Concrete contractor in Laguna Woods, CA - driveways and patios that drain right
Complete Lake Forest Concrete Company builds driveways, patios, walks and steps for homes in Laguna Woods, and repairs slabs that have sunk, cracked or started pooling water, with our own crew doing the work.
We're a Lake Forest concrete company, and I started it after years on an old-school boss's crews, redoing forms and joint lines until he was satisfied. In Laguna Woods and the cities around it, we pour flatwork, which is what we call driveways, patios and walks, and we take the time to explain a job before we price it.
- Water's path planned before forms go in
- Owner checks the work at key steps
- Site cleaned up before we leave
Laguna Woods homes, inside the Village and out
If your home is inside Laguna Woods Village, the gates are the first thing we plan around, because the crew, the forms and the concrete truck all have to get through them. We work out how we get in with you when we book the visit, and again before pour day.
Outside the gates or in, the slab work is the same. Where a walk or patio has sunk, cracked across or started holding water, it usually sat on subgrade, the ground under the slab, that was raked flat instead of dug out and packed. We take it out, fix what's underneath and set the grade so water runs away from your house.
Concrete work we do in Laguna Woods
Pick the job you have in mind for your Laguna Woods home, from a new patio or walk to a slab that's started to sink, and read how we handle it.
Concrete driveway building
Tearing out a cracked or sunken driveway and pouring a new one on a base that's dug out and packed.
Concrete patio construction
A patio sized for how you'll use it, poured to fall away from the doors so rain doesn't pool there.
Stamped concrete services
Patterned and colored concrete pressed into the fresh slab, so a patio or walk looks like stone or brick.
Concrete sidewalk building
Walks to your door or around the side of the house, broom-finished so the brushed texture grips when wet.
Garage floor concrete
A new or replacement garage slab with rebar inside, the steel that holds it together if it cracks.
Decorative concrete
Color, exposed stone and custom finishes for a front entry or patio you'd like to look a bit different.
Concrete retaining walls
When a slope crowds a yard or patio, a concrete wall holds the dirt back and gives you level ground.
Concrete floor installation
Interior concrete floors poured flat and finished smooth for a room addition, workshop or converted space.
Concrete pool decks
Pool decks finished for grip on wet feet and sloped so splash water drains away from the house.
Concrete steps construction
Front and back steps formed with every step the same height, so nobody trips on an odd one.
Slab foundation building
A slab foundation for an addition, casita or detached garage, formed and poured to the plans.
Foundation installation
Foundations for new building, with the forms and steel checked before the concrete truck arrives.
Concrete parking lot building
Parking areas for a small property, graded so water leaves the lot instead of sitting in low spots.
Concrete footings
Footings for a patio cover, wall or post, dug to the depth the plans call for and poured solid.
Foundation raising
If a slab or part of the house has started to settle, we look at why before lifting it.
Concrete cutting
Clean saw cuts through a slab to run a new drain line, open a doorway or take out a cracked section.
Serving Laguna Woods from Lake Forest
We're a concrete contractor based in Lake Forest, CA, and we work in cities across the area, Laguna Woods and nearby Laguna Hills among them. Our own crew does the work wherever the job is, and if your city isn't on our list, call (949) 619-8295 and ask.
Before your Laguna Woods concrete job starts
What moves the price is the size of the job, how much old concrete comes out and how much the ground needs before we pour. The schedule turns on that prep, on whether a permit is needed and on curing, the wait while the slab hardens before you use it. Your own figures come from the estimate.
If the budget gets tight, cut the finish before you cut the base. Nobody sees the base once we pour, which is why it's the first thing people trim. A plain broom finish on a good base usually outlasts a fancy one on raked dirt.
- Where the new slab starts and stops, marked on the ground together
- Where rain runs off now, and which way it should go
- How much old concrete comes out, and where it goes
- Which yard gates we use, kept closed since the City of Laguna Woods reports more aggressive coyotes
How a Laguna Woods job runs
Looking at it together
I come out and look at the site with you, including where the water runs now, and we walk through your options.
The plan and estimate
I explain why one option fits your house better than another and leave you the estimate. Ask me anything on it, and ask the same of anyone else bidding.
Pour and walk-through
Once you say go, our crew handles prep, forms, pour and finish, I check it at the key steps, and we walk it together at the end.
Questions from Laguna Woods homeowners
Will my new concrete driveway crack like the old one did?
A new slab can still crack, but on a good job it cracks in the joints we cut instead of across the middle. We dig out and pack the base so it doesn't settle, cut control joints, shallow grooves that give a crack a straight line to follow, and keep the slab damp while it cures.
How long after a new concrete driveway is poured can I drive on it?
Walking on it comes well before driving on it, because concrete keeps gaining strength while it cures and a car is a lot heavier than you are. When we set the pour date, I tell you when to walk on it and when to park on it, so you can plan around being without the driveway.
Do I need a permit for concrete work in Laguna Woods?
We check that before any work starts, because permit rules differ from one city to the next, and if your job needs one, we handle the application with you. If your home is inside Laguna Woods Village, Resident Services at the Community Center also helps residents with permits, guest passes and gate decals.
Which businesses have to register with the City of Laguna Woods?
Businesses that operate from a fixed commercial location in Laguna Woods have to register with the city each year, and registration is free. Home-based businesses don't have to, though they can. We're based in Lake Forest, and we're fully licensed and insured.
Where can I read Laguna Woods city ordinances?
You can read the Laguna Woods Municipal Code online or at City Hall, where the city keeps its general, permanent local laws. Ordinances adopted but not yet added to the code show up at City Hall and on the online code's first page soon after. If something there touches your project, bring it up when I come out.
Tell us about your Laguna Woods job
Tell us where the concrete goes and what's wrong with it now. We reply within one business day to set up a free, no-obligation estimate at your house.
Call (949) 619-8295