
Cerritos Concrete & Masonry is a masonry contractor serving Anaheim, CA, with hands-on experience in outdoor kitchen masonry, concrete flatwork repair, retaining wall construction, and structural masonry on the city's 1950s-to-1970s ranch homes and Anaheim Hills hillside properties. We have been in business since 2018 and respond to every estimate request within one business day.

Anaheim homeowners with medium to large backyards - particularly in the Anaheim Hills area with its hillside lots and wider yard space - frequently ask about outdoor kitchens as a way to extend living space and add lasting value. A properly built masonry outdoor kitchen handles the Santa Ana wind heat cycles and the clay soil movement that would eventually crack a lighter-weight structure. Our outdoor kitchen masonry work uses concrete block framing on a proper footing so the structure stays square and level through years of seasonal soil movement.
Central and west Anaheim have a high concentration of homes built in the 1950s and 1960s, and a large share of them still have the original concrete driveway or backyard patio poured when the house was new. After 60 to 70 years of clay soil movement and Southern California UV exposure, surface spalling, corner breaks, and settled panel joints are the norm rather than the exception. We evaluate whether repair will hold or whether the section has shifted too far for patching to be a lasting fix.
Anaheim Hills properties are defined by sloped lots and tiered grades, and the retaining walls holding those grades in place are doing real structural work. A wall that was not built with adequate drainage behind it will lean forward after a few wet seasons as saturated clay soil pushes against the face. We size the footer, drainage aggregate, and weep hole placement based on the actual soil and slope conditions at each site rather than using a one-size approach.
Stucco is the standard exterior finish on virtually every Anaheim home built between the 1950s and 1990s, and the cracks that appear around windows, corners, and door frames after decades of thermal cycling are normal wear - but they are also a path for water to enter the wall assembly. Anaheim's winter rain season is short but arrives in heavy bursts, and a cracked stucco system will let that water in quickly. We patch and re-texture stucco cracks and match the existing finish texture as closely as possible.
Anaheim ranch homes built in the 1950s and 1960s commonly have brick or concrete block chimneys that have not had mortar joints inspected or repointed since the house was built. Santa Ana winds are particularly hard on chimney crowns and caps - the rapid drying effect of hot, dry wind accelerates mortar shrinkage and opens gaps that allow water intrusion during the first winter rain that follows. We inspect the full chimney assembly, repair the crown, and repoint any joints that have opened before water reaches the firebox or the surrounding framing.
Privacy walls and property line block walls are common on Anaheim lots, and many of the original walls built in the 1960s and 1970s show leaning, cracking, or mortar failure at the cap course. When a wall has moved beyond what spot repairs will hold, the more cost-effective approach is to rebuild the failing sections on a new footer rather than continue patching. We assess the structural condition honestly and let you know whether repair or rebuild is the smarter investment for your specific wall.
Anaheim was developed almost entirely between the 1940s and the 1980s, which means the majority of the city's homes are now between 40 and 80 years old. Homes in that age range built on concrete slab foundations - the standard for postwar tract construction throughout Southern California - are at the point where the original flatwork, masonry walls, and chimney systems need real attention. The city's expansive clay soils have been running the wet-season swell and dry-season shrink cycle under these slabs for decades, and that cumulative movement shows up as cracked driveways, uneven patio slabs, and stepped cracks in brick mortar joints. Fixing those issues requires someone who understands why they happen here, not just someone who can pour concrete.
Anaheim Hills adds a different set of challenges. The hillside lots in the eastern part of the city have retaining walls holding tiered grades in place, and those walls were often built without adequate drainage behind them. When the rainy season arrives after a long dry period, saturated clay soil behind an undersized retaining wall puts significant lateral pressure on the structure. Santa Ana wind events - which arrive most falls and winters, sometimes gusting over 50 mph - accelerate the drying of masonry mortar and stucco caulk, opening gaps that the next winter rain will find. A masonry contractor working regularly in Anaheim learns to plan for both of those patterns.
Our crew works throughout Anaheim regularly, and the city covers enough ground that the west side near Disneyland and the hillside neighborhoods in Anaheim Hills feel like two different cities in terms of the homes and the work they require. Most of our calls in central and west Anaheim involve original slab flatwork, aging block perimeter walls, and stucco cracks on 1960s ranch homes. In Anaheim Hills, the jobs tend to involve retaining walls, tiered patios on sloped lots, and outdoor kitchen builds on the larger yards that the eastern part of the city has. The City of Anaheim Building Division handles permits for structural masonry work and outdoor structures, and we are familiar with their application process and typical review timelines.
Anaheim sits near Lincoln Avenue and Katella Avenue as two of its primary east-west corridors, with the 91 freeway forming the northern boundary and the 5 running through the heart of the city near the Resort District. The Anaheim Hills community in the east is accessed off Imperial Highway and Nohl Ranch Road - if you are in that part of the city, we know the hillside lot conditions and come prepared for slope work. We also serve homeowners in neighboring La Mirada and Buena Park and understand how conditions transition across the northwest Orange County area.
Call us or submit the contact form with a brief description - cracked driveway, leaning block wall, outdoor kitchen build, whatever it is. We respond within one business day to schedule a site visit at a time that works for you.
We visit, assess the full scope, check the permit requirement with the City of Anaheim, and give you a written estimate with a line-by-line cost breakdown. No vague totals, no pressure - just an honest assessment and a clear price.
Once you approve the estimate, we schedule the job and show up when we say we will. For concrete work, we give you a clear curing window before the surface handles traffic. For outdoor kitchen builds, we coordinate the utility rough-in window in advance with your plumber or electrician.
We haul away all demolished material and leave the site clean before we go. We walk you through the finished work and answer any questions on site - you should not need to chase us down after the job is done.
We serve homeowners throughout Anaheim - from the flat ranch-home neighborhoods in the west to the hillside lots in Anaheim Hills. Free estimate, no obligation, one business day response.
(562) 586-9264Anaheim is one of the largest cities in Orange County, home to roughly 350,000 residents across about 50 square miles. Most people know it as the home of Disneyland, which opened in 1955 and anchors the western side of the city, but the residential neighborhoods that make up most of Anaheim tell a different story. The bulk of the city was developed between the late 1940s and the 1970s as postwar suburbia spread through Orange County. Single-story ranch homes on 6,000-to-7,500-square-foot lots are the dominant housing type in central and west Anaheim, with stucco exteriors, attached garages, and concrete slab foundations that are now 50 to 70 years old. The 55-percent owner-occupancy rate reflects a city where homeowners stay put and expect their properties to hold their value.
The eastern part of Anaheim transitions into Anaheim Hills, a distinct hillside community developed mainly from the 1970s through the 1990s. Homes here are generally larger, sit on sloped lots with views of the surrounding hills, and have more complex yard grades than the flat-lot homes in the west. Angel Stadium - home of the Los Angeles Angels since 1966 - sits near the Platinum Triangle in central Anaheim, between the freeway corridors that divide the city. Anaheim borders Buena Park to the northwest and is within our regular service area alongside La Mirada to the southwest. Whether your home is near the resort area in the west or up in the hills to the east, we serve the full city.
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