Bedrock Lafayette Concrete is a concrete contractor building driveways, patios, walkways, steps and retaining walls in Moraga, CA. We dig out and pack the ground, set the steel and cut the joints so each slab suits its lot.
Moraga is mostly homes with a small shopping and business center, and it's a short drive over the hill from Lafayette, where we're based. The houses we see run from older single-story homes, whose original driveways have cracked and dropped at the edges, to newer places set into the hillsides. On many lots the ground tilts toward the street or climbs behind the house.
That slope shapes most jobs here, because water runs across a slab on its way downhill and loose fill on a hillside settles. So we plan the ground and the drainage before we talk about finishes.
On Moraga's sloping lots, we dig out and pack the subgrade, the layer a driveway sits on, so the slab doesn't settle with the dirt.
Explore serviceIf you want a backyard patio, we set the slab to fall away from the house so water runs into the yard instead of toward your foundation.
Explore serviceStamped concrete presses a stone or brick pattern into the fresh surface, so the plan turns on color, pattern and having enough hands before it sets.
Explore serviceWe pour front walks and side paths with a broom finish, a light brushed texture that gives shoes grip where the path climbs toward the door.
Explore serviceA new garage floor needs a flat, packed base and rebar, the steel grid that keeps a slab from pulling apart, because it carries a car every day.
Explore serviceFor a slab that looks finished rather than plain, we settle color, scoring and exposed stone before the pour, because most are set in wet concrete.
Explore serviceWhere a yard steps down the hill, a retaining wall holds the soil back, and its footing and the drainage behind it matter as much as the face.
Explore serviceWe pour interior floors for basements, workshops and additions, checking level closely so the finished slab is ready for tile, wood or a sealed finish.
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 the texture together.
Explore serviceConcrete steps on a sloped yard need even step heights so nobody misjudges one, and a solid footing so the run doesn't pull away from the house.
Explore serviceWe pour slab foundations for additions and outbuildings to the engineer's plans, with most of the effort going into the ground and steel beneath.
Explore serviceWhen a new structure needs a foundation on a hillside lot, the plan starts with what the engineer and permit office require, then forms, steel and the pour.
Explore serviceFor a shared drive or small lot, we plan thickness, drainage and joint layout around the traffic it will carry, not just the square footage.
Explore serviceFootings are the buried concrete that carries a wall, post or addition, so we dig and pour them to the plans before anything above ground goes up.
Explore serviceIf part of the house has dropped, raising the foundation means lifting it back carefully and fixing the support underneath, and an engineer's view often comes first.
Explore serviceWe saw-cut old slabs for removal, openings and new drain lines, and cut control joints, planned grooves that give a slab a place to crack neatly.
Explore serviceIn Moraga, two offices take part. The Town of Moraga has the Contra Costa County Department of Conservation and Development review plans, inspect the work and issue building permits, and most exterior improvements need approval from Moraga's Planning or Engineering Department before anyone files for that permit. That order often sets the start date more than our crew does, so we help you work out early which offices your project goes through and handle the permit paperwork with you as part of the job. Whether your particular slab needs a permit is a question for those offices, and I would rather ask them than guess. We're fully licensed and insured.
What moves the price here is mostly the ground: how much old concrete and soft soil we haul away, how steep the lot is and how many forms it takes to hold the slope, how much steel goes in, and whether you choose a plain broom finish or stamped and colored work. The schedule turns on approvals first and then curing, the wait while fresh concrete gains strength before you walk or drive on it. When I walk your site, I'll give you your own figure and the order of work. We meet the same hillside questions in Alamo and Orinda.
Thank you for considering us for the driveway, patio or steps at your Moraga home. Send the form or call (925) 298-0707, and we'll reply within one business day to set a time for me to come out, look at the old slab and the ground around it, and talk through your choices. The estimate is free and done on site, and there's no obligation to book.
(925) 298-0707Yes. Changing an existing curb takes an Encroachment Permit from the Town Engineer's office, according to Moraga's permit FAQ. That comes on top of any other approvals the driveway needs, so we raise it at the estimate and fit it into the schedule with you.
A complete Administrative Design Review application takes about 60 days, according to Moraga's planning FAQ. Projects that meet setbacks, Moraga's code and its Design Guidelines may qualify for that staff review, and above-ground exterior changes also need 10 days' notice to neighbors before approval, followed by a 10-day appeal period. If your project goes through it, Moraga's Planning Department can confirm the steps, and we'll plan the pour around those dates.
It can, because concrete shrinks as it cures and nearly every slab cracks somewhere, but most of the cracks people dislike come from a base that settled or joints that were cut late or skipped. We pack the ground, set rebar and cut control joints on time, so the cracks that do come mostly stay in the grooves, tight and level.
We're based in Lafayette and work throughout the East Bay. These are some of the cities we serve, and if yours isn't listed, please call and ask.
Call (925) 298-0707 or use our contact form, and a few photos of the cracks or low spots help me arrive already knowing what to look at first.
Thank you for reading, and if a question about your driveway or patio is on your mind, we're glad to talk it through.
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