Concrete Tear-Out & Haul-Away in Green Bay, WI
Green Bay Concrete Pros tears out and hauls away old concrete across Green Bay and Brown County, Wisconsin. We are a licensed and insured concrete contractor. Cracked driveways, heaved patios, broken walks, and failed slabs get demolished, loaded, and hauled off, and the base underneath gets rebuilt so the site is ready for a fresh pour.
Tear-out is the step that separates a real replacement from an overlay. We break the old slab, haul the rubble off the property, then dig out the soft base and bring the ground back up in compacted crushed stone. That rebuilt, draining base is why the next slab lasts. New concrete poured over an old cracked slab, or on the same washed-out ground, splits along the same failures within a few Green Bay winters.
Breaking Out the Old Slab
Old concrete comes out in pieces. We break the slab down, cut it away from anything it is bonded to, and pull the reinforcement with it. The heaved sections, the spalled sections, the whole failed slab goes. What is left is open ground we can see and fix, instead of a bad surface hidden under a new one.
Haul-Away and Disposal
Broken concrete is heavy and bulky, and a driveway or a garage floor makes a lot of it. We load it and haul it off, so the debris leaves with the crew. You do not rent a dumpster, you do not stack rubble at the curb, and you are not the one arranging where a few tons of concrete goes. That is folded into the job.
Rebuilding the Base for the Pour
With the old slab gone, the base is finally reachable. We dig out the fill that washed out or never compacted, then rebuild it in lifts of crushed stone tamped tight. Deep frost pulls at everything in Green Bay, so a base that drains and does not settle is what the new concrete needs under it. Removal and base work are one job, because the next pour is only as good as the ground it lands on.
What It Costs
Concrete tear-out and haul-away in Green Bay runs about $1,500 to $5,000 on its own, by the size and thickness of the slab and how far the rubble has to travel. When it leads straight into a replacement, the removal folds into that project's estimate. Every tear-out gets a free written estimate first.
Have a slab that needs to come out? (920) 555-0163 gets you a free estimate. Most tear-outs run straight into a new driveway or patio, and we demo and haul across Pulaski and Howard too.
Do you haul the old concrete away?
Yes. We break out the old slab, load the broken concrete, and haul it off the property. Concrete is heavy, and a driveway's worth is more than a couple of trailer loads. Removal and disposal are part of the job we quote, so you are not left with a pile of rubble to deal with after the slab is out.
Why not just pour new concrete over the old slab?
Because the old slab's problems come up through the new pour. A slab that cracked, heaved, or sat on a washed-out base carries every one of those faults into anything laid on top of it. Tearing it out lets us rebuild the base and start the new concrete on solid, compacted ground. That is the difference between a replacement and an overlay that fails on the same lines.
Do you fix the base after the old concrete comes out?
That is the point of the tear-out. Once the old slab is gone we dig out the soft or washed-out base, then bring the ground back up in compacted lifts of crushed stone. In Green Bay that rebuilt, draining base is what keeps the next slab flat through the frost. Removal without base work just leaves a hole to pour bad concrete into.
Can you remove a slab if I am not repouring with you?
Yes. We do straight demolition and haul-away as its own job, whether you are putting in a garden, a shed, or hiring the pour out separately. We break the slab out, haul it off, and leave the ground graded. Most of our tear-outs lead into a fresh pour, but the removal stands on its own if that is all you need.