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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Temecula grew fast after Interstate 15 linked the valley to the rest of Southern California in 1985. The Census Bureau dates about 8 in 10 of the city's homes to 1980 through 2009. The median home was built in 1998, so its original driveway is now close to 30 years old. When a driveway cracks through or a panel drops by the garage, we break it out and re-pour it.
BGC Construction works as a concrete contractor in Temecula for homeowners, and Temecula is part of our service area. Homeland sits at the center of that area, about 22 road miles north by I-215. In the city we handle driveway replacement, new concrete patios, walkways, garage slabs and footings. Call or text (951) 483-4138, and we 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.
Temecula stayed ranch country until the 87,500-acre Vail Ranch was sold in December 1964. The buyers planned a new community called Rancho California, with tract homes. Voters chose to incorporate in November 1989 and turned down the name Rancho California. By 1990, the city's history page says, the population had reached 27,099.
The 2020 Census counted 110,003 people, and the Census Bureau estimated 114,865 by July 2025. About 77 percent of the city's housing is single-family detached homes. Owners live in 68 percent of occupied homes, per the Census Bureau's 2020 to 2024 survey.
The city's map of approved specific plans includes Paloma del Sol, Redhawk, Vail Ranch, Harveston, Wolf Creek and Roripaugh Ranch. A second city map names 75 homeowners associations. If your home sits in one, ask what the association reviews before a driveway widens or changes color. A patio in stamped and colored concrete may need the same check.
Building has not stopped. Census permit data shows 1,033 new single-family homes authorized from 2023 through 2025. On a newer home, the work may be a first patio or a walk along the side yard. On a 1990s home, it may be a cracked driveway or a patio that has settled.
USDA soil maps show mostly sandy loams across Temecula. The most common series are Ramona, Greenfield, Buren and Hanford, and the survey rates all four well drained. It rates most of the city low for shrink-swell, the way clay swells when wet and shrinks when dry.
Expansive clay shows up in pockets on the hills. Las Posas rocky loam, mapped on some slopes, has a subsoil near 40 percent clay. On that clay, an evenly damp, well-compacted base matters more under garage slabs and RV pads.
Under Buren and Arlington soils, the maps show a cemented hardpan about 20 to 40 inches down. On parts of the hills, soft weathered bedrock sits within 20 inches of the surface. A footing trench can reach either layer, and the approved plans set the depth. The city inspects permitted work before it is covered up.
Along Murrieta Creek, the survey maps salty bottomland soils, such as Chino silt loam. It rates that soil high for corroding concrete and somewhat poorly drained. Where a soils report covers a lot, the slab and footings follow it.
Inside the city, permits come from the Building and Safety Division, part of Community Development. Its Patio and Decks page says building permits are not required for slabs on grade. It adds that setback requirements still apply, and it asks you to check with the Planning Division about separate permits.
An attached patio cover goes through a building permit, per the city's handout. That handout keeps patio posts at least 5 feet from the side and rear property lines. Its table sizes each post footing at 18 or 24 inches square and 12 inches deep, by span. We pour post footings and addition foundations to the approved plans, and another trade builds the cover.
For a room addition of two stories or over 1,000 square feet, the city asks for soil reports. Before any footing trench, California law requires the excavator to notify DigAlert at least two working days ahead.
At the street, a driveway approach in the public right of way may need an encroachment permit from Public Works. Another trade builds that street-side work. Our driveway work stops at your side of the property line.
NOAA keeps a climate station at the southwest edge of the city. Its 1991 to 2020 normals show about 15 inches of rain a year. More than four-fifths of it falls from November through March. The station averages about 60 days a year at 90 degrees or more, and about 9 at 100.
The ready-mixed concrete industry's hot-weather guidance says heat speeds setting and raises the mix's water demand. It advises avoiding the hottest part of the day and curing for at least 3 days. Wind and low humidity raise the risk of fine surface cracks in fresh concrete.
Runoff from Temecula collects in Murrieta and Temecula creeks, which join in the city to form the Santa Margarita River. The city says Phase 2B of the Murrieta Creek Flood Control Project began construction in September 2025. It is set to raise protection from the 10-year to the 50-year flood level, including Old Town. For one lot, FEMA's Flood Map Service Center shows the mapped flood zone.
The city's construction stormwater rule applies to all construction sites regardless of size. It says never to wash concrete waste into streets or storm drains, and to capture saw-cut slurry. On a driveway pour, that keeps washout and rinse water out of the gutter.
Communities and areas we serve around Temecula: Old Town Temecula, Harveston, Paloma del Sol, Redhawk, Wolf Creek, Vail Ranch, Roripaugh Ranch, Temeku Hills, Crowne Hill, Meadowview, Ronald Reagan Sports Park, Rancho California Road.
Temecula ZIP codes served: 92590, 92591, 92592.
Temecula 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 Temecula. 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.