We replace cracked and sinking driveways, patios, walks and steps for Bellevue homeowners, and we build the retaining walls that hillside lots need. We're a concrete contractor based next door in Redmond, and we start by finding out why the old slab gave up.
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A lot of the concrete we're asked to look at in Bellevue was poured when the house was built, and it shows. Driveways have dropped at the garage, patios tip back toward the house, and front walks have lifted where a tree root got underneath. On sloped lots the calls shift to steps and retaining walls, and usually to the question of how the water gets off the property.
Before I price anything, I want to know why the old slab failed, so I look at what it sat on and where the water runs. Old concrete is honest that way. Break up a piece and it'll usually tell you whether the base was packed or just raked smooth and left to hope for the best.
Send the form or call (425) 285-8618, and we'll reply within one business day to set a time. I come out to your Bellevue property myself, look at the old concrete and the ground around it, and tell you what I'd do and what it costs. There's no obligation, so if you just want to know what you're dealing with, that's fine too.
(425) 285-8618Most of our Bellevue calls are for a driveway that has settled or cracked, a patio out back, or the walk and steps to the front door. On sloped lots we build retaining walls and footings, and we cut into old slabs when only part of one has to go. If you'd like pattern and color on a patio or walk, take a look at our stamped concrete services. We also pour garage floors, pool decks and slab foundations.
In Bellevue, permits come from the city's Development Services department, which reviews the plans and sends out the inspectors, so when a job needs a permit, that review sits on the schedule ahead of the pour. You can check two things about any contractor here, us included: a Washington State contractor license and a Bellevue business license. We're licensed and insured, and before we set a date I find out which office covers your address and what your project calls for, then tell you plainly who'll handle the permit and the inspections.
The price moves with the size and thickness of the slab, how much old concrete we break out and haul away, how much digging and packing the base needs, and how close we can get a truck on a steep or tight lot. The finish matters too, because a broom finish, a light texture dragged across the top for grip, costs less than stamped work. On a narrow street or a cul-de-sac we plan where the truck parks and how far the pump has to reach before pour day, the same as we do on the hillside lots in Sammamish. The schedule turns on the permit if there is one and on the cure, and the estimate puts your own figure on all of it.
When you call, I'm the one who walks your driveway or yard, asks when the cracks showed up and looks at where the water goes. Our own crew does the work with me running the job, so the person who priced it is there for the pour.
I learned this trade breaking up old slabs to see what went wrong, and the habit stuck. If the base was raked instead of packed, or the slab falls toward your house, we fix that first, because new concrete on the same mistake cracks the same way.
We've been in business since 2013, licensed and insured on every job. Your satisfaction, guaranteed, is the one promise we make, and I'd rather keep one than make five. If your concrete has you wondering, call (425) 285-8618 or send the form.
Your price is set mostly by what the ground under the driveway needs, which is why I give you a figure on site after looking at the old slab and what it sat on. Stamped or colored finishes raise the cost, and a plain broom finish keeps it down. If something has to give, I'd cut the finish before the base, because the base is buried on day one and it's what decides whether the new driveway settles.
Most of the time it's the subgrade, the dirt the slab sits on, raked level instead of dug out and packed, so it settled and took the concrete with it. Water running under the slab, a slab that falls toward the house, and control joints, the grooves that tell a slab where to crack, cut late or skipped cause most of the rest. We dig out and pack the base, set the slope so water runs away from the house, and cut the joints while the slab is young.
Most of the wait is the cure, the time new concrete needs to gain strength before it carries weight, not the tear-out or the pour. You'll be walking on it well before you can park on it, because a car on young concrete can crack the edges. We tell you both days before we pour, so you can plan where the car goes.
You need one if the wall holds back extra weight, like a driveway above it, and you need one once it passes the height on the city's list of work that needs permits, measured from the bottom of the footing to the top of the wall. Big regrading jobs and lots with steep slopes, wetlands or streams can need a permit under the city's landscaping guidance too. We check your wall against those before we set a date.
Two, a Washington State contractor license and a Bellevue business license, which the city asks to see before it issues a construction permit, as its permit process overview explains. A contractor needs the Bellevue license once it has an office in the city or brings in $4,000 or more a year there, and it needs a Washington State business license first. Ask any contractor for both before you sign.
