Carlsbad Concrete Group has grown into San Diego County's top-rated team in hillside and coastal concrete, specializing in engineered retaining walls, pool deck replacement, and driveway tear-out and repour. We offer stamped patios and broom-finished garden walks.
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Our team provides drainage swales and trench drains, delivering level, usable yards for homes and long-wearing flatwork for both residential and commercial projects. Backed by 11 years in business and our 1-year written workmanship warranty, we have poured over 1,460 projects, from a single side-yard walk to a 54 ft engineered wall on a sloped lot.
From epoxy-coated rebar near the bluffs to the final saw-cut control joint, our team handles every detail. Serving Encinitas and neighboring Carlsbad, Solana Beach and Rancho Santa Fe, we plan each pour around the marine layer instead of fighting it.
Call us for a free estimate, and our coast location manager will walk your Olivenhain slope or Leucadia deck within the week.
Kevin, Leucadia, Encinitas
A 1970s pool deck with spalled edges at the coping and rust staining from shallow steel
Rachel, Olivenhain, Encinitas
A sloped back yard losing soil onto the patio after every winter rain
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
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Kevin in Leucadia had a 1970s pool deck with spalled edges at the coping and rust staining from shallow steel. We tore the 820 sq ft pool deck out to the coping, poured a new deck on epoxy-coated rebar with a light-colored salt finish that stays cooler underfoot, and set the deck drains lower, an estimated $11,500 to $15,800 job that took an estimated 5 to 7 days on site.
Rachel in Olivenhain had a sloped back yard losing soil onto the patio after every winter rain. We built an engineered cantilevered wall, 54 linear ft, 5 ft tall, with a drain line and gravel behind it to the plan the permit needed, an estimated $17,500 to $23,500 project over an estimated 7 to 10 days, and she now has a flat, usable yard above and a dry patio below.
Salt air is the first thing that changes an Encinitas pour. Leucadia, Cardiff-by-the-Sea and the blocks along Coast Highway 101 sit within a mile of the coastal bluffs, and chloride from sea spray attacks plain carbon steel, so rust swells inside the slab and pops the surface off in flakes. That is the spalling on Kevin's old deck, and it is why we set rebar on chairs with full cover and use coated steel on pool decks near the water.
Slope is the second. Olivenhain lots run from half an acre to several acres over rolling ground, so a back yard often needs an engineered retaining wall before it can hold a patio, a sport court or a pool. Water is the third: the marine layer keeps fresh concrete damp and slows drying in May and June, while a dry Santa Ana week can pull water out of a slab too fast, so we wet-cure and time pours to the forecast.
Concrete work in Encinitas is typically estimated by the job, and access, slope and tear-out move the price most. A 2-car driveway tear-out and repour is estimated at roughly $3,200 to $10,400, and a pool deck replacement typically runs $4,800 to $18,000 depending on size and finish.
| Encinitas job | Est. investment | Est. time on site |
|---|---|---|
| Driveway tear-out and repour | Est. $3,200 to $10,400 per project | Est. 2 to 5 days |
| Pool deck replacement | Est. $4,800 to $18,000 per project | Est. 4 to 7 days |
| Engineered retaining wall | Est. $8,000 to $24,000 per project | Est. 5 to 10 days |
| Stamped or colored patio | Est. $3,200 to $7,600 per project | Est. 2 to 4 days |
| Trench drain or drainage channel | Est. $1,000 to $5,000 per project | Est. 1 to 2 days |
Olivenhain jobs usually land at the top of those ranges because a line pump or a long wheelbarrow run up a sloped drive adds labor, while flat Leucadia and Cardiff lots tend to price nearer the middle. Broom-finish concrete typically runs $6 to $13 per sq ft installed, and stamped concrete typically runs $8 to $19 per sq ft installed.
Every figure on this page is an estimate for Encinitas and can change with the site walk. Your written quote sets the final price and the pour schedule, based on access, the grade and the finish you pick.
Leucadia and Cardiff owners usually choose a salt or exposed aggregate finish on a pool deck replacement for grip and a cooler surface, while Olivenhain estates lean toward integral color and a stamp pattern on stamped and decorative concrete patios. Every slab gets a compacted crushed rock base under it, checked before the pour.
The same finishing foreman is on every pour, so the crew that sets the forms is the crew that cuts the joints. Our estimator measures every job, shoots the grades and writes an itemized quote that names the tear-out, base, reinforcement, finish and joint layout. Each Encinitas wall, deck and drive is covered by our 1-year written workmanship warranty from the pour date.
We pour across every Encinitas neighborhood, from Olivenhain and New Encinitas to Leucadia, Old Encinitas and Cardiff-by-the-Sea, and the same crews work Solana Beach coastal lots, Rancho Santa Fe estates and Del Mar hillside homes. Every community we cover is on our North County service area page.
Olivenhain hillside owners often pair a new wall with engineered retaining walls and trench drains and drainage swales, and Leucadia families with tired drives book a concrete driveway replacement.
A Leucadia pool deck replacement is estimated at roughly $4,800 to $18,000, and Kevin's 820 sq ft deck landed at an estimated $11,500 to $15,800; your written quote sets the final price.
An engineered retaining wall usually needs a permit, and we pull it and book the inspection as part of the job.
Chloride in sea air reaches steel set too close to the surface, so the rust expands and spalls the top; full cover over the rebar and coated steel near the bluffs prevent it.
Most new driveways take typically 7 days before cars, and about 3 to 4 weeks before heavy trucks or RVs.
Lead time is typically 1 to 3 weeks from signed quote to pour day, longer when a permit is needed.
Yes, a line pump carries concrete up a sloped drive or into a back yard the truck cannot reach, and the quote names it.
Our deposit is no more than 10% or $1,000, whichever is less, then progress payments as the work is done.
Call us or send the form for a free estimate, and we will measure your Encinitas driveway, deck or slope and put the full scope in writing.
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Location manager covering Encinitas
Runs the Encinitas schedule from the first site visit to install day.
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