Concrete Patios
We pour backyard concrete patios, patio extensions and replacement slabs across the Monterey Bay area. Base, steel, drainage fall and finish are all handled by our crew.
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Aguilar and Sons Construction builds stamped concrete patios, walkways, driveways and borders across the Monterey Bay area. Stamped concrete is a poured slab, colored and then pressed with a pattern while it is still soft. The finished surface reads like cut stone or plank, out of one pour. Our crew does the forms, the rebar, the pour and the sealed finish.
A stamped pour is built on the same bones as a plain concrete patio: excavation, compacted base, forms and steel. The color and the pattern go on in the last hours of that same pour. We are a general building contractor based in Salinas, licensed since 2000. Estimates are free and done at the house, so call or text (831) 262-9943.
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A lot of our stamped work starts in a back yard of bare dirt behind a new house. We lay the shape out on the ground, then form to it. A round patio with a walkway back to the house is one shape we build.
Stamped concrete also works as a border. A stamped band around a broom-finished field gives the slab an edge without patterning all of it. Stamped work usually goes in as part of a larger hardscape build, with grades and drainage on one plan.
On a concrete driveway the pattern goes over a slab built for vehicle loads, so it takes more steel. Patios and walkways close to grade do not usually pull a building permit of their own. Changing where a driveway meets the public street is its own encroachment permit, so check with your city.
Stamp patterns come in families. Ashlar slate and flagstone read as cut stone, and cobblestone reads as small squares in a grid. Wood plank reads as boards. A seamless texture adds grain and grip with no repeat.
Color goes in two ways on the same slab. Integral color is mixed through the load, so the tone runs all the way down. An antiquing release goes on right before the stamp and settles into the low spots. That second tone keeps a stamped slab from reading flat.
Concrete shrinks as it cures and will crack somewhere. Control joints decide where it shows. We saw-cut them in a layout that follows the shape of the slab. On a stamped pour those cuts hide in the pattern lines.
Weather here treats concrete differently than a cold climate. Freezing is rare. Federal soil surveys put the frost-free season along this coast at roughly 250 to 350 days. What wears a finish here is salt air and coastal damp.
Sealer holds the color and the release tone in place. It also slows water and salt from soaking in. A sealed slab on the coast dulls sooner, because fog keeps it wet. Resealing is normal upkeep, and we leave the product notes so the next coat matches.
Steel matters more near the water. Caltrans counts structures within 1,000 feet of the ocean as a marine atmosphere exposure. At that distance the state raises the concrete cover over reinforcement. That is a bridge rule, so we treat it as guidance and keep the steel up on chairs.
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 stamped concrete across Salinas and the Monterey Bay area. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We pour backyard concrete patios, patio extensions and replacement slabs across the Monterey Bay area. Base, steel, drainage fall and finish are all handled by our crew.
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We pour new concrete driveways and replace old ones that have cracked or broken up, from Salinas across the Monterey Bay area. Base, steel, thickness and joints get built for the vehicles that will actually park on it.
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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.
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.
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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.