New concrete driveways for mountain homes, laid on a dug-out, packed base and sloped so runoff heads to the street instead of under your garage door.
Concrete Contractor in Wrightwood, CA - Slabs Built for Mountain Winters
C&L Hesperia Concrete Company is a concrete contractor based in Hesperia that takes jobs up the hill in Wrightwood, CA. We pour driveways, patios, steps, footings and slabs, and fix old concrete that has cracked, sunk or needs cutting.
- Fully licensed and insured.
- Free estimates at your property.
- We respond within 1 business day.
Concrete work we do in Wrightwood
Most Wrightwood calls are for driveways, steps and walks on sloped lots, plus footings and repairs where frost and roots have lifted or cracked old concrete.
Concrete patios behind the house or off a deck, poured flat enough to use but with a slight fall so water drains off before it freezes.
Concrete pressed with stone or slate patterns, for homeowners who want a patio or walk that looks at home among the pines without loose pavers.
Walkways from the driveway to the door or around the house, built with a broom finish, a lightly brushed texture that gives shoes grip on wet days.
New or replacement garage floor slabs for homes where the old floor has cracked, sunk at the door or worn rough from years of wet tires.
Colored, stained or textured concrete for homeowners who want more than plain gray on patios, entries and walks, without giving up a solid base underneath.
Poured concrete walls that hold back soil on sloped lots, so a driveway, patio or yard can sit level where the hill would keep creeping down.
Interior concrete floors for basements, workshops, cabins and additions, poured level and smooth so they're ready for a floor covering or for use as they are.
Concrete decks around pools and spas, textured for bare feet and sloped so splash and rain drain off instead of pooling where people walk.
Concrete steps for front doors, decks and sloped walks, built with every step the same height so nobody misjudges one on an icy morning.
Slab foundations for homes, garages and additions, with a packed base and rebar, the steel bars inside that hold the slab together, set to the approved plans.
Full foundations for new buildings and additions, footings and walls included, built to the approved plans and inspected before anything goes on top of them.
Concrete parking areas for homes with extra cars, rentals and small businesses, built heavier where vehicles turn and sloped so water clears off the surface.
Concrete footings, the buried base under walls, decks, posts and additions, dug and formed so the weight above rests on firm, undisturbed ground.
Lifting and leveling sunken foundations and slabs where the ground settled or washed out, for homeowners seeing sloping floors, sticking doors or widening cracks.
Clean saw cuts through slabs and walls for new doorways, utility trenches or taking out a damaged section without breaking up the concrete around it.
Why Wrightwood homeowners call us up the mountain
Wrightwood is a different job from the desert floor. Most homes sit in the pines on sloped, wooded lots, a mix of older cabins and full-time houses, and plenty of them have steep driveways and tight streets where a concrete truck has to plan its approach. We're a concrete contractor based in Hesperia, CA, and the drive up takes us past jobs in Piñon Hills and Phelan, so it's familiar road for us.
Up here the ground freezes, tree roots push under old slabs and water always finds the low side of the lot. That's why most of what we do on a Wrightwood job happens before the pour, in the digging, the packed base and the grading that sends water away from the house.
- The owner writes your estimate on site
- Our own crew, owner on site
- Permits pulled when your job needs one
How we handle a Wrightwood job
I look at it first
I come up, walk the lot and write the estimate myself, because slope, access and base work set the price, and weather and any permit set the schedule.
Base before finish
The base is hidden on day one, so it's the first thing people want to cut, and it's the one place I won't, because a nice top on soft ground settles.
You hear the why
I walk you through the base, the joints and the finish before the truck shows up, because concrete is hard to undo once it sets.
Our own crew
Our own crew does the work and I'm on site running it, so the person who wrote your estimate is the one making the calls on pour day.
- Estimate written on site, in plain words
- Base dug out and packed firm
- Water checked to run away from the house
- Rebar placed where the slab needs it
- Control joints cut on time
- Pours scheduled out of the midday heat
- Fresh slab protected while it cures
- Site cleaned up before we leave
On a mountain lot, most of the job is underground, so I'd rather explain the base and drainage up front than have you surprised after the pour.
What signs mean your Wrightwood concrete needs a look?
Winter freezes and runoff off the slopes work on old slabs every year, so small changes here tend to grow faster than they would on flat, dry ground.
- Cracks that widen after each winter
- One slab edge higher than the next
- Driveway sinking near the garage
- Water pooling on the slab
- Surface flaking or chipping away
- Steps pulling away from the house
- Slab tilting toward the foundation
- Roots lifting a section of walk
Our office serving Wrightwood
Call (442) 267-8610 or send the form with your address and what's going on with your concrete, and we'll reply within one business day to set up a free estimate.
- Phone
- (442) 267-8610
- Hours
- Mon–Fri: 8 AM–10 PM, Sat–Sun: 7 AM–9 PM
- Location
- Hesperia, CA 92345
Wrightwood concrete questions
Do I need a permit for concrete work in Wrightwood, CA?
Some concrete work does, and San Bernardino County's Building and Safety office issues those permits, since Wrightwood is unincorporated. Its list names structural repairs, additions, new structures over a set size and larger grading jobs, and says other work may need one too. When a job needs a permit, we pull it as your licensed contractor and schedule the inspections, and if we're not sure, we ask the office before we start.
When does a concrete contractor need a California license?
A contractor needs a license from the state Contractors State License Board when the job needs a building permit, uses employee labor or comes to $1,000 or more in labor and materials. A bigger job can't be split into small ones to get around that. The county doesn't issue a business license that covers the whole county, so the state license is the one to ask about. We're fully licensed and insured.
Which building code applies to my project in Wrightwood?
The county has to enforce the latest California Building Standards Code, and which edition your project meets depends only on the date its permit application reaches Building and Safety. That means two similar jobs can fall under different editions if one applied before a new code took effect. When we pull your permit, we build to the edition that applies to it.
How much does a concrete driveway cost in Wrightwood?
Driveway cost here comes down to size, slope, access and base work, and I give you the figure after I've seen the lot. Taking out old concrete, digging out and packing the base, rebar and the finish all add to it, and a steep or tight driveway may need a pump to get concrete to the forms. The estimate is free and done at your property, with no obligation.
How do I keep a new concrete slab from cracking in the mountains?
Start under the slab, with a dug-out, packed base and water that drains away, because most cracks come from ground that moves or holds water. Then come control joints, shallow cuts we make so the slab cracks along a straight line we chose instead of across the middle, and rebar to hold the pieces together. No slab is crack-proof, but those steps keep cracks small and where we planned them.
How long before I can drive on a new concrete driveway in Wrightwood?
You can walk on it well before you can drive on it, and I give you both waits on the estimate for your time of year. Concrete cures slower in the cold, so an early or late season pour up here needs longer before your car goes on it. That's why we set the pour date by the forecast and keep you off it until it's ready.
Other cities we work in, and more
Pick another city below to see our work there, or call (442) 267-8610 if yours isn't listed, because we take jobs well beyond these pages.
Start a Wrightwood quote with C&L Hesperia Concrete
Send the form or call, and we'll reply within one business day to book your free, no-obligation estimate.