Concrete Contractor in Inglewood, CA - Driveways and Slabs Poured in the Right Order
Premium Carson Concrete pours driveways, patios, walkways, steps, garage floors and slabs for homes and properties in Inglewood, CA. We're based in Carson, and our crew forms, pours and finishes each job in the order we lay out.
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Inglewood homes and the concrete we pour for them
Most of what we pour in Inglewood is for homes. That means driveways that run along the side of an older house to a garage out back, front walks, back patios and the steps up to the porch. There are plenty of duplexes and small apartment buildings here too, and those owners usually call about shared walkways, parking pads and trash areas that have cracked or sunk over the years.
It's a short drive up from our base in Carson, and the work is much like what we do in Downey. A lot of these lots have one narrow side driveway as the only way in, so before pour day we plan how the old slab comes out and where the truck can park.
Concrete work we do for Inglewood homes and properties
Long, narrow driveways that run beside older houses to a back garage often crack and sink first, and we tear them out and repour on a packed base.
A patio gives a small Inglewood yard a flat place to sit, and we set the slope so water runs toward the yard instead of the back door.
Stamped concrete presses a stone or brick pattern into the surface while it's wet, a good fit for a front walk or patio you see from the street.
Front walks and the shared walkways at duplexes and small apartment buildings get heavy foot traffic, and we replace cracked or lifted sections so they're even again.
Detached garages behind older homes often have thin, broken floors, and we break them out and pour a new slab that's flat enough to park and work on.
Colored concrete and exposed finishes dress up an entry or a side yard when plain gray looks out of place next to an older house.
Where a yard steps down toward the street or a neighbor, a concrete retaining wall holds the soil back so the slab and planting above stay put.
Interior slabs for additions, workshops and converted garages need a level, packed base under them, and we pour floors ready for the finish that goes on top.
Around a backyard pool, we pour a deck that drains away from the pool and finish it with enough texture to give wet feet some grip.
Front steps on older houses settle and pull away from the porch over the years, and we rebuild them with even risers and steel inside.
For a new addition, an accessory unit or a rebuilt garage, we pour the slab foundation after the base and forms are checked, so the walls start out level.
Builders and owners adding onto a house call us to dig, form and pour the foundation in the order the plans and inspections call for.
Apartment buildings and small businesses with worn, broken parking areas get a lot poured thick enough for daily traffic and shaped so water drains off.
Footings carry the weight of walls, posts and patio covers, and we dig and pour them to the plans before anything gets built on top.
When part of an older house has settled and doors start sticking or floors slope, foundation raising lifts it back toward level before the cracks spread.
We saw-cut openings, trenches and clean edges in existing slabs, so a plumber can get under a floor or a damaged section comes out without wrecking the rest.
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- Carson, CA 90745
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Permits, schedule and price for Inglewood jobs
In Inglewood, the permit is the city's call, and the Building Safety Division is the office that makes it. It issues building and grading permits, checks the drawings in plan review before a permit goes out and handles the inspections, so on a job that needs a permit, the pour date waits until that review is done. When your job needs one, we take care of the application and the inspections, and we're licensed and fully insured.
That's why I build the schedule from the permit first, then the crew's calendar, then the curing wait before you can use the slab, instead of naming a pour date on the first visit. The price moves with the size of the slab, how much old concrete has to be broken out and hauled off, how much digging and base work the ground needs, the thickness and steel, and the finish you pick, and your written estimate spells out each of those. Our crews also work in nearby Lawndale and Gardena, which helps when I line up trucks and pour days across the area.
Why older Inglewood driveways and slabs give out
Most of the cracked, sinking driveways and walks we look at here failed from the bottom up. When the base was raked level instead of dug out and packed, the dirt underneath settles over the years and the concrete cracks and drops with it, so on a replacement we break out the old slab, dig down to firm subgrade, the ground the slab rests on, and pack a new base before anything gets poured.
Water is the other one. Plenty of slabs here fall toward the house or the garage, so water pools against the wall, and we check where it runs and set the forms so the new slab carries it away.
How a concrete job runs when you call us in Inglewood
Here's the order a job goes in from your side, from the first call to the day you can use the new concrete.
Call or send the form
Tell us what you've got, whether it's a cracked driveway, a sunken walk or a new patio, and we set a time for me to come out. You don't need drawings or a plan yet.
I look, measure and price
I usually come out myself to look at the old concrete, the ground under it and where your water runs, ask what you have in mind and answer what I can right there. Then you get a written estimate that lists what's included, so you know what you're paying for before you decide.
We schedule and handle permits
Once you say yes, we set the order of the work and, if the job needs a permit, file it and wait out the city's plan review before we book a truck. Before the crew shows up, I walk you through pour day and the curing time, when the slab has to be left alone to harden and gain strength.
Our crew forms, pours, finishes
Our crew lead and crew dig out, pack the base, set the forms and the rebar, the steel that holds the slab together if it cracks, then pour and finish while I keep the schedule. You don't need to be home for the pour, and we clean up and tell you when the slab is ready to walk on and drive on.
Questions about concrete work in Inglewood
Do I need a permit to replace my concrete driveway in Inglewood?
It can need one, because the city's permit guidance calls for a building permit whenever a structure is built, altered, repaired, improved or demolished, and that wording reaches repair work as well as new building. The city also issues grading permits, so I check how your job fits before we set a pour date, and if it needs a permit, we handle the application.
How do I request a building inspection in Inglewood?
Inspections in Inglewood are requested online through the city's OpenGov portal, where a homeowner or the contractor books each one. On our jobs we book them ourselves and line the pour up behind them, so the crew isn't waiting on an inspector with a truck on the way.
How do I find out what a building permit costs in Inglewood?
Call the city's building office at (310) 412-5294 and ask for an estimate, because Inglewood sets permit fees by the type and complexity of the project and invites owners to call about theirs. If we're handling your permit, I'll check the fee for your job and let you know before we file.
How much does a concrete driveway cost in Inglewood, CA?
I give you a written price after I've measured, because the tear-out, the base work and the finish change it more than anything else. If you need to trim the budget, cut the finish, not the base, because nobody sees the base on day one but it's what keeps the slab from settling, and you can't fix it later without tearing the slab out. A broom finish, the light texture dragged across the top for grip, costs less than stamping or color and works fine on a driveway.
What causes new concrete to crack, and will mine crack like the old one?
Concrete shrinks as it hardens and the ground moves under it, so the goal is to choose where it cracks, and with a packed base and joints cut on time, the cracks end up in the joints instead of across the middle. Control joints are grooves cut into the slab that give it a straight line to crack along, and cutting them late or skipping them is what leaves the random cracks you see on older driveways. A pour in the midday heat can also leave a weak, dusty top, so we time the truck around that.
What is the best way to submit plans for a concrete project in Inglewood?
Submit them digitally, because the city says projects that need plans will be submitted digitally to its building office. Some counter services, such as plan check submittal and over-the-counter permits, take an appointment through the city's QLESS system, so when we handle your permit, we book that and keep the pour date behind the approval.
Carson, CA
Start your Inglewood concrete job with a call
Tell me about the job and ask how the city's permit steps apply to it, and I'll answer what I can right away and check the rest.