Sidewalks and Patios
We do small concrete work: sidewalks, walks, patios, small pads and slabs. The old concrete comes out and the new slab goes in under one company.
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Concrete removal means breaking out old concrete and hauling it off the property. We take out driveways, patios, sidewalks, slabs, steps and old footings. Some of it is cracked, heaved and past repair. Some of it is still sound but sits where a garage or an addition has to go.
We are based in Pittsburgh and have been in the demolition business since 2001. Air jackhammers, skid steers and the excavator do the breaking and the loading. We break out old driveways, but we do not pour new ones. The concrete we pour is small work, like new sidewalks and patios.
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Concrete comes out for one of two reasons: it has failed, or it is in the way. Walks heave and crack, driveway slabs sink and break apart, and steps pull loose from the porch. Pittsburgh winters are hard on flatwork, and the median house in the city was built around 1942.
The other half of this work is what a project leaves behind. A slab and its footers sit there after the building is gone. Those usually come out with the garage demolition itself. A patio or pad gets pulled to clear ground for an addition or a deck.
The sidewalk out front is its own case in the city. The City Code makes the adjoining property owner responsible for the care, repair and replacement of the sidewalk and curb. Work on a city sidewalk or curb also takes a sidewalk repair permit from the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure. Outside the city, your borough or township code office sets that rule.
Plain concrete and reinforced concrete come apart differently. A plain patio slab a few inches thick breaks into pieces two people can lift. Reinforced slabs have rebar or wire mesh through them, so they hold together in sheets. Where part of the slab stays, we saw cut the line first, so the edge left behind is straight.
Room decides the tool. An open driveway gives the excavator and the skid steer space to work, and the concrete gets loaded as it comes up. A back yard behind a narrow gate, a run of steps or a basement floor is jackhammer work. The pieces come out by hand, and South Hills yards often mean carrying uphill.
Before anything gets dug, the job goes into PA One Call. Pennsylvania law puts that notice at three to ten business days before the work. The utilities then mark what they own. Private lines are not marked, so a buried feed out to a garage has to be found another way.
Clean concrete is worth keeping apart from the rest of the load. Pennsylvania DEP treats uncontaminated concrete, brick, block and rock as clean fill. Using it that way does not take a waste permit. DEP also permits facilities that process concrete and masonry back into aggregate.
The rest of what comes off a concrete job is ordinary demolition debris. Wire mesh, old asphalt patches, dirt and roots get sorted as the job goes. Our debris removal and hauling page covers what leaves a site and where it ends up.
What is left is a clean opening the depth of the slab and its stone base. From there it follows the plan. Ground getting a new pour is left graded and ready for base stone. Ground going back to lawn gets filled, graded, topsoiled and seeded.
We look at the job and give you a price before any work starts, across Pittsburgh, the South Hills, the eastern suburbs and about 40 miles around.
(412) 720-1866From the first call to a clean site at the end, here is how it goes.
Call or text (412) 720-1866, or send the form. Tell us what is coming down and where it sits.
We come out and go over what is being removed, what it is built of and the access. You get a price before any work starts.
We go over what your municipality requires and who handles each step. Utility shutoffs, One Call marking and any asbestos survey happen before demolition starts.
The teardown or the masonry repair gets done. We keep you posted during the job and handle added scope as it comes up.
Construction and demolition debris is loaded out and hauled away. On a teardown the lot can be graded, topsoiled and seeded.
Common questions about concrete removal across Pittsburgh, the South Hills, the eastern suburbs and about 40 miles around. If yours is not here, call and ask.
We do small concrete work: sidewalks, walks, patios, small pads and slabs. The old concrete comes out and the new slab goes in under one company.
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We take down detached and attached garages built of block, brick and frame, across Pittsburgh and about 40 miles around. The debris goes with us and the area is left clean.
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We load and haul construction and demolition debris across Pittsburgh and about 40 miles around. Houses, garages and basements get cleared out, and clean fill gets hauled.
Learn MoreDemolition is the main line of work at Davis Demolition and Masonry. Houses, garages, sheds, interior gut outs, concrete and commercial interiors are the everyday jobs.
We hold the City of Pittsburgh general contractor license the city requires for demolition permits. We are an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm and a registered Pennsylvania home improvement contractor.
A building background sits behind the demolition work. On an interior job that decides what comes out and what gets left standing.
A failed wall or chimney can come down and go back up with the same company. Debris leaves with us, and the site is left clean at the end.
Garage demolition cost in Pennsylvania: published market ranges, what drives the price in Pittsburgh, the slab and the permit. Call (412) 720-1866.
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House demolition cost in Pennsylvania: published ranges per square foot, Pittsburgh permit fees, the asbestos steps and what drives the price.
Read more →Tell us what is coming down, what it is built of and where it sits. Call or text (412) 720-1866, or send the form with what you need taken down.
Tell us about the job. We will call or text you back.