The Oakland Concrete Company serves Piedmont, 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 Piedmont
Nearly every Piedmont lot is on a slope. The city is a small residential enclave surrounded by Oakland, laid out over rolling hills in the early 1900s, with large older homes, deep gardens and tall trees. Driveways are often steep and curved, and many pass through or under part of the house. Garden walls, entry steps and terraces are part of the original design of a lot of these properties, so new concrete has to sit comfortably beside old stucco, brick and stone. Owners here ask for exposed aggregate, integral color and careful joint layout far more often than plain gray. Drainage is the practical issue: winter rain runs downhill through one yard into the next, and a new slab must not speed it up or send it somewhere new. We take levels across the whole site before we draw anything for a Piedmont job.
Neighborhoods we cover in Piedmont
- Central Piedmont
- Upper Piedmont
- Lower Piedmont
- St. James Wood
- Wildwood Gardens
Permits and local rules
Under the California Building Code a retaining wall over 4 feet, measured from the bottom of the footing, or one that holds up a driveway or slope, needs a building permit. Piedmont also reviews the design of many exterior changes. We have not confirmed which concrete work the City reviews, so we ask the Planning and Building Department before quoting.