Stamped Concrete
Stamped concrete gives a patio or walkway the color and texture of cut stone in one poured slab. We form it, set the steel, stamp the pattern and seal the finish.
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A concrete driveway gets driven on every day and thought about almost never. Then it cracks, and the crack opens a little wider every winter. Aguilar and Sons Construction pours new driveways in Salinas and replaces worn out ones across the Monterey Bay area. We also widen narrow driveways and add side pads for an RV or a boat.
We are a licensed general building contractor, CSLB license #787101, held since 2000. Our crew does the tear-out, the base, the forming, the steel and the finish. If you would rather have a paver driveway, we build those too. Estimates are free and done on site, so call or text (831) 262-9943.
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The driveway you see is the top inch of the job. We strip the topsoil and any soft ground, then cut the subgrade to depth. Crushed base rock goes in and gets compacted in layers. That base is what keeps the slab from settling into a low spot later.
Vehicles flex a slab, so a driveway needs steel and thickness to spread the load. We tie rebar in a grid and set it on chairs, inside the concrete rather than under it. Where a truck, an RV or a trailer parks, the slab goes thicker and the steel tightens. Near the ocean we put more concrete over that steel, the way Caltrans does inside 1,000 feet of the water.
Concrete shrinks as it cures, and it is going to crack somewhere. Control joints decide where. We lay the joints out on a plan, then saw-cut them while the slab is young. A broom finish gives the most traction, while exposed aggregate and stamped and colored concrete are the usual upgrades.
Some driveways can be patched and lived with. Others are done: panels that rock under a tire, or a slab that has dropped at the garage apron. Once the ground under the concrete has moved, the repair has to start under the concrete.
Replacement begins with tear-out and haul-off, then a look at the ground underneath. Soft spots get dug out and replaced with compacted rock. Not every job is a full tear-out. We replace broken sections and leave sound ones, or widen a driveway that never fit two cars.
New concrete never matches old in color, so we set the joint line to read as a border. A replacement is also the moment to redo the concrete walkways and steps that meet it.
Freezing weather is rare here. The Salinas Valley floor has a frost-free season of roughly 233 to 300 days, and the coast runs longer. So freeze and thaw is not what breaks driveways here. Water is, and the rain comes from late fall through spring.
Valley floor soils around Salinas run loam to silty clay loam, with roughly 18 to 30 percent clay. Water moves through them slowly. Some lots sit on heavier expansive clay that swells when it rains and shrinks when it dries. That movement is what cracks a slab poured on an unprepared base.
On a sloped lot the driveway is also the drainage plan. The hills toward Prunedale and Aromas are loose sand over a slower sandstone layer, ground that wants to move. A driveway cut into a bank often needs a retaining wall on one side before it can be poured flat.
Free, no-obligation estimates across Salinas and the Monterey Bay area.
(831) 262-9943From the first call or text to the final walkthrough, here is how it goes.
Call or text (831) 262-9943, or send the form. Tell us what you want built and where it goes.
We come out, measure the area and look at grades, drainage and access. The visit and the estimate are free.
You get the scope, the materials and the price in writing. If the job needs a permit or an engineer, we say so up front and build that into the plan.
Excavation and base first, then forming, steel and the pour. Masonry, carpentry and iron work follow in the order the build needs.
We go over the finished work with you on site. You get plain instructions for sealing, joint sand and keeping iron and wood coated.
Common questions about driveways across Salinas and the Monterey Bay area. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Stamped concrete gives a patio or walkway the color and texture of cut stone in one poured slab. We form it, set the steel, stamp the pattern and seal the finish.
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We set paver patios, walkways and driveways on excavated, compacted base rock with edge restraint on every open side. We lay tumbled, large-format and permeable concrete pavers, cut and fitted to the shape of the yard.
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General concrete work for homes and commercial property: walkways, sidewalks, steps, curbs, mow strips, pads and low site walls. We do the forming, the steel and the finish, and we pump concrete into back yards a truck cannot reach.
Learn MoreCSLB license #787101, classification B General Building, current and active. That license has been held since 2000, more than 25 years as a licensed California contractor.
The license carries a contractor's bond, and workers' compensation insurance is on file with the CSLB. You can look up license #787101 at cslb.ca.gov.
Concrete, masonry, carpentry and iron work run under one contract and one schedule. One company answers for the whole outdoor project.
Estimates are free and we do them at the property. We work from Salinas across the Monterey Bay area, within about 45 minutes.
Call or text (831) 262-9943, or send the form with a few details about the project. Photos of the area help, and we will set a time to come out and measure.
Tell us about the job. We will get right back to you.
