Foundation installation in Chino CA - a slab that fits your house and your ground
Building a new home or addition and need the concrete it sits on? We help you pick the slab and pour it on solid prep.
What does it take to build a new foundation in Chino?
Foundation installation in Chino, CA builds the concrete base your house rests on, and our crew forms, pours and finishes it so the walls go up on something flat and solid.
If you're putting up a new house, an addition or a building on your lot, the foundation disappears once the framing starts, so it's the part I care most about getting right. The price moves with the size of the slab, the slab type, how much digging and base work the ground needs and whether an engineer has to be involved. The schedule turns on the permit, the city's inspections and the weather on pour day, and your own figure comes from the written estimate after I've seen the site.
We're licensed and insured, and the state licensing board describes a concrete contractor's work as forming, pouring, placing and finishing concrete, which is what a foundation comes down to.
- We dig out and pack the subgrade, the ground the slab sits on, before forms go up.
- Rebar, the steel bars that hold a slab together, or tensioned cables go in before the pour.
- We check how water runs across the lot so the finished grade sends it away from the house.
What happens after you call about a new foundation?
I look at every foundation job myself, and my crew and I do the work. Here's how it goes from your first call to the day we clean up after the pour.
Call or send the form
Call us or use the form on this page, and tell us the address and what you plan to build. We'll set a time for me to come out to the site.
I walk the site with you
I look at the lot and your plans, and we talk through the slab type and the prep the ground needs. Then you get a written estimate to look over on your own time, before you commit to anything.
We settle the plan and permit
Before we pour, we go over the plan, the prep and anything the city needs, and we set the schedule around its inspections. If the lot is in a liquefaction zone on the state's seismic hazard map, ground that may lose its strength in a strong earthquake, the permit process may require that hazard to be looked into and dealt with first.
We pour, finish and clean up
On pour day the crew and I stay on the job until the slab is finished and the site is cleaned up. Then the concrete needs time to cure, the slow hardening that gives it its strength, before framing goes on it.
Concrete slab and foundation work, from forms to finish
These photos show the stages of slab and foundation work, from the dug-out base and forms to the pour and the finished surface. They're general pictures of the trade, so ask about anything you'd like explained.
A reddish-brown decorative stamped concrete patio with an irregular stone pattern borders a brick house.
Stamped concrete patio with a dark stone pattern leads to a blue-gray home’s covered entrance and yellow front door.
Smooth gray concrete driveway leads from the street to an open garage at a brick-and-siding house.
Stamped concrete patio with a rounded border, outdoor dining set, and umbrella in a fenced backyard.
Smooth concrete driveway leads to a three-car garage, bordered by stone walls and landscaped gardens.
Decorative white concrete driveway with broad dark bands in front of a palm-lined home.
Get a written estimate for your new foundation
Send the form or call (909) 479-6302 with your address and building plans, and we'll reply within one business day. I'll come out to look at the site, and the estimate is free with no obligation.
(909) 479-6302Questions about new foundations in Chino, answered
These are the questions I hear most from people planning a new house or addition in Chino. Most come down to the slab type, the permit and what happens to the concrete over time.
Is a post-tensioned slab right for my soil?
It's worth asking about if your ground shrinks and swells, because the Post-Tensioning Institute calls these slabs a cost-efficient answer to foundation problems on that kind of soil. The squeezing force built into the slab resists the pull of moving ground, and the institute says they're used on stable soils too, to reduce cracking and make the slab easier to build. When the ground needs a closer look, we bring in an engineer.
Who holds the building permit for a new foundation in Chino?
Either the licensed contractor or the property owner holds it, because Chino's building permit application issues the permit in one of those two names. Whoever holds it is responsible and liable for the construction, so the choice decides who carries that. We're licensed and insured, and we work out with you who pulls the permit before anything starts.
How do I book a foundation inspection in Chino?
Call the Chino Building Division before 3 pm to get an inspection the next day. Its inspectors cover both homes and commercial buildings, and we plan the pour around that cutoff so the crew isn't standing around waiting on a sign-off.
Can I sell a house I built as an owner-builder in Chino?
Not unless licensed contractors built all of it, according to the owner-builder statement on the city's permit application. The exception is a home you lived in as your personal residence for at least a year before the work was completed, so it's worth weighing before you decide who holds the permit.
How much does a new foundation cost in Chino?
There's no honest number until I've seen the lot, because the footprint, the slab type and the site work change the price more than anything else. A bigger footprint, a lot that needs more digging and fill, extra engineering or tight access for the trucks push it up, and a simple shape on open, level ground keeps it down. After I walk the site, you get a written estimate with your own figure.
What causes a new foundation slab to crack?
Concrete cracks as it shrinks and as the ground under it moves, and the slab type changes how those cracks behave. The Post-Tensioning Institute says post-tensioning reduces cracking and keeps the cracks that do form tight, which helps keep insects out and cuts down on water seeping in that can damage flooring and cause mold.
Foundation installation in Chino and nearby cities
In Chino the city's Building Division issues building permits, and if it isn't clear what your job needs, we check with that office before we start. We do the same work in Chino Hills, Ontario and the cities around them.