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OUTER SUNSET · 94122 / 94116 · ACROSS THE CITY
Concrete contractor in the Outer Sunset
The Outer Sunset was mostly dunes into the 1920s. Builders like Henry Doelger then lined it with rows of stucco houses over street-level garages, block after block toward Ocean Beach. Those garages, the driveways in front of them, and the salt air off the ocean set most of the concrete work out here.
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SCOPE OF WORK · OUTER SUNSET
Concrete work in the Outer Sunset
Most Outer Sunset projects fall into one of three categories. Each links to the full service page.
Garage dig-downs
Sunset garages are among the most common places in the city to add a unit. Lowering the slab in sand means shoring and digging in sections, and we price it that way from the start.
Garage Slab Lowering service → SIDE-BY-SIDE GARAGESDriveways & aprons
Attached houses mean aprons that meet the neighbor’s. We match grades at the property line so water and tires don’t catch on the seam.
Concrete Driveway service → OCEAN AIRConcrete repair
Near the beach, salt reaches the steel in steps, walls, and slabs. Rust swells and pops the surface off. We cut back to sound concrete, treat the steel, and rebuild.
Concrete Repair service →LOCAL KNOWLEDGE · OUTER SUNSET
Sand, salt, and row houses
The Outer Sunset has some of the most uniform housing in the city and some of the toughest conditions for concrete: loose sand underfoot and wet, salty air.
≈ Sand all the way down
The houses are built on dune sand. It drains well and supports a slab fine, but a vertical cut won’t stand, and on attached houses the neighbor’s footing is right there.
Excavations are shored and dug in sections to the engineer’s plan.
⌂ Doelger-era houses
Many Sunset houses date from the 1930s and ’40s, built fast and in quantity, with garages and storage at street level and the living space above.
That ground floor is where most owners want to add space. Lowering the slab is often what makes the ceiling height work.
◎ Salt air
Within a few blocks of Ocean Beach, fog and wind carry salt onto everything. Concrete with thin cover over the rebar rusts from the inside and spalls.
New work near the beach gets enough cover over the steel and a good sealer. Old spalling gets cut back, not patched over.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Outer Sunset concrete questions
Can I convert my Outer Sunset garage into an in-law unit?
Why is the concrete on my front steps breaking off?
Who is responsible for the driveway apron at the street?
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