Tired of a plain gray patio or driveway? We pour, color and stamp concrete so it looks right and wears well where you use it.
Decorative concrete is a patio, driveway or entry that we pour, finish, color and often stamp with a pattern, so you end up with more than a plain gray slab. Port Hueneme Concrete does this work in Port Hueneme and the cities all around it, from Oxnard and Ventura to Camarillo and Thousand Oaks.
Most people who call us have a worn or cracked slab they're tired of looking at, or a new space they want to look finished, and a lot of them have already seen stamped concrete at a neighbor's house. The price moves with the size of the area, how much old concrete has to come out, the pattern and color method you pick, and how much ground work the spot needs. The schedule turns on the weather, the curing wait before you can use it, and whether the work reaches the street, because that brings in the city. When I come out, I write the estimate out so you can see exactly what's included.
I come out myself to look at the spot, ask how you'll use it and write the estimate. Our own crew does the forming, pouring and finishing, so the people working on your patio or driveway are the same ones I count on every week.
I learned concrete pouring slabs, footings and parking lots for a large commercial outfit before starting this business, and we've been at it since 2017. Those jobs taught me that a good pour comes down to the planning and the ground work nobody sees afterward.
We're licensed and fully insured, so you're not carrying the risk of our crew working on your property. When you're ready to talk it over, call (805) 269-8744 or use the form below, and I'll set up a time to come see the job.
Call (805) 269-8744 or send the form with the rough size in square feet, a few photos and whether the work reaches the street or sidewalk, and we'll reply within one business day. I'll come out for a free on-site estimate and write it up so you can see what's included, with no pressure to book.
If your decorative work reaches the street, like a stamped driveway apron or a new stretch of sidewalk, it sits in the city's right-of-way or a city easement, and the Public Works Department requires an encroachment permit for it. The city also requires anyone working there to hold a Class A, C-12 or C-34 license, and it wants a call three working days before construction starts so an inspector can go over the inspections, and we call 811 three working days before any digging so buried lines get marked. If your job needs a permit, we take care of the application and inspections with Public Works, and you can see the rules yourself on the city's permit page.
On smaller patio jobs, you may run into someone who says they don't need a license. State law lets an unlicensed person take on work under $1,000 only when it needs no permit and they employ no one, so a crew of several showing up without a license doesn't fit that exception. Around Port Hueneme and in nearby cities like Oxnard and Ventura, most of our decorative calls are older driveways and back patios that people want to dress up, often where the slab meets a sidewalk or the side of the house.
A stamped concrete patio in the Oxnard area usually costs about $9 to $18 per square foot, which is what the market runs nearby, not our own price. Where your patio lands in that range depends on its size, the pattern and color method, and how much old concrete and ground work it needs. I'll measure it on site and write out your price so you can see what's in it.
One field guide calls color hardener the usual pick for driveways, because it builds a harder top skin that stands up to traffic. The catch is that the color lives only in that top layer, so a deep chip shows gray, and an uneven application comes out blotchy. Integral color, pigment mixed through the whole slab, shows the same color in a chip and ages without pale scars, though it won't reach the deepest or brightest tones.
The common guidance is every two to three years, sooner on a driveway or busy entry and later on a shaded patio, with the exact schedule set by the sealer and how much sun and wear it gets. It's worth budgeting for as regular upkeep. A freshly sealed slab can be slick when wet, and a traction additive mixed into the final coat of sealer takes care of that.
One maker's guide calls for at least 2 to 3 days of undisturbed curing, longer when it's cooler, with foot traffic, heavy loads and pooling water kept off. Curing is the stretch where the concrete hardens and gains strength, so walking on it early can mark the surface. For a driveway, I'll tell you at the estimate when it's ready for the car.
Stamped concrete cracks for the same reasons any slab does, mostly ground that settles underneath and concrete that shrinks as it dries. That's why it needs control joints on the same spacing as a plain slab, and a good crew hides them in the pattern so they don't break up the look.
Yes, when the work is in the city's right-of-way or a city easement, which includes driveway construction and sidewalk repair at the street, as covered above. For work farther back on your lot, I'll tell you at the estimate whether your job needs a permit.
