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Concrete footings in Imperial CA - solid support built to your plans and your soil

Planning an addition, a block wall or a new house? We dig, set the steel and pour footings to the plans, on ground we've checked.

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What goes into concrete footings in Imperial?

Concrete footings are the steel-reinforced concrete, usually poured in a trench, that carries your foundation, wall or addition and helps keep it from settling. We dig, form and pour them in Imperial, CA for homeowners, people building new and owners of small commercial lots.

Most calls start with something about to be built, like an addition, a retaining wall or a new house on a slab foundation, and the footings come first. Price comes down to the type and size you need, since continuous footings that run under a whole wall cost more than pad footings under single posts, and wider, larger footings cost more again. The schedule mostly turns on the permit paperwork and on picking a good pour day. I walk the job and put your number in writing. Cheap footings usually got cheap by skipping the prep, and I'd rather lose a bid than pour on ground I don't trust.

Why Imperial owners hire us for footings

I learned concrete under a boss who made me tear out anything that was merely close enough. I still work that way, and it shows up most in the parts you never see.

  • I look at the job myself

    I come out to walk the site and ask about the plans, the soil and what the footings will carry.

  • I run the pour

    I'm on site running the crew when we pour, so the person who priced your job watches the concrete go in.

  • In business since 2021

    We're known for flatwork and slabs that stay put, because the prep under them got done right.

  • Licensed and insured crew

    Ask to see it before you sign, because anyone digging trenches on your property should be able to show it.

  • Your satisfaction, guaranteed

    That's our promise on footings, and the way to start is a call to (760) 483-7530 or our estimate form.

Concrete footings we dig and pour

The plans and your soil decide which footing you get. They get buried and forgotten, so we build them to the plans, not by eye, and flag questionable ground before we dig.

  • Continuous footings under walls

    A continuous footing is a long strip of concrete with rebar, the steel bars that hold it together under load, running under a foundation, a block wall or an addition. It suits anything that carries weight along its whole length.

  • Pad footings under posts

    Pad footings are separate blocks of concrete under posts or columns, like a patio cover, a carport or a porch beam. They suit loads that come down at a few points instead of along a wall.

  • Footings next to existing concrete

    When new footings have to go through or beside an old slab or driveway, we use concrete cutting to open a clean trench instead of busting it out with a hammer. That way the old slab breaks where we chose, not wherever it felt like.

  • When the house has already settled

    New footings won't lift a house that has already sunk, so if the floors slope or the old foundation dropped, foundation raising is the job to look at. I'll tell you which one you need once I've seen it.

What happens when you call about footings in Imperial?

We plan a footing job around your drawings, your ground and the weather, and you'll talk to me from the first visit to the pour.

  1. Call or send the form

    Call (760) 483-7530 or use the form, tell me what the footings will carry, and we'll set a time for me to come out.

  2. I walk the job

    I look at the site, the plans and the ground, and I ask more questions than you expect, because buried mistakes are expensive ones.

  3. Written estimate and paperwork

    You get the price in writing. If you go ahead, we sort out what the city or county office wants before anyone starts digging.

  4. Prep, pour and walk-through

    We prep the ground, pick a pour time that suits the weather, and I'm on site for the pour. Then we walk the finished job with you.

Questions about a step? Call and talk it through.

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Questions about concrete footings

What do concrete footings do?

Footings carry the weight of a foundation, wall or post down into the ground and help keep the building from settling. They're concrete with rebar inside, usually poured in a trench, and once the job is done you'll never see them again.

How much do concrete footings cost in Imperial?

Installed concrete footings across the US usually cost about $4 to $20 per linear foot, counting the concrete, the labor and the digging. That's a national market figure, not our price, and a wider, deeper footing on weak soil can cost several times what a shallow one does. I'll give you your own number in writing after I walk the job.

Who can pour concrete footings in California?

Pouring footings is concrete contractor work, which the state licensing board defines as forming, pouring, placing, finishing and installing concrete. That class leaves out firms whose only business is setting the steel, so a rebar-only crew isn't the one you hire to pour.

What causes concrete footings to settle?

Soil that swells when it gets wet and shrinks when it dries is a common cause, because the ground rises and drops unevenly, often more than a house can handle. That's why the soil belongs in the footing plans, and why we look at the ground before we look at the forms.

What is the best way to pour concrete footings in hot weather?

Plan the pour around the heat, because high heat, low humidity and wind change how concrete gets mixed, hauled and placed. The American Concrete Institute publishes a guide on limiting those effects, so ask any crew how they'll time your pour. With summers as hot and dry as ours, that question matters here more than most places.

How do I check my building permit status in Imperial?

Check it on the city's online permit portal or call the Building and Safety office at (760) 355-1152. The same portal takes applications and payments, and we help you with that paperwork on the footings we build.

What changes concrete footings in Imperial

In Imperial, building permits come from the city's Building and Safety Division, which also reviews construction plans. Rules depend on whether your property sits in a city or in the county, so before we start we check with the right office about your job and help you through the paperwork. Bigger projects, ones valued at more than $65,000, also have to reuse or recycle their construction or demolition debris, and we plan the cleanup around that when it applies.

The usual soil in this part of the valley turns to silty clay well below the surface, and clay is the kind that moves with water, so we look at the ground on every lot instead of guessing. We're based in Imperial and work across the Imperial Valley, and we run into similar ground on footing jobs in El Centro and Brawley.

Get your footings priced before you build

Have your plans and property address handy when you call (760) 483-7530, because the drawings tell me most of what the footings need.

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