Concrete Tear-Out & Haul-Away in Topeka, KS
Topeka Concrete Pros tears out and hauls away old concrete for homes across Topeka and Shawnee County, Kansas. We are a licensed and insured concrete contractor. When a slab has to go, we break it up, load it out, haul it off, and rebuild the base underneath: cut back to solid subgrade, compact it, and lay a fresh crushed-stone base so the site is ready for a new pour.
Removal is the step that makes a replacement a replacement. We demolish the failed slab, clear the debris, and rebuild four to six inches of compacted crushed stone over a compacted subgrade. That is where a poured job earns its life on Topeka clay. Skipping the tear-out and floating a thin overlay on top of a moving slab carries every crack and every soft spot straight up into the new surface.
Break Out, Load Out, Haul Off
We size the demo to the slab. A driveway, a patio, a garage floor, or a set of steps each comes apart a little differently, and we protect the ground and the structures we are keeping while the old concrete comes up. Then it is loaded and hauled away, so you are not left living with a heap of rubble. The site goes back to clean graded ground, ready for the next step.
Rebuilding the Base
Northeast Kansas clay is why the base cannot be an afterthought. It swells with water and shrinks in the heat, so the ground under a slab has to be compacted and topped with crushed stone that drains and holds. Once the old slab is out, we see exactly what we are working with, cut back any soft or washed-out fill, and build the base up right. That is the ground the new driveway or slab will sit on.
Prepped for the Pour
Tear-out and repour are usually one job, not two. We schedule the demo so the graded, compacted base is ready when the forms and the concrete arrive, which keeps the ground from sitting open and soaking up weather in between. Whether the next step is a driveway, a patio, or a garage floor, the removal is done to fit it.
What It Costs
Concrete tear-out and haul-away in Topeka runs about $3,000 to $8,000, and it is often folded into the price of the pour that follows. A small slab with easy access sits low. A thick driveway, a heavily reinforced slab, or a tight site that is hard to reach sits higher, since there is more to break and more to haul. Every removal gets a free written estimate first.
Need an old slab gone and the ground ready for new concrete? (785) 555-0172 gets you a free look. We tear out and haul off in Hoyt and across Shawnee County.
Do you haul the old concrete away?
Yes. We break up the old slab, load it out, and haul it off, so you are not left with a pile of broken concrete in the yard. The site goes back to graded ground ready for the next step. Removal and haul-away are part of the same job, not something you have to arrange separately.
Why not just pour new concrete over the old slab?
Because an overlay inherits every problem underneath it. If the old slab cracked and sank on a bad base, a new layer poured on top cracks and sinks the same way, just higher. Tearing out the old concrete lets us see the base, rebuild and compact it, and pour on ground that will hold. That is the step that separates a real replacement from a patch over a failure.
Do you rebuild the base after removing the old slab?
That is the point of doing it right. Once the old concrete is out, we cut back to solid subgrade, compact it, and build up a crushed-stone base. On Topeka clay that base is what keeps the next slab from moving. Pulling the old slab and stopping there leaves the same soft or washed-out ground that failed the first one.
Can you remove a driveway, patio, or garage slab?
Yes, any residential flatwork. Driveways, patios, sidewalks, steps, and garage floors all come out the same way: break it up, load it out, haul it off, and grade the site. We match the demo to the pour that follows, so the base is ready the day the new concrete goes in.