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Concrete footings in Moreno Valley CA - a solid base for your wall or patio cover

Putting up a wall or patio cover? We look at your slope and soil first, then form and pour a footing that fits the job.

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What goes into a concrete footing in Moreno Valley?

Concrete footings are the poured base a block wall, patio cover or addition stands on, and in Moreno Valley we dig, form and pour them around what they'll carry and the ground under them.

Most calls start with a plan already in hand, like a retaining wall on a sloped yard or a new patio cover, and a question about what goes underneath. The footing gets buried once the wall goes up, which is why it's the first thing a tight budget wants to trim and the last place I'd let it go. The price mostly moves with the digging, the concrete and the rebar, which is the steel set inside the footing, plus how easy your yard is to reach and whether the design needs its own engineering. The schedule turns on your soil, the weather and the city's inspection, and your written estimate spells out what's included for your job.

Why Moreno Valley homeowners call us for footings

Concrete gives you one shot, so we put our care into the part nobody sees, the digging, the ground prep and the timing of the pour.

  • The owner at every job

    I look at every job and run every pour, and our crew does the forming, placing and finishing.

  • In business since 2017

    We've been pouring concrete since 2017, and I learned the trade before that on crews around the Inland Empire.

  • Covered for footing work

    We're licensed and fully insured for every footing we pour, from a few patio posts to a long block wall.

  • Bad news before the pour

    If your ground or your plan has a problem, I'll tell you at the estimate, not after the concrete's set.

  • Your satisfaction, guaranteed

    You deal with me from the first visit to the final walk-through, so call (951) 518-9186 to get started.

The kinds of concrete footings we pour

The right footing depends on what it holds up and the ground under it, so on the first visit I ask about slopes and clay ground before we talk about digging.

  • Wall footings

    Block walls, garden walls and short retaining walls sit on a continuous footing, one long poured strip under the whole wall. When the wall runs near a slope, that's the footing we plan hardest.

  • Patio cover and post footings

    Patio covers, pergolas and shade structures stand on separate footings under each post. We pour them to match the plans for the cover so every post has firm ground under it.

  • Footings for additions and garages

    Room additions, detached garages and bigger sheds sit on footings around their edges. We pour those to the building's approved plans, since everything above depends on them.

  • Old concrete in the way, or a footing that sank

    When an existing slab sits where the new footing has to go, we use concrete cutting to open a clean trench instead of breaking out more than we need. If an old footing has already settled, foundation raising is often a better place to start than tearing it out.

What happens when you call about footings in Moreno Valley?

We plan a footing job around your ground, the weather and the city's inspection, so nothing gets poured before the hole and the paperwork are ready.

  1. You get in touch

    Call us or send the form with what the footing will hold up, and I'll set a time to come out and see the ground.

  2. I look and measure

    I walk the spot, measure it and ask what the footing needs to carry, since a garden wall and a patio cover put different loads on the ground.

  3. Your written estimate

    You get a written estimate that spells out what's included, and if the city needs a permit for your job, we handle it.

  4. Prep, pour, walk-through

    We prep the ground, hold the work open for the inspector, pour on a day that suits the weather and walk the finished work with you.

Questions about a step? Call and talk it through.

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Footing questions we hear in Moreno Valley

How much do concrete footings cost in Moreno Valley?

I can't give you a fair number until I've seen your ground, so the estimate is free, done at your property and written out so you can see what's included. A long run, hard digging, a yard the truck can't get close to or clay that needs prep before the pour all push the price up, while flat, firm ground with easy access keeps it down.

What causes concrete footings to crack or lift on clay soil?

Clay soil swells when it takes on water from rain or sprinklers, and it can push hard enough to lift buildings and crack concrete. Some soils around Moreno Valley can swell like that, though not on every lot, so it's worth knowing which kind you've got before anything gets dug.

How long does it take to prep clay soil before pouring footings?

Pre-wetting clay, soaking it ahead of time, can take days or even weeks, and it's generally done with a soils engineer. A California geotechnical group's guide advises keeping clay from drying out before or during construction by covering it with plastic or wetting it first, so if your lot needs that, build the time into your plans.

What is the best way to build a wall footing near a slope?

On swelling clay, a deeper foundation for the wall may cut down on leaning and tilting, especially near the top of a slope, and sometimes that means piles, which are deep posts set into the ground. The same geotechnical guide says to expect some leaning anyway, so you're weighing the cost of going deeper against how the wall looks over the years. If it were my wall at the top of a slope, I'd spend the money below ground before I'd spend it on the face of the wall.

When does the city of Moreno Valley inspect footing work?

The city requires all work to be inspected before it's covered up, so a footing gets looked at while it's still open. We leave the work open until the city inspector has seen it and plan the pour around that visit.

Can an unlicensed handyman pour a small footing in California?

Only on very small jobs, because the state's exemption for minor work stops at $1,000 and applies only when the work needs no permit and the person doing it employs no one on the project. California's concrete contractor license covers forming, pouring, placing and finishing concrete, so once your footing is part of a permitted job, it calls for a licensed contractor.

Concrete footings around Moreno Valley

In Moreno Valley, the city's Building and Safety Division issues permits for new buildings and for changes to existing ones, and its list names patios and walls but not footings by themselves, so the division is the place to ask whether your job needs one. When a job needs a permit, we handle the application, which goes in through the city's online portal, line up the inspections and walk you through how the city's plan check and inspections run, since both come from that same office. If you're adding an attached wood patio cover, the city has a standard for it, and a design that departs from it needs its own engineering and a separate set of plans, which adds work before we can pour.

We're based in Moreno Valley and work across the cities around it in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. A lot of our footings go under block walls on sloped backyards and posts for shade covers, and we plan for the same clay and slopes on jobs in Perris and Riverside.

Get a footing estimate in Moreno Valley

We take calls seven days a week, into the evening, so call (951) 518-9186 or use the form and tell us what you're building.

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