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Serving San Rafael, CA and surrounding areas. (628) 234-2248
Serving San Rafael, CA and surrounding areas. (628) 234-2248
San Rafael Concrete is a licensed concrete contractor serving Santa Rosa, CA, with decorative concrete, driveway replacement, patio construction, and concrete retaining walls. We have worked on properties across Santa Rosa — from the post-fire rebuilds in Coffey Park to the older ranch homes off Stony Point Road — and we respond within 1 business day.
Santa Rosa homeowners in neighborhoods like McDonald Avenue and the Railroad Square area take visible pride in their properties. Decorative concrete lets you match the curb appeal of a historic home without the maintenance demands of brick or natural stone. Stamped and stained finishes are especially popular for patios and driveways on older lots where a plain slab would look out of place.
A large share of Santa Rosa driveways were poured between 1950 and 1980, and many have never been replaced. The city's clay soils expand every wet season and contract every summer, creating the crack-and-heave cycle common on older lots. We handle demolition, gravel base compaction, forming, the pour, and permit coordination through the City of Santa Rosa.
Santa Rosa's long, dry summers make backyard space usable for six or more months a year. A properly poured concrete patio handles the seasonal demand without rotting, warping, or requiring annual maintenance the way wood decking does. We slope every slab away from the foundation so winter rain drains away from your home instead of pooling against it.
Santa Rosa's hillside neighborhoods — including parts of Fountaingrove and the areas east of Highway 101 — deal with sloped lots, drainage flow, and soil movement that flat valley-floor properties don't. A concrete retaining wall controls grade, redirects water, and protects the yard from slow downhill creep that worsens with every wet season. We engineer each wall to the load and slope of the specific site.
Santa Rosa's older neighborhoods have sidewalks that have been heaved by tree roots and expanding clay for decades. The City of Santa Rosa may flag sidewalk panels in violation during a property transfer, requiring repair before close of escrow. We coordinate permits, work to city grade requirements, and handle the inspection so you don't have to manage that process yourself.
Santa Rosa's reliable summer heat means pools get real use, and pool decks take the wear to prove it. The combination of UV exposure, water saturation, and clay-soil movement makes pool deck surfaces deteriorate faster here than in coastal climates. We pour and finish pool decks with the right texture for slip resistance and seal them to handle the seasonal conditions.
Santa Rosa is the largest city in Sonoma County, with about 178,000 residents and a housing stock that spans more than a century of construction. A significant share of homes were built between 1950 and 1980, making many driveways, patios, and walkways 45 to 75 years old. Homes in this age range sit on clay-heavy soils that expand every rainy season and contract every summer, and that movement has been stressing concrete slabs for decades without any remediation.
The 2017 Tubbs Fire destroyed more than 5,600 structures in and around Santa Rosa, including the Coffey Park neighborhood and large sections of Fountaingrove. Thousands of homes were rebuilt from the ground up in the years that followed. Those newer homes have modern systems, but the lots they sit on may still have soil compaction, drainage, or grading issues from the rebuild process that affect how new concrete performs.
Older neighborhoods like McDonald Avenue and the Railroad Square Historic District have Victorian-era homes where decorative concrete work needs to complement historic character rather than clash with it. Meanwhile, the 1950s and 1960s ranch homes in the central and northwest parts of the city have a different set of needs: aged flatwork, minimal original base preparation, and driveways that have simply reached the end of their useful life.
Santa Rosa's climate adds seasonal pressure. About 30 inches of rain falls between November and March, and summer temperatures regularly reach the 90s. That wet-dry cycle is one of the main reasons concrete flatwork fails earlier here than in more temperate climates, and why correct base work matters more than in drier regions.
San Rafael Concrete works regularly in Santa Rosa and throughout Sonoma County, and we pull permits through the City of Santa Rosa Building and Safety Division on jobs that require them. We have worked on properties across the city's varied building stock, from the Victorian-era homes near the McDonald Avenue Historic District to rebuilt post-fire properties in Coffey Park.
Santa Rosa's main commercial and residential corridors — Highway 101, Mendocino Avenue, and College Avenue — run through neighborhoods with different construction eras and different concrete challenges on each block. We know the difference between a Fountaingrove hillside lot with drainage complications and a flat 1960s slab home on the west side where the original driveway base is long past its functional life.
We also serve the neighboring communities that share Santa Rosa's building conditions. Our crews work regularly in Rohnert Park to the south, where the postwar ranch-home stock mirrors what we see in Santa Rosa's central neighborhoods, and in Petaluma, where Victorian-era properties present many of the same decorative concrete demands as Santa Rosa's older west side.
Call us or submit the online form. Someone from our office follows up within 1 business day to ask a few questions about your property and schedule a free on-site visit. There is no obligation at this stage.
We visit your Santa Rosa property, assess soil conditions, drainage, access, and any existing concrete, and give you a written estimate covering all phases. We tell you upfront whether a City of Santa Rosa permit is required and what that adds to the timeline, so there are no cost surprises after you sign.
We submit the required permit application to the City of Santa Rosa before any work begins. Once approved, the crew handles all demolition, base preparation, forming, and the pour. You do not need to track the permit status yourself.
After the pour, we manage the curing process and schedule the city inspection. Once the work passes, we walk you through the finished surface and explain the maintenance schedule. You are free to use your new concrete as directed and contact us with any questions afterward.
We serve all of Santa Rosa and the surrounding Sonoma County communities. Call us or submit the form — someone responds within 1 business day.
(628) 234-2248Santa Rosa is the county seat and largest city in Sonoma County, situated in the heart of the Wine Country corridor about 55 miles north of San Francisco. The city has a population of roughly 178,000 and a housing stock that ranges from late-19th-century Victorians along McDonald Avenue to the postwar ranch tracts that dominate the central and northwest neighborhoods, to newer homes rebuilt after the 2017 Tubbs Fire in Coffey Park and Fountaingrove.
The city's character varies sharply by neighborhood. The Railroad Square Historic District near downtown is lined with stone commercial buildings and has a dense, walkable feel. The hillside areas around Fountaingrove are more spread out, with larger lots and significant fire-risk exposure. The west side neighborhoods off Stony Point Road and Guerneville Road are primarily 1950s and 1960s ranch homes on standard suburban lots. That variety means the concrete work needed in one part of Santa Rosa looks nothing like what's needed ten minutes away.
Santa Rosa sits between Rohnert Park to the south along Highway 101 and the Rincon Valley communities to the east, with the Russian River corridor to the north and west. About 48 percent of housing units are owner-occupied, representing a large base of homeowners invested in maintaining and upgrading their properties.
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From decorative finishes to driveway replacements and retaining walls, San Rafael Concrete serves all of Santa Rosa. Call us or request a free estimate online.