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Serving Antioch, CA and surrounding areas. (925) 503-1067
Antioch Concrete serves Richmond, CA with concrete contractor services covering retaining walls, driveways, patios, sidewalks, and foundations. Richmond has some of the oldest housing stock in the East Bay, with many homes built in the 1940s and 1950s on clay soils that have been shifting for decades. We assess the base and soil conditions before pricing every job and respond within one business day.
Richmond has a mix of flat lots in neighborhoods like the Iron Triangle and sloped parcels in parts of the city closer to the hills. Retaining walls on Richmond properties deal with the same expansive clay soils found throughout the East Bay, and walls built without proper drainage behind them fail faster as saturated clay generates pressure during the rainy season. For the full range of wall options and what the build process looks like, visit our concrete retaining walls page.
Many Richmond driveways were poured in the 1940s and 1950s when the city's population was expanding rapidly due to the Kaiser Shipyards. Those slabs are now 70 to 80 years old and have been through decades of clay soil movement. Full removal and replacement — with correct base preparation and adequate slab thickness — is the only real fix for flatwork that has settled and fractured that extensively.
Postwar bungalows and ranch homes in Richmond often have small or nonexistent outdoor concrete pads. Adding a finished patio — or replacing a deteriorated one — is one of the most practical improvements for a home that has stayed in a family for decades. The mild coastal climate in Richmond means a concrete patio gets year-round use without the intense sun exposure that inland cities deal with.
Sidewalks in older Richmond neighborhoods have frequently been pushed up by root systems from mature street trees, creating tripping hazards that homeowners are liable for. Replacing lifted or broken sidewalk panels brings the property into compliance with city standards and eliminates the ongoing liability risk from a damaged panel.
Richmond sits in an earthquake-prone part of California, and the Hayward Fault runs through the East Bay. Many of the city's pre-1960 homes have foundations that were built before modern seismic codes. When additions or ADUs are added to older Richmond homes, we build new foundations to current code standards that account for local seismic conditions.
Front entries on Richmond's older homes often have original concrete steps that have settled, cracked, and separated from the foundation over decades of clay soil movement. Replacing them with correctly formed, reinforced steps that tie properly to the existing landing eliminates both the safety hazard and the standing water problem that settled steps often create.
Richmond has one of the oldest housing stocks in Contra Costa County. A large share of the city's homes were built in the 1940s and earlier, during the wartime shipbuilding boom when the Kaiser Shipyards brought tens of thousands of workers to the area. Construction during that period was fast, and many homes were built on minimal foundations with base preparation standards that do not meet today's requirements. Driveways, patios, and walkways installed alongside those homes are now approaching or past 80 years old.
The clay soils throughout Richmond behave the same way they do across the East Bay: they absorb water during the rainy season and swell, then dry out and crack through the summer. That seasonal cycle has been working on Richmond's older concrete flatwork for decades. Homes in low-lying areas near the waterfront and San Francisco Bay can also deal with drainage challenges that compound soil erosion beneath slabs during heavy rain events. Before any concrete goes down on a Richmond property, understanding what is under the existing surface is essential.
Seismic risk adds a layer that does not exist in every market. The Hayward Fault runs through the East Bay, and Richmond's older homes were built well before the seismic code improvements adopted in the 1970s and 1980s. Foundation work on pre-1970 Richmond properties needs to account for that — we build to current code standards on every new foundation and addition job.
We work throughout Richmond, pulling permits from the City of Richmond Building Services Division when jobs require them. Richmond's property mix is wider than most East Bay cities: from the Victorian and Craftsman homes in the historic Point Richmond waterfront district to the postwar bungalows and ranch houses in the Iron Triangle and the newer suburban development around Hilltop. Those three parts of the city present genuinely different conditions on the ground, and we approach each one differently.
The neighborhoods near the Rosie the Riveter / WWII Home Front National Historical Park are some of the oldest in the city, and the homes there reflect that history. Foundations, driveways, and flatwork on those properties are among the oldest concrete we see in the market. Working on a 1940s home in that part of Richmond is different from a 1970s ranch house in Hilltop, and the base assessment before every job reflects that.
We regularly serve homeowners in nearby Vallejo and Concord, and Richmond fits into our regular routing across the East Bay and Contra Costa County.
Call or submit the contact form with a description of what you need. We reply within one business day to schedule an on-site visit at a time that works for you.
We come out and assess the existing concrete, base conditions, and drainage before we price the job. On older Richmond properties, the base under the existing slab often needs more work than the surface suggests, and we tell you that upfront in the estimate so there are no additions after the job starts.
We handle removal of the old concrete, base grading and compaction, forming, steel placement, pouring, and finishing. Most residential jobs take one to two days; the homeowner does not need to be on site during the work.
Before we leave, we walk you through the curing timeline: foot traffic is typically safe after 24 to 48 hours, vehicles after 7 days. We are available by phone if any questions come up after the job is complete.
We work throughout Richmond from Point Richmond to Hilltop. Send us the details and we will get back to you within one business day with a time to visit the site.
(925) 503-1067Richmond is a city of about 115,000 residents on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in Contra Costa County, roughly 15 miles northeast of San Francisco. The city grew rapidly during World War II when the Kaiser Shipyards employed tens of thousands of workers to build Liberty ships and other vessels for the war effort. That legacy shaped the city's housing stock, most of which was built quickly between the late 1930s and early 1960s to house the influx of workers and their families.
The city's neighborhoods each have a distinct character. Point Richmond, at the western tip near the waterfront, has some of the oldest homes in the city — Victorian, Craftsman, and early Colonial Revival houses that date to the late 1800s and early 1900s. The Iron Triangle near downtown is denser, with postwar bungalows and small multi-family buildings on compact lots. Hilltop, in the eastern part of the city, has a newer housing stock from the 1970s through 1990s and a more suburban feel. The Richmond BART station connects the city directly to San Francisco and Oakland, making it a practical base for Bay Area commuters.
Nearby Vallejo is north across the Carquinez Strait, and Pittsburg is east along the Highway 4 corridor. We serve both cities and move through the East Bay and Contra Costa County regularly, so Richmond fits naturally into our schedule.
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