CONCRETE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT IN MIAMI, FLORIDA

Yes, and that is the point of this service. Many concrete companies quote the pour and subcontract the tear out and hauling to someone else, which adds a markup and creates a scheduling dependency they do not control. We own the excavators, the breakers, and the trucks, and we run the crews ourselves. One estimate covers removal, hauling, disposal, base preparation, and the new concrete. One company is accountable if anything about the finished surface is wrong.

It depends on what is actually wrong. Surface level issues such as hairline cracking, minor chipping, or discoloration are often worth repairing or leaving alone. Structural issues are not. If sections sit at different heights, if cracks are wide enough to catch a coin, if water pools after every rain, or if the surface is flaking apart, the base underneath has usually failed and no surface treatment corrects that. We are a replacement contractor rather than a repair contractor, so if a repair genuinely makes more sense for your property, we will tell you that during the site visit rather than selling you a pour you do not need.

We load it into our own trucks and haul it away as part of the same scope. Concrete disposal is included in the estimate rather than rebilled as a separate line item or handled through a third party dumpster rental that sits on your property for a week. This matters more than it sounds. Contractors who subcontract hauling often add a margin on top of the disposal cost, and dumpster based removal means the debris stays on site until someone else schedules a pickup. Our trucks leave with the material the same day the breaking out is done.

For a typical residential driveway or patio, removal and haul off is usually one day, base preparation is a second day, and the pour is a third. That means most projects are complete within three to four days of active work. Larger surfaces, heavily reinforced concrete, and sites with difficult access take longer. Cure time is separate. Foot traffic is generally safe after twenty four to forty eight hours and vehicle traffic after about seven days. We give you specific dates during the estimate so you can plan around the days the surface is unusable.

Yes. Asphalt removal is a regular part of what we do, whether you are converting an asphalt driveway or parking area to concrete, or simply clearing the surface for something else. Asphalt breaks out differently than concrete and the disposal stream is different, but the equipment and the process are the same on our end. If you are converting from asphalt to concrete, the base almost always needs additional preparation, since asphalt is typically laid over a lighter base than concrete requires. We assess that during the site visit and include it in the estimate rather than discovering it mid-project.

This is the part of the job that separates careful contractors from cheap ones. Before any equipment moves, we identify irrigation lines, utility runs, tree roots, and adjacent surfaces that need protecting. We set protection where equipment will travel and work in a sequence that keeps machines off areas that do not need to be disturbed. Some disruption to grass and soil immediately around the work area is unavoidable, and we tell you exactly what that will be during the estimate rather than after. If a line is hit despite reasonable care, we handle the repair.

In most cases yes, though the approach changes. Backyards, courtyards, side yards, and gated properties often cannot accommodate a full size excavator, so the work is done with compact equipment, or in some cases by hand with breakers and wheelbarrows. Hand demolition costs more per square foot because it takes considerably longer, and that is the single biggest reason two similar sized surfaces can be priced very differently. We assess access during the site visit and tell you which method your property requires before you see a number.

Yes, and this is by far the cheapest time to do it. The equipment is already on site, the base work is already underway, and the forming happens either way. Widening a driveway, extending a patio, squaring off an awkward corner, or adding a parking pad costs a fraction of what the same change would cost as a standalone project later. We measure the available space during the site visit and show you the options along with what each one adds to the estimate.

Reinforced concrete takes longer to remove and generates heavier debris, which affects both labor time and disposal cost. Rebar has to be cut and separated as the slab comes apart rather than simply broken up, and the material is heavier per square foot when it leaves the site. This is why we ask about the original construction during the site visit and why we look at exposed edges where we can. If we cannot tell what is in the slab, we say so and explain how that affects the range in the estimate rather than quoting a number we might have to revise.

The new pour carries the same specification based warranty as any concrete we install. Non-reinforced concrete carries a one year limited workmanship warranty with no coverage against cracking, settlement, or movement. Four inch concrete with wire mesh carries a five year limited workmanship warranty. Six inch reinforced concrete with wire mesh and rebar carries a ten year limited structural and workmanship warranty. Replacement is a good moment to consider upgrading the specification, since the failure you are correcting was often caused by the original surface being underbuilt for its use.

Yes. Roughly half our work is commercial, and that includes parking areas, loading zones, walkways, work yards, and interior slabs for tenant improvements and renovations. Commercial removal differs from residential mainly in scheduling. A business usually cannot lose access for several days, so the work often needs to be sequenced in sections, completed outside operating hours, or coordinated around a wider construction schedule. We work with property managers and general contractors on that basis and plan the phasing before the first machine arrives.