Concrete footings in Santa Fe Springs CA - a base sized for the weight it carries
Planning an addition, a patio cover or a wall? We build concrete footings that carry the weight you're putting on them.
- Licensed and insured.
- Free on-site estimates.
- Expect a reply within 1 business day.
What do concrete footings do, and what will your project need?
Concrete footings in Santa Fe Springs, CA are the concrete base under a wall, a column or the edge of a slab, and they pass the weight of what you build down to the ground so the ground can carry it.
Most people call us when they're adding something heavy, like a room, a patio cover, a block wall or a column under a beam. The price turns on how many feet of footing the job needs, how big each one is, what it has to carry and how easy it is to dig and form at your house. The schedule turns mostly on plans, the permit and the city's inspections, because those have to line up before we pour and while we work. I come out and give you a written figure for your job before anyone digs.
How do you know your project needs new footings?
Posts sitting on blocks
If the posts on your patio cover or deck sit on loose blocks or bare dirt, there's usually no real footing under them at all. They tend to lean and work loose over time, and the fix gets bigger once a roof has been sitting on them for years.
A wall leaning or cracking
A garden or block wall that tips or cracks along its base usually has a footing too small for it, or none. Waiting tends to mean rebuilding more of the wall instead of less.
Plans that show new footings
If you're adding a room, a cover or a wall, the plans will show footings, and that's the moment to get them right. Once framing or block sits on top, there's no easy do-over.
How we build concrete footings
We start by finding out exactly what each footing will carry, whether that's a wall, a post, a beam or a slab edge, because that decides its size and shape, and when there are plans we build from them instead of from a guess. Then we lay it out, dig it out, set the forms, the wood sides that shape the concrete, and tie in rebar, the steel bars that hold the concrete together under load. We pour, finish the top so the next trade has a clean surface to build on, and clean up. A footing is all base, and nobody sees it once the wall or floor goes on, which is exactly why it's the last place I'd let a budget get cut.
Some jobs start with concrete that's already there. If part of the house is already sitting low, foundation raising may need to come first, and if a new column has to go through an old slab, our concrete cutting work opens the slab neatly where the new footing goes.
Strip footing
A continuous run of concrete under a wall or a room addition, so the weight spreads along its whole length. It suits anything long and heavy, like a block wall or the walls of an addition.
Pad footing
A single pad of concrete under one column or post, like the posts holding up a patio cover. It suits a load that comes down in one spot.
Thickened slab
A footing poured as part of the floor slab itself, so a new slab carries its own footing. It suits a new garage or room where the floor and the footing can go in together.
Get a written estimate for your concrete footings
Send the form and we'll get back to you within one business day to set a time. I come out myself, and the on-site estimate is free, in writing and comes with no obligation.
(562) 689-9662- Based in
- Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
- Hours
- Mon–Fri: 6 AM–10 PM, Sat–Sun: 8 AM–10 PM
What happens when you call us about footings in Santa Fe Springs?
Here's how a footing job runs with us, from your first call to the final walk-through, so you know who does what at each step.
Call or send a message
You call (562) 689-9662 or send the form, and I come out myself to look at the spot and hear what you plan to build. If you have plans, have them out so I can go through them on site.
Get your estimate in writing
You get an estimate that spells out what's included and what isn't, so you know what the price covers before you agree to anything. Nothing gets scheduled until we know what the city needs for your job.
Our crew builds the footing
Our crew does the work with me on site. City inspections happen at the stages your permit sets, and we'll have agreed beforehand who makes each call.
Walk the finished job together
When the footing is done, I walk it with you before anything gets built on top. It's your last good look at work that's about to be covered up, so ask anything.
Why Santa Fe Springs homeowners call us for footings
The owner on every job
I look at every job myself, and our crew does the work with me on site. The person who heard what your footing has to carry is the one standing there when it's poured.
Building concrete since 2023
I learned concrete on other people's crews and started this business in 2023. I'd rather give you bad news at the estimate than have you find it in a crack a year from now.
Licensed and insured for permits
We're licensed and insured. In Santa Fe Springs, the city lets any contractor licensed by the State of California pull the permit, so you don't have to carry that yourself.
With footings, the job is getting it right before anything gets built on top. Ask for your estimate or call (562) 689-9662.
Footings, permits and inspections in Santa Fe Springs
In Santa Fe Springs, the city's Building and Safety Division requires a permit before any project starts, and its list of work that doesn't need one names small structures under 120 square feet, not footings. That leaves the question open for footing work, so we don't guess. Before we schedule, we look up what the city or county office for your address requires, and when a permit is needed we handle the paperwork with you. The city enforces the California building codes as a minimum safety standard, and that's the bar your footing gets built and inspected to.
Around here we build a lot of footings for patio covers, block walls and room additions on older houses, plus columns and walls for small property owners. We do the same work in Norwalk and Downey, and we start the same way, by finding out what the footing has to carry.
Questions about concrete footings in Santa Fe Springs
How much do concrete footings cost in Santa Fe Springs?
Across the US, an installed residential strip footing usually costs about $5 to $19 per linear foot, and that covers the concrete, labor, digging and forms. That's a national figure, not our price, and a footing that carries more or is hard to reach runs toward the higher end. Your written estimate gives you the figure for your job.
How do I pull my own permit for concrete footings in Santa Fe Springs?
You apply with the city yourself, and the city issues the permit only when you show workers' compensation insurance or sign an Owner-Builder Statement saying you're hiring no one. If you pull the permit and then hire someone, you may have to buy workers' comp, which a variety of agencies sell. The city's published permit guide lays out the steps, and Building and Safety can confirm what's current.
Who calls the city for footing inspections, me or the contractor?
You're responsible as the property owner for making sure each city inspection gets made, even when the contractor is the one who calls. That's why we settle with you at the start who calls at each stage. On a retaining wall, for example, the city inspects the footing first, again after the block is laid and steel placed but before the cores are grouted, then after backfill and once all the work is done.
Do California seismic hazard rules apply to my house in Santa Fe Springs?
Usually not the state's requirements, if yours is a single family frame house of up to two stories that isn't part of a development of four or more units. Local agencies can be stricter than state law, though, so we go by what the city requires for your address.
How do I check if a concrete contractor is licensed in California?
Check with the Contractors' State License Board, which is where the city points owners for information about licensed contractors. Do it before you hire anyone, us included.
Do I need an engineer's plans for concrete footings?
Some projects need plans prepared and signed by an architect or engineer licensed by the State of California, while room additions can usually be drawn by a draftsman. Find out early, because it decides who you hire first, and ask Building and Safety whether other agencies need to review your project too. Bring whatever plans you have to the estimate.
Related concrete work around your footings
If an existing foundation has sunk and doors stick or floors slope, raising it back toward level may come before any new footing work makes sense.
When a new column has to land inside an existing slab, we saw a clean opening so the footing goes in without breaking up the whole floor.
Service areas for concrete footings near Santa Fe Springs
Santa Fe Springs Concrete is based in Santa Fe Springs, California, and we build footings across the cities around it, including Pico Rivera and Whittier. The 12 cities below have their own pages, and if you don't see yours listed, just ask.
Santa Fe Springs, CA
Get your footing priced before you build
Have the address and what the footing will carry ready when you call, so we can look up the right office's rules for your lot early.