The San Jose Concrete Company serves Santa Clara, CA for concrete driveways, patios, slabs and repairs, with free estimates and written quotes. Call (408) 889-7434 or text a photo of the job.
Concrete Contractor services in Santa Clara
Santa Clara is almost completely flat, which sounds easy for concrete and is not. Rain has nowhere obvious to go, so every patio and driveway needs a planned fall toward the street or a drain. The Old Quad near the university has homes from the early 1900s with narrow drives, detached garages at the back of the lot and thin walks poured long before steel was normal. Most of the rest of the city is single-story tract housing from the 1950s and 1960s with a two-car drive and a small rear slab. Rivermark and the north side are newer, with tight lots and HOA rules. The clay under all of it shrinks through the dry months and swells after winter rain. We size the base and the joints for that movement and keep new concrete away from irrigation that soaks one edge.
Neighborhoods we cover in Santa Clara
- Old Quad
- Rivermark
- Killarney Farms
- Westwood Oaks
- Maywood
- Pomeroy Green
Permits and local rules
A new curb cut, a driveway approach or a public sidewalk panel in Santa Clara is right-of-way work, and the city wants an encroachment permit in hand first. In Santa Clara that goes through the Department of Public Works. Flatwork fully on your lot is checked with the Building Division when a permit applies, so the rule should be confirmed for your address.