Concrete Patios
Broom finish and stamped concrete patios for homes around Dixon. Each slab sits on a compacted base and slopes so winter rain runs off.
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We pour concrete driveways for homes in and around Dixon, both new driveways and full replacements. Trinity Paving and Concrete is a paving contractor in Dixon, CA that works in concrete as well as asphalt. Our work reaches about 40 miles out from Dixon. Each job can include the apron where the drive meets the street.
A replacement starts with breaking out the old slab and hauling it off. Where the new pour meets concrete that stays, the edge gets a clean saw cut. Weighing concrete against an asphalt driveway? We build both, and we look at the job before we put the quote in writing.
Tell us about the driveway, parking lot, private road or concrete work and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Federal soil maps put most of Dixon on silty clay loam, with expansive clay in places. The soil survey describes that clay as having cracks that open and close at least once each year. It swells in the wet months and shrinks in the dry ones. A rigid slab can crack when the ground under it moves unevenly.
So the work below the slab matters more than the finish on top. We dig out to the planned depth and remove roots and soft pockets of soil. The clay is compacted while it is evenly damp, then covered with compacted aggregate base. That base slopes at least a quarter inch per foot away from the house.
Thickness follows the heaviest load. A concrete products maker calls for at least 4 inches for cars and light trucks. It calls for 5 inches or more under heavier loads, such as an RV. The written quote lists the thickness for your drive.
All concrete shrinks as it dries, and that shrinking can crack the slab. Control joints are cuts that make a weak line, so the crack forms below the joint. Joints spaced too far apart leave room for random cracks across the surface.
The ready-mixed concrete industry's jointing guidance ties joint spacing to slab thickness. It allows 10 feet at most for slabs 4 to 5 inches thick, and 15 feet at 6 inches. Each cut goes about a quarter to a third of the way through the slab. Saw cuts generally go in 4 to 12 hours after the pour.
Before the saw, the slab is floated flat, and a float finish stops there. For a broom finish, a broom is then pulled across the drive, the way Dixon's specifications finish city sidewalks. Both finishes leave a textured face, and the broom ridges add grip when the slab is wet.
A driveway at ground level on private land is on the state building code's list of permit-exempt work. Dixon's Building Division prints that list in a handout. The apron, or approach, is different. It is the piece where the drive meets the street, and it usually sits in the public right-of-way.
In Dixon, driveway and curb work in the right-of-way needs an encroachment permit from the city's Engineering Department. Dixon's construction specifications hold the pour until the city engineer approves the forms and subgrade. All encroachment work is inspected, with a final inspection before the city accepts it. In Sacramento, a new or wider driveway needs the city's Driveway Permit from Public Works.
A drive onto a county road needs the county's encroachment permit. When that connection is concrete, Solano County's permit conditions call for 5 inches of it. A drive onto a state highway, such as Highway 113, needs a Caltrans permit. We point you to the right office before any work starts.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 40 miles around Dixon across Solano, Yolo and Sacramento counties.
(707) 396-7730From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (707) 396-7730. Tell us what needs work and the town the job is in.
We come out to see the site and the surface that is there now. We also check the slope and where the water runs.
The quote comes to you in writing before any work starts. Once you say yes, we put the job on the schedule.
On a replacement, the old asphalt is torn out and hauled off first. Then the ground is graded, and base rock goes down in compacted lifts.
The hot mix asphalt is laid and rolled, or the concrete is poured and finished. Parking lots get their striping, and the site is cleaned up.
Common questions about concrete driveways around Dixon and the towns of Solano, Yolo and Sacramento counties. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Broom finish and stamped concrete patios for homes around Dixon. Each slab sits on a compacted base and slopes so winter rain runs off.
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Site grading and drainage for homes and rural property around Dixon. We shape the ground and add drains so winter rain has a way off the lot.
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New gravel driveways and regrading for homes and rural property around Dixon. We roll the base rock in lifts and shape a crown so rain runs off.
Learn MoreThe grading, the base, the asphalt or concrete and any retaining wall all come from us. One call covers the whole job.
Every surface we build starts on a graded and compacted base. That base matters here: some lots around Dixon sit on clay that cracks when dry and swells when wet. The grade is shaped so water sheds off, and thickness follows the load.
We come out and look at the job before we price it. The quote comes to you in writing, with the work spelled out.
We are based in Dixon, on Interstate 80 between Vacaville and Davis. Our work reaches Woodland, Sacramento, Elk Grove and Vallejo, and the farm country between them.
Tell us about the job and the town it is in. Call or text (707) 396-7730 or use the form, and we will get back to you.
Tell us about the driveway, parking lot, private road or concrete work and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
