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Driveways poured for SF grades.

A driveway on a flat lot is a slab. A driveway on a San Francisco lot is a ramp, a drainage plan, and a slope transition that decides whether your bumper survives. We tear out, form, and pour driveways built for the hill they sit on.

  • FREE ON-SITE ESTIMATES
  • LICENSED & INSURED
  • PERMITS & INSPECTIONS HANDLED

SCOPE OF WORK

Tear-out to broom finish, one crew

Demolition, base, forms, steel, pour, and finish — self-performed, scheduled around your street’s parking reality.

DEMO & BASE

Tear-out & grading

Old slab out, base compacted, and the grade corrected — most cracked SF driveways failed because the original base or drainage was wrong, not the concrete.

TRANSITIONS

Slope engineering

Apron, transition breaks, and garage approach angles set so vehicles don’t scrape entering or leaving. On steep lots this is the whole job.

FINISH

Broom, aggregate, or stamped

Standard broom finish for grip on a grade, exposed aggregate for curb appeal, or stamped and colored to match the house. All sealed for fog and rain.

SITE CONDITIONS · 25-FOOT LOTS

What SF adds to a driveway job

Tight lots, steep approaches, and a public right-of-way between your garage and the street.

The scrape problem

On a steep lot, a driveway poured at a single constant angle will ground out most cars. The fix is vertical curves — short transition sections at the top and bottom that ease the angle change.

We check approach angles against the vehicles you actually park before we set a single form.

§ The apron is city territory

The section between the sidewalk and the curb — and often the sidewalk crossing itself — sits in the public right-of-way and needs a Public Works permit to replace. New curb cuts for added parking are their own permit process.

We pull the right-of-way permits with the driveway job so it’s one project, one inspection trail.

Water goes to the gutter

A driveway that drains toward the garage floods the garage — and on a downslope lot that’s exactly what a lazy pour does. We set cross-falls and channel drains so winter runoff ends up in the street gutter where the city wants it.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Driveway questions, answered straight

How much does a concrete driveway cost in San Francisco?
Most SF driveway replacements land between $15 and $30 per square foot depending on demolition, access, slope, and finish. Steep lots and stamped or colored finishes sit at the high end. The free on-site estimate gives you a written number that doesn’t move.
How long until I can park on new concrete?
Walk on it after 24–48 hours, park on it after about 7 days, full design strength at 28 days. We’ll give you a parking plan for the cure window before we pour.
Do I need a permit to replace my driveway?
The driveway on your own lot generally doesn’t need one, but the apron and sidewalk crossing in the public right-of-way do, and a new curb cut always does. We handle those permits as part of the job.
My driveway is cracked but not crumbling. Replace or repair?
If the base is sound and the cracks are stable, repair or leveling can buy years for a fraction of the cost — and we’ll say so. If the slab is heaved, settled, or draining the wrong way, patching is money down the drain, literally. We quote whichever the site actually calls for.

NO-COST · NO-PRESSURE

Get your free estimate

Tell us what’s cracking, settling, or waiting to be built. We’ll walk the site, measure it, and hand you a written price — free, and good whether you hire us or not.

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