Palmdale · Lancaster · Acton · SF Valley
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Concrete driveways, patios, pool decks and stamped work. Quality work and design ethics, out of Palmdale since 2022.
Quality work and design ethics, built to last.
One patio, start to finish
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into place.
Old slab broken out and hauled away, base compacted, forms set, then one morning of placing and finishing.
The first, middle and last frames are photographs of this job, taken on 4, 7 and 8 May. The motion between them is generated.
See finished workStation 01 / the mix
Ninety minutes from batch to placement.
Nine to ten yards in the drum, turning the whole way out. From batch to placement you get about ninety minutes, and that window does not move for anybody. Everything we do before the truck arrives is about being ready for it.
Station 02 / the placement
Forms, base and steel go in before the truck is booked.
A driveway is fifteen to twenty-five yards depending on the run. We grade it, compact the base, set the forms and tie the steel before the truck is booked, because once it is turning in the yard there is no slowing it back down.
Poured, finished, walked away from.
Six jobs. Every photograph taken on site by us.
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01
Driveway, broom finish
- Finish
- Broom, cut joints
- Where
- Lancaster
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02
Stamped ashlar, two-tone
- Finish
- Ashlar slate, black release
- Poured
- 03:23, stamped by 06:21
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03
Floating-slab walkway
- Finish
- Smooth trowel, open joints
- Detail
- Each slab set individually
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04
Exposed aggregate drive
- Finish
- Washed aggregate
- On site
- 8 days, plus cure
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05
Pool deck and coping
- Where
- Granada Hills
- Detail
- Coping cut to the pool line
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06
Two finishes, one pour
- Finish
- Aggregate and smooth band
- Detail
- Cut on the diagonal
The finish is the decision.
The slab underneath is the same. What changes is the last two hours, and that is what you look at for the next twenty years.
Licensed, bonded,
and pouring since 2022.
M3D Concrete works out of Acton and Palmdale, licensed with the California Contractors State License Board and accredited with the Better Business Bureau. Free estimates, no job too small.
“Providing quality work and design ethics.”
- BBB rating
- A+
- Accredited 18 Sep 2025
- Established
- Dec 2022
- CA entity 5368118
- Estimates
- Free
- No job too small
Antelope Valley, the high desert and the north Valley.
- Palmdale
- Lancaster
- Acton
- Rosamond
- Santa Clarita
- Granada Hills
- Van Nuys
- San Fernando Valley
- Mojave Desert
Outside the list? Call and ask. We travel for the right job.
Questions we get on every estimate.
How long before I can drive on it?
Walk on it after 24 hours. Cars after 7 days. Anything heavy, a truck or an RV, give it the full 28 days. Concrete keeps gaining strength for a month and most of the cracking we get called out to fix is somebody parking on a 10-day slab.
Will it crack?
Every slab cracks. The job is deciding where. We cut control joints so it cracks in a straight line you cannot see instead of across the middle. Base prep and correct joint spacing are most of that work, and they happen before any concrete arrives.
What does a driveway cost?
It is priced by the yard and the finish. A typical residential drive runs 15 to 25 cubic yards. Broom finish is the base price, exposed aggregate is a step up, stamped with colour is the top. Removal of the old slab, grading and any drainage are separate lines so you can see what you are paying for. Estimates are free.
Do you take the old driveway away?
Yes. Demolition, dirt removal and haul-away are ours, and we run our own Bobcat, so you are not coordinating a second contractor.
Do I need drainage?
Often, and it is the thing people skip. If the slab sends water at the house instead of away from it you have bought a bigger problem than a cracked driveway. We run drain line where the grade needs it.
How long does the whole job take?
Most residential work is three to five days on site: demo and grade, forms and steel, pour and finish. The pour itself is one morning. After that it is cure time, and cure time is not negotiable.
Tell us the job.
The more of this you fill in, the closer the number is before anyone drives out. Photos help more than anything else, and you can attach them to the email this opens.
Would rather talk? (661) 445-2573