Concrete Removal in Greencastle, IN
Greencastle concrete has had a lot of winters. Driveways in the older neighborhoods have heaved and cracked, patios have tipped toward the house, and farm slabs sit where nothing stands anymore. Travis breaks it out, hauls it and leaves either a graded hole or a compacted base ready for a concrete crew.
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Concrete removal in Greencastle
Old concrete in an old town
Greencastle was founded in 1821 and has three historic neighborhoods on the National Register. A lot of the driveways, walks and patios around them were poured decades ago, and Putnam County clay has been working on them ever since. Clay holds water, water freezes, and the slab lifts and cracks a little more each year.
On Grade is based here, so this is the concrete Travis sees most: a cracked drive off a street near DePauw, a patio that has settled against the foundation, a set of steps that has pulled away from the porch. Each one is broken out, loaded and hauled, and the ground is left usable.
Driveways and approaches
A driveway is the biggest and most common tear-out. The excavator breaks the slab into pieces the skid steer can load, the pieces go in the trailer, and the old base under it is checked. On older Greencastle drives the base is often thin or missing, which is part of why the slab failed.
What happens next is your call. Travis can strip to firm ground, bring in stone and compact a flat base for a concrete crew to pour on. Or the drive can become a gravel drive on the same compacted base, which is common on the longer lots outside town.
Patios, walks and steps
A patio that has settled toward the house is sending water at the foundation every time it rains. It comes out, the fill under it is compacted properly this time, and the ground is graded to fall away from the house. If a new patio is going in, the base is prepared for the pour.
Sidewalks and steps are smaller, and the mini excavator handles them without tearing up the yard. Porch steps are often tied to a footing that goes deeper than people expect, and that comes out too, so nothing is left to trip over or hit later.
Farm slabs, footings and old block
On the county roads around Greencastle there are slabs where barns and milk houses stood, block foundations with nothing on them, and footings under ground that nobody can see until a machine finds them. If the building is gone and the slab is in the way of a new pad or a field, it comes out, footings included.
If a building is still standing on it, that is demolition in Greencastle, and the slab goes with the building in the same job. Either way the hole is filled in lifts and compacted so it does not settle into a dip.
What the material is, and where it goes
The cost of concrete removal is mostly in what happens to the material rather than in breaking it. Clean concrete can sometimes be crushed and reused on site as fill or base. Concrete with rebar, wire mesh, asphalt or tile has to be sorted and hauled. Travis looks at what the slab is made of before he gives a number, so the disposal is in the figure and not a surprise.
Before anything is broken, Indiana 811 has to be notified at least two full working days ahead; that is Indiana law for any excavation. A slab next to the house can have a gas or water line under it. A guide to concrete removal and demolition in Indiana explains what to expect.
A base, a hole or a lawn
On Grade prepares and compacts bases but does not pour concrete. So when the old slab is gone, you get one of three things: a compacted stone base, screeded flat, ready for the concrete crew; a filled, graded spot ready for gravel; or a filled, graded spot ready for seed. If the ground was wet, yard drainage in Greencastle can be fixed while it is open.
The price is one figure with breaking, hauling and the base or grading in it, after a free look. The concrete prep and demolition page covers the full service, and the Greencastle page covers the rest of the work On Grade does at home.
Concrete Removal
Driveways, patios, slabs, sidewalks, steps and footings broken out, loaded and hauled off, then the base prepared for what comes next.
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Call or text Travis with the address and what has to come out. He comes out, looks at the slab and what is under it, and gives you one number.
Call nowWhat that covers
- Driveways and aprons. Broken out, loaded and hauled, the base compacted for a new pour or a gravel drive.
- Patios and walks. Settled slabs and sidewalks removed, the ground regraded to fall away from the house.
- Steps and footings. Porch steps, stoops and the footings under them dug out and hauled.
- Farm slabs and block. Barn pads and old block foundations taken out, the hole filled and compacted.
Greencastle, IN
Home base: the Putnam County seat and DePauw's town, with older in-town lots, farms on every road and rolling ground down to Big Walnut Creek.
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Driveways, patios, slabs, sidewalks, steps and footings broken out, loaded and hauled off, then the base prepared for what comes next.
Main service pageGreencastle and the towns nearby
Greencastle is home base, so the same concrete tear-out work runs east to Hendricks County for concrete removal in Plainfield, Avon and Brownsburg, and west down US-40 to Terre Haute. The Putnam County roads to Cloverdale, Fillmore and Bainbridge are covered from here, and so are the farm slabs along them. The Greencastle excavation page has the rest of the work done in town.
You get Travis. One crew, first cut to final grade.
You call
You call or send the form. Travis 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 finish grading in it.
One crew does it
Then the same crew that quoted it shows up and does the work, first cut to final grade.
Ground left usable
Voids get filled and the ground is graded back so you can pour, build or seed.
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 (317) 203-8928 and ask Travis, or read the guides.
Do you remove concrete driveways in Greencastle?
Yes. The slab is broken into pieces with the excavator, loaded with the skid steer and hauled. The base is then stripped and compacted for a concrete crew to pour on, or built up as a gravel drive. Travis looks at the drive first and gives you one figure with the hauling in it.
Do you pour the new concrete too?
No. On Grade prepares and compacts the base so the pour is flat and the right depth, but a concrete crew does the pour. If you already have a concrete contractor, Travis works to what they want under the slab.
Why does old concrete in Greencastle crack so much?
Putnam County soil is glacial clay that holds water. The water freezes in winter and lifts the slab, and it drops back in spring. Over enough years the slab cracks and heaves, especially where the base underneath was thin. A properly compacted stone base is what prevents it next time.
Can you take out the footings under old steps or a barn slab?
Yes. Footings go deeper than people expect, and they come out with the slab so nothing is left to hit later. The hole is filled in lifts and compacted so it does not settle into a dip.
Do I need to call 811 for a patio tear-out?
Yes. Indiana law requires notice to Indiana 811 at least two full working days before any excavation, and a slab beside the house can have a gas, water or electric line under it. Travis handles the locate before the machine arrives.
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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Excavation & Site Prep
Sites stripped, cut and graded, ready for the builder.
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Basements, crawl spaces and footings dug to grade and backfilled.
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Water moved off yards and away from foundations; culverts and service lines set.
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Gravel drives built and crowned; yards finish graded for seed.
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Lots and acreage cleared, brush mulched in place.
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Pads cut, filled and compacted for barns, shops and houses.
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Greencastle, Indiana · Putnam, Hendricks, Boone and Marion counties
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