loses its depth, the two signs covered above. Don't reseal every year just to keep a high gloss, because the extra coats build up and are slow and expensive to strip off.
Concrete cracks, stamped or not, because the slab shrinks as it cures and the clay under it moves with the seasons. Nobody can promise a slab that won't crack, and anyone who does isn't being straight with you. The joints we cut along the pattern are there to tell it where, so a crack usually hides in a line instead of running across a stone.
A licensed concrete contractor, since the state contractor board describes one as a contractor who forms, pours, places, finishes and installs flat concrete work. The state's exemption for small jobs is $1,000, and it only applies when the work needs no permit and the person doing it employs no one. If a job runs past that, needs a permit or uses a crew, ask for a current state license.
It's worth it if you want the look of slate, brick or stone and you'll keep up the sealer, and it isn't if you want the lowest-upkeep slab. A broom finish, the light brushed texture that gives your feet grip, costs less and doesn't depend on sealer for its looks. For a side yard or work area I'd usually go plain and save the stamping for the patio people actually see.
Related services that pair with stamped concrete
Concrete sidewalk building
A walk is often what connects a new stamped patio to the driveway or side gate, and a plain one keeps cost down where nobody lingers.
Garage floor concrete
If your garage slab is cracked, sunken or pitted, a new floor can be planned alongside the patio work, poured flat and finished for cars and storage.
Service areas for stamped concrete around Antioch
Excel Antioch Concrete Company is based in Antioch, CA, and we pour stamped concrete across the cities around it, from Concord out to Brentwood. Below are the 12 cities with their own pages, and we work in plenty of places in between.
Antioch, CA
Get your stamped concrete measured and priced
Have the rough size, a few photos and whether the work meets the curb or sidewalk ready when you call or send the form, so I show up ready to measure.