Driveways, patios, walks and slabs
Demolition Little Rock: Concrete Removal in Little Rock
Heaved driveways, cracked patios and old walks broken up, loaded out and recycled where possible, with the base left ready for new concrete, pavers or grass.
- Little Rock and 12 nearby towns
- Written price before work starts
- Permit and utility steps explained
- Houses, pools, garages and slabs
- Lots left level and swept
Demolition Little Rock arranges concrete removal across Little Rock, from the cracked 1960s driveways of Southwest Little Rock to patios lifted by oak roots in Hillcrest. Breaking concrete is loud, quick work; the parts that take judgment are protecting what stays, dealing with rebar and wire mesh, and getting the broken concrete to a recycler instead of paying landfill rates for it.
Removing a cracked driveway typically costs $640 to $2,087; pouring new concrete over the old one to skip that step often fails within a few years and means paying $3,000 to $6,000 to remove both layers.
Describe the building, its size and what it is made of, and hear a typical price range before anyone drives out.
Call (501) 222-3828Signs the concrete needs to come out
- Cracks wide enough to catch a heel, or slabs that have shifted up or down at the joints
- A patio or walk that slopes toward the house and sends water at the foundation
- Tree roots lifting a section of driveway
- Spalling and crumbling surface that patching has not fixed
- A slab where you want a garden, an addition or new paving
Breaking, loading and hauling
Thin slabs such as walks and patios can be broken with a jackhammer or a skid steer breaker; a thicker driveway or a slab with heavy rebar needs a bigger hydraulic breaker on a track loader or mini excavator. The pieces are loaded into a dump truck with the rebar or mesh cut and separated. Clean broken concrete is often taken to a recycler that crushes it into base rock, which is usually cheaper than landfill tipping fees.
What adds to the price
- Thickness and steel. Rebar adds about $0.75 a square foot to removal.
- Access. A back patio reached only through a gate may need smaller machines or hand work.
- Haul distance. Every truckload to the recycler or a landfill on the south side of Little Rock is time.
- Base work. Regrading or adding new gravel base for the next surface is a separate line.
Describe the building, its size and what it is made of, and hear a typical price range before anyone drives out.
Call (501) 222-3828Protecting what stays
The most common damage on a concrete job is to the things next to it: a cracked foundation where a driveway met the house, a broken sprinkler line, or a sewer cleanout buried under a patio. Before breaking starts, the crew saw-cuts a clean line where the old concrete meets anything staying, and locates utilities. In Arkansas, call 811 before any digging; Arkansas One Call marks buried utility lines for free.
Describe the building, its size and what it is made of, and hear a typical price range before anyone drives out.
Call (501) 222-3828Driveways, patios and the bigger slabs
A driveway is the most common job. A patio or walk is smaller but often harder to reach. The bigger slabs, the floor of a garage or the foundation left behind after a house is torn down, are covered on the foundation removal page, because they are thicker and usually sit on footings. In Bryant and the newer subdivisions along I-30, many of these slabs sit on fine sandy loam that regrades easily once the concrete is gone.
Questions people ask
How much does concrete removal cost in Little Rock?
Typically $640 to $2,087 a job, around $1,132 on average, or about $2.25 to $4.50 a square foot depending on size.
What are the signs a driveway should be replaced instead of patched?
Wide or widening cracks, sections that have heaved or sunk, crumbling surface and water running toward the house.
Can broken concrete be recycled?
Clean concrete usually can. Recyclers crush it into base rock, and the tipping cost is often lower than a landfill.
Do I need to call 811 before concrete removal?
Yes. Arkansas One Call marks buried utility lines for free before any digging or heavy breaking.
How long does it take to remove a driveway?
Most residential driveways are broken out and hauled in a day.
Will removing the driveway damage my house?
Not if the crew saw-cuts a clean line where the driveway meets the house or garage slab before breaking.
Have something that needs to come down?
A house, a garage, a pool or a slab. Call with the address and the size, and get a typical price range and the permit steps that apply to it.
Call (501) 222-3828