Concrete contractor in San Rafael, CA - level slabs on a packed base
J&R Santa Rosa Concrete Construction is a concrete contractor based in Santa Rosa. In San Rafael, we build driveways, patios, sidewalks, steps, retaining walls and foundations, and we fix cracked or sinking slabs.
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Your concrete contractor for San Rafael
In San Rafael we pour driveways, patios and foundations, and replace sidewalks and slabs that have cracked or settled. We're based in Santa Rosa and work in the cities around it, including Novato and Sonoma. The city requires a business license to work inside its limits, even from an office outside them, and it says that license is a tax, not proof of skill.
Permits here come from the city's Building Division, which covers work that builds, alters or repairs a building. The city's older handout exempts retaining walls up to 4 feet from footing bottom to top, unless they hold back extra weight like a driveway. I check with the city for your address before we bid, and when a job needs a permit, we file it and meet the inspector.
Every service we offer in San Rafael
Get a quoteConcrete driveway building
When an old driveway has cracked or sunk, we break it out, then dig down and pack the subgrade the new slab sits on, because raked dirt settles.
Concrete patio construction
A patio slab for the backyard, set to fall away from the house so rain runs off instead of pooling against your foundation.
Stamped concrete services
Stamped concrete gets pressed with a pattern while it's still soft, so a patio, walk or pool deck can pass for stone, slate or brick.
Concrete sidewalk building
Sidewalks and front walks that have heaved into a trip edge. We replace the bad sections and cut control joints, grooves that steer cracks where we choose.
Garage floor concrete
Because a garage floor carries a car every day, we set the slab's thickness for that weight and lay rebar, steel that keeps any cracks tight.
Decorative concrete
Color, exposed stone and saw-cut borders for an entry or patio where plain gray won't suit the house. We settle the finish with you before pour day.
Concrete retaining walls
Where a yard slopes toward the house or a bank is sliding, a poured wall with a proper footing holds the soil back and gives you flat ground.
Concrete floor installation
Interior slabs for basements, shops and additions, poured level and finished smooth enough to take flooring or to stay bare concrete.
Concrete pool decks
Wet feet need grip, so we drag a broom over the fresh surface for a broom finish and slope the deck to carry water away from the pool.
Concrete steps construction
Front or back steps that have cracked, settled or pulled away from the house. We form every step the same height, since the odd one trips people.
Slab foundation building
A slab foundation sets a garage, cottage or addition directly on concrete, so the base, the steel and the layout have to be right before the truck arrives.
Foundation installation
Foundation walls and footings for new homes and additions, the concrete the framing sits on. We check the layout against the plans again before anything is poured.
Concrete parking lot building
Parking areas for shops, churches and apartment buildings, with heavier sections where trucks turn and a grade that sends rain to the drains instead of puddling.
Concrete footings
Footings carry a deck post, a fence, a wall or a new room down to firm ground. If the soil under them moves, everything above follows.
Foundation raising
When floors slope or doors stick because part of a foundation has sunk, we lift the low side back toward level and set new support under it.
Concrete cutting
We saw clean, straight cuts through slabs and walls for a doorway or a drain line, or to take out a broken section without wrecking the rest.
Tell us about your San Rafael project
Tell us the size, what's there now and how you'd use it. We reply within one business day and set a time for me to come out.
- Free on-site estimate
- Everything included, written out
- No obligation to book
Why hire us for San Rafael concrete
Owner at estimate and pour
I come out to every estimate and I'm on site on pour day, and our own crew does the work, so the person who bid the job sees it poured.
Base before the finish
The packed base is hidden on day one, so it's the first thing people want to cut. I'd rather trim the finish, because a bad base settles and cracks the slab.
Straight talk about cracks
Concrete gets small cracks. We cut the joints early so most land in those grooves, and I'll tell you what to expect before we start.