Port Hueneme Concrete pours driveways, patios, steps and foundations for homeowners in Westlake Village, with the ground work done right under every slab. We're a concrete contractor based in Port Hueneme, CA, and our own crew does the forming, pouring and finishing.
(805) 269-8744
The calls we get from Westlake Village are usually about concrete that's been down a long time. It might be a driveway with a crack running across it, a patio that's dropped away from the house, or steps that rock when you put a foot on them. On lots that slope, soil and water both want to move downhill, and an old slab sitting on loose fill usually shows it first.
That's why the first thing I look at here isn't the surface. I check the subgrade, which is the ground the slab sits on, and I watch where water runs off the roof and across the yard, because those two things decide whether new concrete stays flat.
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 Westlake Village property myself, look at the ground and the drainage, and write out a free estimate that shows what's included. There's no obligation and no pressure to book.
(805) 269-8744Here we mostly replace worn driveways, walkways and patios, rebuild steps and pour pool decks. That's all flatwork, our word for any slab you walk or drive on. On sloped lots we also build retaining walls and footings, and for additions and new structures we handle foundation installation from the dig to the pour.
Westlake Village contracts with the county for its building and safety work, so building, grading and encroachment permits come from Los Angeles County Public Works after county and city staff review the plans side by side. Encroachment permits cover work that reaches into the street or public sidewalk. Patios, pools, decks and similar backyard work also go through the city's Planning Department for a Zoning Clearance, a short check that the plan fits the zoning, and the city takes the residential version online only. A job that needs either approval can't start until it's approved, so the review sets the calendar. The city doesn't issue business licenses, so the license worth checking on any contractor here is the state one.
If your job needs a permit, I'll tell you at the estimate, and we take care of the application and inspections with the office that issues it, the same as we do back home in Port Hueneme and in nearby cities like Thousand Oaks and Agoura Hills. The price moves with the size and thickness of the slab, how much old concrete and soil we haul out, how much base the slope calls for, and the finish, from a plain broom finish that gives your shoes and tires grip to a stamped pattern. Rebar adds to it too, since that's the steel inside that holds the slab together if it cracks. The schedule turns on any permit review and on curing, the days concrete needs to gain strength before you use it, and your written estimate gives you your own figure with everything it includes.
I come out myself, look at the ground, the slope and where the water runs, and write the estimate out so you can see what's included. I learned on big commercial jobs, and I'd rather spend an extra half hour explaining than have you surprised later.
The base gets buried the day we pour, so it's the first thing people want to cut. I won't cut it, because a slab on ground that's dug out and packed firm stays put, while one on raked dirt settles with it, and no finish fixes that.
The same crew that forms your slab pours and finishes it, so nobody hands off half a job. We're licensed and fully insured and have been in business since 2017. Your satisfaction, guaranteed. Call (805) 269-8744 or send the form to set up a visit.
We price each driveway with a free written estimate after I see it, because the tear-out, the base and the slope here change the cost more than the concrete does. The estimate shows what's included, so you can compare it line for line with any other bid you get.
Yes, whenever the job needs a building permit, uses employees, or comes to $1,000 or more in labor and materials, and a bigger job can't be split into smaller contracts to get under that line. The same state rules limit any down payment to $1,000, and less on smaller jobs, with later payments written into the contract and tied to work done or materials delivered. We're licensed and fully insured, so ask anyone you're weighing to show you theirs.
You can usually walk on it within a few days, but driving takes longer because the concrete is still curing, and a car's weight too soon can crack it. I'll tell you before the pour how long you'll be parking on the street, and on pour day I'll tell you when it's ready for your car.
It usually starts under the slab, with base that was raked flat instead of packed, or water running underneath because nobody checked which way it drains. Cracks also wander when control joints go in late or not at all, which are the grooves we cut so the slab cracks in a straight line where we choose. We pack the base, slope the slab away from the house and cut the joints on time, so the hairline cracks concrete still gets end up hidden in those grooves.
Start with where the water goes and what the slab will sit on, then plan for the debris. The city requires construction and demolition debris to be recycled on new pools, pool rebuilds, additions and grading that hauls soil off the property, with a plan filed before the work and a report after. I go over both at the estimate so the deck, the drainage and the haul-off are planned together.
