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Serving La Mirada, CA and surrounding areas. (562) 245-5933
La Mirada Concrete is a concrete contractor serving Cerritos, CA with driveway building, patio construction, and retaining walls. We pull permits through the City of Cerritos, prepare bases for local clay soil conditions, and respond to every inquiry within 1 business day.
Most Cerritos driveways were poured during the city's big growth years - the 1960s and 1970s - and after 50-plus years of clay soil movement and tree root pressure, they are cracked, sunken, or unevenly settled. A full replacement with proper base prep and root management gives you a clean, level surface that holds up. See our driveway building service.
Cerritos homeowners use their backyards year-round, and a cracked or uneven original patio slab takes away from that. The same clay soil movement that damages driveways works on backyard patios too. A new properly sloped slab with control joints and gravel base prep drains correctly and resists early cracking.
Cerritos lots with raised planters, split-level yards, or slope transitions need retaining walls that hold under wet-season soil pressure. Older block or timber walls installed decades ago are often at or past their useful life. Concrete walls with proper footings and drainage relief holes stand up to the seasonal load here.
Many Cerritos homes built in the 1970s came with in-ground pools, and the original pool deck surfaces have had decades of UV exposure and foot traffic. Cracks near the coping and uneven sections around the pool edge are common. A new textured concrete deck - sloped away from the pool - improves safety and protects the pool structure underneath.
Cerritos homeowners who want more than plain gray have options - stamped concrete with brick, stone, or slate patterns adds real visual character to a driveway or patio. In Southern California's intense sun, stamped surfaces need periodic sealing to hold their color, and we advise on that maintenance during the job.
Cerritos front entry steps and side yard stairs built in the original construction era often show the same cracking and settling as the rest of the flatwork on those properties. Chipped nosings and unlevel risers are a safety issue. Replacement with properly formed and reinforced concrete steps brings them back up to current standards.
Cerritos was developed almost entirely between 1960 and 1985, when what had been Dairy Valley farmland was quickly converted into a planned residential community. That concentrated growth period means the vast majority of homes in the city - and all the concrete driveways, walkways, and patios that came with them - are now between 40 and 65 years old. Original flatwork from that era was never designed to last indefinitely, and most of it is well past its expected service life. You can see it on nearly every block: sections lifted by roots, joints that have failed, surfaces that are pitched toward the house instead of away from it.
The other constant factor is Cerritos soil. Like much of the Los Angeles Basin, Cerritos sits on clay-heavy soils that swell with winter moisture and shrink back down in summer. That movement happens every year, and it slowly stresses concrete slabs from underneath - widening existing cracks and creating new ones regardless of how well the original work was done. The mature trees planted when these neighborhoods were first developed in the 1960s and 1970s have had decades to grow root systems that push under slabs. The combination of aging flatwork, active soil movement, and mature root systems makes Cerritos a city where concrete maintenance is not optional - it is just part of owning a home here.
Our crew works throughout Cerritos regularly, and we understand the local conditions that affect concrete work here. We pull permits from the Cerritos Building and Safety Division and are familiar with the single-family ranch and traditional tract homes - one and two stories, attached garages, concrete driveways, backyard patios - that make up almost all of the residential stock in the city.
Cerritos sits near the junction of the 91, 605, and 5 freeways, which makes it easy to reach from every direction and keeps our scheduling reliable. Most of our work in Cerritos is on residential properties, from the neighborhoods near the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts to the quieter streets along Studebaker Road near the Cerritos Auto Square. Every property we visit gets a soil and drainage check before we quote, because conditions vary enough block to block that a flat price without a site visit is not worth much.
We also serve the neighboring communities. We are active in Lakewood, which borders Cerritos to the west, and we cover Norwalk to the north - if your neighbors across the city line have used us, we are familiar with the transition areas and the similar soil and housing conditions on both sides.
Call or submit a request online. We respond within 1 business day to set up a free on-site assessment - no charge and no obligation to schedule.
We visit your Cerritos property, check drainage, soil conditions, and tree root proximity, and give you a written itemized estimate before you commit. That estimate covers the actual site - not a ballpark figure over the phone.
Once you approve the estimate, we pull the required permits from the City of Cerritos and schedule a confirmed start date. Work does not begin before permits are in hand.
Our crew handles all phases from demolition to finishing. Permitted work goes through a city inspection - we schedule that. A final walkthrough with you confirms everything is done to standard before we leave the site.
We serve Cerritos homeowners with free on-site estimates and no-pressure quotes. Call us or submit a request and we will get back to you within 1 business day.
(562) 245-5933Cerritos is a mid-size city in Los Angeles County with a population of roughly 49,000 spread across about 8.8 square miles. Originally called Dairy Valley, the city was incorporated in 1956 and built out rapidly in the 1960s and 1970s as farmland was converted into planned residential neighborhoods. According to Wikipedia, the city is one of the most ethnically diverse in Los Angeles County, with a large long-term owner-occupant population. The housing stock is almost entirely single-family ranch and traditional tract homes - one to two stories, stucco exteriors, attached garages - on modest lots between 5,000 and 8,000 square feet.
Cerritos is known locally for several landmarks: the nationally recognized Cerritos Public Library, the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, and the Cerritos Auto Square on Studebaker Road. The city sits near the junction of the 91, 605, and 5 freeways, giving it easy access to Long Beach, Anaheim, and the broader metro area. Residents use 183rd Street and Studebaker Road as the main commercial corridors. Neighboring cities include Norwalk to the north and Lakewood to the west - both areas we also serve.
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