Concrete Contractor in Inglewood, CA - Driveways and Walks That Drain Right
H&J Gardena Concrete Contractors is a concrete contractor based in Gardena, CA. We pour driveways, patios, walks, steps and foundations for Inglewood homes and small rental properties.
Concrete work on Inglewood homes
Most of what we're called out for in Inglewood is a driveway, walk or patio that's cracked, sinking or holding water. The price turns on the size, how much old concrete comes out, how much base work the ground needs and the finish you pick. The schedule turns on permits and inspections if your job needs them, and on curing, the wait while new concrete gains strength, which keeps you off a driveway longer than off a walk. The city's Building Safety Division issues building and grading permits, and its guidance says a building permit is needed whenever a structure is built, altered, repaired or demolished, so repair work can count too. We check with the city for your address, and when your job needs a permit we pull it and line up the inspections before we pour. Your own figure comes from the estimate, in writing.
Inglewood is a short drive north of us, and the houses look a lot like the ones we work on in Hawthorne and down in Long Beach: older single-story homes, narrow side driveways running back to a detached garage, and small apartment buildings with shared walks. A lot of those slabs went in decades ago on a thin base, and tree roots lift them, so on most jobs here the real work is under the surface, digging out, packing a solid base and getting the water to run away from the house.
What we pour in Inglewood
Concrete driveway building
Concrete driveway building. Long, narrow side driveways are common here, and after decades of cars they crack and sink, so we tear out, rebuild the base and pour fresh.
Concrete patio construction
Concrete patio construction. Most backyards behind older Inglewood houses are small, so we size a patio to fit and slope it gently away from the house so rain runs off.
Stamped concrete services
Stamped concrete services. On a small Inglewood front yard, stamped concrete gives a walk or patio a stone or brick look in one pour, over the same packed base.
Concrete sidewalk building
Concrete sidewalk building. Tree roots lift a lot of walks here into trip edges. We take out the raised sections, deal with the roots and pour walks that sit flat.
Garage floor concrete
Garage floor concrete. Detached garages behind older homes often have cracked, oily floors that have settled in the middle. We break out the old slab and pour a new one on a sound base.
Decorative concrete
Decorative concrete. If a plain gray front walk is the first thing people see, colored or exposed-aggregate concrete dresses it up without changing how it's built underneath.
Concrete retaining walls
Concrete retaining walls. Where a yard steps down to the alley or the neighbor's lot, a concrete retaining wall holds the soil, and the drainage behind it matters most.
Concrete floor installation
Concrete floor installation. For a shop, a storage room or a converted back unit, we pour interior floors flat and smooth, ready for whatever covering goes on top.
Concrete pool decks
Concrete pool decks. Pool decks take sun, splash and bare feet, so we pick a finish with grip and slope the deck so water runs to drains, not the house.
Concrete steps construction
Concrete steps construction. Front steps on older homes crack at the edges and pull away from the porch. We form and pour new steps with even risers that sit solid.
Slab foundation building
Slab foundation building. Adding a back house or a room addition on an Inglewood lot? We pour the slab it sits on, with the base and steel the plans call for.
Foundation installation
Foundation installation. New construction and additions start with the foundation, and we dig and pour it to the approved plans, with the inspection done before the concrete goes in.
Concrete parking lot building
Concrete parking lot building. Small apartment buildings and corner businesses here often have worn lots. We replace them in concrete, sloped so water runs off instead of sitting in low spots.
Concrete footings
Concrete footings. Footings carry a wall, a patio cover or a block fence, and on these older lots we dig them to depth so the work above doesn't lean.
Foundation raising
Foundation raising. If a corner of the house has settled and doors stick or floors slope, we look at what's under it and raise the foundation where it makes sense.
Concrete cutting
Concrete cutting. On Inglewood jobs we saw-cut old driveways for removal, cut openings for drain lines and cut control joints, the grooves that decide where a slab cracks.
What signs say your Inglewood concrete needs work?
Most slabs on older Inglewood lots fail slowly, from a tired base, tree roots or water running the wrong way, so small signs usually show up well before a big repair.
- Cracks that keep getting wider
- One slab sunk below the next
- Puddles that sit after watering
- Edges lifted by tree roots
- Chipping or a dusty, flaking top
- Slab tilting toward the house
If you're looking at one of these, call (424) 528-1322 or send the form, and I'll come take a look before you decide anything.
Should you repair it or tear it out?
On most Inglewood jobs the answer comes from what's under the slab, so I check the base and where the water goes before telling you which way to go.
When a repair is enough
If the slab is still solid underneath and the trouble is one cracked section, a panel lifted by a root or a single bad step, we cut out that part and pour it back. The rest of the slab keeps doing its job.
When it's time to replace
If the slab is sinking in several places or sending water toward the house, the base has usually given out and a patch won't hold. When we replace, I'd spend on the base before a fancy finish, because the base is the part you can't redo later.
What Inglewood lots ask of new concrete
We're fully licensed and insured. I'd rather tell you something you don't want to hear at the estimate than have you find it out a year later.
I come out myself
I measure and look at the job before you get a number, and I'm on site with our crew when we pour.
A base dug out, not raked
We dig to firm soil and pack the subgrade, what the slab sits on, because a raked base settles with the dirt.
Water sent away from the house
Before we set forms, we check where the water runs so the new slab falls away from your house.
Joints cut where cracks belong
Concrete cracks as it shrinks, so we cut control joints on time to put the cracks in the grooves.
Your satisfaction, guaranteed
It starts with a written estimate, so call (424) 528-1322 or use the form to set a time.
Tell us about your Inglewood concrete job
We pick up (424) 528-1322 seven days a week from 6 AM to 11 PM, so call while you're looking at the problem and ask how the city's permit steps fit your job.
Other cities we work in, and more
Pick your city below for its own page, or call (424) 528-1322 if it isn't listed, because we work in Gardena and the cities around it, not only these.