Concrete Resurfacing & Overlays in Dublin CA - a new surface on sound concrete

Most calls start with a driveway, patio or garage floor that's gone gray, stained or patched until it looks like three different slabs. If the concrete under it is solid, an overlay gives it one clean surface again, and it can even out spots that sit out of level or fix mistakes made when the slab was first poured. The price comes down to the square footage, how much crack repair and grinding the old surface needs, and the finish you pick, while the schedule mostly turns on getting mild, calm days to lay it. I look at the floor in person and you get the estimate in writing, so you know your number before anything starts.

I start with the cracks, because an overlay only works on concrete that has stopped moving, and if your slab is still shifting I'll tell you it isn't a good fit instead of selling you a new surface that splits along the old lines. When the slab checks out, our crew grinds the old surface so the overlay has something to grab, repairs the cracks and clears off the dust. Then we lay the overlay and give it a stamped pattern or a rolled texture, picked by whether people walk on it or drive on it, since a back patio and a driveway don't need the same surface. We keep the area closed until it's ready to use, and we clean up before we leave.

Some floors need a different fix. An indoor floor that has to be flat before tile or a coating goes down usually calls for self-leveling concrete and overlays, which pours out smooth rather than taking a pattern. Concrete around a pool sees wet bare feet all day, so that work goes under our pool deck coatings and resurfacing service.

Dublin requires permits for most construction and repair projects, and the city's Building & Safety office, at (925) 833-6620, decides which ones. Its list names patios and alterations but doesn't mention resurfacing, so the list alone won't settle it for your job, and we check with the city about your address before work starts. If the work reaches the sidewalk or the driveway approach, the strip between the street and your property, it's in the public right-of-way, and the city requires an encroachment permit through Public Works, with requirements from the Engineering Division at (925) 833-6630. When a permit is needed, we take care of the paperwork as part of the job.

Around Dublin we mostly see driveways, walkways and patios with hairline cracks, old patch jobs and blotchy color, plus garage floors stained from years of parked cars. We run into the same tired concrete on jobs in San Ramon and Pleasanton, and the first step is the same there too.