Concrete contractor in West Covina - slabs built for valley lots and hillside yards
Elite Hacienda Heights Concrete pours driveways, patios, walks, steps and retaining walls for homes in West Covina, CA. We're based nearby in Hacienda Heights, and I come out to look at every job myself.
- Licensed and fully insured.
- Free estimates at your property.
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Homes and yards across West Covina
West Covina sits in the San Gabriel Valley, between the Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino County metros, and most of our work here is for families on residential streets. Plaza West Covina and Eastland Center along Interstate 10 are where people shop. The houses spread out on both sides of the freeway, from flat valley lots up to the sloped streets on the north side of the San Jose Hills around Galster Wilderness Park. The same kinds of streets carry on into La Puente and Valinda.
That split shapes the job. On the flat lots, the call is usually about an old driveway or walk that's cracked, sunk or holding water. Up in the hills, a new slab needs a plan for where the runoff goes first, and often steps or a wall to deal with the grade.
What I check before we pour in West Covina
In West Covina, the city's Building Division issues permits for private work, so that's the office we check with for your address before anything gets poured. If your job needs a permit, we handle it as part of the work, and the pour date waits until it's settled. The city also requires every business working inside West Covina to hold a city business license, so ask any contractor you're weighing to show you theirs. We're licensed and fully insured.
Price here moves most with the ground, meaning how much old concrete comes out, how much base we dig out and pack, and how much drainage work the slope calls for. The schedule turns on the permit question, the weather and the cure, which is the wait while new concrete hardens enough to walk on and then drive on. I'll give you your own figures at the estimate. Concrete trucks reach most of the city easily off the 10, so a pour here runs the same as the ones we do back home and in East Los Angeles.
Get a free on-site concrete estimate in West Covina
Send the form or call (626) 413-5388, and we'll get back to you within one business day. I come out to your West Covina property, measure, ask how you'll use the space and write up a free estimate. There's no obligation to go ahead.
Call (626) 413-5388Services in West Covina, CA
Concrete driveway building
Older driveways here often crack and sink where the dirt under them was never packed. We dig out, pack a firm base and pour new.
Concrete patio construction
Backyard patios on sloped lots tend to hold water or drain toward the house. We slope it away from your walls before we pour.
Concrete sidewalk building
Front walks here get lifted by roots and settle into trip edges. Our concrete sidewalk building replaces them with cut joints so cracks land where we choose.
Concrete retaining walls
Hillside yards near the San Jose Hills often need a wall to hold back the grade. We pour concrete walls with footings and drainage behind them.
Concrete steps construction
Sloped front yards mean steps to the door, and old ones crack and pull away from the house. We pour new ones with every step the same height.
Concrete cutting
A cracked section or a plumbing repair under the slab doesn't always mean tearing out the whole driveway. We saw clean edges, remove that part and repour.
How it goes when you call us about a West Covina job
Call or send the form
Call (626) 413-5388 or use the form, and we set a time for me to come see the job. You don't need measurements ready.
I walk and measure the site
I measure, ask how the space will get used, check where the water runs and look at what's in the way, then write up the estimate. It helps if you're home so I can ask you questions, because your answers change the job.
We settle the permit question
Before anything gets poured, we check with the right office for your address. If a permit is needed, we take care of it, and the pour date follows.
Our crew pours, I check
Our own crew forms, pours and finishes, and I'm on site to check the work before we call it done. Then you keep off it while it cures, and I'll tell you when it's ready for feet and when it's ready for the car.
Common questions
Do I need a permit to pour a concrete driveway in West Covina?
Under the city's list of work that doesn't need a building permit, walks and driveways can go without one when they sit no more than 30 inches above the ground around them, have no basement or room below and aren't part of a path built for wheelchair access. A patio isn't named on that list in so many words, and plumbing or electrical work tied to the job can need its own permit. That's why I check your exact project for your address before we start.
Do I need a permit for a concrete retaining wall or block wall in West Covina?
A retaining wall that holds back no more than 4 feet, measured from the bottom of its footing to the top, is on the city's no-building-permit list unless it carries extra weight above it, like a driveway or a slope behind it, or holds back certain liquids. A masonry or concrete fence 6 feet or under is also on the list when it isn't a pool or spa barrier and it sits back from the street or sidewalk at least as far as it's tall. Hillside walls here often hold more than that, so I measure before we talk design.
How do I apply for a building permit in West Covina?
You apply through the city's One Stop Building Permit Center, which handles project submittals and plan checks, since the Building Division no longer takes applications by email. The Building Counter at City Hall also takes them in person Monday through Thursday, 7:30 am to 5:30 pm, and the division answers questions at (626) 939-8425.
Does concrete work that doesn't need a building permit still need Planning approval in West Covina?
It can, because the city's Planning Division reviews some projects that need no building permit. In some cases Planning can limit where something goes and how tall it is, and set design requirements. For a wall or slab near the street, a call to the Planning counter at (626) 939-8422 before you lock in the design is worth it.
Does a concrete contractor need a city business license to work in West Covina?
Yes, the city requires anyone operating a business inside West Covina to get a business license, due within fifteen days of starting business there. That covers contractors from outside the city too, and the city's Finance Department handles business licensing.
How much does a new concrete driveway cost in West Covina?
Your price comes down to the size, how much old concrete we break out and haul off, how much base the ground needs and the finish you pick, and I give you the number in writing after I measure. People usually want to save on the base because nobody sees it once the slab is down, but that's the part I won't cut, since a thin, unpacked base is what lets a slab settle and crack. Concrete still cracks some, so if you need to save, do it on the finish. A plain broom finish, the light brushed texture that gives shoes and tires grip, costs less than stamped and holds up fine.
Tell us about your West Covina concrete job
Call (626) 413-5388 or send the form before you pick a finish, because what I find under and around your old slab decides where your money should go.