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Cerritos Concrete Company is a concrete contractor serving Lakewood, CA, handling driveway replacement, patio construction, and concrete repairs for the city's 1950s homes. We serve Lakewood homeowners with free on-site estimates and a one-business-day response.
Nearly every home in Lakewood was built between 1950 and 1954. That means the original driveways, walkways, and patios are now more than 70 years old. Here is what we handle most often for Lakewood homeowners.
Lakewood driveways from the early 1950s are well past their expected lifespan, and root pressure from mature street trees has pushed up sections across the city. We remove old slabs, address root systems, and pour new driveways built for local soil conditions - details on our concrete driveway building page.
Lakewood backyards are modest in size, and many still have the original thin slabs from the 1950s or no patio at all. We pour new patios graded away from the foundation so winter rain - which hits fast and heavy here - drains off the property rather than pooling against the house.
The trees planted when Lakewood was first developed in the early 1950s are now large enough to lift sidewalks and walkways along entire blocks. We remove raised sections, cut intruding roots, install root barriers where needed, and pour replacements with correct joint spacing to allow for future movement.
In a city where median home values have climbed well above $600,000, upgrading a cracked 1950s driveway with stamped concrete is a practical way to improve curb appeal without the maintenance overhead of pavers or brick.
ADU additions and garage conversions are increasingly common on Lakewood lots, and each one requires a new slab poured to current city standards. We handle the pour and work through the Lakewood permit process so the foundation passes inspection the first time.
Some Lakewood properties have sloped sections or split-level yards where soil needs to be retained - especially after wet winters when saturated clay-heavy ground becomes heavy and prone to shifting. Concrete retaining walls solve the problem permanently and require little ongoing maintenance.
Lakewood is unusual among Southern California cities: nearly the entire housing stock was built at once, between 1950 and 1954. That means virtually every home in the city is now over 70 years old, and the original concrete flatwork - driveways, walkways, and patios - is well past its expected lifespan. The city was built quickly to house returning veterans and their families, and while the homes themselves have held up well, the concrete surfaces poured alongside them are showing their age. Cracking, sinking, and root damage are visible on nearly every residential street.
The underlying soil in Lakewood is clay-heavy, which expands when wet and shrinks when dry. That seasonal movement stresses concrete slabs from below, year after year. Lakewood also gets most of its annual rainfall of about 12 to 14 inches between November and March, often in concentrated bursts that the dry, compacted soil cannot absorb quickly. The result is surface runoff, drainage problems, and water sitting against foundations - exactly the conditions that accelerate concrete deterioration. Santa Ana wind events in fall and winter further dry out surface concrete rapidly, widening existing cracks. A contractor working in Lakewood needs to account for all of this, not just match the price on an estimate.
Our crew works throughout Lakewood regularly, and we pull permits through the Lakewood Public Works Department for concrete flatwork projects that require city approval. The ranch-style homes on small to medium lots that make up virtually the entire city mean our crew works in tight spaces, often right up against neighboring fences, garages, and mature tree root systems. We see the same issues repeat from property to property: driveways heaved by roots, patios that slope toward the house, and original walkways that are cracked through to the base.
Lakewood is bordered by Long Beach to the west and south, Bellflower to the east, and Cerritos to the northeast. Streets like South Street, Del Amo Boulevard, and Lakewood Boulevard run through the city and are familiar reference points for most residents. The Lakewood Center mall sits near the center of the city and is a landmark most homeowners know well. We work on properties throughout the city, from blocks near Lakewood Park to the quieter streets on the eastern edge near Cerritos.
We also regularly serve homeowners in nearby Compton, CA, where older housing stock and similar soil conditions create the same types of concrete repair needs. If you are just outside the Lakewood border, reach out and we can confirm coverage for your address.
Reach out by phone or through the contact form and describe what you need. We reply within one business day and can often schedule an on-site visit within the same week.
We visit your property, measure the work area, check drainage and soil conditions, and look for root issues near the project site. You get a written estimate with a fixed price - not a range - before you commit to anything.
We pull the required permit from the City of Lakewood and schedule the work around your availability. You do not need to babysit the job - we let you know when we are arriving and when the work is done.
The concrete is poured and allowed to cure for at least seven days before it is ready for vehicle traffic. We schedule the city inspection after curing and handle the paperwork so the permit closes out cleanly.
We serve Lakewood homeowners with free on-site estimates, no pressure, and a written price before any work starts.
Lakewood is a city of about 80,000 people in Los Angeles County, located between Long Beach, Bellflower, Cerritos, and Norwalk. It is one of the most historically significant planned communities in the United States - developed almost entirely between 1950 and 1954, Lakewood was built as a self-contained suburb for returning veterans and their families, with roughly 17,500 homes constructed in just a few years. The result is a city where virtually every residential block looks similar: single-story ranch homes on small to medium lots, stucco exteriors, detached garages, and mature trees that line nearly every street. The city incorporated in 1954 and developed what became known as the Lakewood Plan, a model for contracting public services from Los Angeles County that dozens of California cities have since adopted.
Today, Lakewood is a stable, owner-occupied community with a high share of long-term residents who have cared for their homes for decades. Landmarks like Lakewood Park and the Lakewood Center mall - one of the first regional shopping malls in the country when it opened in 1952 - anchor daily life in the city. Neighbors in Bellflower, CA to the east share similar housing stock and soil conditions, and many homeowners near the Lakewood-Bellflower border call us for work on both sides of the line.
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