Concrete Contractor in Grandview, WA - Driveways and Slabs Built on a Packed Base
United Yakima Concrete is a concrete contractor based in Yakima that pours driveways, patios, garage floors and foundations for homes and small businesses in Grandview, WA, with the base dug out and packed before any concrete goes down.
- Licensed and fully insured.
- Free in-person estimates.
- We respond within 1 business day.
Grandview's mix of older homes and farm lots
The calls we get from Grandview run from older homes near downtown, where the driveway and front walk have done their time, to newer houses in subdivisions and acreage and farm lots on the edges, where a shop floor or a long drive is the job. Small businesses along the main roads call too, mostly about parking areas, sidewalks and floors. We do the same work next door in Sunnyside, and the properties there look a lot like these.
That mix shapes the job. Older lots usually mean tearing out old concrete and working around mature trees and tight side yards, while the bigger lots give the truck room but ask for longer runs of slab and more base material.
Concrete work we do on Grandview properties
Concrete driveway building
Gravel drives on acreage lots and cracked older driveways near downtown both get a dug-out, packed base and a slab built to carry pickups and trailers.
Concrete patio construction
We pour back patios with a slight fall away from the house, so sprinkler water drains off and you get a level spot for hot summer evenings.
Stamped concrete services
Stamped concrete gives a patio or front walk the look of stone or brick when plain gray won't do, and it sits on the same packed base.
Concrete sidewalk building
Older front walks that have sunk into trip edges get torn out and repoured on a packed base, so the sections sit level with each other.
Garage floor concrete
Garage and shop floors take farm trucks, equipment and oil drips, so we pour them thick enough for the load and finish them smooth enough to sweep clean.
Decorative concrete
Colored concrete, exposed stone and borders let you dress up an entry or patio on an older home without the upkeep of pavers that shift.
Concrete retaining walls
Where a yard steps down to a ditch, a driveway cut or a neighbor's lot, a poured wall holds the dirt back and gives you usable flat ground.
Concrete floor installation
We pour new floors for shops, barns, storage buildings and small businesses over a packed base, with enough fall that wash water heads out the door.
Concrete pool decks
A pool deck takes bare feet, splash water and July sun, so we give it a grippy finish and slope it so water runs off instead of pooling.
Concrete steps construction
Front and back steps on older homes often settle away from the porch, so we replace them with even risers and steel inside to hold them together.
Slab foundation building
We pour slab foundations for new homes, additions, shops and garages on Grandview lots, digging out and packing the ground before a single form goes up.
Foundation installation
We form and pour foundation walls for new homes and additions, built to the plans and ready for the framers once the forms come off.
Concrete parking lot building
Small businesses, churches and shops along the main roads get lots built for daily traffic, with the slab sized for the load and drainage planned so water doesn't sit.
Concrete footings
Footings for decks, carports, sheds and additions spread the weight into firm ground, and we dig them to the depth the plans call for.
Foundation raising
When an older house or an outbuilding has settled and the floors slope or doors stick, we look at whether raising it back is worth doing first.
Concrete cutting
We saw-cut old slabs for tear-outs, trench lines and new doorways, so you can replace one broken section without busting up the whole driveway.
Get a free written estimate for concrete work in Grandview
Send the form and we'll get back to you within one business day to set up a visit. I come out, measure and look the site over, and the written estimate is free with no obligation.
Call (509) 452-5002- Based in
- Yakima, WA 98901
- Hours
- Mon–Fri: 6 AM–10 PM, Sat–Sun: 8 AM–10 PM
Working in Grandview: permits, licenses and what moves the price
The first thing I check on a Grandview job is whether your address falls under the City of Grandview or Yakima County, because some addresses here fall under the city and some under the county, and that decides what the job asks for. We handle the permit paperwork for our part of the work, and the pour date waits until I can tell you plainly where things stand. Any contractor working inside city limits needs the city's business license endorsement, which the city runs through the state's Business Licensing Service for $50.00 plus any state processing fee, on top of the state registration covered in the questions below, so ask to see both. We're licensed and fully insured.
As a concrete contractor based in Yakima, WA, we drive down the valley for jobs here, and I time the ready-mix truck so it isn't sitting at your curb while the load starts to set. What moves your price is the size and thickness of the slab, whether old concrete has to come out first, how much digging and base the ground needs, how close the truck can get and the finish you pick. The schedule turns on the permit answer, the weather and curing, the days new concrete needs before you use it, and your written estimate puts your own figure on all of it.
Why Grandview concrete cracks, sinks and pools
Summers here run hot and dry and winters bring hard freezes, and both work on concrete. A slab poured in midday heat dries too fast on top and can turn weak and dusty later, so in summer we pour early in the morning and keep the surface damp while it cures. In winter, water that sits on a slab or soaks into a cracked one freezes and pries it apart, which is why where the water goes matters as much as the concrete itself.
Most of the sunken driveways and pooling patios we see on older places come down to the subgrade, the ground the slab sits on. It was raked level instead of dug out and packed, so it settled and took the slab with it, sometimes tipping water back toward the house. We dig down to firm ground, pack the base in layers and set the grade so water runs away from your foundation.
How a concrete job runs when you call us in Grandview
From your first call to the cleanup, here's what happens and who you'll deal with, so you know what's coming before anyone breaks ground.
Call or send the form
Tell us where the property is and what you want poured, and we'll get back to you to set up a visit. A few photos of the old slab help me come prepared.
I measure and walk the site
I come out myself, measure, check where the water runs and ask how you'll use the concrete, and it helps if you're there to walk it with me. You get a written estimate with the mix, the prep and what's included spelled out, so there's no guessing about cost.
We sort permits and prep
Once you say go, we take care of the permit side for our part with whichever office covers your address before a pour date goes on the calendar. Then the crew digs out, packs the base, sets the forms and lays rebar where the job calls for it, the steel that holds a slab together if it cracks.
Pour, finish and clean up
I'm on site for the pour, the crew finishes the surface and cuts the joints, and we clean up before we leave. You can usually walk on it within a few days, the car waits longer while the slab keeps curing, and I'll give you the dates for yours.
Questions about concrete work in Grandview
Call (509) 452-5002I check that for your job before we pour, because the answer turns on whether your address is under the City of Grandview or Yakima County and what that office asks for. Inside city limits, the city's forms page has a building permit application and a building information packet, and City Hall takes questions at (509) 882-9200. Either way, you'll know where it stands before we set a pour date.
Ask for their state registration number, because Washington requires every construction contractor to register with the Department of Labor & Industries and be bonded and insured. To register, a general contractor carries a $30,000 bond, or $15,000 for a specialty contractor, plus liability coverage of $200,000 public liability and $50,000 property damage, or a $250,000 combined limit. The law also says that number has to show on their ads, business cards and estimates, so a missing one is worth asking about.
Your price comes from the written estimate after I measure, and the biggest choice in it is where the money goes. The base is hidden on day one, so it's the first thing people want to trim, but it's what keeps the slab from sinking. I'd rather keep the base and save on the surface with a broom finish, a light swept texture that gives tires and shoes some grip, because you can dress up a sound slab later but you can't fix a bad base without tearing it out.
On any residential job of $1,000 or more, a registered contractor has to give you the state's Model Disclosure Statement Notice to Customer. Keep it with your estimate and contract. L&I also says that since July 1, 2026, eligible customers can apply for recovery payments for money lost to a contractor's work.
Washington's statewide building code, the national model codes with the state's own changes, sets the minimum for work here. The State Building Code Council plans to bring in a newer set on May 3, 2027, so the date your job happens can matter. The city's own laws are online in its municipal code if you want to look something up.
Concrete shrinks as it dries and moves with heat and cold, so most slabs crack somewhere, and the work is making that happen where we choose. We cut control joints, grooves that give the slab a planned place to crack, early enough that the crack follows the groove instead of wandering across the middle. The rest comes from the base, the steel inside and a proper cure, which is probably where your old slab came up short.
Yakima, WA
Get your Grandview concrete job on the calendar
Getting the site measured early leaves time to sort out the permit side, so your pour date isn't stuck waiting on paperwork.