Concrete contractor in Fontana, CA - driveways and patios on a packed base
Precision Fontana Concrete Company is the concrete crew based right here in Fontana, CA. We break out and pour driveways, patios, walkways, garage floors and foundations for homes and small businesses across the city.
Concrete work on Fontana's homes and lots
Most of our calls come from right here in Fontana, and the houses usually tell me a lot before we pick up a tool. The older single-story homes tend to have their original driveways and back patios, cracked through, sunk at a corner or tipped so water pools by the garage. The newer tract neighborhoods have wider driveways and bare backyards that owners want to finish with a patio or a pool deck. Small shops and business lots around the city call us for walks, pads and parking areas. We see the same mix just over the line in Rialto and Rancho Cucamonga.
Your price depends on how much old concrete comes out, the size and finish of the new slab, and how much work the subgrade under it needs, since that packed dirt is what holds the slab up. Your estimate shows how those add up for your job. The schedule turns mostly on the tear-out and on curing, the wait while fresh concrete gains strength before you walk or drive on it. On many older lots here, the dirt under the old slab was raked level and never packed. That's where we start, because the new slab will sit on it for years.
What we pour and fix in Fontana
Concrete driveway building
Older Fontana driveways often crack and sink where the base was never packed, so we dig it out, compact it and pour a new slab.
Concrete patio construction
Many newer backyards here start as bare dirt, and we pour patios sloped away from the house so rain runs off instead of toward your walls.
Stamped concrete services
Plenty of Fontana owners want a front walk or patio that looks like stone, and stamping presses that pattern into fresh concrete laid over a packed base.
Concrete sidewalk building
A front walk that's lifted at one edge is a trip waiting to happen on older lots, so we replace the bad panels and set them to drain.
Garage floor concrete
When a garage floor in an older house is pitted, cracked and oil-stained, we break it out and pour a new one that slopes to the door.
Decorative concrete
In tract neighborhoods where the houses look alike, color, stain or an exposed-stone finish on the driveway sets yours apart from the rest of the block.
Concrete retaining walls
Where a yard steps up or down toward the neighbor's, a concrete retaining wall holds the soil back and gives you flat ground to use.
Concrete floor installation
Interior slabs for workshops, additions and small commercial spaces around Fontana, poured level and finished smooth so flooring or equipment sits right on them.
Concrete pool decks
Plenty of Fontana backyards have a pool, and we finish the deck with grip for wet feet and slope it so splash water runs away from the pool.
Concrete steps construction
Front steps on older houses crumble at the edges and pull away from the porch, and we rebuild them with even step heights so nobody catches a toe.
Slab foundation building
On lots with room for a casita or detached garage, we pour the slab over a packed base with rebar inside to hold it together if it cracks.
Foundation installation
Room additions on older Fontana homes need a foundation sized for the walls on top, and we dig, form and pour it so it matches the plans.
Concrete parking lot building
For the small shops and offices around the city, we pour parking areas thick enough for daily traffic and graded so water heads for the drains.
Concrete footings
Block walls between Fontana yards and patio covers out back sit on footings, buried concrete that carries the weight down, so we dig them to plan depth.
Foundation raising
If one side of a slab or an older house has dropped, we look at why before lifting it, because raising it without fixing the cause buys time.
Concrete cutting
Need a damaged section of an older driveway removed, or a trench cut for a new line? We saw-cut it clean so the concrete around it stays sound.
How do you know your Fontana concrete needs work?
A lot of Fontana slabs were poured years ago over dirt that was never packed, and small problems usually grow once water starts getting underneath.
- Cracks wide enough to catch a coin
- One panel sunk below the next
- Water pooling on the driveway
- Patio tipping toward the house
- Chipping or flaking on the surface
- Gap where the slab meets the house
If you're seeing one of these, call or send the form and I'll come out to look at what's going on before we talk about fixes.
Should you fix the slab or start over?
On a Fontana driveway or patio, I decide by what's under it, because a crack over solid ground can be repaired, while a sinking base takes any new surface down with it.
Level panels, small cracks
If the cracks are thin and the panels are still level with each other, the base is doing its job. We can saw-cut out a broken section and pour a new one, though it won't match the old color at first.
Sinking, tipping or pooling
When panels have dropped, the slab falls toward the house or water sits in the same spot, the dirt underneath has moved. Patching on top of that usually doesn't last, so we break it out, rebuild the base and pour new.
What Fontana slabs need from us
I come out to every job myself, explain what your slab needs and why, then work it with our crew. We're licensed and fully insured, and every job is backed by our satisfaction guarantee.
Base before fancy finish
When budgets get tight, I'd trim the finish before the base work, since a nice top over loose dirt still cracks.
Water checked before we pour
We look at where rain runs on your lot and slope the slab away from the house, not toward it.
Joints cut where cracks belong
We cut control joints, grooves that tell concrete where to crack, early so cracks land on lines we picked.
Permits pulled under our license
In city limits, applications go to Building & Safety, unincorporated areas go to the county, and we work with either office ourselves.
Every step explained first
Ask me anything on site, like why we brush a broom finish into driveways so they're not slick when wet.
Tell us what your Fontana slab is doing
We pick up evenings and weekends too, so call (909) 346-3783 after work and describe the cracks or pooling while you're standing there looking at them.
Not in Fontana? Give us a call
If your city has its own page, you'll find it here. If it doesn't, call (909) 346-3783 and ask, because we work in plenty of cities around Fontana.