Concrete
Concrete slabs with rebar prep, footings, flatwork, pool decks, and commercial pads across Las Vegas. Licensed masonry and concrete contractor since 2014, bonded and insured. Free estimates anywhere in Clark County.
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Ram Masonry pours concrete footings in Las Vegas and builds the stem walls that stand on them. We dig and pour footings under new block walls, garden walls and engineered retaining walls. We build foundations for casitas, detached garages, sheds, workshops and room additions. We pour block foundation walls, plus footings under outdoor fireplaces, pizza ovens and BBQ islands. Ram Masonry has built masonry and concrete in the valley since 2014. We hold Nevada C-18 masonry license number 0080771, bonded and insured, with workers' compensation coverage.
Most footing calls start one of three ways. A homeowner has a casita or garage plan and needs the foundation poured. A wall is going up and the footing has to go in first. A builder has a small building to set on a lot. We read the plan set and check the soil and the access, then send a written itemized estimate. Send photos of the site by text for a first read the same day. Call (702) 769-4416 to get on the schedule.
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A footing is the concrete base under a wall or a building. The short wall built on top of it lifts framing or a slab above grade. We pour footings under new privacy, garden and planter walls. Builders and general contractors call for the base and pad under a small building. Property managers and HOAs call for wall work across a community.
Masonry and concrete sit under one license here. The same crew digs the trench, sets the steel, pours the footing and lays the block on top. The trench work and the wall above it come off one schedule. Wall height and soil set how wide the trench gets. For CMU buildings, sound walls and trash enclosures, see CMU buildings and commercial block work.
Under the residential code Clark County adopted, exterior footings go at least 12 inches below the undisturbed ground surface. Minimum size for light frame work starts at 12 inches wide and 6 inches thick. The concrete has to bear on undisturbed natural soil or engineered fill. Your plan and the plans examiner set the final numbers for your parcel. Caliche hardpan runs under much of the valley. The county publishes a Clark County Expansive Soils Guidelines Map for geotechnical engineers.
Southern Nevada amendments call for a soils geotechnical report on structures and additions. Caliche digging is slow, so trench time moves a bid more than concrete. We tie rebar and set dowels to the plan. Where the trench will not hold an edge, we form it. Clark County runs a footing and foundation inspection before the concrete goes in, once the steel is set. On a permitted fence or wall, concrete is not poured until that footing inspection passes. In summer we pour early, before the afternoon heat pulls water from the mix.
A stem wall is the short wall on the footing that carries framing or a slab above it. Block stem walls get vertical rebar, grout in the loaded cells, and anchor bolts in the top course. For a wood sill plate, the code spaces anchor bolts not greater than 6 feet on center. A poured concrete version uses forms instead of block.
On flat ground a slab on grade often skips it, because the thickened edge does that work. A sloped lot is different. One side can sit higher than the other and still land the floor level. Block foundation walls also carry a raised floor. The wall that goes up from there is covered on block wall builds across the valley.
Clark County requires a permit to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move or demolish a structure. One story detached sheds and playhouses are exempt when the floor area does not exceed 200 square feet. The City of Las Vegas draws the same 200 square foot line for non-habitable detached accessory structures. A room addition or a garage over that size needs a permit.
A casita has living space, so the shed exemption does not reach it. Each desk has its own casita rules, and we check yours before we price the work. On a casita or garage, the footing, the stem wall and the slab go in as one sequence. The plumbing and electrical trades run the utilities. The slab side is on how we pour and finish the slab.
A new block wall starts with a trench, steel and a footing sized on the plan. The first course ties to dowels set in that pour. A retaining wall footing follows the engineer's plan for the retained soil. That design side is covered on how a retaining wall gets engineered and drained. Beside a pool, we build the block wall to the pool contractor's plan.
An outdoor fireplace, a pizza oven or a BBQ island is heavy, so it gets its own footing and slab. The code sets a masonry fireplace footing at 12 inches thick, running 6 inches past the face on all sides. We pour those under the outdoor fireplace and fire pit builds we put in. A written estimate itemizes the dig, the steel, the concrete and the block.
Published national guides put a single concrete footing near $700 to $1,500 installed. They list a stem wall foundation at $6 to $18 per square foot. A slab on grade foundation runs $6 to $14 per square foot. Those are national ranges. We price your job from the plan, the dig and the access. We work the whole valley, including footing and concrete work in north Las Vegas.
Free, no-obligation estimates across Las Vegas and the whole valley.
(702) 769-4416From the first look at the site to the final walk-through, here is exactly how it goes.
Call or send the form, and photos by text get a fast first read. For a firm number we come out, measure the run, and check what sits under the job: grade, access, caliche, old work.
You get a written price and timeline before any work starts. If a permit or engineering applies, the estimate says so. Repair and rebuild get quoted as separate numbers when both are on the table.
Footings dug to bearing and inspected, rebar and grout in the cells, base compacted before concrete, mortar kept from drying too fast in the heat. The parts you never see get built like the parts you do.
We walk the finished work with you: walls plumb, joints full, slabs draining the right way, site cleaned up. Done means you have looked at every part of it and said so.
Common questions about footings and stem walls across Las Vegas and the whole valley. Don't see yours? Give us a call and ask.
Concrete slabs with rebar prep, footings, flatwork, pool decks, and commercial pads across Las Vegas. Licensed masonry and concrete contractor since 2014, bonded and insured. Free estimates anywhere in Clark County.
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Ram Masonry is a block wall contractor in Las Vegas. We build new privacy and perimeter block walls, raise short walls, and pour the footings under them. Free estimates.
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We build commercial block walls across the valley. CMU buildings, foundation block, sound walls, screen walls and trash enclosures for builders, general contractors and property managers. Free written estimates.
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Read more →Block, brick, stone and concrete are the whole business, not a sideline. Footings dug to bearing, cells grouted around steel, joints struck full. That is why the walls we build stay straight.
Vegas heat and monsoon wind punish shortcuts. Early summer pours, mortar kept from drying too fast, drainage behind every retaining wall, footings cut through caliche instead of stopping on it.
We look at the job, measure it, and put the price and timeline in writing before work starts. Photos by text get a fast first read. The estimate costs nothing either way.
Nevada C-18 masonry license #0080771, bond and insurance on file. The license is what lets us pull your wall permit, and it covers commercial work at the same standard as residential.
A wall that worries you, a driveway past its best, or a backyard ready to become the good part of the house? Call or send the form and we will look at the site with you and hand you a straight written quote.
Tell us about your project and we’ll get right back to you.