Concrete Removal in Warren, OH
Warren is full of concrete that has done its time: driveways heaved by sixty winters, patios that tilt toward the house, slabs where a garage used to be. Jeff breaks it out with the excavator, hauls it off and grades the ground back. He does not pour new concrete, and he covers the whole Mahoning Valley from Farmdale.
Concrete Removal in Warren
Sixty winters on Trumbull County clay
Warren's neighborhoods were built when concrete was cheap and every house got a drive, a walk, a patio and a garage slab. Most of that was poured on heavy clay with little or no stone under it. Clay holds water, water freezes, and every winter since has lifted the slabs a little and let them down somewhere else.
So the concrete in Warren is cracked, tilted and stepped, and the same is true down the Valley through Niles, Youngstown and the suburbs. The calls come when a drive has become a trip hazard, a patio sends water at the foundation, or a slab is sitting on ground somebody wants to use for something else.
Old driveways, and what goes in their place
The most common job is a driveway. Two ribbons from the 1940s, a full-width drive from the 1960s, or an apron off the alley to a garage that is already gone. The excavator breaks it into pieces the truck can take, the pieces are loaded and hauled, and whatever base was under it is checked.
Jeff does not pour concrete, so the next step is either a gravel drive built on a proper limestone base, or a graded, compacted bed ready for whoever is pouring or paving. On clay, the base is what keeps the next surface from heaving the way the last one did. The gravel driveway cost guide covers what that work involves.
Patios that drain the wrong way
A patio poured level, or poured with a fall toward the house, ends up sending every rain against the foundation. Thirty years of clay settling under it makes it worse. People notice it as a wet basement wall before they notice the patio.
The slab comes out, and the ground under it is graded so water leaves the house. If the patio is going to be replaced, the bed is left compacted and ready. If the yard behind it was wet already, yard drainage in Warren picks up from there. Steps, stoops and sidewalk panels come out the same way, often on the same visit.
Slabs, footings and old block
When a garage or shed comes down, the slab and the footings are usually the heavier half of the job. A garage floor is often four inches of concrete over a thickened edge, and older ones sit on a block foundation that runs below frost. All of it is dug out, broken and hauled, so there is nothing left for a mower or a future dig to find.
Old block walls, cisterns and the footings of buildings long gone turn up on Warren lots more than people expect. They come out the same way. The building side of this work is described on the demolition page, and the two are usually priced as one job.
The locate call, and the apron at the street
Gas and water service lines run under driveways to the house, and breaking out a slab is digging. Buried lines are marked through OUPS (Ohio 811) before the machine starts, and Ohio law requires it.
Concrete on your own lot does not usually need a permit, but the apron and the sidewalk at the street are in the right-of-way. Inside Warren, the Engineering Division of the Engineering, Planning and Building Department on Laird Avenue SE issues permits for work within the street right-of-way. On a county road, the Trumbull County Engineer's right-of-way permit covers the drive at the road. Ask before the apron comes out, because they will have a say in what goes back.
Filling the hole, and one price
A driveway out of clay leaves a trench the width of a car and a few inches deep. Left alone it holds water and turns to mud. So it is filled with material that compacts, graded to drain, and either based for gravel or topped with soil and seeded. The rest of what gets done in town is on the Warren page.
Jeff comes out, looks at the concrete, what is under it and where the truck can get, and gives one figure with the hauling and the grading in it. Concrete is heavy and the hauling is most of the cost, so that number is the whole number.
Concrete Removal
Driveways, patios, slabs, sidewalks, steps and footings broken out, loaded and hauled off, then graded back.
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Jeff comes out to Warren, looks at the concrete and what is under it, and gives one price with the hauling in it.
Call nowWhat that covers
- Heaved driveways. Old ribbon and full-width drives broken out, hauled and the bed based for gravel or graded.
- Patios and stoops. Slabs that drain toward the house removed and the ground regraded away from the wall.
- Garage slabs and footings. Floors, thickened edges and block foundations dug out so nothing is left below the grass.
- Walks and old block. Sidewalk panels, steps, cisterns and leftover walls broken up and loaded.
Warren, OH
The Trumbull County seat, 20 minutes from Farmdale, with old neighborhoods full of detached garages and concrete, and newer houses out in Howland and Champion.
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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 pageWarren and the towns nearby
Warren is the middle of the territory, and the same cracked concrete runs the length of the Mahoning Valley. Down the river that means Niles and Youngstown, then Boardman and the suburbs, and across the line it means Hermitage. Howland, Champion, Cortland and Leavittsburg get the same visit as the city, and Farmdale is about 20 minutes away. The whole run is mapped 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 pour new concrete after you remove the old?
No. Jeff breaks out and hauls concrete and grades the ground back, but he does not pour. What he does do is leave the bed compacted and ready for whoever pours or paves, or build a gravel drive or pad on a limestone base in the same visit. Many Warren drives end up as gravel.
Do I need a permit to remove my driveway in Warren?
Not usually for the part on your own lot. The apron and the sidewalk at the street are in the right-of-way, and inside the city the Engineering Division on Laird Avenue SE issues permits for work there. On a county road it is the Trumbull County Engineer. Ask before the apron comes out.
Why does concrete in Warren crack so badly?
Trumbull County clay holds water, and when it freezes it lifts whatever is on top of it. Most older slabs were poured with little or no stone underneath, so they heave in winter and settle unevenly in spring. After enough winters the slab is stepped and cracked, and the only fix is to take it out and build a proper base.
Can you take out the slab under a garage that has already been torn down?
Yes. The floor, the thickened edge and any block foundation under it are dug out, broken and hauled. The hole is filled with material that compacts and graded so it drains. If a new building or a gravel pad is going on the spot, the base goes in while the machine is there.
What does concrete removal cost in Warren?
It depends on how much there is, how thick it is, what is under it and how far the truck is from the slab. Concrete is heavy, so the hauling is most of the cost. Jeff gives one number on site with the hauling and the grading in it. Estimates are free. Call (330) 625-5754.
Other work he takes on
Most jobs end up being two or three of these at once, and they get quoted together.
Concrete Removal in other towns
Land Clearing & Brush Removal
Overgrown lots, fields and wooded acreage cleared and left ready to use.
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Brush and small trees ground into mulch in place. No piles, no burning.
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Digging, pads, trenching and dirt work on rural and suburban lots.
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New drives cut, based and crowned; ruts, potholes and soft spots rebuilt.
Learn moreDrainage & French Drains
Standing water moved off yards and foundations on slow-draining clay.
Learn moreStump Grinding
Stumps ground below grade and the hole filled.
Learn moreFree estimate in Warren.
Send the details and Jeff will come out and look at it. If it is easier to talk it through, call him directly.
Farmdale, Warren, Niles, Cortland, Youngstown, Boardman, Canfield, Austintown, Hubbard and Trumbull and Mahoning counties, over into Mercer County, PA.
Concrete Removal where you are
Each town has its own page: what the ground is like there, who issues the permit, and what Jeff gets called for most.
Need concrete removal in Warren?
Call Jeff or send a few details. Estimates are free.