Concrete Contractors in Oak Hills, CA

Oak Hills spreads its 9,450 residents across 24.5 square miles of the Mojave Desert, north of the Cajon Summit, southwest of Hesperia and east of Phelan. The 2020 census counted 3,166 housing units, about 129 per square mile. For concrete contractors, that low density means bigger, more varied projects: long driveways from the road to the house, slabs for barns and steel shops, RV parking, and patios laid out for a view of the mountains.

Ground at 3,799 feet

Oak Hills sits at 3,799 feet, several hundred feet above Hesperia's northern neighborhoods. The higher you go on the desert floor, the more freezing nights a slab sees. Exterior concrete here should be built with that in mind: an air-entrained mix, no extra water added at the truck to make it easier to place, a proper cure and a sealer on decorative finishes. We also tell owners to use sand, not deicing salt, on a slab in its first winter.

Laying out a long driveway

A rural driveway can run hundreds of feet, and pouring all of it at once is not always the best use of money. The approach we walk owners through:

• Start where it matters most. The road apron and the parking area near the house take the most turning and braking. Many owners pour those first and leave gravel in between.
• Plan the water. On a sloped lot, a driveway can become a channel in a summer storm. Crowns, cross slopes or a swale move water across or off the concrete instead of along its edges.
• Size it for the heaviest vehicle. A loaded horse trailer, a delivery truck or a motorhome calls for more thickness and steel than a car.
• Map the truck route. Long distances sometimes mean a pump, and soft shoulders need to be avoided by a loaded mixer.

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Where the drive meets a county road

Oak Hills is unincorporated, so public roads fall under San Bernardino County. The county's Public Works Transportation department issues encroachment permits for work in the County Maintained Road System right-of-way and names construction of driveway approaches as one example. If your apron connects to a county-maintained road, we check that permit before forms go in.

Shops, barns and RV covers

With room to spare, many owners want a slab for a building or a vehicle. A steel shop with a lift, a barn with stalls, a carport over a motorhome and a pad for a water tank each load concrete differently. We set thickened edges where walls or posts bear, place reinforcement for the heaviest point load, and follow the building's engineered foundation plan whenever there is one.

Fire season planning

In August 2016 the Blue Cut Fire forced mandatory evacuation orders for most of Oak Hills, along with Phelan and Summit Valley. Concrete does not burn, and owners on brushy lots often use it to build a buffer near the house: a wide walk in place of a bark bed against the stucco, a slab under the propane tank or woodpile, and a hard parking area that keeps cars off dry grass.

A community of owners

Census QuickFacts shows about 84.7% of Oak Hills homes owner-occupied, well above Hesperia's 65.4% at the 2020 census. Oak Hills first appeared as a census-designated place in 2010, and its schools are split between Hesperia Unified and Snowline Joint Unified. Owners who plan to stay usually improve a property in phases, so we leave clean edges where a future section can tie in.