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Cerritos Concrete Company is a locally owned concrete contractor serving Cerritos, CA, specializing in concrete driveways, patios, and foundation work. We have been serving homeowners throughout Cerritos with free estimates and a response within one business day.
Most homes in Cerritos were built in the 1960s and 1970s. The concrete driveways, walkways, and patios from that era are now showing their age. Here is what we handle most often for homeowners here.
Cerritos driveways poured in the 1960s and 1970s are cracking and sinking across the city, driven by clay soil movement and decades of use. We rebuild them with a proper gravel base designed for local soil conditions - learn more on our concrete driveway building page.
Many Cerritos backyards still have the original thin slabs from the 1970s, or no patio at all. We pour new patios graded correctly so water moves away from your foundation - a real concern when the winter rain comes in fast and heavy here.
In a city where home values are well above the county average, curb appeal matters. Stamped concrete lets Cerritos homeowners get the look of stone or brick on their driveway or patio without the ongoing maintenance those materials require.
The mature trees planted when Cerritos neighborhoods were first developed have had 50 years to push up sidewalks and walkways. We remove and replace lifted sections and account for root systems so the new pour stays level longer.
New ADUs, room additions, and garage conversions in Cerritos all need a properly poured slab foundation that accounts for local clay soil conditions and current city code requirements before a permit can be finaled.
Sloped lots along the edges of Cerritos neighborhoods often need retaining walls to hold soil and prevent erosion, especially after wet winters when saturated clay-heavy ground becomes unstable and prone to movement.
Cerritos was developed rapidly between the early 1960s and the mid-1980s, which means most of the housing stock - and the concrete flatwork that came with it - is now 40 to 60 years old. Driveways poured in that era were often thinner than today's standards and were rarely sealed. The combination of age, California sun, and Cerritos's clay-heavy soil means cracked, sunken, and uneven concrete is visible on nearly every residential street in the city.
The clay soils throughout the Los Angeles Basin, including Cerritos, expand when wet and shrink when dry. That seasonal movement puts constant stress on concrete slabs from below. The rainy season runs from November through March and often delivers heavy, concentrated downpours - and Santa Ana wind events from October through February dry out exterior surfaces rapidly, accelerating cracking. A contractor working here needs to account for these conditions, not just pour concrete and move on. Proper base prep, correct drainage slope, and well-placed control joints are what determine whether a driveway or patio holds up for decades or starts failing within a few years.
Our crew works throughout Cerritos regularly, pulling permits through the City of Cerritos Building and Safety Division and working on the single-family ranch and traditional tract homes that make up almost the entire housing stock here. We know the types of jobs that come up most often in this city: aging driveways pushed up by the roots of trees planted in the 1960s, backyard patios that slope toward the house instead of away from it, and slab foundations for ADUs that need to meet current building standards.
Cerritos sits near the junction of the 91, 605, and 5 freeways, and we serve homeowners from the streets near the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts to the neighborhoods along the Norwalk and Artesia borders. If your neighborhood has an HOA - which is common in planned communities near the Cerritos Auto Square area - we understand the approval process and what documentation associations typically ask for before exterior work can begin.
We also serve homeowners in neighboring Norwalk, CA, where the housing stock and soil conditions are similar to Cerritos. If you are located just outside the Cerritos border, we can still help.
Reach out by phone or through our contact form and describe what you need. We reply within one business day and do not require you to be home for the initial conversation.
We visit your property, measure the area, look at drainage and soil conditions, and give you a written estimate with a fixed price - no vague ranges. This visit is also where we discuss permit requirements and any HOA approvals needed before work starts.
We handle the City of Cerritos permit application and schedule the work. Demo and base prep happen first, then the pour - usually within the same week once the permit is in hand.
The city inspector visits after curing to sign off on the finished work. We coordinate that visit and walk the finished job with you before we leave so you can confirm everything matches what was agreed.
We serve homeowners throughout Cerritos, CA. Tell us what you need and we will come out to take a look - no obligation, no pressure, just a straight answer and a written price.
Cerritos is a mid-size city of roughly 49,000 people covering about 8.8 square miles in southeastern Los Angeles County. Originally called Dairy Valley and incorporated in 1956, the city was developed almost entirely between 1960 and 1985 as a planned residential community. Nearly all of the housing stock consists of single-family ranch and traditional California tract homes - one or two stories, stucco exteriors, attached garages, and concrete driveways and patios on modest lots of 5,000 to 8,000 square feet. Home values in Cerritos are well above the county average, and the city has a high rate of owner-occupied housing - more than 70 percent of residents own their homes rather than rent. That combination of long-term ownership and aging housing stock makes concrete repair and replacement one of the most common home services in the city.
Cerritos is known for community landmarks like the nationally recognized Cerritos Public Library, one of the most architecturally distinctive public buildings in the region, and the Cerritos Auto Square on Studebaker Road - a landmark that nearly every resident knows. The city sits near the junction of the 91, 605, and 5 freeways, making it easy to reach from surrounding communities. We also regularly serve homeowners in nearby Norwalk, CA, which borders Cerritos to the north and has a similar mix of postwar housing in need of concrete work.
Custom concrete patios that expand your outdoor living space beautifully.
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Learn MoreConcrete driveways, patios, foundations, sidewalks, and more. We serve all of Cerritos and the surrounding cities. Call or message us now and we will get back to you within one business day.