A concrete slab carries everything built on top of it, so the part you never see matters most. Aguilar and Sons Construction pours new slabs and footings in Salinas and across the Monterey Bay area. We do the concrete foundation work for room additions, garages, ADUs, shops and sheds. Every structural pour is built to the engineer's plans for that lot.
Our crew handles the layout, the excavation, the base, the forms and the steel. We set anchor bolts and hold-downs where the plans show them, then pour, finish and cure the slab. On a larger job we can run the whole project as your general building contractor under one permit set. Estimates are free. Call or text (831) 262-9943.
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Most of the slabs we pour sit under something new. A room addition, a detached garage, an ADU, a shop or a storage building all start the same way. We set the layout from the plans, dig the footings, then grade the pad inside the forms. Flatwork like walkways and steps is a different job, covered on our general concrete work page.
Compaction is the quiet part of a slab. Loose fill under fresh concrete settles later, and the slab cracks where it lost support. We compact in lifts and keep the base even, so the concrete sits on ground that stays put.
Then comes the steel. Rebar goes in a grid, tied and lifted on chairs so the steel sits inside the concrete. Where the plans call for a vapor barrier, it goes down before the steel. Anchor bolts and hold-downs are set to the plan layout while the concrete is still wet.
A house foundation is an engineered structure. The engineer sizes the footings, the steel and the connections for that lot and that building. Seismic design is their job here, and it shows up as bar sizes and hold-down callouts. We build to those plans.
On a slab-on-grade, the footings and the floor are poured together as one piece. On a perimeter foundation, a continuous footing carries a stem wall around the outside. The framed floor sits on top of that. A hillside lot may need a retaining wall cut in before the foundation can go in.
Either way, the footing depth, the rebar and the anchor bolt spacing come off the drawings. We check the forms and the steel against the plan before we call for inspection. Concrete is unforgiving once it sets, so the measuring happens first.
Ground changes a lot inside our service area. Some valley floor and Hollister lots sit on heavy expansive clay. That clay cracks and shrinks when it dries, then swells again when it gets wet. A slab poured on an unprepared base is the one that feels it.
Near Marina and the former Fort Ord, the ground is old dune sand that drains fast. Sand like that needs real compaction to hold a flat, firm pad. Where a job calls for a soils report, that report sets the footing depth and the base detail. We build to it.
Freezing is rare on this coast, so freeze-thaw damage is not the local problem. Water, salt air and ground movement are. California's bridge engineers treat anything within 1,000 feet of the ocean as a marine atmosphere. They add concrete cover over the steel for it, and that thinking guides our coastal pours too.
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 foundations and slabs across Salinas and the Monterey Bay area. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
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.
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Aguilar and Sons Construction holds a CSLB B General Building license, #787101, first issued in 2000. We run remodels, additions and multi-trade projects under one contract, from the permit through the final inspection.
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We build concrete and concrete block retaining walls, low garden walls and planter walls with steps. The footing, the steel and the drainage behind the wall come first, then the stucco or stone veneer finish.
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.
