We're a concrete contractor in Redmond, WA, in business since 2013, building driveways, patios, steps, walls and foundations, and sorting out the old ones that cracked, sank or started holding water. Call (425) 285-8618 and tell us what you're looking at.
(425) 285-8618
Redmond is where I started, pouring short walks and fixing cracked steps for neighbors before this was a real business, so a lot of what we know about concrete we learned in yards here. The houses run from older homes whose original driveways have had decades to settle to newer neighborhoods where the slab went in fast along with the house. Different ages, same handful of problems.
Most of what we see comes down to water and what's underneath. Our winters are long and wet, and a slab poured on loose dirt, or one tilted back toward the house, shows it with cracks, a sunken corner or a puddle by the garage door. That's why the first thing I look at on a Redmond job isn't the surface. It's where the water goes.
We reply within one business day to set a time, then I come out to your Redmond property myself to look at the old concrete, the ground and where the water runs. The estimate is free and there's no obligation, and you'll know what you'd be paying for before anything starts.
(425) 285-8618Most of our calls here are flatwork, meaning the flat slabs like driveways, patios, walks and garage floors, and most of those start with something sinking, cracking or holding water. Our concrete driveway building starts with digging out and packing a real base, since that's usually what the old one was missing. We also build steps, retaining walls for sloped yards, footings and foundations. We raise settled foundations, and we cut into old slabs when a job needs an opening or a bad section replaced.
Building permits here come from the city's Development Services Center, and whether your job needs one turns on what you're building, which the questions below get into. When it does, a city Permit Technician emails the next steps once the application is complete. Before the permit is picked up, the city wants final payment, the contractor's information and a current City of Redmond business license where one applies, so it's fair to ask any contractor you're weighing for theirs. The city also says to ignore suspicious requests and to confirm them through its own verified contact information, and that goes for anything about your permit. Before we set a date, we find out what your project calls for and tell you plainly who'll handle the permit and the inspections, because a pour date that gets ahead of the paperwork just gets moved.
Price moves with the size and thickness of the slab, how much old concrete has to be broken out and hauled off, how much digging and packing the subgrade needs, which is the ground the slab sits on, and the finish you pick. The schedule turns on the permit if there is one, the weather, and curing, the wait while new concrete gains strength, which keeps you off it on foot for a while and off it with a car longer. I'll give you your own figure when I come out to look. We work the same way in Kirkland, Sammamish and the other cities around Redmond, checking each city's rules before we plan the pour.
When you call, I'm the one who comes out to look at the job, and the crew that pours it is our own, with me running it. The person who saw where your water runs and what's under the old slab is the same one on site when we build.
Before we pour anything new, I want to know why the old concrete gave up. Usually it's a base that was raked flat instead of dug out and packed, or a slope that sends water toward the house. Pour over the same mistake and you'll get the same cracks.
We're licensed and insured, and I'll walk you through what's in the price before we start, base work included, so you know why you're paying for things nobody sees. Your satisfaction, guaranteed. Call (425) 285-8618 or use the form to tell us about your job.
The biggest swings in a Redmond driveway or patio price are usually the base work and the finish, and you'll get your own number once I've seen the job. A broom finish, the light texture brushed into the top so it isn't slick when it's wet, costs less than stamped or decorative work. If the budget's tight, cut the finish, not the base, because nobody sees the base on day one and everybody sees it when the slab settles.
Most of the time it's the ground under the slab and the water running onto it, not the concrete itself. A base that was raked level instead of dug out and packed settles with the dirt, a slab that falls toward the house keeps the ground under it wet, and skipped or late control joints, the shallow cuts that give a crack a straight place to go, let it crack wherever it likes. We dig out and pack the subgrade, set the slope so water runs away, add rebar, the steel that holds the slab together if it does crack, where the job calls for it, and cut the joints on time.
Under the city's residential code, a wall 4 feet tall or less, measured from the bottom of its footing to the top of the wall, is exempt unless it's holding back extra weight, like a driveway or a slope above it. The city's residential permits page says work that isn't on its no-permit list needs a building permit, so taller walls and walls carrying that load go through the city. An exempt wall still has to meet the code, so we build to the code either way.
Plan on parking somewhere else from the day the old driveway comes out until the new one has cured enough to drive on, and that day comes later than the day you can walk on it. If the work cuts into the public sidewalk or street, blocks access, or needs the street for equipment or parking, the city has a separate Right-of-Way Use Permit for that. I'll tell you at the estimate whether your job reaches that far, and you'll get your dates once the pour is set.
The city's residential code puts the frost line at 12 inches, so footings for walls, steps and posts go below that, down where the ground doesn't heave when it freezes. Any depth past that comes from what the footing has to carry and the soil we find when we dig, which is one of those things you only know once the hole is open.
