Concrete Contractor in Del Aire, CA - Slabs That Drain Away From Your House
H&J Gardena Concrete Contractors pours and replaces driveways, patios, walks and garage floors in Del Aire, CA, with slabs built on a packed base and sloped to carry water away from your house.
Concrete work for Del Aire homes
Del Aire is a small, mostly residential neighborhood right next to Hawthorne, and most of the houses here are lived in by the people who own them. It isn't its own city. It's unincorporated, so Los Angeles County acts as its city government, and permits for work here come from LA County Public Works, not a city hall. We're based in Gardena, a short drive away, and we do the same work in Lawndale and the other cities around it.
What moves the price is the size of the slab, how much old concrete we break out and haul off, how much digging and packing the base needs, how easy it is to get back to your yard, and the finish you pick. The schedule turns on whether the county needs a permit and inspection, the weather, and curing, the days new concrete needs to harden before you walk or drive on it. At the estimate I'll go through each of those for your yard and put the work in writing. Most of what we pour in Del Aire is flatwork, the driveways, patios and walks around a house, and on small lots there's not much room for water to go anywhere else. A slab that falls toward the house sends the rain right at your foundation, so where the water goes is the first thing I check.
Concrete services for Del Aire properties
Concrete driveway building
When a Del Aire driveway has cracked through or sunk, we break it out, pack a new base and pour it so water runs away from the garage.
Concrete patio construction
Backyards here are usually tight, so we plan a patio slab around the doors and fence lines and slope it so rain runs off, not toward the house.
Stamped concrete services
For homeowners here who want the front walk or patio to look like stone or brick, stamped concrete does it, over the same packed base as plain work.
Concrete sidewalk building
Front walks and side-yard paths lift at tree roots and sink by downspouts, so we replace the bad sections and set the new ones to shed water.
Garage floor concrete
Plenty of Del Aire garages double as storage or a workshop, so we break out cracked floors and pour a new slab that falls slightly toward the door.
Decorative concrete
Colored concrete, exposed aggregate or a scored pattern can make a small front yard look finished without the upkeep of pavers that shift.
Concrete retaining walls
Where a yard changes level at the neighbor's, we build the retaining wall with drainage behind it so water doesn't build up and push it over.
Concrete floor installation
For a room addition, a converted garage or a back unit, we pour interior floors flat and level so the flooring goes down without shimming.
Concrete pool decks
Pool decks here take full sun, so we give them a textured finish for grip and slope them so splash water runs to a drain, not the house.
Concrete steps construction
Front steps here that pulled away from the porch or cracked at the edge get torn out and rebuilt with rebar, steel bars that hold the concrete together.
Slab foundation building
For a new garage, back unit or addition on a Del Aire lot, we pour the slab foundation on a dug-out, packed base so the building sits level.
Foundation installation
When a house or addition needs a raised foundation rather than a slab, we set the forms and steel and pour the walls to the plans.
Concrete parking lot building
Small apartment buildings and shops often have a few spaces out back, and we pour those lots thick enough for parking and sloped to drain.
Concrete footings
Block walls, patio covers and carports here all sit on footings, the concrete under the post or wall, and we dig and pour them to the plans.
Foundation raising
If one corner of the house or garage has settled and doors stick or floors slope, we look at why it sank before we talk about lifting it.
Concrete cutting
We saw-cut clean lines for a drain, a wider driveway or a new walk, so the slab you keep doesn't crack when we break out the rest.
What should Del Aire homeowners watch for in their concrete?
Most concrete problems we see around Del Aire houses start underneath, with a base that's settled or water running the wrong way, and the signs show up on top first.
- Cracks that keep getting wider
- Water pooling against the house
- One slab sitting higher than another
- Driveway sinking at the garage
- Surface chipping or turning to dust
- Steps pulling away from the porch
If you're seeing one of these, call or send the form, and we'll look at what's going on underneath before anyone talks about tearing it out.
Should you repair the slab or replace it?
It usually comes down to the subgrade, the packed ground the slab sits on. If that's still solid, a repair holds, and if it's settled or washed out, patching the top won't last.
A repair is enough
Hairline cracks, a chipped edge or one sunken section next to solid concrete can usually be fixed. We clean and fill the cracks, or saw-cut out the bad section and pour it back, so you keep the rest of the slab.
Replacing it makes sense
When cracks run across the whole slab, pieces sit at different heights or water runs toward the house, the problem is underneath. We break it out, fix the base and the slope, and pour new concrete that drains away from the house.
What Del Aire yards ask of concrete
I started this business in Gardena in 2017. I come out and look at your job myself, and I'm on the job with our crew, so the person who measured it is there for the pour.
Base first, finish second
We dig out loose dirt and pack the base, and if money's tight I'd trim the finish before I'd skimp there.
Rain that runs away
Before we set forms, I check where your rain goes so the new slab falls away from the house.
Joints cut before cracks start
We cut control joints, grooves that give a crack a place to go, before the slab cracks wherever it likes.
Permits pulled when needed
We check your address with the county and, when a permit's needed, pull it and line up inspections before we pour.
Licensed and insured in California
We're fully licensed and insured, and in California contractors are licensed by the state licensing board.
Get your Del Aire slab looked at
Call (424) 528-1322 any day of the week between 6 AM and 11 PM, so you can ring us while you're standing over the crack.
Don't see your city? Call us
Cities with their own page are listed here. If yours isn't one of them, call (424) 528-1322, since we work in Gardena and the cities around it.