About our Carlsbad concrete contractor company
Our story, from restaurant kitchens to concrete
I spent my first working years on the line in restaurant kitchens, then joined a concrete crew and learned forming and finishing by doing it. The two trades have more in common than you'd think. In a kitchen a bad service starts hours before the first order, and a bad slab starts the same way, with a rushed base or a loose form. I started Form & Pour in 2017, and we're based in Carlsbad. Most of our calls come from homeowners who want a driveway, a patio or stamped concrete, along with some property owners and builders who want a pour handled with care.
We also take on walls, footings and foundation work, and you'll find the full list on our home page. Patios are on the city's own sample list of work that generally needs a building permit, so when your job needs one we handle the paperwork with the city or county, book the inspections and tell you up front what we'll need from you. I'd rather you understand your concrete, joints and hairline cracks included, than get surprised by it later, so ask me anything through our contact page.
- services
- 16
- service areas
- 12
- founded
- 2017
- 9 years in business
Our values, as you'll see them on your job
These are the things you'll notice when we pour your driveway, patio or stamped concrete, from the first look at your yard to the day the new slab is ready to use.
You talk to the person running the pour
I come out to look at your job and write the estimate myself, and then I run the pour while our own crew does the forming, pouring and finishing. What we talked through at the end of your driveway doesn't get lost on the way to someone you've never met.
Prep you won't see gets the most care
We dig out and pack the subgrade, the ground your slab sits on, then set tight forms and check the layout before any concrete shows up, because that's what decides whether a slab settles or holds. The base is hidden on day one and it's the first thing people want to cut from a budget, so it's the last place I'd cut.
No guessing about joints, water or the bill
Before the pour we show you where the control joints will run, the cut lines that give concrete a place to crack where we chose, and where the water will drain so it heads away from your house. Your written estimate spells out what's included and what isn't, like hauling off the old concrete.
Licenses that apply to concrete work in Carlsbad
California contractor license
The state contractor board requires a current license from anyone who contracts for work on a project that needs a building permit, uses employees, or takes on a job worth $1,000 or more in labor and materials combined. We're licensed and fully insured, and nearly any driveway or patio pour is well past that $1,000 line.
Carlsbad business license
The city requires every business working inside its limits to hold a valid business license, and that includes contractors based in other cities who come in for a job. The city's license doesn't stand in for the state one, because the city issues it without checking a contractor's state licensing.
Serving Carlsbad and 11 surrounding cities
Service areas we cover from our Carlsbad base
Form & Pour Carlsbad Concrete Company is based in Carlsbad, California, and we pour driveways, patios and more in Oceanside, Vista and the other cities below, 12 in all. These are the cities with their own page, not the only ones we work in, so ask even if yours isn't listed. We reply to every call and message within one business day.
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Carlsbad, CA
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I'll come out, look at the job and give you a free written estimate with no obligation, and we reply to every call and message within one business day.