Bedrock Lafayette Concrete is a concrete contractor based in Lafayette that builds driveways, patios, walkways, steps and retaining walls for homes in Dublin, CA, from the sloped streets near the western hills to the newer east-side neighborhoods.
Dublin feels like two cities when you're planning concrete in it. On the west side, closer to the hills, many homes sit on sloped lots where the driveway climbs from the street and a back patio has to be cut into the grade or held up by a wall. Farther east, most of the calls come from newer subdivisions with flatter lots and attached garages, where homeowners want the original driveway or patio widened, replaced or finally done properly. A lot of it is the same kind of work we do next door in San Ramon, for families who use the driveway hard and want the yard usable again soon.
That split decides the job before anything else. On a slope, the first questions are where the water goes and how much ground has to come out or be held back, and on a tract lot it's usually what was left under the old slab, because thin or loosely placed fill settles and takes the concrete down with it.
We dig out the old driveway, pack a fresh base and pour a new slab, setting the slope so rain runs to the street instead of the garage.
Explore serviceIf you want a back patio that stays level, the plan starts with how the yard drains and how much grade we need to cut or fill first.
Explore serviceStamped concrete presses a stone or brick pattern into a fresh slab, and the pattern and color you choose decide how many hands we need at the pour.
Explore serviceWe pour walkways to the front door and along side yards, cutting control joints, shallow grooves that give the slab a planned place to crack.
Explore serviceWhen a garage floor has sunk or cracked badly, we take it out to the base and pour a new slab with a smooth finish that sweeps clean.
Explore serviceDecorative concrete means color, a pebbly exposed-stone surface or a custom finish, and we plan it around your house and yard so it looks like it belongs.
Explore serviceOn Dublin's sloped lots, a concrete retaining wall holds back the hillside so you get a flat yard, and its height and what sits above it shape the design.
Explore serviceWe pour interior concrete floors for workshops, additions and storage rooms, choosing the base, moisture barrier and finish for how the room will be used.
Explore serviceAround a pool you want a deck that drains away from the water and isn't slick underfoot, so we plan the slope and a textured finish together.
Explore serviceWe form and pour front and garden steps with even heights so nobody catches a toe, and on a sloped lot the grade decides how many we need.
Explore serviceA slab foundation for an addition, garage or backyard building starts with the ground under it, then the steel and thickness the plans call for.
Explore serviceWe build foundations to the engineer's drawings, and I'll tell you plainly when a question about your soil or design belongs with the engineer rather than us.
Explore serviceFor a shared driveway, a small lot or a business frontage, we plan thickness and steel for heavier traffic and set the drainage so water doesn't pool.
Explore serviceFootings are the concrete pads and strips under posts, walls and decks, and we dig and pour them to the size your plans set.
Explore serviceWhen part of a house has settled, raising the foundation means lifting it back toward level and supporting it, and we start by finding why it moved.
Explore serviceWe saw-cut concrete for openings, trenches and partial removals, which leaves a clean edge so the new pour meets the old one neatly.
Explore serviceIn Dublin, permits come from the city's Building and Safety Division, and its list of work that needs one names patios, retaining walls and pools, so a lot of backyard concrete goes through that office before we pour. If your job needs plan review, that wait sits ahead of the pour date, while many small permits are handled at the counter, and the timing is covered in the questions below. The one thing worth checking on any contractor here is a current Dublin business license, which the city requires. We're fully licensed and insured, and I'll help you work out which offices your project goes through, whether that's the city, the county or both, then handle the permit paperwork with you as part of the job.
Our crew drives in from Lafayette, and I come out myself before any price is set, because the slope, the access and the old slab tell me most of what the job will take. On the hillside streets the price moves with how much ground has to come out, whether a wall is part of the plan and whether the truck can reach the forms or we need to pump, much like the sloped-lot work we do in Alamo. On a flatter tract lot it comes down mostly to the size of the slab, removing the old concrete and the finish you choose. The schedule turns on the permit, the digging and the curing, the days fresh concrete is left alone to harden before it carries weight, and your own figure comes from the estimate once I've seen the yard.
Thank you for considering us. Tell us about the driveway, patio or wall you have in mind, along with any permit questions, and we'll get back to you within one business day. Estimates are free and done on site with no pressure to book, and I'll come out myself to look at the ground, the slope and the old concrete before I give you a price, or you can call (925) 298-0707.
(925) 298-0707Usually yes for a patio, because patios are on the city's list of work that needs a building permit. The city's exempt list covers a retaining wall no more than three feet tall, unless it supports added weight above it, such as a driveway, or a ground slope of five percent. Driveways aren't named on the list either way, so we'll ask Building and Safety about yours before we plan the pour.
A permit that needs plan review takes about two to three weeks, or 10 to 15 business days, to process, while most minor permits are issued over the counter. If your project also needs review by DSRSD, that approval happens separately and has to come through before the city issues the building permit. We set the pour date around that wait, so you aren't left planning around a day that won't hold.
Yes, the city requires a current business license from anyone doing business inside its limits, including companies based elsewhere and their subcontractors. We're based in Lafayette, so that rule applies to us and to anyone working on your job, and it's a fair thing to ask any contractor about.
Yes, property owners in Dublin may obtain permits for any work done, and licensed contractors may obtain permits for the work their license covers. Either way, we handle the permit paperwork with you as part of the job, so you'll know what's been filed and why.
Dublin is one of the East Bay cities we work in from our base in Lafayette. These are the cities with their own page on our site, and if yours isn't listed, please call, since we work in many of the cities around them too.
We take calls from early morning into the evening, weekends included, so you can call (925) 298-0707 or use the contact form while you're standing in the yard looking at the job.
Thank you for reading, and if you'd like to talk through your project or the permit steps first, we'd be glad to hear from you.
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