We're Port Hueneme Concrete, a local crew that builds driveways, patios, slabs and foundations for homes and businesses here. Most of our care goes into the ground under the concrete, because that's what decides how the slab holds up.
(805) 269-8744
Port Hueneme is home base for us, so a lot of our calls come from just a few minutes away. The houses here mostly sit on small, flat lots close to the water, and the calls are usually a driveway that's cracked and sunk at one corner, a patio where water sits after it rains, a broken-up front walk, or a garage slab that's started to chip.
Flat ground is the part people don't think about. With so little natural fall on these lots, the slab itself has to be set so water runs away from your house and toward the street or the yard, so I check where your water goes before we set a single form.
Send the form or call (805) 269-8744 and we'll reply within one business day to set a time. I come out to your place in Port Hueneme, look at the slab and the ground around it, and write up an estimate that shows what's included. It's free, and there's no pressure to book.
(805) 269-8744Most of our work here is flatwork, the flat slabs you walk and drive on, like a new concrete driveway to replace one that's cracked and settled, a back patio that drains away from the house, or a front walk and steps. We also pour garage floors, footings and slab foundations for additions, plus parking areas and slabs for small businesses around the city.
Permits here go through the city's Building and Safety Division, which handles plan check, permits and inspections, and whether your job needs one is the city's call, not ours. If it does, I'll tell you at the estimate and we'll take care of the application and the inspections, so plan on that review coming before the pour date. Before you hire anyone, you can look up their state license with the Contractors State License Board, and you can ask for their Port Hueneme business license, which the city requires of anyone working inside city limits or on Naval Base Ventura County, though it only shows the license tax was paid, not that the work is any good.
Price comes down to the size and thickness of the slab, how much old concrete we break out and haul away, how much base work the ground needs, and the finish, since a plain broom finish, the light brushed texture that keeps feet and tires from slipping, costs less than stamped or colored work. The schedule turns on the permit review if there is one, the weather, and curing, the stretch where fresh concrete hardens before it can take weight, and your written estimate spells out the work and the price for your own job. We do the same work next door in Oxnard and up the coast in Ventura.
I come out myself to look at your slab, the ground around it and where the water runs, and I write the estimate. I learned concrete on big commercial slabs and parking lots, and that's where I saw how much of a good pour is decided before the truck shows up.
The people setting your forms are the same crew pouring and finishing the slab, so nothing gets lost between whoever planned it and whoever shows up on pour day. They know how I want the base packed, the joints cut and the surface finished.
If something has to give on price, I'd rather you pick a plainer finish than skimp on the digging and packing underneath. You'll see the surface every day, but the base decides whether it stays flat, and once it's poured over there's no cheap way to fix it.
We're licensed and fully insured, we've run this business since 2017, and we're based right here in Port Hueneme. Your satisfaction, guaranteed. Call (805) 269-8744 or use the form to have me come take a look at your driveway, patio or slab.
There isn't one honest number for every driveway, because the cost follows its size, its thickness and the work underneath it. When bids are far apart, the gap is usually in the base, the digging and packing you won't see after the pour, and that's the last place we'd cut. Ask each contractor to write out what's included so you're comparing the same job.
Dig out the soft soil, bring in base material and pack it down, so the subgrade, the ground the slab sits on, doesn't settle later. Raking the dirt level and pouring on top is one of the most common reasons a slab sinks at one edge. On flat lots like most of the ones here, we also set the slab so water runs off away from your house.
Concrete shrinks as it hardens and can crack, so the goal is to control where. We cut control joints, the straight grooves you see across a slab, so cracks follow those lines instead of wandering through the middle, and we add rebar, steel bars inside the slab, where the job calls for it so a crack stays tight. We also pour early in the day, because a slab rushed in the midday heat can end up with a weak, dusty top.
You can usually walk on a new slab well before you can drive on it, because curing keeps going for days after the pour while the concrete gains strength. Driving on it too soon can crack the edges or mark the surface. I'll tell you the days for your slab at the estimate so you can plan where to park.
Permit applications in Port Hueneme go through the city's online OpenGov system, run by the Building and Safety Division, which also does the plan check and inspections. If your concrete job needs a permit, we file it and handle the inspections, so the paperwork isn't on you.
Under state rules, a contractor can't ask for or take more than $1,000 or 10 percent of the contract price, whichever is less, as a down payment on home improvement work. Any other payments have to be listed in the contract and tied to work done or materials delivered. If a bid asks for more than that up front, ask why before you sign.
