Concrete Contractor in Covina, CA - Driveways and Patios Set on a Solid Base
All Star Baldwin Park Concrete is a concrete contractor based in Baldwin Park. In Covina we pour driveways, patios, walks, steps and retaining walls, and repair or replace slabs that have cracked, sunk or started pooling water.
Concrete work in Covina starts with your address
We're a concrete contractor based in Baldwin Park, and we work in Covina and the East San Gabriel Valley cities around it, from West Covina to Pomona. I come out myself to walk the job and write the estimate, and I'm on site running our crew when the work gets done, so the person who priced it is the one watching the pour.
Before I price anything here, I check whether your address falls under the City of Covina or Los Angeles County, because the two have separate planning and building offices and some addresses inside Covina belong to the county. You can look yours up with the city's address check.
What moves the price is mostly the size of the slab, how much old concrete comes out, how much digging and base work the ground needs, and the finish. The schedule turns on any city or county approval, the tear-out and curing, the wait while new concrete hardens enough to take weight. My written estimate says what's included and what isn't.
Concrete services for Covina homes
Every project we take on in Covina starts with one of these services. Follow the links to see what each one involves and how we do it.
Concrete driveway building
If your driveway has cracked or holds water by the garage, we tear it out, pack a new base and pour a slab sloped away from the house.
Learn more about Concrete driveway buildingConcrete patio construction
A new patio for the backyard, or a replacement for one that's tilted toward the house. We set the slope first so rain runs out to the yard.
Learn more about Concrete patio constructionStamped concrete services
Stamped concrete is pressed with a pattern while it's still soft, so a patio or walk can look like stone or brick without the loose pieces.
Learn more about Stamped concrete servicesConcrete sidewalk building
Walks from the driveway to the door or along the side yard. Where an old walk has heaved or chipped into a trip hazard, we replace it.
Learn more about Concrete sidewalk buildingGarage floor concrete
If your garage floor is cracked, pitted or sloping the wrong way, we break it out and pour a new one built to carry a car's weight.
Learn more about Garage floor concreteDecorative concrete
Color, exposed stone and custom borders for homeowners who want more than plain gray. We help you pick a finish that still gives good footing when wet.
Learn more about Decorative concreteConcrete retaining walls
When a slope keeps pushing soil onto your patio, a poured wall with steel inside holds it back, and drainage behind it lets water out.
Learn more about Concrete retaining wallsConcrete floor installation
Interior slabs for additions, workshops or converted rooms. We prep the base, set the steel and finish the floor smooth enough for whatever goes on top.
Learn more about Concrete floor installationConcrete pool decks
Around a pool, the deck has to shed water and stay safe underfoot, so we slope it away from the water and give it a finish with grip.
Learn more about Concrete pool decksConcrete steps construction
Front or back steps that have cracked, settled or pulled away from the house. We form new ones at even heights so nobody trips.
Learn more about Concrete steps constructionSlab foundation building
The slab a new garage or addition sits on. We dig and compact the ground first, because a foundation is only as good as what's under it.
Learn more about Slab foundation buildingFoundation installation
Foundation walls and footings for new construction, laid out to the plans and formed square, so the framing that goes up later starts level and true.
Learn more about Foundation installationConcrete parking lot building
For a shop, office or apartment lot, we pour heavier slabs built for steady traffic and plan the drainage so water doesn't pool.
Learn more about Concrete parking lot buildingConcrete footings
Concrete footings carry the weight of a patio cover, wall or room addition down into firm ground. If one is too shallow, the structure on it can move.
Learn more about Concrete footingsFoundation raising
Where a slab or foundation has sunk and doors stick or floors slope, we lift it back toward level and fill the gap underneath it.
Learn more about Foundation raisingConcrete cutting
Saw cutting for a new doorway, a plumbing trench or a section that needs replacing, so we can take out only the bad piece and leave the rest.
Learn more about Concrete cutting
When old concrete needs more than a patch
A thin crack in a slab that still sits flat is usually a repair, and often it's concrete shrinking where a control joint, a groove cut to give the slab a place to crack, was missing or cut late. If the two sides of a crack sit at different heights, the ground underneath has moved, and that's a different job.
If a section sank but stayed whole, foundation raising can lift it, and concrete cutting lets us replace only the worst piece. Once it's broken up or falls toward the house, we tear it out. On a tight budget, I'd cut the fancy finish, not the base, because nobody sees the base but it decides whether the new slab stays flat.
Houses, condos and front yards around Covina
Many of the calls we get are about the concrete right around a house, such as a driveway that's cracked, a back patio that holds water or steps pulling away from the door. Where a lot has room, people also ask about widening a driveway or adding a side slab for bins or a trailer.
If you own a condo and the work touches the building's exterior or a common area, the city wants a letter of authorization signed by the HOA president with the permit, plus papers such as HOA minutes. The city may consider sign-off from every condo owner instead, but either way it's worth starting early.
Where the work reaches the street, like the end of a driveway at the curb, or sits near a front property line with no sidewalk, it starts with the city's engineering staff. Some of those jobs need an encroachment permit, the okay to work in the public right of way, before or with the building permit.
What to have ready before your Covina estimate
Where the water goes
Next time it rains or you run the hose, watch where water sits and which way it runs off. That tells me how to slope the new slab so it carries water away from your house instead of toward it.
What will sit on it
Tell me what the slab has to carry, such as an everyday car, a work truck, a trailer or a hot tub. That decides how thick we pour it and whether it gets rebar, the steel bars inside that hold the concrete together if it does crack.
Where the cars go meanwhile
Think about where you'll park while the old driveway is torn out and the new one cures, and how long you can go without it. If the work is out back, check whether a gate or side yard gives us a clear path to bring the concrete in.
Questions Covina homeowners ask about concrete work
Is my Covina address in the city or a county pocket?
It could be either, because Covina has 11 county pockets inside its borders where Los Angeles County, not the city, handles planning and building. A pocket address may still get Covina Water, so the water bill won't settle it, and there LA County Public Works issues the permit. I check this first on every job here.
Do I need a permit for a new concrete driveway or patio in Covina?
Inside city limits, plan on Planning approval, because the city's handout lists flat work and landscaping among the items that need it. New construction, like a slab for a new structure, goes to Building & Safety for a permit too. If a permit is needed, we pull it as part of the job.
Does a concrete retaining wall need city approval in Covina?
Yes, the city requires a Planning Wall and Fence approval for every wall and fence, whatever its height or location. After that approval the city's building official issues the building permit, and a retaining wall needs structural plans, so we build that step into the schedule before anyone digs.
What licenses does a concrete contractor need to work in Covina?
A California contractor's license from the Contractors State License Board, plus a City of Covina business license to pull a city permit. At the counter the contractor also shows the license pocket card with its classification, photo ID and proof of workers' comp insurance, and county pocket work needs a county business license. We're licensed and fully insured.
How much can a contractor ask for up front in California?
The state board says a down payment can be no more than $1,000, and on a smaller contract the cap is lower than that. Later payments are listed in the contract and tied to work done or materials delivered, and the board says these rules apply to every home improvement project.
Will my new concrete driveway crack like the old one?
Concrete can still get hairline cracks, but the big ones usually trace back to a base that was raked level instead of dug out and packed, or to control joints cut late or skipped. We dig out and pack the subgrade, the ground the slab rests on, and cut the joints on time so shrinking concrete has a place to crack that we chose.
Tell us about your Covina concrete job
Send your address and the work you want by phone or the form. You'll hear back within one business day to set up a free, no-obligation estimate on site.
(626) 412-8829Mon–Fri: 6 AM–11 PM, Sat–Sun: 7 AM–11 PM