Bedrock Lafayette Concrete is a concrete contractor based in Lafayette that builds driveways, patios, walkways, steps and foundations for Concord homeowners, starting with the ground underneath and finishing with joints placed where cracks should go.
Concord is a big city with a lot of established neighborhoods, and on our jobs here we mostly meet single-family homes with driveways, side walkways and backyard patios that have been in place for decades. Many are ranch-style houses on fairly flat lots, with some sloped streets toward the edges of the city where steps and retaining walls come into it, and the work has a lot in common with what we do next door in Pleasant Hill.
When an older slab has sunk, cracked or started holding water, the ground underneath usually gave out before the concrete did, so on a Concord replacement the first thing I look at is what's under the old slab, not just the cracks on top.
We break out a sunken or cracked driveway, dig to firm ground and pour a new one sized for your cars, with the apron planned around the curb.
Explore serviceWant more usable backyard? We lay out a patio that fits the yard, slopes water away from the house and sits on a packed base, not loose dirt.
Explore serviceStamped concrete gives a patio or walkway the look of stone or brick, and we press the pattern while the surface is fresh, then seal it.
Explore serviceWe replace front walks and side paths that have heaved or tripped someone, and if the work reaches the city sidewalk we plan that part separately.
Explore serviceA cracked or stained garage slab can be replaced with a new floor, poured thick enough for cars and sloped slightly toward the door so water drains out.
Explore serviceColor, exposed aggregate and saw-cut patterns let plain concrete suit an older house, and we go over samples with you before anything is mixed.
Explore serviceWhere a yard steps down a slope, a poured wall holds the soil back, and its footing, steel and drainage behind it matter more than the face.
Explore serviceFor a workshop, studio or room addition, we pour interior concrete floors that are flat and level, prepared underneath for the moisture and load they'll see.
Explore serviceWe build pool decks with a textured surface for bare feet and a slope that carries splash water toward drains and away from the house.
Explore serviceFront steps that have pulled away from the porch or gone uneven are torn out and rebuilt with even risers and steel tying them to the footing.
Explore serviceA slab foundation for an addition, garage or accessory unit starts with the engineer's plans, and we build the forms, steel and base to match them.
Explore serviceWe pour perimeter foundations, the concrete ring a new room or building sits on, following the drawn plans and setting anchor bolts where they're shown.
Explore serviceFor a church, office or shared lot, we plan the thickness, steel and drainage around the traffic it carries, and can pour in sections so part stays open.
Explore serviceDecks, sheds, fences and walls all need something solid under them, so we dig footings to the depth the plans call for and pour them.
Explore serviceWhen a corner of the house or a slab has dropped, we look at why it moved first, and bring in an engineer when the fix calls for one.
Explore serviceNeed a trench for a pipe, an opening in a wall or a damaged section removed? We saw-cut clean, straight lines so the concrete around it stays sound.
Explore servicePermits for a Concord home go through the city's Permit Center, which also points you to a way to see which permits a project needs and estimate the fees, and that's a good first step before you ask for bids. The city's permit list for single-family homes names work like roofs, water heaters and windows without settling the question for a driveway or patio, so we ask the city before we plan the pour. If your job moves soil or reaches the public strip along the street, as a driveway apron at the curb usually does, the city also wants separate grading and encroachment permits from its Engineering Division, and that step belongs early because it can set the start date. Before you hire anyone, it's worth checking for a California contractor license and a Concord business license, and the questions below explain when each one applies.
We handle the permit paperwork with you as part of the job, and I'll help you work out whether your project goes through the city, the county or both. I come out to look at each job and work on site alongside our crew, the same way we do in Walnut Creek and Berkeley. The price moves with the size of the slab, whether an old one has to be broken out and hauled off, how much digging and base the ground needs, the steel and the finish you choose, while the schedule usually turns on permits and on the curing wait, the time concrete needs to harden before you walk or drive on it. Your own figure comes from the estimate, once I've seen the site.
Thank you for considering us. Tell us what you'd like poured or replaced, and feel free to ask which permits it may need, and we'll reply within one business day to set a time for me to come out and look. The estimate is free and done on site, and there's no pressure to book.
(925) 298-0707It can, because concrete shrinks as it hardens, and I'd rather tell you that plainly than promise otherwise. Along with the base and steel, we cut control joints, shallow grooves that give a crack a straight line to follow instead of wandering across the middle. We'll also tell you when the slab is ready for feet and when it's ready for the car, because rushing the cure weakens it.
Yes, the city requires a business license to do business in Concord, and that includes state-licensed contractors and businesses whose office is outside the city. We're based in Lafayette, so the rule covers us as it does anyone coming from out of town, and it's a fair question to ask any contractor you're considering.
A California contractor license is required when the project needs a building permit, uses any additional workers, or when labor and materials on one or more contracts for the project come to $1,000 or more. Ask to see the license before you sign anything. We're fully licensed and insured.
You can type your address into EQ Zapp, a statewide map tool, to see whether the property lies in any of its mapped earthquake hazard zones. If it does and you're planning a foundation, a retaining wall or a slab under living space, that's a question for an engineer, and we'll build to the plans they draw.
Besides Concord, we work in Lafayette, where we're based, and many of the cities around it across the East Bay. These are the cities with their own page on our site.
A few details about the cracks, sinking or space you have in mind let me come to the estimate ready to talk through your choices, so call (925) 298-0707 or use the form.
If you have a question about a concrete job at your Concord home, we're glad to talk it through.
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