Terms and Conditions

Effective January 1, 2026

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Agreeing to these terms

These terms cover your use of the J&L Berkeley Concrete Company website and any estimate or work you ask us for. When you use the site, call us or send us the form, you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, please don't use the site.

When we do a job for you, we give you a written contract for that job. If the contract and these terms say different things, the contract wins for that job. You can go back to the home page at any time.

What we do

J&L Berkeley Concrete Company is a concrete contractor in Berkeley, CA, and we work in Berkeley and the cities around it. We build driveways, patios, sidewalks, steps, garage floors, pool decks, retaining walls, footings and foundations, and we do decorative and stamped concrete, foundation raising and concrete cutting. Most of this is flatwork, which means slabs that sit flat on the ground.

We're licensed and fully insured. You can read more about our crew and how we work on our about page. The service descriptions on this site are general. The exact work on your job is what your written estimate and contract describe.

Estimates and pricing

We give free estimates at your property, and there's no pressure to book. The price depends on the size of the job, how much old concrete has to be broken out and hauled away, the condition of the subgrade, which is the soil the slab sits on, how hard the site is to reach, and the finish you choose.

An estimate is our best price based on what we can see before we start. Some things only show up once the old slab is out, such as soft or wet soil, buried roots, old pipes or debris. If we find something like that, we stop, show you, and give you the added cost in writing before we go on.

Any change you ask for after you sign, such as a bigger area, a different finish or added steps, is written up with its price before we do it. An estimate stays good for the period written on it, because material and hauling costs change.

Scheduling, weather and cancellation

We set a start date with you when you sign. Concrete work depends on the weather, because rain or extreme heat on pour day can weaken the surface, so we may move a pour to protect your slab. When that happens, we call you and set the next workable date.

New concrete needs time to cure, which is the wait while it hardens and gains strength. We tell you when you can walk on it and when you can drive on it, and keeping off it until then is part of getting a slab that lasts.

If you need to cancel or reschedule, call us or use the contact page as early as you can. If we've already ordered materials, booked equipment or started work, you may owe for those costs, as your contract sets out.

Payment

Your contract lists the total price, any deposit and when each payment is due. Any deposit or progress payment we ask for will follow California law for home improvement contracts.

Payments are due on the dates in your contract. If a payment is late, we may pause the work until it's paid, and the contract says whether any late charge applies.

Your part of the job

We need clear access to the work area, a place to park our trucks and equipment, and a way to reach water. Please tell us before we start about anything buried in the work area that you know of, such as sprinkler lines, drains or cables, and about where your property lines are.

Your contract says who is responsible for any permit the job needs. After the pour, please keep people, pets and cars off the new concrete for the times we give you, because damage to curing concrete isn't covered by our workmanship promise.

Workmanship and warranties

We want you satisfied with the finished work. If something doesn't look right, tell us and we'll come out and look at it. Any written warranty on your job is set out in your contract, along with what it covers and for how long.

Concrete can develop small hairline cracks as it cures and as the ground moves. We cut control joints, which are planned grooves that give the slab a place to crack in a straight line, but they don't stop every crack. Hairline cracks, small color differences and normal surface wear aren't defects.

Our warranties don't cover damage from settling or movement of soil we didn't prepare, tree roots, drainage changes made after our work, heavy loads beyond what the slab was built for, de-icing salts, harsh chemicals, or lack of the care we describe. Apart from any written warranty in your contract, and to the extent California law allows, we make no other warranties, stated or implied.

Limits on our liability

To the extent California law allows, J&L Berkeley Concrete Company isn't liable for indirect or consequential losses, such as lost use of your property, lost income or delays caused by weather, suppliers or conditions outside our control. For any claim about a job, our total liability is limited to the amount you paid us for that job.

Nothing in these terms limits any right you have under California law that can't be waived by contract.

Using this website

The information on this site is general and may not fit your property. Please don't rely on it in place of an estimate or advice from someone who has seen your site. We try to keep the site accurate, but we don't promise it's complete, current or free of errors.

The text, photos and design on this site belong to J&L Berkeley Concrete Company. Please don't copy them for business use without our written permission. Links to other websites are there for your convenience, and we aren't responsible for their content.

If we disagree about something

If you have a problem with our work or a bill, call us first at (510) 345-1330 or reach us through the contact page, because most problems are sorted out quickly once we're both looking at the same slab. If we can't settle it between us, we both agree to try mediation before going to court.

These terms and any job we do are governed by the laws of the State of California. Any court case will be brought in the courts of Alameda County, California, unless the law requires a different place.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time, and the updated version takes effect when it's posted on this page. A change doesn't affect a contract you've already signed with us.

If you have a question about these terms, call us at (510) 345-1330 or send us a message through the contact page.