Cracked, sinking or puddling driveway? We dig out, pack the base and pour a new slab that sheds water and holds its shape.
Concrete driveway building in Torrance, CA means forming, pouring, finishing and curing a new slab, so you end up with a paved driveway that carries your car and sends water away from the house. The pour itself goes quickly. Most of the waiting comes after, while the concrete cures before you can park on it.
If your driveway is cracked across the middle, sunk at one corner or holding a puddle after every rain, the cause is usually below the surface, because that's where the old one gave up. The price moves with the size of the driveway, how thick the slab is, how much digging and base work the ground needs, how easy it is to get a truck and crew in, and the finish you pick. The schedule turns on the weather for the pour, whether the city needs a permit first and the curing wait at the end. When I come out and look, the estimate I write gives you the figure for your own driveway.
I'm the one who walks your driveway and writes the estimate, and I work alongside our crew on the job itself. That means the thickness and the drainage we talked about at the curb are the same ones that go into the forms, with nothing lost between the quote and the pour.
I started the company in 2023 after years running another contractor's crew and sorting out the jobs that didn't go by the book. Since then we've become known for the awkward ones, like tight access down a narrow side yard, cuts through old slabs and work right on a property line.
We're licensed and fully insured, and it's fair to ask any bidder for proof of both before you sign. When you're ready, call (424) 318-3115 or use the form on this page, and tell me roughly how big the driveway is and whether delivery trucks use it.
We reply within one business day to set a time to come out. I come out myself for a free on-site estimate, obligation-free, look at the ground and where the water goes, and write up what your driveway needs and what it costs before you decide anything.
The permit question on a Torrance driveway usually starts where the concrete meets the street. Construction and excavation permits for work in the public right-of-way come from the city's Permits and Mapping Division, and that request lists the contractor's state license number, city business license number and proof of liability insurance, plus a refuse company from the city's approved list if a dumpster goes out front. If your job also needs a building permit, the city has the applicant get Zoning Clearance from the Planning or Environmental Division before applying. I won't guess at what your address needs, so before we schedule anything, we check with the city or county office for your address, and if a permit is called for, we handle the paperwork with you.
We're based in Torrance and work across the cities around it. A lot of the driveways we see here run along the side of the house to a garage in back, often with tight access for a truck and a slab that has drifted toward the house over the years, so getting the slope and the base right matters as much as the finish. We do the same work in Redondo Beach and Gardena, with the same permit check for whichever city your house is in.
A concrete driveway in the Los Angeles area usually costs about $5,500 to $16,000 per job. That's the going range across the market, not our price, and where yours lands depends on the size, the slab thickness, the base work and the finish. The estimate I write after seeing your driveway gives you the Torrance figure.
Industry guidelines written for Michigan open a new driveway to traffic after 7 days of curing, or sooner if a strength test shows the concrete is ready. So plan on parking somewhere else for about a week unless a test clears it earlier.
Compare the slab thickness, where the water will go and how the crew will prepare the ground, because you can't see any of those once the concrete is down. Guidelines written for Michigan recommend at least 4 inches of concrete, or at least 5 inches if delivery trucks use the driveway, and Virginia industry guidance says the ground under outdoor slabs should sit high enough for water to drain away. Ask each bidder how they'll clear topsoil, compact the ground and fix soft or muddy spots, and get the thickness in writing so the quotes line up.
Look for the concrete contractor classification set by California's Contractors State License Board, which covers pavement and flat concrete work like driveways. A general builder with a "B" license can also take the job if it holds that concrete classification or hands the work to a licensed concrete contractor. Ask each bidder which license covers the pour.
Only on jobs up to $1,000, and only when the work needs no permit and the person has no employees. A full driveway runs well past that, so anyone bidding on yours should hold a state contractor license.
