Pricing
Concrete Project Pricing
We publish the drivers, not the figures — because the figures depend on your lot, and pretending otherwise is how homeowners end up comparing bids that describe different jobs.
What pushes a job up
Tear-out
Removing an old slab takes machinery, labor and haul-away before a single form is set. Reinforced slabs take longer to break out than plain ones.
Grading & drainage correction
If your lot sends water toward the house, earth has to move before concrete does. On Fresno's hardpan ground the surface slope is the drainage system — getting it right is real work, and skipping it is the most expensive savings in concrete.
Thickness & reinforcement
A slab that carries a loaded RV needs more depth and steel than one that carries a sedan. The spec follows the honest answer to one question: what's the heaviest thing that will park on this?
Decorative finishes
Stamped patterns, exposed aggregate and integral color add material and finishing time over a standard broom finish.
Hard access
Concrete trucks live in the street. If the pour is behind the house with no wide side access, the concrete gets there another way — and that adds labor or equipment.
What pulls a job down
Already-prepared ground
Pouring over ground that's level, compacted and close to the right grade skips the earthwork.
Standard broom finish
The least labor-intensive finish — and for driveways, walkways and pool surrounds, often the correct one anyway: traction is a feature.
Simple shapes
Straightforward rectangular pours form faster than curves, steps and multi-level layouts. Every edge is hand work.
Why no number over the phone?
Two same-size driveways three streets apart can be very different jobs — one lot drains through sand, the other perches water on hardpan and needs regrading. A phone quote prices an average lot, and no lot is average. The on-site walk is free, and the number that comes out of it is real.
Who shouldn't buy on the thinnest budget
If your lot ponds, slopes toward the house, or sits on ground that's been moving an old slab — the cheapest bid is almost certainly the one that skips the correction. You'd be paying less to keep the problem. Homeowners with clean, prepared, well-draining ground have the most room to shop on price; homeowners with a water problem have the least.
Whoever you hire, ask for the drainage plan in writing. It's the fastest way to find out what a bid actually includes — here's the full list of hiring mistakes to avoid.
Get a real number — from someone standing on your lot.
Request a free on-site estimate. Jose walks your lot, reads the slope, and gives you a written plan before anything is poured. No pressure, no obligation.
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