Port Hueneme Concrete is a concrete contractor based in Port Hueneme, CA, and we pour driveways, patios, walkways and foundations for homes and businesses in Camarillo. I come out to see every job myself, and our own crew does the work from forms to finish.
(805) 269-8744
Camarillo has a bit of everything we pour for. There are older streets where the driveway has dropped at the garage lip and newer neighborhoods where the patio went in thin and is starting to crack. The calls we get here usually come down to a few things, like a slab that's sinking, a walkway uneven enough to trip on, or water pooling against the house after a storm.
Most of the rain here comes in winter, and summers run close to dry, so a slab can look fine for months and then show you every low spot in January. That's when people notice the puddle by the back door and call us, and it's usually a sign the slab was never sloped right in the first place.
Send us a few lines about your driveway, patio or slab, and we'll reply within one business day. I'll come out to Camarillo to look at the job and write up a free on-site estimate that shows exactly what's included, and there's no obligation to book.
(805) 269-8744Most Camarillo calls are for driveways that have settled or cracked, patios that hold water and walkways lifted at the seams, so that's where much of our time here goes. We also pour garage floors, steps, pool decks and retaining walls, and if it's a front walk or side path you're after, our concrete sidewalk building page explains how we tear out and re-pour. Property owners and small businesses call us for slabs, footings, foundations and parking lots too.
When a job means digging out or bringing in fill, the City of Camarillo issues the grading permit, and we can't dig until it's issued, so the permit often sets the start date more than our calendar does. Before you hire anyone, check that the contractor holds a California contractor license and has signed up with the city's business tax division, because everyone doing business in Camarillo pays the yearly business tax, and a license from another city doesn't cover it. If your job needs a permit, I'll tell you at the estimate, and we'll take care of the application and inspections with the city. Price moves with the size of the slab, how much old concrete we break out and haul away, how much digging and base the ground needs, how easy it is to get concrete to the spot and the finish you choose. The schedule turns on the permit, the weather and the curing time, and your written estimate spells out what it all means for your job.
We head up to Camarillo from Port Hueneme the same way we get to jobs in Oxnard and El Rio, so getting a truck and crew to your street isn't a special trip. In the warm months we pour early in the morning, because concrete placed in midday heat dries too fast on top and can turn weak and dusty later. In winter we watch the forecast so a storm doesn't land on a fresh slab. A narrow side yard or a long driveway changes how we get the concrete in, and that's something I work out with you while we're standing there looking at it.
I come out to look at your Camarillo job myself and write the estimate, so the person pricing it is the one who understands what's under it. Then our own crew does the forming, pouring and finishing, not a crew you've never met.
We're licensed and fully insured, and you're welcome to check our license with the state before we start. I learned concrete on big commercial slabs, footings and parking lots, then started this business in 2017 to bring that same careful ground work to homes.
Before we set a single form, I look at where the water runs across your yard, because a slab that falls toward the house sends winter rain straight to your foundation. We set the slope so it drains away. Your satisfaction, guaranteed. Call (805) 269-8744 to talk it over.
Yes, the City of Camarillo requires a grading permit for any grading, with a separate permit for each site, and one permit can cover both digging out and filling. The application lists how much dirt you expect to move. Grading over 1,000 cubic yards needs an approved plan from a civil engineer and a bond of $3.00 per cubic yard, while a home driveway or patio is usually far smaller than that and needs no bond. Since July 1, 2025, the city takes plans only through its online permitting system, not on paper.
Yes, if the job costs $1,000 or more in labor and materials, needs a building permit or uses employee labor, and that covers nearly any driveway or patio. Home improvement contractors have to be licensed before they even submit a bid, and you can look up any contractor with the Contractors State License Board, whose page also lists some exemptions.
Your price comes from the size of your driveway and the ground under it, so I give you a number on a written estimate after I've seen the site. Stamped or colored concrete costs more than a broom finish, the light brushed texture that keeps tires and shoes from slipping when it's wet. If the budget's tight, save on the finish and not on the subgrade, the ground the slab sits on, because we dig that out and pack it instead of raking it level, and it's what keeps the slab from sinking later.
You can usually walk on new concrete within a few days, but you'll wait a good deal longer before parking a car on it, and we'll tell you when your slab is ready. That wait is curing, the stretch where concrete keeps hardening and gaining strength, and putting a heavy load on it too soon is one of the easiest ways to crack a new driveway.
Most cracks come from ground settling under the slab and from concrete shrinking as it dries, and every slab shrinks a little, so the real goal is controlling where it cracks. We pack the base, add rebar, the steel that holds the pieces together if a crack opens, and cut control joints, straight grooves that give the crack a place to happen, early enough to do their job. A hairline running down a joint is normal, but a slab breaking in random places usually traces back to the base or to joints cut late.
