Yes. Fresno is 21.6 miles from our Madera shop, about 28 minutes down State Route 99. It is one of our regular service areas. A lot of what we pour in Fresno is tear-out and replacement, which suits a crew that runs its own demo and haul-off rather than subbing it out.
We are a concrete contractor serving Fresno, CA from our shop in Madera, 21.6 miles up State Route 99. Most Fresno work is replacement: tearing out old driveways, patios and walkways and pouring new slabs on a proper base. We also build stamped and colored flatwork. Estimates are free and on site.
Concrete services in Fresno
Fresno is the biggest housing market inside our radius, and it is an old one. With 189,098 housing units and a median build year of 1980, a large share of the city's flatwork is now more than 40 years old. That shapes what we do here. Fresno is a repair and replacement market, not a new-build market, and we treat it that way.
We install driveways, patios, walkways and sidewalks, RV pads, pool decks, steps and slabs, in plain broom finish, colored, exposed aggregate and stamped. On an older Fresno lot the honest first question is usually whether the slab is worth saving at all.
What we install in Fresno
The single largest pool of failing flatwork within 30 minutes of us sits in Fresno. Slabs poured in the 1970s and 1980s were often placed thin, over a base that was never properly compacted, with control joints cut late or not at all. Forty years of Valley heat, watering cycles and ground movement finish the job.
So the work here divides into two buckets. The first is straight replacement: break out the old slab with a skid steer, haul it off, regrade, compact a Class 2 base, and pour a new 4,000 PSI slab with joints laid out on time. The second is honest triage on slabs that are not gone yet, where a settled section or a few cracks can be addressed without ripping out the whole driveway. We will tell you which one you are looking at.
For the front of the house, a Fresno driveway replacement in Fresno is the job we pour most often. For the back, patios and decorative work are where an older yard gets its second life.
Working around Fresno: the homes and lots we pour for
Fresno housing runs 61.2 percent detached, so most of what we pour is residential flatwork on established lots with mature trees and settled grades. That last part matters. On a 40-year-old lot the driveway has often sunk or lifted against the garage slab and the city sidewalk, and tree roots have had decades to work under the concrete.
We plan for that. During tear-out we check the subgrade for soft or wet spots and for roots, we reset the slope so water drains away from the house, and we isolate the new pour from the garage and any adjacent structure with an expansion joint so the two slabs can move independently. On the valley floor freeze-thaw is not a factor, so we do not design around it. The real risks in Fresno are heat during placement and soil moisture cycling, and the defense against both is base prep and joint layout, not gimmicks.
Permits in Fresno: who you file with
Fresno is its own jurisdiction. It is not the City of Madera and it is not Madera County. The City of Fresno runs its own building and public works counters, so a permit for Fresno work is filed with Fresno, not with either Madera office.
For a driveway the trigger is the same everywhere: concrete that stops inside your property line is usually treated as minor work, but a driveway approach or apron that ties into the public right of way needs an encroachment permit. On a replacement job that means matching the city's driveway standard where the new approach meets the existing curb and gutter. We pull the encroachment permit and pour the approach to spec. The same permit logic applies on our home turf, where a Madera driveway installation ties into the city or county right of way depending on the address.
Nearby areas we also serve
Fresno sits at the center of our southern service area. Directly northeast, our Clovis concrete work covers the newer master-planned side of the metro, where decorative and stamped jobs are the norm rather than the exception. We also serve Kerman to the west, Sanger and Selma to the southeast, and Fowler and Kingsburg down Highway 99, along with our home city of Madera to the north.
Wherever the address falls, the crew and the method are the same. We pour on compacted Class 2 base with a 4,000 PSI mix, cut joints on time, and confirm the correct permit counter when we walk the site.
Fresno concrete FAQ
Do you work in Fresno if you are based in Madera?
Is it cheaper to repair or replace an old Fresno driveway?
It depends on the slab. A couple of isolated cracks or one settled corner can sometimes be patched. But Fresno housing has a median build year of 1980, so a large share of driveways are now past 40 years old. When a slab that age is thin, cracked across the whole field, or heaving, patching buys a year or two at best. Replacement usually costs less over a decade than chasing repairs.
How much does concrete cost in Fresno?
Plain gray broom-finish flatwork in the Fresno area typically runs $6 to $12 per square foot installed. Colored or stamped work runs higher, usually $10 to $22 per square foot. Local pricing sources for Fresno put a reinforced pour around $8 to $13 per square foot and tear-out of an old slab in the region of $1.40 to $2.20 per square foot. Those are local figures, not a national average.
Do I need a permit for concrete work in Fresno?
Fresno has its own building and public works counters, separate from Madera and Madera County. On-site concrete inside your property line is generally treated as minor work, but the moment a driveway approach or apron ties into the public right of way you need an encroachment permit from the City of Fresno. We handle that filing.
How do you pour concrete in Fresno summer heat?
The same way we do in Madera. We schedule pours for early morning, dampen the subgrade and forms first, keep mix water to the design amount, and start curing right after finishing. Hot, dry, windy placement is what causes plastic shrinkage cracking, so we do not place flatwork in the heat of a Fresno afternoon.
Ready to price your Fresno concrete project?
Call or text and you will talk to someone who pours flatwork for a living. On older Fresno slabs we give you an honest read on repair versus replacement, with a written number after we see the site.
We respond the same business day, Monday to Saturday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
- Locally owned and operated in Madera
- Free on-site estimates
- 4,000 PSI mix on residential flatwork
- We pull the encroachment permit
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