Building an addition, deck or post that needs solid support? We plan each footing around your load and lot, so it carries the weight.
Concrete footings in Port Hueneme are the hidden base under an addition, deck, patio cover or wall, the part that takes the weight above and passes it down into the soil, and the right one depends on what you're building and the ground it sits in.
Most calls start with something new going up, like a room addition, a patio cover or a garage, and sometimes with an old footing that let a post or a corner sink. The price mostly follows how much footing the job needs, how deep and wide it has to be, how hard the ground is to dig and how much rebar, the steel bars that hold the concrete together, goes in. The schedule turns on the permit and on curing, the stretch where the concrete gains strength before anything gets built on it. Your estimate comes written out, so you can see what's included.
I come out myself to look at the site and write the estimate, and our own crew does the forming, pouring and finishing. That way the plan I talk through with you is the same plan our crew builds, and you know who to ask when a question comes up.
Before starting this business in 2017, I poured slabs, footings and parking lots for a large commercial outfit. Those years taught me that most of a good pour comes down to planning and ground work nobody sees later, and that's still where we spend our time.
We're licensed and fully insured, and we're glad to show the paperwork at the estimate before you sign anything. You should expect that from any contractor working next to your house, because a footing job means open trenches, heavy concrete and work close to the walls.
I'd rather spend an extra half hour explaining what to expect than have you surprised later, so we talk through depth, curing and hairline cracks before the pour. Your satisfaction, guaranteed. Call (805) 269-8744 or use the form to set up a visit.
Send the form or call, and we'll reply within one business day to set up a free on-site estimate, with no pressure to book. I'll come look at the lot and what the footing has to carry, then write it all out so you can see what's included. It helps to have your address and a short note on what you're building ready.
In Port Hueneme, the city's Building and Safety Division handles plan check and permits for new construction, alterations and demolition. A footing usually goes in as part of one of those, and whether yours needs a permit depends on what's going on top of it, so I'll tell you at the estimate and we'll take care of the application with the city.
Port Hueneme sits on the Oxnard Plain, where groundwater runs high and the city notes that liquefaction, wet ground losing its strength in a strong quake, is possible across the whole region. The city asks for homes and other buildings to be as shock resistant as is feasible, based on each site's soil and its building codes, so the ground on your lot has a real say in how deep and wide the footing goes. Around here most of our footing calls are for additions, patio covers and decks on established lots, often close to the neighbor's fence, and we plan the same way on jobs in Oxnard, Ventura and the other cities around us.
Across the US, residential strip footings usually cost about $5 to $19 per linear foot, and that covers the concrete, labor, trench digging, forms and any rebar. Where a job lands in that range comes down mostly to depth, width, steel and how tough the dig is. We price your footing on site at the estimate.
Plan for more than the weight. California's residential foundation rules also look at surface water, drainage below ground, how close the footing sits to a slope and its minimum depth. We work through those on your lot before the trench is laid out, so the design fits the ground and not just the drawing.
Port Hueneme takes every permit application through its online OpenGov system. On our footing jobs, that filing is part of what we take care of for you.
You can check by typing your address into the state's EQ Zapp map, which also shows when the state hasn't evaluated an area yet. The state's hazard zone requirements don't apply to a single-family frame home of up to two stories that isn't part of a development of four or more units, though local agencies can ask for more than state law does. Either way, we design the footing around the soil on your lot.
The Contractors State License Board limits the down payment on a home improvement job to $1,000 or 10 percent of the contract price, whichever is less. After that, payments are listed in the contract and match work completed or materials delivered, so you pay as the job moves along.
The state board's C-8 Concrete Contractor class is the one that covers forming, pouring, placing, finishing and installing concrete. Port Hueneme also requires every contractor working in the city to hold a valid city business license, so ask to see both before you sign.
