Concrete Driveways
We pour new concrete driveways and break out and re-pour old ones. We also widen drives and add turnarounds and RV pads.
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A concrete contractor in Lake Elsinore works with two very different kinds of ground. On the hills, rock can sit close to the surface. Near the shore, the soil can be salty, and FEMA's flood zone wraps around the lake. Each one changes how a new slab or driveway should go in.
BGC Construction is a residential concrete contractor serving Homeland and western Riverside County. Lake Elsinore is part of our service area. Here we pour concrete driveways, patios, walkways, garage slabs and the footings under additions. Call or text (951) 483-4138, and we will look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Tell us about the driveway, patio, slab or walkway and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Most homes in Lake Elsinore are fairly new. Census figures put the median build year at 2002, and about 57 percent went up in 2000 or later. Nearly 8 in 10 homes are detached single-family houses. The Census Bureau counted 535 single-family homes authorized by permit in 2024 and 194 in 2025.
The city's planning pages list more than 20 specific plans, including Tuscany Hills, Canyon Hills, Spyglass Ranch and Alberhill Villages. On a tract lot, a wider drive or an RV pad can go in beside the first drive. Out back, we pour concrete patios and patio extensions, plus slabs for a covered patio. For an RV pad, ask the city's Planning Division about the zoning rules for your lot.
Downtown is the old part of town. The city incorporated in 1888, and a city survey described over 100 historic properties. About 1 in 7 homes citywide went up before 1980. When an old drive is badly cracked, we break it out and re-pour it.
The USDA soil survey maps more than a third of the city's land as Lodo or Cieneba soils. Both are shallow hill soils: Lodo over hard shale and sandstone, Cieneba over weathered granite. The survey puts rock 4 to 20 inches down in both. In the north end, it also maps old clay pits near Alberhill.
A graded tract pad can differ from the soil map. On a hillside lot, though, a new footing trench can still hit rock. That adds digging time, so we check for it when we look at the job.
Near the shore, the survey maps saline-alkali soils, such as Waukena loamy fine sand. It rates their risk of concrete corrosion as high. On those lots, a soils report may set the concrete mix for footings and slabs. We pour what the plans call for.
The city calls its lake the largest natural lake in Southern California. The San Jacinto River feeds it, and the Outlet Channel, also called Temescal Creek, carries water out. In the early 1980s, floods covered parts of Grand Avenue and Corydon Road. The Lake Elsinore Management Project, with its earthen levee, was finished in 1995.
FEMA's 100-year flood zone still wraps around the lake. The city's Engineering Department can tell you if your lot sits in it. There, new building or a big rebuild needs its finished floor at or above the base flood elevation. When the work is done, the city wants an Elevation Certificate on file.
On the shoreline, the city's shorefront guide sets the finished floor at 1,267 feet above sea level or higher. That figure dates to January 2015, so confirm it with the Engineering Department. For an addition or an ADU there, we pour footings and stem walls to the approved heights.
Inside city limits, building permits come from the City of Lake Elsinore's Building and Safety Division. Its handout lists driveways and sidewalks among the work exempt from a building permit. The exemption holds when the drive or walk sits no more than 30 inches above the ground beside it. It also cannot sit over a basement or a story below, or be part of an accessible route.
Street-side work takes a separate permit. A driveway cut at the curb needs an encroachment permit from the city's Engineering Department. That work, along with the curb and the city sidewalk, belongs to a public-works contractor. We pour the drive and the apron on your side of the property line.
The city's Permit Ready ADU program offers pre-reviewed plans for a 495 or a 735 square foot ADU. A third plan turns a garage into a 400 square foot ADU. We pour garage and ADU slabs under the homeowner's permit. The city wants permitted work left exposed until its inspector approves it, so the pour waits for that sign-off.
Communities and areas we serve around Lake Elsinore: Downtown Lake Elsinore, Country Club Heights, Lakeshore Drive, Grand Avenue, Tuscany Hills, Canyon Hills, Summerhill, Summerly, Rosetta Canyon, Alberhill, Railroad Canyon Road, Lakeland Village.
Lake Elsinore ZIP codes served: 92530, 92532.
Lake Elsinore is part of our service area. Call or text, and we look at the job and put the quote in writing.
(951) 483-4138 We pour new concrete driveways and break out and re-pour old ones. We also widen drives and add turnarounds and RV pads.
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We pour new concrete patios and replace old ones that have cracked or sunk. We also extend patios and pour pads for a spa or an outdoor kitchen.
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Stamped and colored concrete gives a patio or a walkway the look of stone or brick. You pick the pattern and the color, and we put the quote in writing.
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Garage slabs, shed slabs, ADU slabs and RV pads for homes around Homeland. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
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We pour concrete walkways and steps for homes in Homeland and across western Riverside County. The work runs from the driveway to the front door, all on your own lot.
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Footings and stem walls for room additions, garages, workshops and sheds, plus slab foundations for ADUs and casitas. We pour to the plans that come with your permit.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Lake Elsinore. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Send the form with the job you have in mind and the town it is in. You can also call or text (951) 483-4138.
Tell us about the driveway, patio, slab or walkway and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.