The Oakland Concrete Company serves El Cerrito, CA for concrete driveways, patios, slabs and repairs, with free estimates and written quotes. Call (510) 694-1913 or text a photo of the job.
Concrete Contractor services in El Cerrito
From San Pablo Avenue the whole of El Cerrito tilts upward. The lowest blocks near the BART line are gentle, but within half a mile the streets become steep, and the homes along Arlington Boulevard look out over the bay from high on the ridge. Much of the housing dates from the 1940s and 1950s: modest stucco houses with a garage tucked under the living floor and a short, sharply sloped driveway down to it or up to it. Those driveways are the main concrete job here. They need a rough finish for grip in winter rain, a drain or a shaped swale at the low end, and a transition at the street that does not scrape a car. Hillside yards add small retaining walls and flights of steps. El Cerrito is in Contra Costa County. We measure the grade of a driveway before we talk about anything else.
Neighborhoods we cover in El Cerrito
- Del Norte
- El Cerrito Plaza area
- Mira Vista
- Fairmount
- Arlington Boulevard hills
Permits and local rules
Under state law the fronting owner maintains the sidewalk, and work on the sidewalk or driveway approach generally needs an encroachment permit. A retaining wall over 4 feet from the bottom of its footing, or one supporting a driveway or slope, needs a building permit under the California Building Code. We have not confirmed El Cerrito's local additions.