Stamped concrete services in Yakima WA - a patterned patio built for freezing winters
Cracked, sunken or plain gray patio? We pour a new one with a pattern pressed in, on a packed base, timed for good weather.
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What goes into a stamped concrete patio in Yakima?
Our stamped concrete services in Yakima, WA give you a new patio poured on a packed base, with a pattern pressed into the top while it's still wet, so you get the look of stone or brick in one solid slab.
Most people who call us have an old patio that's cracked, sunk or just plain gray, and they want something that looks better and sits flat. The price moves with the size, how much old concrete has to come out, how much digging the base needs, whether you go reinforced and how busy the pattern is. The schedule turns mostly on the weather, because a stamped pour needs the right conditions more than it needs a fast crew. If you'd rather have a plain slab, that's our concrete patio construction work, and either way I'll give you your own figure in a written estimate after I see the yard. We're based in Yakima and pour in the cities around it.
How do you know it's time to replace your patio?
Cracks that keep growing
A crack that widens or splits off a corner usually means the dirt under the slab has settled or washed out. Left alone, water gets in, freezes and lifts the pieces further, so you end up with edges to trip on and a bigger tear-out.
Water pooling by the house
If rain sits on the patio or runs back toward your wall, the slab was set without enough fall away from the house, or it's sunk since. Every storm sends that water toward your foundation, and the longer it settles, the more it takes to fix.
Top chipping and flaking
When the surface comes off in thin patches and leaves rough stone showing, the top layer was usually weak from a poor cure or worn down by years of freezing. It keeps peeling every winter, and patches never quite match, so at some point a new pour makes more sense.
How we do stamped concrete work
With stamped work the pour date matters as much as the pattern, so I'd rather wait for a good stretch of weather than push one in late in the season. On the job, our crew breaks out the old slab, then digs out and packs the subgrade, the dirt and gravel the slab sits on, because a base that's only raked flat settles and takes the pattern down with it. We set the forms so the slab falls away from your house, lay rebar, the steel that keeps cracks tight, when you've picked a reinforced patio, then pour, float and press the stamp mats in while the surface is still soft enough to take them. We cut control joints, shallow grooves that give the slab a straight place to crack instead of a random one, and cover it to cure, which is the wait while it hardens and gains strength. If the budget gets tight, I'll cut back the pattern before I cut the base, because nobody sees the base on day one but it decides whether the surface stays flat. I also walk you through how to treat it that first winter, and the work is backed by our satisfaction guarantee.
A new patio often runs into the work around it. If the walk out to the patio is broken or sits at the wrong height, we can pour it at the same time through our concrete sidewalk building work so the levels match, and if your garage slab is pitted or cracked, our garage floor concrete work can replace that too.
Reinforced stamped patio
This suits a bigger patio, one that'll carry a hot tub or heavy planters, or ground that's moved before, because the steel holds any cracks tight. It costs a little more than an un-reinforced pour.
Un-reinforced stamped patio
This suits a smaller patio on firm, well-packed ground with light use, where the base and the joints do most of the work. It keeps the cost down, and I'll tell you straight if your yard isn't a good fit for it.
Get a written estimate for your stamped patio
Send the form and we get back to you within one business day to set up a visit. I come out, measure and look over the site, then you get a free written estimate 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
What happens after you call about stamped concrete?
Here's how a stamped patio job runs from your first call to the cleanup, and who you'll be dealing with at each step.
Call or send us a message
Call (509) 452-5002 or use the form, and we set up a time to come see the job. It helps to have a rough idea of what you want out there.
I measure and look it over
I come out myself, measure, check where the water runs and ask how you'll use the patio. You get a written estimate with the mix, the prep and what's included spelled out, so you can see what you're paying for and compare it fairly.
We prep and set the date
Once you say go, we sort out the permit side, and our crew digs out, packs the base and sets the forms. The pour date goes on the calendar when the weather lines up.
Pour, stamp and clean up
I'm on site for the pour and the stamping, and our crew cleans up before we leave. Then I tell you when it's ready to walk on and use, based on how the cure is going.
Why Yakima homeowners call United Yakima Concrete for stamped work
The owner writes your estimate
I come out myself to look at the job, and before I price it I check whether your address falls under the city or Yakima County and what that office asks for. You're talking to the person who'll be at your pour, not a salesperson.
In business since 2013
I spent years at a desk before learning concrete on flatwork crews here in the valley, then started this business in 2013 to do the work my own way. That's 13 years of telling people straight what a job needs, even when the answer is that it isn't worth doing.
Licensed and fully insured crew
That matters on a patio job, because a concrete truck, a crew and equipment are all working in your yard. It's the first thing worth checking with anyone you get a bid from.
The pattern is what you'll look at, but the base under it and the day it's poured decide whether it stays flat and keeps its top. Contact us and I'll come out and look at your yard.
Stamped patios and the work around them in Yakima
In the City of Yakima, any work in the right-of-way, the strip along the street the city controls, needs an excavation permit, and that includes adding or changing a driveway approach, the short apron where your driveway meets the street. Whoever applies has to hold a Washington license to build public improvements and a City of Yakima business license, so ask about both if your stamped work runs out to the curb. On big jobs that add more than 5,000 square feet of new hard surface on less than an acre, the city also wants a stormwater permit application, which most backyard patios don't come close to. For everything else, I check what the office over your address asks for on your job, we handle the paperwork for our part, and I tell you plainly where things stand before we set a pour date.
Big swings between hot afternoons and cold nights around here are why curing gets so much attention on our jobs, so we keep a fresh slab covered and plan the pour around the forecast. We see the same swings on jobs in Selah and Terrace Heights, and we handle them the same way.
Questions about stamped concrete in Yakima
Call (509) 452-5002A stamped concrete patio in Yakima usually costs about $8 to $16 per square foot, and that's the going rate around here for the patio itself, not a quote from us. A reinforced patio runs a little more per square foot than one poured without steel, and the size, the tear-out and the pattern move it within that range. I'll give you your own figure after I see the yard.
The best time is a stretch that's neither hot and dry nor late in the season, because concrete that cures badly in those conditions stays soft, wears away, soaks up water fast and breaks down from freezing sooner. Fresh concrete that freezes below about 25°F can lose more than half the strength it could have reached, so if a pour runs into cold weather, ask how the slab will be protected for about the first two days. Near freezing, industry guidance favors a curing compound that forms a film, or paper and plastic sheets, over keeping the slab wet, and you can ask which one the crew will use.
No, hold off on salt while the patio is young, because salt on new, still porous concrete makes the top layer come off faster. That top layer is where the pattern lives, so losing it means losing the look. Shovel it clean instead, and ask me if you're not sure what's safe to put down.
Start with the mix, because tiny air bubbles spread evenly through the concrete, called entrained air, give it room to relieve the pressure as it freezes. Concrete that gets heavy deicer use may need more of that air, so if you expect to use deicer often, ask about the mix's air content before the pour.
It can crack, because all concrete does, but a packed base and the control joints we cut keep cracks small and in places we chose. On most old patios I look at, the trouble started underneath, so I'll show you at the estimate what went wrong with yours.
No, a stamp has to go into fresh concrete while it's still soft, so stamped work means pouring a new patio. If the old slab is cracked or sunk, we break it out first, because new concrete poured over a bad slab usually ends up following it.
Related concrete work that often goes with it
Concrete sidewalk building
A cracked or tilted walk leading to your new patio stands out next to fresh stamped work, and pouring both together keeps the heights and edges matched.
Garage floor concrete
If your garage slab is pitted, cracked or sloping the wrong way, it's worth pricing on the same visit since the truck and crew are already here.
Service areas for stamped concrete near Yakima
United Yakima Concrete is based in Yakima, WA, and we pour stamped patios in the cities around it, from Ellensburg down to Grandview. The 8 cities below have their own pages, and plenty of places in between are on our list too.
Yakima, WA
Tell us about your stamped patio
Send the rough size of the area and whether the work reaches the driveway approach, and I'll know what to look at before I come out.