Hillside Retaining & Grading
Engineered retaining walls, terraced yards, pad cuts and the drainage that has to be designed alongside them rather than added afterwards. Concrete and drainage →
Service Area — San Bernardino County
General Contractor in Chino Hills, CA
Tad's Construction Inc. is a licensed California contractor working throughout Chino Hills — hillside retaining walls, room additions, concrete and foundations, grading and drainage, patio covers and swimming pool construction. Chino Hills is a hillside city and almost every scope here starts with the slope. Site visits and written estimates are free.
Construction Services in Chino Hills, CA
What We Build Here
Three CSLB classifications under one roof — general building, landscape and site work, and swimming pools. On a Chino Hills lot the wall, the drainage and the pool are one engineering problem, not three contracts.
Room Additions & Framing
Bedroom and family-room additions, ADUs and garage conversions, with hillside development standards applying above certain grades. General building and framing →
Swimming Pool Construction & Remodel
Elevated and terraced gunite pools, replaster and tile, deck replacement and equipment upgrades on sloped rear yards. Pool construction and remodel →
Patio Covers & Hardscape
Shade structures, view-oriented decks, outdoor kitchens and hardscape with uplift-rated connections for ridge-line wind exposure.
What We Design For
Conditions Particular To Chino Hills, CA
Expansive Clay And Slope Stability
The Puente Formation clays under much of Chino Hills shrink and swell with moisture, and some slopes have a documented movement history. Wall and footing design follows a soils report here. We do not eyeball it.
Hillside Development Standards
Above certain slopes the city's hillside standards govern grading quantity, pad design and wall height. It changes what is approvable, so it gets resolved at design rather than discovered at plan check.
Access Drives The Schedule
Narrow hillside streets, steep driveways and tight side yards decide what equipment can reach the work. Haul routes and staging get planned before a start date is promised, because on these lots they are the schedule.
Ridge-Line Wind And Fire Setbacks
Exposure on the ridges is real, and much of the city sits in a very high fire hazard severity zone. Materials, vents and clearances are specified accordingly.
Neighborhoods & Nearby
Around Chino Hills, CA
Carbon Canyon & Sleepy Hollow
Older canyon properties on difficult access with genuine grade. Retaining, drainage and structural repair dominate.
Vellano & Payne Ranch
Larger hillside estates with engineered pads. Terraced yards, elevated pools and substantial retaining.
Los Serranos & Butterfield Ranch
Established tract housing with moderate slope. Rear-yard build-out and drainage correction.
Chino, Diamond Bar & Yorba Linda
We work the whole hillside corridor. See our Chino and Diamond Bar pages.
Building In Chino Hills, CA?
Send the address and the scope — site visits and written estimates are free. Tad's Construction Inc. holds CSLB licence #1143857 (B-1, C-27, C-53) and is registered for public works as CAGE 236L4. Review our full service list, see recent projects, or browse every service area.