Lansing Illinois Concrete Demolition Companies

A thin patch over a broken Lansing driveway usually won’t last the next winter. Water sits in the old cracks under the new material. Then the patch flakes off in sheets. The edges left behind trip people on the walk to the door. We’ve pulled up slabs with two layers of patch still stuck on top. When we lifted a corner, the old concrete under them was still rocking. So the patch money was already gone. And the apron sat lower at the street than it had the year before. Concrete Demolition Companies in Lansing get that call on older lots once a thin patch won’t hold.

Mid-century lots in Lansing, Illinois often still have the original street apron and the walk up to the door. The garage slab on many of them dates from that same era. We see the same wear when we walk those jobs. When we check the apron, it has often risen at the sidewalk joint. After a wet fall, other aprons have dropped at the street so water sits on the concrete. Walks break into loose pieces near the steps. Garage floors crack from the door track back toward the house, and one side rides higher. Because those sections no longer meet, patch material has nothing solid to bond to.

Worn Flatwork and What Concrete Demolition Companies in Lansing Break Out

Breaking the old flatwork out is the first step before any new concrete goes down. We’ve hauled off aprons that had lifted past the sidewalk. We’ve also pulled garage slabs that had split so one half sat higher than the other. A bag of patch mix won’t tie those pieces back into one surface. When water has washed the base out from under the slab, we dig that soft spot out too. The new pour sits on stone we placed. Leftover rubble goes out on the truck. So tear out and replace stays one visit for us, covering the demolition and the new flatwork together.

When we are on a Lansing lot, the visit often covers the driveway plus the service walk beside it. Upper walks come out the same day when they’ve pulled away from the steps. A broken curb at the apron comes out with the driveway if that curb failed too. We score the cuts so the break stays off the garage foundation. After the concrete is in pieces, we load it out. Concrete Demolition Companies in Lansing leave the hole clear. Buried chunks settle later, and the new slab follows them down. People have called us about that dip after a quick breakout.

Concrete Demolition Companies in Lansing Before a New Pour

After the old slab is gone, we set the base and pour the replacement. We give garage floors the same treatment when that slab failed too. We pour a broom finish on the new driveway. When a homeowner asks about curb appeal, we can add stamped or colored concrete from the ideas they bring. So we have covered Lansing in our Tri-State work as a family owned and operated company since 2006. We plan the day so the crew finishes the slab before we leave.

We keep our concrete demolition companies work listed on that page. Breakout and haul-off lead into the new residential pour. Finished driveways from past jobs sit in our photo gallery of finished flatwork. Then we handle concrete removal on a small pad or a full driveway. For example, trench cutting and pour-back fixes a utility cut in a sound slab.

Homeowners have asked Concrete Demolition Companies in Lansing about the walk to a side door. A cracked pole barn pad comes up on those same calls. Because those slabs move underfoot too, we treat the call the same way. We break moving pieces out, and we patch where the slab is stable and only the surface has worn off. The About Us page names the family crew on these jobs.

Winter salt sits on Lansing, Illinois driveways, and small cracks open wider through freeze-thaw. After winters of salt, we have seen scale and full-width cracks on these driveways. So breakout is the next step once those sections move underfoot. Concrete Demolition Companies in Lansing handle that breakout and the replacement pour on older lots across town. We cut joints in the new concrete while it’s still fresh.