Concrete Contractor in Orange, CA - Driveways, Patios and Walks That Drain Right
Complete Lake Forest Concrete Company is a concrete contractor building driveways, patios, walks, steps and slabs for homes in Orange, CA. We build them on a packed base, with joints and drainage planned before the pour.
We're a concrete contractor based in Lake Forest, and we work in Orange the way we work at home. Our crew builds driveways, patios, walks, steps and slabs, and replaces concrete where a slab has sunk or cracked. I come out myself to look at your job and explain it before I price it, so you know what you're paying for.
- We explain the job before pricing
- Base dug out and packed first
- Drainage planned before the pour
From Old Towne to the rest of Orange
Around the Plaza in Old Towne, and across most of the original town site, Orange has many homes and buildings from its early days. Where a walk or driveway beside a house that age has been patched or poured over, I want to see what's under it before I price new work, because the old layers decide how much has to come out.
Elsewhere in the city, the calls look like the ones we get everywhere. A driveway pools water, a patio has sunk, or steps have pulled away from the house. In most of those, the cause is the base or the drainage, so that's where I start.
Concrete services we offer in Orange
Pick the job you're planning in Orange, from a new driveway to a cracked walk or a slab that's started to move, and see how we handle it.
Concrete driveway building
A new driveway built on a dug-out, packed base, sloped so rain runs away from your garage.
Concrete patio construction
Where your back patio has sunk or holds water, we tear it out, fix the base and pour one that drains.
Stamped concrete services
Stamped concrete pressed with a pattern while it's wet, for a patio or walk that looks like stone or brick.
Concrete sidewalk building
Front walks and side paths with a broom finish, a light brushed texture that gives shoes grip when wet.
Garage floor concrete
A cracked or sunken garage floor replaced, with rebar, steel that holds the slab together, where it's needed.
Decorative concrete
Colored, stained or exposed-aggregate finishes for when plain gray doesn't suit the front of your house.
Concrete retaining walls
Concrete walls that hold back a slope in your yard, with footings and drainage so water doesn't build up behind them.
Concrete floor installation
Interior concrete floors for additions, workshops or rooms that will stay bare or get flooring later.
Concrete pool decks
Pool decks finished for bare feet and sloped so splash water runs away from the pool and house.
Concrete steps construction
Front or back steps formed with even step heights, because one step that's a little off trips people for years.
Slab foundation building
Slab foundations for additions, garages and outbuildings, starting with the subgrade, the ground the slab sits on.
Foundation installation
New foundations for additions or detached structures, laid out to your plans and checked before any concrete arrives.
Concrete parking lot building
Small lots for rental properties and shops, graded so water runs off instead of sitting in the stalls.
Concrete footings
Footings for walls, posts, patio covers and additions, dug to size so what sits on them has solid support.
Foundation raising
When a slab or foundation has started to sink, we look at why before talking about lifting it.
Concrete cutting
Cutting openings, trenches or control joints, the grooves that tell a slab where to crack, into concrete you already have.
Serving Orange from our Lake Forest base
We're a Lake Forest concrete contractor, and Orange is one of the cities across Orange County where we work. It's the same crew we send to Rancho Santa Margarita and Tustin, and I check the work at the key steps wherever it is.
To set up a visit, call (949) 619-8295 or send the form below and tell me what you're planning. If you're near Orange but your city isn't listed on this site, call and ask anyway.
What to settle before your Orange pour
What moves the price is mostly size, how much old concrete comes out, how much digging the base needs and the finish you pick. The schedule turns on the tear-out, any permit and the curing, the days new concrete needs to gain strength before it takes weight. I put your own numbers on all of it in the estimate.
If the budget gets tight, the base is the last thing I'd cut, even though nobody sees it after day one. Raking dirt flat is quicker, and it's how a slab ends up sinking with the dirt. Permit rules differ from city to city, so we check with Orange's building office before we book your pour.
- Where rain should run once the new slab is in
- Where you'll park while a new driveway cures
- Plain broom finish or something decorative, like stamping or color
- How much old concrete comes out, and where the new edges stop
How a job in Orange runs
I come out to look
You call or send the form, and I come out to your place in Orange to look at the site with you and see where the water runs now.
Options and your estimate
I walk you through the options and why one fits your house better, then leave you with an estimate you can hold up against any other bid.
Prep, pour and walk-through
Once you say go, our crew handles the prep, forms, pour and finish, and I check the work along the way and walk it with you at the end.
Questions from Orange homeowners
Who handles building permits for concrete work in Orange, CA?
The City of Orange's Building Division takes every permit application in the city, and the city's building and safety staff inspect job sites and review plans. Its forms page also lists a residential permit exemptions document. If your job needs a permit, we handle the application with you.
Does a concrete contractor from another city need an Orange business license?
Yes. The city requires a business license for every business working in Orange, including contractors who come in from another city, and that license covers Orange only. The city also notes some businesses need a state license for their line of work and asks for that number on the application. We're fully licensed and insured.
Is my house in Orange's historic town site?
Only if it sits in the original town site, since the National Register of Historic Places listing covers the Plaza and most of that first square mile, not the whole city. If your house is in that area, tell me when you call, and I'll raise it when we check with the city's building office.
How long will I be off my driveway after a new concrete pour?
You're off it from the tear-out until the curing is done, and cars wait longer than feet do. The exact days depend on your slab, so I give you both dates for your pour, when you can walk on it and when you can drive on it, before we start.
Will my new concrete driveway crack like the old one?
It can still crack, but a well-built slab cracks where we planned, along the control joints, instead of across the middle. We cut those joints on time and dig out and pack the base, because most bad cracking I see traces back to a raked-level base or joints cut late or skipped. Make sense?
Tell us about your Orange job
Send the form or call (949) 619-8295 about your job and any permit questions. We reply within one business day and set up a free, no-obligation estimate at your house.
Call (949) 619-8295