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 patio is the fastest way to turn a bare backyard into usable space. Aguilar and Sons Construction pours backyard patios across Salinas and the Monterey Bay area. Most start the same way: the house is new and the yard behind it is still dirt. We take it from there: layout, excavation, compacted base, steel and the pour.
We also pour patio extensions and replace slabs that have cracked or settled. Finishes run from a plain broom texture to salt and sand, or stamped and colored concrete. If you want a surface you can lift and reset, we also install concrete pavers. We are a licensed general building contractor, and estimates are free, so call or text (831) 262-9943.
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The first pass is layout. We mark where the patio lands and how far it reaches off the house. Then the sod or old surface comes out and we dig to depth. That dirt work is the part nobody sees and the part that holds the slab up.
Next comes base rock, spread and compacted in layers. We set the forms and tie rebar on chairs. The chairs hold the steel inside the slab instead of down on the dirt. Rebar holds a slab together across a crack and keeps both sides level.
Then the pour. Concrete goes in, gets screeded and floated, and the finish goes on while it is workable. Where a truck cannot reach the yard, we pump it around the side. Control joints get cut so the slab cracks along a line we put in.
A broom finish is the workhorse. It leaves a light texture that stays grippy when the fog rolls in. A salt finish presses small pits into the surface, and a sand finish brings out the fine aggregate. For real stone underfoot, look at natural flagstone instead.
A lot of new homes want the modern version: large format pads with gravel or turf in the joints. Each pad is poured on its own with the gap left open. The gaps give water somewhere to go. We pour them as full patios and as runs between two houses.
Steps and landings get poured with the patio when the yard has a grade change. The same pour can carry concrete steps and walkways out to the side gate. Tell us early about a shade structure. We set footings for a pergola or a solid patio cover while the forms are open.
The ground changes a lot in a short drive here. Parts of the valley floor sit on heavy clay that swells when it is wet and cracks when it dries. Closer to the water it turns to old dune sand that drains fast but holds no shape. Neither forgives a slab poured on loose dirt, so the base does the work.
Salt air is the other local factor. Caltrans treats structures within 1,000 feet of the ocean as a marine atmosphere exposure. That is a bridge standard, not a patio rule. It is still the reason we keep good cover over the steel near the water.
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 concrete patios 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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We build wood pergolas and solid roof patio covers, freestanding or attached to the house. Posts land on poured footings and masonry column bases, and the frame is cut on site.
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.
Concrete slab cost in California: Angi lists the state at $7.70 to $8.50 per square foot. Why two bids differ: soil, thickness, steel and access.
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Stamped concrete vs pavers on the Monterey Bay: published cost ranges, repairs, cracking, slip, soils and salt air, and which one fits your lot.
Read more →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.