Concrete Removal and Slab Tear-Out in Hermitage, PA
Hermitage was Hickory Township until the 1980s, and a lot of its concrete was poured for farms, not houses. Barn floors, silo pads and milk-house slabs sit behind newer homes, alongside the drives and patios of the suburban streets. Jeff breaks it out, hauls it across the line and grades the ground back.
Concrete Removal in Hermitage
A township that became a city, with farm concrete still in the yards
Hermitage covers about thirty square miles of Mercer County along the Shenango Valley, and much of it was working farmland within living memory. Houses went up on the fields along the main roads, and the concrete that served the farm often stayed where it was.
So a Hermitage lot can carry an old barn floor behind the garage, a silo pad in the hedgerow, or a slab from a shed that fell down years ago. Add the drives and patios poured with the 1960s and 1970s ranch houses, and there is plenty of concrete in town that somebody wants gone.
Barn floors, silo pads and the milk house
Farm concrete is thicker than house concrete and often has a gutter, a curb or a footing cast into it. A silo pad is a ring with a deep foundation under the wall. A milk-house floor usually has a drain and a pipe under it that runs somewhere nobody remembers.
The excavator breaks the slab, pulls the footings and digs out the ring rather than leaving it in the ground to find later. If the building is still standing on top, demolition in Hermitage covers taking down the barn or shed first, and the floor comes out behind it.
Drives and patios on the suburban streets
Along the State Street side of town and the streets off it, the concrete is ordinary house concrete: a drive heaved by frost, a patio that has dropped toward the back wall, a walk broken into pieces. These lots are wider than the old mill-town lots in Sharon, so getting a machine in is usually simple.
A heaved drive lifts in plates and loads fast. If gravel is going back, gravel driveways in Hermitage covers the base and the crown on the same trip. If the yard behind a settled patio stays wet, yard drainage in Hermitage deals with the grade once the slab is gone.
PA One Call, not OHIO811
The rules change at the state line even when the ground does not. In Pennsylvania, utility locates go through Pennsylvania One Call, also called Pennsylvania 811, and the law asks for notice three to ten business days before digging. Breaking out a slab counts, because the bucket goes under it.
Jeff works on both sides of the line, so the right call gets made for the right state. Private lines, like the pipe under that old milk-house drain, are not marked by the utilities and get found the careful way.
What the City of Hermitage asks for
The city lists a demolition permit application and a small-project stormwater management form among its permits, under Planning and Development, along with a permit for excavation in the street right-of-way. The office is at 800 North Hermitage Road.
Breaking out a patio on your own lot is one thing. Taking down a building with it, or cutting the apron where the drive meets the street, is another, so ask the city before a date is fixed. Pennsylvania conservation districts also want an erosion and sediment plan once a project disturbs 5,000 square feet, which can come into play on a larger farm cleanup. The guide on calling 811 before you dig covers the Pennsylvania side.
Across the line from Farmdale
Hermitage is about thirty minutes from Jeff's base in Trumbull County, so a small job here is fine. He comes out, looks at the slab, the footing and the way in, and gives one figure with the breaking, hauling and grading in it. New concrete is not something he pours.
When the concrete is gone, the hole is filled and the ground graded, ready to seed, gravel or hand to a builder. The concrete removal page explains the work across the area, and the Hermitage page covers the rest of what he does in Mercer County.
Concrete Removal
Driveways, patios, slabs, sidewalks, steps and footings broken out, loaded and hauled off, then graded back.
See the serviceTalk to Jeff(330) 625-5754
Tell Jeff what the concrete was for, roughly how big it is and where it sits. He looks at it in person and gives one figure.
Call nowWhat that covers
- Barn and shed floors. Thick farm slabs with curbs and gutters broken out and footings pulled.
- Silo pads and rings. The ring and the foundation under it dug out, not left to find later.
- Drives and walks. Frost-heaved drives and broken walks lifted, loaded and hauled off.
- Patios and pool pads. Settled patios and pool pads taken out and the ground graded to fall away.
Hermitage, PA
Just across the state line, 30 minutes from Farmdale, the biggest city in Mercer County with suburban lots along the Shenango Valley.
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See the pageThe serviceConcrete Removal
Driveways, patios, slabs, sidewalks, steps and footings broken out, loaded and hauled off, then graded back.
Main service pageHermitage and the towns nearby
Hermitage is the Pennsylvania end of the regular run, and Sharon, Farrell, Sharpsville and West Middlesex are all close by. Back across the line, the same concrete tear-outs go on in Boardman, Youngstown, Niles and Warren, and Hubbard sits right against the Hermitage corner. The full list of towns in Mercer, Trumbull and Mahoning counties is on the service area page.
You get Jeff. Not a crew he sent.
You call
You call or send the form. Jeff comes out and looks at the job with you, on the ground, rather than pricing it off a photograph.
A number first
You get one figure before anything starts, with the hauling and the grading in it.
He runs the machine
Then he shows up and runs the machine himself.
Ground left usable
Voids get filled and the ground is graded back so you can build, seed or just mow.
Photos of his work.
These are photographs from actual jobs. See more recent work. Or read about the full concrete removal service.
Questions people ask
Not seeing yours? Call (330) 625-5754 and ask Jeff, or read the guides.
Do you work in Pennsylvania, or just Ohio?
Both. Logan Earthworks is based in Farmdale, in Trumbull County, which shares the state line with Mercer County, so Hermitage is about thirty minutes away. The utility locate goes through Pennsylvania One Call instead of OHIO811, and the permit office is the City of Hermitage rather than an Ohio township. The work itself is the same.
How much concrete is in an old barn floor?
More than a house slab. Farm floors were poured thick, with curbs, gutters and footings cast in, and a silo leaves a ring with a deep foundation under it. It all comes out, including the part below grade, so the ground can be used. Send a photo and rough dimensions and you get one figure for the lot.
Does Hermitage need a permit to remove concrete?
For a slab or patio on your own lot, usually not. The city does list a demolition permit application, so if a building is coming down with the concrete, ask the Planning and Development office at 800 North Hermitage Road first. The apron at the street and any work in the right-of-way is a separate permit.
How long before the job does PA One Call need?
Pennsylvania's law asks for notice three to ten business days before digging, which is longer than Ohio's two working days. Jeff puts the call in as part of scheduling, so the marks are down before the machine arrives. Private lines on the property, such as an old drain or a line to a barn, are not covered by the locate.
Will you pour a new slab afterwards?
No. Jeff breaks out and hauls concrete and grades the ground back, and does not pour new concrete. If a new pad or drive is the plan, his part is the tear-out and a compacted stone base, and a concrete crew pours on it. If gravel is the plan for the drive, he builds that on the same visit.
Other work he takes on
Most jobs end up being two or three of these at once, and they get quoted together.
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Learn moreFree estimate in Hermitage.
Send the details and Jeff will come out and look at it. If it is easier to talk it through, call him directly.
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