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Cerritos Concrete Company is a concrete contractor serving Cypress, CA, specializing in garage floor installation, driveway replacement, and patio construction for the city's 1960s and 1970s tract homes. We respond to Cypress inquiries within one business day and provide free on-site estimates.
Cypress was built out rapidly in the 1960s and 1970s, and most of its tract homes were poured on the same expansive clay soils that cause problems throughout northwest Orange County. The concrete driveways, garage floors, and patio slabs from that era are now showing consistent wear. Here is what we handle most often on Cypress properties.
Garage slabs in Cypress tract homes from the 1960s and 1970s are among the most worn surfaces on these properties - decades of vehicle traffic, oil exposure, and seasonal clay soil movement leave them cracked, stained, and often out of level. We remove and replace failed garage slabs or resurface sound ones with a durable finish. See our full garage floor concrete page for options.
Driveways on Cypress tract homes are almost universally cracked or heaved after 50-plus years of clay soil movement and heavy use. We demo the old slab, compact a proper aggregate base, and pour a new driveway with the right thickness and joint spacing for the soil conditions throughout Cypress.
Backyard patios on Cypress's modest 5,000 to 7,500 square foot lots are the primary outdoor living space for most households. Original patio slabs on these properties often have poor drainage slope toward the house, and the wet winters of recent years have made drainage problems visible on properties throughout the city.
Cypress homeowners adding ADUs, converting garages, or finishing interior spaces need concrete floors that are flat, properly sealed, and built to handle foot traffic and moisture. We pour interior slabs with the right thickness and finish for residential applications throughout Cypress.
Tree-lined residential streets throughout Cypress often have sidewalk panels lifted or cracked by roots from the trees planted when the tracts were developed. A raised panel is a safety issue, and the city can require the adjacent homeowner to repair it. We replace damaged sections and grade the new work to match the surrounding walk.
Front entry steps on Cypress homes from the 1960s and 1970s commonly show cracked treads, shifted risers, and separation from the adjacent porch or walkway. We rebuild entry steps with proper base prep and tie them to the surrounding flatwork so they stay stable as the soil moves seasonally.
Cypress is a compact city of about 50,000 people covering just 6.8 square miles in northwestern Orange County. The city grew quickly in the 1960s and 1970s when developers built tract subdivisions across former farmland, and it has been fully built out ever since. That means the large majority of homes in Cypress are now 50 to 60 years old - a range where original concrete flatwork is consistently failing. The original driveways, patio slabs, and garage floors poured when these tracts were built were designed for a 25 to 30 year lifespan. They have been in service roughly twice that long.
Cypress sits on the same expansive clay soils that run throughout the Los Angeles Basin and Orange County lowlands. According to the California Geological Survey, expansive clays are among the most common causes of concrete and foundation damage in Southern California. The soil swells as it absorbs winter rain and contracts as summer heat dries it - a cycle that puts cyclical stress on every concrete surface in contact with the ground. Homes built in the 1960s and 1970s have been through 50-plus rounds of this movement, and the cumulative effect shows up as cracked slabs, heaved driveways, and garage floors that are no longer level.
Our crew works throughout Cypress regularly, and we understand the local conditions that affect concrete work here. The properties we see most often are single-story or two-story tract homes on 5,000 to 7,500 square foot lots, with attached garages and original concrete flatwork from the 1960s and 1970s. Garage floors on these properties almost always show decades of oil and vehicle wear on top of the underlying soil movement damage. When permits are required, we work with the Cypress Building Division to pull them before work begins.
Cypress residents navigate by Katella Avenue and Valley View Street, and most neighborhoods are within a short drive of Cypress College on College Drive. The city sits at the junction of the 605 and 22 freeways, making it easy to reach from surrounding communities. Residential blocks between Moody Street and Valley View are typical of the consistent housing stock we work on throughout the city.
We also serve homeowners in neighboring Anaheim, CA to the east, where a larger share of commercial and multifamily properties creates different concrete needs than Cypress's primarily residential neighborhoods. If your property is near the Cypress-Anaheim border, reach out and we will confirm coverage for your address.
Call or submit through the contact form with a description of the project. We follow up with every Cypress inquiry within one business day and schedule a free on-site visit at a time that works for you.
We come to your Cypress property, assess the existing concrete and underlying conditions, discuss your options, and explain any permit requirements. You receive a written estimate with itemized costs before any work is scheduled.
We remove the old slab, properly excavate and compact the base using aggregate suited to Cypress clay soils, set forms and reinforcement, and pour the new concrete. You do not need to be present for most of the work.
After the pour we apply curing treatment, strip forms once the slab has set, remove all debris from the property, and walk the finished work with you. Any questions get answered before we leave the job.
We serve all of Cypress, CA. Free on-site estimates, no obligation. Call or fill out the form and we will follow up within one business day.
Cypress is a mid-size city of about 50,000 people in northwestern Orange County, bordered by Buena Park to the north, Anaheim to the east, Los Alamitos to the south, and Long Beach and Seal Beach to the west. The city sits at the intersection of the 605 and 22 freeways, which makes it well-connected but also means it carries significant through traffic along Katella Avenue and Valley View Street. The housing stock is almost entirely single-family residential - most neighborhoods consist of 3- to 4-bedroom tract homes on modest lots built during the city's rapid development in the 1960s and 1970s. The city is home to Cypress College, a community college on College Drive that has anchored the city since 1966 and remains one of its most recognizable institutions.
Cypress is almost entirely built out, with very little undeveloped land remaining - which means virtually all concrete work in the city is repair or replacement rather than new construction on raw ground. Owner-occupancy rates are high, and median home values consistently land in the $700,000 to $800,000 range, which means most homeowners here invest in maintaining their properties rather than deferring work. The Los Alamitos Race Course sits right on the Cypress border and is a familiar geographic landmark for longtime residents. We also serve homeowners in nearby Buena Park, CA to the north, where similar housing ages and soil conditions mean similar concrete needs.
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