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Concrete Removal & Demolition in Smithville
My Concrete Pros breaks out, hauls and recycles old driveways, patios, walks, steps and pads across Smithville and West Lincoln, as its own job or as day one of a new pour. The town sits on tight Haldimand clay, so what we leave under the old slab matters as much as taking it out. We order the utility locates, saw-cut the edges that stay, and itemize the tear-out on a free written quote. When we pour the new concrete, that work carries our lifetime warranty on labour.
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Around the downtown core and the older blocks near the station, a tear-out is usually part of replacing a driveway, walk or set of steps that has aged out. On the new west-side surveys, much of the concrete is a first pour, and some lots need a builder's slab reworked before a patio or wider driveway goes in. Out on the farm roads, an old yard slab or approach may need to come out before a heavier one goes back. See our Smithville page for everything else we do in town.
The method is the same everywhere: locates, saw cuts, breakout, hauling to a recycler, then grading. It is set out on our concrete removal and demolition page. This page covers what Smithville ground and Smithville homes change about that job.
Clay decides what goes back in
Smithville sits on the Haldimand clay plain. The clay holds water long after the snow goes, swells when it is wet, and heaves a slab wherever winter frost reaches under a thin base. When an old slab has lifted or cracked, the cause can be the base under it, not the concrete itself.
So when the old slab is gone, we look at the ground before anything goes back. If new concrete is coming, we dig to solid ground and compact granular base in lifts while the ground is open. If the slab is gone for good, we grade the area and finish it with gravel or topsoil. Nothing gets buried on site.
Older streets, new surveys and farm yards
Near the downtown core we saw-cut wherever old concrete meets concrete that stays, so the edge stays clean, and we protect the fence and lawn along the machine path. A backyard behind a narrow gate means the smallest machine or hand breakout, and we tell you that at the quote.
In the new west-side surveys the soil is disturbed backfill, so we compact the base mechanically rather than trust it. On a farm yard, a thicker slab on a deeper base is its own build, and the tear-out is where we see what is under the old one. If a wall beside the old slab already lets water in, we can look at basement waterproofing in Smithville while the ground is open.
Tear-out and new pour with one crew
A tear-out is often day one of a replacement: an old driveway out before a new concrete driveway in Smithville, or a heaved patio out before a new concrete patio in Smithville. One crew does both, so you pay one mobilization, and the base is rebuilt by the people who pour on it.
Utility locates are required by Ontario law before any digging, and we order them as part of the job. Allow about a week for the marking. If the new driveway changes its width or curb cut, the municipality wants a say before the pour, and we flag that at the quote.
Straight answers
Our driveway in Smithville has heaved. Do we need a full tear-out?
It depends on why it moved. On clay, heaving can come from a base that failed under the slab, and new concrete poured over a failed slab copies its movement. We look at the base at the visit. If the slab is sound and only the surface is tired, resurfacing may be the better answer, and we will say so.
How much does concrete removal cost in Smithville?
The slab's thickness, how much rebar or mesh is in it, and how a machine reaches it set the number. A driveway open to the street is the easy case; a backyard patio behind a narrow gate takes longer. We do not post a figure, because it would mislead you. You get a free written quote after a site visit, with breakout, hauling, disposal and grading itemized.
Do I need a permit to remove a driveway or patio in Smithville?
Removing flatwork normally needs no building permit. Utility locates are still required by Ontario law before any digging, and we order them. If the new driveway changes width or the curb cut, the municipality wants a say before the pour, and we flag that at the quote.
What happens to the old concrete?
Clean concrete goes to a recycler and is crushed into road base. Mesh and rebar are cut free and recycled separately. Nothing gets buried on site.
Keep reading
- Concrete Removal & Demolition across Southern OntarioThe full method: locates, saw cuts, breakout, hauling and grading.
- Concrete Contractors in SmithvilleEverything else we pour and repair in Smithville and West Lincoln.
- Concrete Driveways in SmithvilleA tear-out often comes before a new driveway. How we build one on West Lincoln clay.
- Concrete Patios in SmithvilleA new patio on a rebuilt base, once the old slab is out.
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