Stamped concrete services in Glendale CA - a patterned slab built on solid ground
Plain gray slab or a cracked old patio? We pour stamped concrete on a packed base, with color chosen for how you'll use it.
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What do stamped concrete services in Glendale involve?
Stamped concrete services in Glendale, CA, give you a new concrete slab with color worked in and a pattern pressed into the surface while it's still soft, so a driveway, walkway, patio or pool deck can look like stone, brick or slate and still be one solid slab. Most of the schedule goes to the prep and the cure, not the stamping.
Most people call us about a cracked or worn patio, a plain driveway, or a new walkway or pool deck they want to look like more than gray concrete. The price moves with the size of the area, how much old concrete has to come out, how much work the ground needs, the thickness and steel the slab's use calls for, and how many colors and how detailed a pattern you choose. The schedule mostly turns on the prep, the weather around pour day, any permit the job needs, and curing, the wait while the concrete gains strength before you use it. When I come out, you get a written estimate that spells out what's included for your job.
How do you know your patio or driveway needs stamped concrete work?
Cracks splitting the patio
Long cracks that run across the slab, with one side higher than the other, usually mean the ground underneath settled or the slab never had joints to crack along. The longer it sits, the more water gets under the pieces and the worse the trip edges get.
Water pooling by the house
A puddle that sits against the wall after rain usually means the slab slopes toward the house instead of away from it. Leaving it lets water soak in right where you least want it, and a new pattern won't fix a slab that's pitched the wrong way.
Faded or flaking color
On an older stamped surface, color that looks chalky or a top that flakes off usually means the sealer is long gone, and sometimes that the top was finished in midday heat and came out weak. A reseal can bring the color back if the slab underneath is sound, but waiting lets the surface keep wearing down.
How we do stamped concrete services
Under the pattern it's still a slab, so the prep gets the same care as plain work. Before anything else, we talk through color methods based on how you'll use the space, since a driveway and a back patio wear differently. Then we break out and haul off the old concrete, dig past the loose dirt and pack the subgrade, the soil the slab sits on, so it doesn't settle later. We check where water runs and set the forms so the slab sheds water away from your house, lay rebar, the steel that holds the slab together if it does crack, and pour early in the day so heat doesn't leave the top weak and dusty. The stamps go down while the surface can still take them, and we cut control joints, shallow grooves that give the slab a chosen place to crack, along lines in the pattern so they blend in. If the budget gets tight, I'd rather simplify the pattern than thin out the base, because you see the pattern on day one but the base decides whether it stays flat.
Stamped work usually sits next to plain concrete. If the path to your door needs redoing too, we can handle the concrete sidewalk building on the same job so the edges and heights line up, and when a stamped driveway runs into the garage, garage floor concrete poured to meet it keeps a lip from forming at the door.
Get a free written estimate for your stamped concrete
Send the form and we'll get back to you within one business day to set a time. I'll come out, look at the site and give you a free written estimate, with no obligation.
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What happens when you call about stamped concrete in Glendale?
Here's how a stamped concrete job runs from your first call to the walk-through at the end, and what you get along the way.
Call or send a request
Call (747) 372-8605 or send the form, and we get back to you to set a time for me to come out.
I walk the site with you
I look at the ground, check where water runs and ask a lot of questions about how you'll use the space. You get a written estimate that spells out what's included, so you know what the price covers before anything is poured.
Permits, prep, pour and stamp
Once you say go, we take care of any permits the job needs, then prep the ground, pour, color, stamp and cut the joints.
Walk the finished job together
When the work's done, we walk it with you and go over how long to stay off it and how to look after the sealer.
Why Glendale homeowners call Masterwork Glendale Concrete Company for stamped concrete
I estimate and run the job
I come out myself to look at the site and give the estimate, and our own crew does the work with me running it. The person who heard what you wanted is the one standing there on pour day.
Running our own jobs since 2020
I spent years as the right-hand person to another concrete contractor, working up from forming and finishing to running jobs, before I started this company in 2020. Six years in, I've seen plenty of what a slab does when the base gets skipped.
Fully licensed and insured
We're fully licensed and insured. In California, the state licensing board's concrete class covers forming, pouring, placing and finishing flat concrete, which is exactly the work a stamped slab is.
We find out why it failed
We're known for the jobs with a puzzle in them, so before we pour I look at why your old patio cracked or sank. Pouring a nice pattern over the same problem just gets you the same cracks in a better color.
If you've got a stamped driveway, patio or walkway in mind, call (747) 372-8605 or send us a request and I'll come out and take a look.
Stamped concrete and the work around it in Glendale
For stamped concrete in Glendale, Glendale Building & Safety at (818) 548-3200 is the office that answers whether your job needs a building permit, and every city application goes through the city's online permit portal. That answer depends on the job, so we don't guess at it. When a job needs a permit, we pull it and line up the inspections as part of the work, and if we're not sure, we check with the city or county office before we start. Right-of-way permits are a separate kind, issued by the city's Inspection and Right-of-Way Permits Section, mainly excavation and encroachment permits for public and private improvements tied to capital projects.
We're based in Glendale and work all over it and the cities around it, from Burbank to Arcadia and beyond. A lot of our calls come from older homes with a tired original driveway or a patio that's cracked into pieces, and people want the new work to look like it belongs with the house. We get the same requests on jobs in Burbank and Pasadena, and we handle them the same way, base first and pattern second.
Questions about stamped concrete in Glendale
How much does stamped concrete cost in Glendale, CA?
Stamped concrete in the Los Angeles area usually costs about $15 to $30 per square foot, and that's the going range across the market, not our price. Where your job lands depends on how much old concrete comes out, the prep the ground needs, and how many colors and how busy a pattern you pick. The written estimate gives you the number for your own slab.
What is the best color method for a stamped concrete driveway?
Color hardener is the usual pick for a driveway because it gives the top a harder skin that stands up to traffic. The trade-off is that its color lives in that top layer, so a deep gouge shows gray underneath, while integral color runs all the way through and hides chips but won't reach the deepest or brightest tones. If you go with hardener, it's fair to ask any crew how they spread it, because uneven spreading leaves the color blotchy.
How often does stamped concrete need to be resealed?
Reseal when the surface tells you to, which is when water stops beading, stains start soaking in or the color looks flat, rather than on a set number of years. Resealing every year just to keep a high gloss can backfire, because the extra coats build up and that build-up is slow and expensive to strip.
Will a new stamped concrete slab crack like my old one?
Nobody can stop concrete from cracking entirely, but well-planned joints control where cracks go and keep them small. That's why we go over where the joints will go with you before the pour, and why I look at what made the old slab crack before we replace it.
How long does it take before you can walk or drive on sealed stamped concrete?
One guide advises keeping foot traffic off for at least 12 hours and cars off for 48 to 72 hours after the sealer goes on. That's the wait for the sealer itself, separate from the curing time the new concrete needs, and we'll go over both when we walk the job with you.
Is stamped concrete slippery around a pool?
It can be when the sealer has a glossy finish, because glossier sealers get slick when they're wet. One guide suggests adding a non-slip additive when sealing pool decks and walkways, and that's something we talk through when you pick a finish.
Concrete work that pairs with stamped slabs
Concrete sidewalk building
A front walk poured to match your new patio or driveway ties the yard together, and a level path to the door is easier on everyone's footing.
See the service Concrete sidewalk buildingGarage floor concrete
If the garage slab is cracked, sunk or dusting, replacing it while we're redoing the driveway lets the two meet cleanly at the door.
See the service Garage floor concrete
Service areas for stamped concrete work
Masterwork Glendale Concrete Company is based in Glendale, California, and pours stamped concrete all over Glendale and the cities around it. The 12 cities below each have their own page, including Arcadia and La Crescenta-Montrose, and we work beyond them too.
Glendale, CA
Get your stamped concrete estimate started
Call (747) 372-8605 or use the form, and have the rough size, what the area's for and any colors you like in mind so the first visit covers more ground.