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Fast, Reliable Driveway & Pavers Across Cerritos
If your Cerritos driveway has turned into a cracked, sun-bleached mess that pools water every time the Santa Ana winds kick up dust, you already know the problem isn’t going to fix itself. We get calls every week from homeowners off South Street and Pioneer Boulevard who’ve been putting it off for years, waiting for the right crew to show up with a straight answer on price. A paver driveway installation in Cerritos typically runs $7,000 to $18,000, and concrete comes in between $4,500 and $12,000, depending on whether your old slab needs full removal or just an overlay. Call Barrett & Sons Construction at (877) 610-1318 and we’ll walk the site with you, give you those numbers in writing, and tell you what actually needs doing before anything gets torn up.
We’ve been working in the 90703 for a long time, and the homes here have a character you don’t find in the newer tracts going up around the county. That’s why we treat every Cerritos driveway as its own small engineering project, not another square on a route sheet. Permits get pulled, the base gets built to handle Cerritos soil, and the price we quote is the price you pay.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Cerritos’s Preferred Driveway & Pavers Company
Tom Barrett founded this company in 1998, and the name on the truck is the name that answers when you call. His sons run the crews, and most days you’ll find one of them on-site in Cerritos, not just a logo back at some office. We’re not a franchise, and we’re not sending strangers from three counties over. We schedule our Cerritos work deliberately so the crew that starts your driveway is the crew that finishes it.
Homeowners in Cerritos tend to ask harder questions than most, and we like that. You’ve got a city hall that actually means it when they say permits required, and a housing stock that’s aged past the point where shortcuts hide. When we quote a paver patio or a stamped concrete walkway, we include the demolition, the base prep, and the drainage plan in the written scope. No allowances that turn into surprises. The permit inspector works for you, not for me, which is exactly why I like him on the job.
Our Driveway & Pavers Services in Cerritos
Paver Driveways
Belgard and Techo-Bloc pavers handle Cerritos’s sun and occasional heavy rain better than most materials. We build paver driveways in Cerritos on compacted aggregate bases that move with the native alluvial soil instead of fighting it, which matters when your 1960s-era slab has already shifted a half inch in one corner. A new paver driveway here runs $7,000 to $18,000, and you’re getting a surface that can be repaired section by section if anything ever needs it.

Concrete Driveways & Concrete Work
A concrete driveway in Cerritos runs $4,500 to $12,000, and the real question is what’s underneath. Most of Cerritos sits on soils deposited by the San Gabriel River system, which means we add heavier rebar and control joints than crews working up in the foothills typically spec. We pour, stamp, stain, and repair concrete flatwork across Cerritos, and every pour gets cure-time factored for our low-basin heat and marine layer mornings.

Asphalt Driveways & Resurfacing
Asphalt makes sense on lots where drainage already works and you don’t want to tear out what’s there. A fresh asphalt pour in Cerritos runs $3,500 to $9,000, and resurfacing over a sound base comes in lower. We’ll tell you honestly if your existing driveway is worth overlaying or if you’re just putting a bandage on a base that’s done. Asphalt won’t hold stamped detail the way concrete will, but for long approach strips and utility drives it’s a solid, quiet surface.

Driveway Repair & Replacement
Driveway replacement in Cerritos runs $5,000 to $14,000 depending on square footage and what we find under the old surface. If a corner of your slab has dropped, that’s usually a base failure, not a cosmetic crack, and the fix starts below grade. We see differential settlement all over Cerritos because the entire city sits on basin fill that compacts unevenly over decades. We’ll open the section, pack a proper base, and match the new pour to what’s left of the old, within reason.

What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Cerritos
Our Driveway & Pavers crews build with materials you can look up before you sign. We stock Belgard and Cambridge Pavers for most Cerritos paver work, and we carry Quikrete and Oldcastle line items for concrete and segmental retaining work where they fit. You won’t get mystery pallets off a supply yard van with the tags peeled off. If you live in Cerritos and want to see product samples before the first cut, we’ll bring the catalog boards straight to your garage on the estimate.
Common Driveway & Pavers Problems We See in Cerritos Homes
- Slab settlement at walkway and patio interfaces. Cerritos homes sit on basin fill, and the original 1965-1985 flatwork was rarely overbuilt. We find sunken walkways and tilted patios where the old base finally gave out under decades of sprinkler runoff and occasional seismic loading.
- Root damage from mature street trees. City-planted camphor and magnolia trees along Cerritos residential streets send roots under old driveways looking for moisture, lifting slabs and cracking apron sections. Repair usually means cutting the root back and building the new edge to buy another fifteen years before it grows into the same spot.
- HOA-required paver restrictions. Several Cerritos tract developments have CC&Rs that specify paver color and pattern, and we know which ones enforce them. Before you pick a paver, we’ll check your tract’s recorded restrictions so you don’t get a letter after the job’s done.
- Failed patched areas from previous quick fixes. We see a lot of Cerritos driveways where someone cold-patched a crack in 2018 and it’s since crumbled. Asphalt patches over concrete joints almost never hold longer than a couple seasons here because the two materials expand at different rates under our summer sun.
Pricing for Driveway & Pavers in Cerritos, CA
Here’s the straight math for Cerritos. Paver driveway installation runs $7,000 to $18,000. Concrete driveway installation runs $4,500 to $12,000. Asphalt paving runs $3,500 to $9,000. Full driveway replacement runs $5,000 to $14,000, and driveway sealing runs $250 to $700. Paver patios run $3,500 to $11,000. Any change to scope arrives as a written change order before we do the work, and any allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date. If someone quotes you a number far under these ranges in Cerritos, ask them what’s not in the bid. Every estimate from Barrett & Sons Construction is free, itemized, and good for a real conversation. Call (877) 610-1318 to schedule yours.
We Also Serve Cities Near Cerritos
Besides pulling permits and pouring driveways in downtown and residential Cerritos, we work across Artesia, La Palma, Norwalk, and Hawaiian Gardens. If you’re a few blocks over the city line, we’ll still sit down with you the same way: written scope, named brands, permits where they’re required, and a price that doesn’t move. A lot of our Cerritos customers first heard about us from a neighbor two streets over in Artesia. When you need a bigger project than a driveway, we also handle Home Additions & ADU in Cerritos, and many homeowners roll hardscape work in with a kitchen tear-out. If that’s where you’re headed, our Kitchen Remodeling in Cerritos crew works off the same written-change-order standard.
Serving Cerritos, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Cerritos area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Driveway & Pavers in Cerritos
Yes, we schedule free on-site estimates in Cerritos all week, and we honor the published no-trip-charge policy for every home inside the 90703 ZIP code. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll set a time that works, usually within a day or two depending on weather and existing site visits.
Every neighborhood in Cerritos, including the tracts around Whitney High south of South Street, the homes along Pioneer Boulevard, and everything up by Los Cerritos Center. Cerritos only has one ZIP code, 90703, so if you’re in the city, we’re there. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll confirm your address and put it on the crew board.
Most settlement repairs in Cerritos run $2,000 to $6,000 for a partial lift and re-pour, and that’s included inside the full replacement range of $5,000 to $14,000 if the whole slab’s failed. The exact number depends on how square the affected area is and what’s underneath the low side. We’ll give you a written price before any work gets scheduled, and that price doesn’t change unless you change the scope.
Yes, sealing runs $250 to $700 and buys two to three more seasons of surface life, especially on asphalt driveways that sit under Cerritos’s direct afternoon sun. We don’t upsell sealing as a fix for structural damage, but as protective maintenance on a sound surface, it’s money well spent. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll tell you honestly whether sealing will help your specific driveway or whether you need base work first.
Yes, when a Cerritos job triggers a permit requirement, we pull it, we schedule the inspections, and we stay until the final sign-off. Cerritos city hall enforces aggressively, and we’ve been through enough plan checks there to anticipate what they’ll flag on flatwork and drainage. That’s a real advantage for the homeowner, because the inspector works for you, not for the contractor. Call (877) 610-1318 for an exact quote on your Cerritos driveway or patio, and we’ll walk you through what’s permitable and what isn’t, before you commit to anything.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Cerritos and surrounding cities since 1998.







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