Cracked, sinking or crumbling front steps? We repair what's sound and rebuild the rest on a packed base, so your entry is steady again.
Concrete steps construction in Irvine means forming, pouring and finishing new concrete steps up to your door on a firm, packed base, so they stay steady and give your house a long-lasting way in.
Most calls start with steps that have cracked, dropped on one side or pulled away from the house, and the cause is usually the ground underneath, not the concrete itself. I come out to look myself, because the first question is whether your steps can be repaired or have moved enough to come out. When they do, we break them out, dig out the soft ground and pack a firm base, the same work we do for slab foundation building.
The price turns mostly on how many steps you need, whether they're poured in place or precast, how much old concrete has to go and whether there's a landing to build. The schedule turns on the tear-out, any permit the job needs and the curing time, the wait while new concrete hardens before it takes weight. Our written estimate shows what's included, so you can see exactly what you're paying for.
You call (949) 518-3401 or send the form, and we set a time for me to come out. I look at every job myself, so you're talking with the person who'll price your steps.
I measure, check whether your steps have shifted or can be repaired, ask how you use that entrance and explain precast against poured. You get a written estimate that lists what's included, so there's no guessing about the cost.
If you go ahead, we take care of any permit the job needs and do the tear-out, base, forms and pour with our own crew, with either me or my foreman running the site. We'll tell you when the new steps are ready to walk on.
Before we leave, we walk the finished steps with you and go over how to treat them while they cure. We clean up and haul off the old concrete, so your entry looks finished rather than worked on.
Before we set a form, we settle how your steps will carry their weight, because steps that rest on the ground, tie into a landing or the house, or span as a stair each need a different footing and different steel. Where they tie into the house, we give the footing the same care as our foundation installation work, and we won't set steps on loose fill that hasn't been packed down.
Rebar, the steel bars inside the concrete, holds the steps together if a crack forms. We pitch each tread slightly so rain runs off the front instead of back toward your door, plan the pour for the cooler part of the day so the top doesn't dry out too fast and turn dusty, and give the treads a broom finish, a light brushed texture that gives your shoes some grip when it's wet.
What our step work covers:
A repair makes sense when the steps are sound underneath and the damage sits on the surface, because patching a solid step costs far less than tearing it out. Once a step has dropped, tipped or pulled away from the house, the ground under it has moved, and a patch on top won't fix that. I'd sooner give you an honest no on a repair than sell you a patch I don't believe in.
The cost follows the size of the job, how many steps and how wide, plus whether there's a landing, how much old concrete has to be broken out and hauled away, how easy your entry is to reach and the finish you choose. If the budget is tight, the base is the last place I'd cut, because it's hidden on day one and it decides whether your steps stay where we put them.
I learned this trade under a strict boss who made me tear out forms and set them again until they were right, and I've run United Irvine Concrete the same careful way since 2013. We do exactly what the estimate says, we keep our mess off your walkway and planters, and we leave your property as tidy as we found it.
I'll explain each part of the job before we start, in plain terms, and once the old steps are out, I'll show you what we found under them. Satisfaction guaranteed on every job.
Have photos and notes on any cracks, shifting or sinking ready when you call, so I arrive knowing what to check.
Tell us your address, how many steps you have and what's wrong with them. We reply within one business day to set up your free on-site estimate, with no obligation.
Poured concrete steps across the US usually cost about $200 to $500 per step, installed, so treat that as the going rate nationally rather than our price. Where your job falls depends on the tear-out, any landing and how the steps tie into the house. I'll measure in person and give you a written estimate that shows what's included.
Replacement is usually the safer choice once your steps shift, sink or show exposed rebar. One concrete company's guide says a repair usually works when the cracks stay shallow and the steps stay stable. I'll look at yours in person and tell you plainly which side of that line they're on.
Poured steps last longer, about 30 to 50 years, against 20 to 35 years for a quality precast set in regions without freeze-thaw cycles. Precast is made off-site, costs less and goes in within hours, but it sits on the ground surface and often opens a gap against the foundation within a few years, which poured steps don't. Poured steps cost more per step because their forms take a lot of labor, but if you plan to stay in the house a long time, that's the way I'd lean.
A full replacement usually takes several days to a week, counting the curing time while the new concrete hardens. Plan on limited use of that entrance in the meantime, so it helps to have another door you can use. At the estimate, I'll tell you how the tear-out and any permit affect your schedule.
The city's list doesn't settle it, because the City of Irvine's residential permit page names retaining walls, second story decks and patio covers but not concrete steps, so the city is the place to ask. Irvine issues the building permits, and it takes new online no-plan-check applications only through its PermitsDIRECT! portal. When your job needs a permit, we prepare and file it and keep you posted, and if you're in an HOA, we'll give you the drawings and details they need for approval.
A license is needed unless the job fits California's minor work exemption, which covers jobs up to $1,000 and only when the work needs no permit and the person doing it employs no one. California's Contractors State License Board licenses concrete contractors, the trade that forms, pours and finishes concrete. We're licensed and insured, based in Irvine and working across Orange County.
We're based in Irvine and build steps in Costa Mesa, Tustin and other cities nearby. Choose your city below, or call (949) 518-3401 if yours isn't listed.
