East Bay area concrete pumping for the homeowner and contractor

When do you need concrete pumping?

Very few home owners realize how much of a job it is to mix and place concrete by hand, but ask an experienced contractor and he will tell you. In my experience if you need to mix and place more than a yard of concrete, you are better off calling your concrete supplier. If you are placing concrete in an area where the truck can just unload using the chute you are LUKY! If on the other hand you need to place concrete far away from where the truck can park, then you need me. I am your friendly concrete pumping service provider.
For small jobs around the house, you might be able to get away from calling me by transporting the concrete from the mixing truck to where it is needed, by the use of a wheel barrel and a few strong guys. Otherwise, save yourself the trouble and call me. It will only cost you $200. I will show up with my concrete pump and place the concrete just where you need it. Why break your back or that of your buddies?

Concrete pumping in the East Bay and its hills

I am regularly called to places of difficult access in Oakland and Berkeley, but it does not matter where it is in the Bay Area, I will make sure that you get the concrete exactly where you need it. In many parts of the Bay area, the terrain is hilly. If you find yourself in any of these places call me, I am good working in them and can save you a lot of grief. In this kind of situation you pretty much have to use the services of a concrete pumping company, that if is you are to come out alive out of that job (Just kidding again). But seriously, just give me a call and I can give you a few pointers about concrete pumping in Berkeley, Oakland, or anywhere in the Bay Area or the East Bay with difficult access.
I service the entire Bay Area. From Novato to San Jose from Pacifica to Vallejo and everywhere in between. I’ve been in business for several years now. In most cases I can order the concrete for you. I call the East Bay home.

How to calculate how much concrete you need 101

Over the years I have developed an easy way of calculating how much concrete is needed for a job. My trick is to “divide and conquer”. What do I mean by that? I visually break up the job into logical “rectangles”.

Once I have mentally divided all the logical sections I write down on paper all of their dimensions: Width, Height and Length. Next I multiply the three dimensions of each “rectangle” and add them all. The result will be the total volume of the job. If you converted the inches to fractions of a foot your result will be in cubic feet, if you broke down the whole feet into inches your result will be in cubic inches. If your output is in cubic feet, all you need to do now is to divide that quantity into 27 and you will get the number of cubic yards you need to order.

If on the other hand you used cubic inches, divide that into 12 to figure out how many cubic feet you have and now divide that into 27 and you will get the number of yards needed.

If you want to save the hassle just use my professional concrete calculator. It will help you figure out the cubic yards you need for squares, rectangles, triangles and piers.

Why do we divide by 27?

That is because a cubic yard of concrete is equal to 27 cubic feet.