Curb and Gutter
We form and pour curb and gutter for driveways, parking lots and subdivisions around Modesto. Rolled curb, vertical curb, valley gutters and curb cuts, built to the standard detail the city uses.
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A driveway approach is the concrete between the street and your driveway. It starts at the gutter, where the curb drops low so a car can roll up. It crosses the public sidewalk if there is one, then ties into your own driveway. Some people call it the driveway apron.
Concrete Solutions builds and replaces driveway approaches for homes and businesses in Modesto and across the Central Valley. When a concrete driveway gets wider, the approach usually needs to widen with it. The curb cut at the street comes with the job. If the whole frontage needs new curb, that is our curb and gutter work.
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A driveway apron has a few parts. At the street, the curb drops to a low lip across the width of the drive. That low section is called a depressed curb or a drop curb. On each side, the curb slopes back up to full height.
Behind the curb, the apron slab rises from the gutter toward your lot. Where a public sidewalk crosses your drive, that stretch of walk is part of the approach. People on foot still use it, so it has to stay smooth and even. If the walk on either side is broken too, we can replace that concrete sidewalk on the same job.
The last piece is the tie-in, where the approach meets your own driveway. The new concrete has to line up with the old slab there. Lodi's construction spec, for one, calls for a doweled joint where new concrete meets an existing driveway or sidewalk. Dowels are short steel bars that keep the two slabs level with each other.
Tires end up climbing the curb when a driveway is wider than its approach. We widen the approach when a driveway grows or an RV pad goes in beside it. How wide it can go is a local rule. Turlock's code, for example, caps driveway approach widths at 40 percent of the total lot width.
Old approaches fail in a few common ways. A street tree root lifts one side, or heavy trucks crack the corners. Water under an open joint can soften the base until the slab sinks. We cut out the damaged section and rebuild the base before the new pour.
Commercial drive approaches carry delivery trucks and loaded trailers. We build them for businesses and industrial sites to the plans or the agency's detail. That work often goes in with other commercial concrete on the site, like pads and parking-lot flatwork.
A driveway approach sits in the public right of way along the street, so the work needs an encroachment permit. In Modesto, Land Development Engineering issues those permits, and its examples include curb, gutter, sidewalk and driveways. The city takes applications through its e-TRAKiT portal. Outside city limits, in unincorporated Stanislaus County, county Public Works issues the permit.
The concrete has to meet the agency's standard too. In Modesto, curbs, gutters and sidewalks must be built or repaired to standard specifications approved by the City Council. In unincorporated Stanislaus County, approaches are built to the county's standard drawings. That county standard calls for a light broom finish and joints no more than 10 feet apart.
Other towns run their own engineering or public works desks. Patterson's encroachment permit page says a C-8 concrete contractor may perform driveway approach work. That is our license class: Concrete Solutions is a licensed and bonded C-8 contractor, CSLB license #1134246. We help you sort out the permit, and the city has the final word.
Free, no-obligation estimates across Modesto and the Central Valley.
(209) 606-9904From the first call or text to the cured, finished concrete, here is how it goes.
Call or text (209) 606-9904 and tell us what you want poured. You can send photos of the area if you have them.
We come out to look at the job, measure it and check the slope and the existing surface. This is where questions about thickness, joints and finish get answered.
You get a written estimate. It lists the area, the thickness, the finish and what the price covers.
We form the job, grade and compact the base, set rebar or mesh, then pour and finish. Control joints get cut so the slab cracks where it should.
We clean up the site and tell you how to look after the new concrete. That covers when you can walk on it, when you can drive on it and when to reseal.
Common questions about driveway approaches across Modesto and the Central Valley. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We form and pour curb and gutter for driveways, parking lots and subdivisions around Modesto. Rolled curb, vertical curb, valley gutters and curb cuts, built to the standard detail the city uses.
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We pour new concrete driveways and replace old ones that have cracked or lifted. Base prep, steel, control joints and the finish you pick are all part of the job.
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We pour concrete sidewalks, walkways and steps for homes and businesses around Modesto. That covers new front walks, garden paths, stoops and full sidewalk replacement.
Learn MoreConcrete Solutions holds California CSLB license #1134246 in the C-8 concrete classification, licensed and bonded. You can look the license up on the CSLB website before you hire anyone.
We come out, measure the area and look at the existing surface, then send you a written estimate. Both the visit and the estimate are free.
The same company pours a backyard patio and a warehouse floor. Homeowners, property managers and general contractors all get the same crew and the same process.
Stamping, integral color, micro topping and staining are done by our own crew. That keeps the color and the texture consistent from the pour through the final seal.
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Read more →Call or text (209) 606-9904, or send the form and we will get back to you. Tell us the kind of job, the rough size and the finish you have in mind.
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