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Much of Laurel Heights was built in the 1940s and ’50s on land that was Laurel Hill Cemetery until its graves were moved to Colma around 1940. That makes its concrete different from the Victorian neighborhoods to the east: these houses were built on concrete from the start, and that concrete is now 70 to 80 years old.

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Concrete work in Laurel Heights

Mid-century houses, mid-century concrete, and the repairs that come with that age.

MID-CENTURY

Driveway replacement

Original driveways that have cracked, settled, or started pitching toward the garage. Replaced on a properly compacted base with drainage to the street.

Concrete Driveway service → ENTRIES

Entry stairs & landings

Front stairs that have pulled away from the house or lost their nosings, rebuilt with consistent risers and a texture that grips in fog.

Concrete Stairs service → ASSESSMENT

Foundation crack checks

Foundations from this era often carry less steel than modern code requires. Most cracks are cosmetic. We tell you which ones aren’t.

Foundation service →

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Mid-century houses, mid-century concrete

Laurel Heights largely skips the brick-foundation problem that dominates the older neighborhoods nearby. Its issues come from age, base preparation, and drainage.

▦ Concrete from day one

Houses built here after the cemetery was cleared went up on poured concrete foundations. That is an advantage over brick, but foundations from the 1940s and ’50s were designed to older codes and sometimes have minimal steel.

Hairline cracking is normal at this age. Cracks that are widening, offset, or letting in water deserve a closer look, and that look is free.

⇲ Garages at the sidewalk

Many houses here put the garage at street level with living space above, so the apron and the sidewalk in front of it have carried a car’s weight twice a day for decades.

When the apron and the squares beside it fail together, we replace them in one permitted job so levels and drainage line up across the property line.

⌂ Room to grow below

Mid-century houses with garages under the living space are also ADU candidates. Underpinning an existing concrete foundation is often a simpler starting point than replacing brick, though every dig-down still runs on an engineer’s drawings.

We measure your current garage height at the estimate, which tells your architect how much there is to gain.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Laurel Heights concrete questions

My house is from the 1940s or ’50s. Is the foundation reinforced?

Usually it is concrete with some steel, but often less than today’s code calls for. That is not automatically a problem. A look at the cracks, the sill connection, and the drainage tells you whether anything needs doing now.

Our driveway is original. Repair or replace?

At 70-plus years, replacement is usually the better spend if the slab is settling, heaving, or draining toward the garage. If it is sound with surface wear, resurfacing or leveling can buy years. We show you which on site.

Was Laurel Heights really built on a cemetery?

Yes. Laurel Hill Cemetery occupied much of the area until its graves were relocated to Colma around 1940, and most of the neighborhood was built after that. For concrete work, it mainly explains why the housing here is younger than in the neighborhoods around it.

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