Concrete Removal & Replacement Des Moines - Slab Tear-Out and Haul-Off

Concrete removal and replacement in Des Moines is for concrete that's past saving: patios, walks, slabs and steps that are broken up, heaved or crumbling.

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Skid steer loading broken slabs of an old driveway during tear-out while a worker stands by

We break it out, haul it away, fix what's underneath and pour new, or we just remove it if you want grass back.

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(515) 585-4111

Call anytime or send the form. Either way, you get a site visit and a written, itemized quote.

Worker running a plate compactor over a crushed stone base inside new driveway forms, with dark clay soil at the edges

What We Remove

Patios, sidewalks and back walks, old slabs where a shed or pool used to be, steps and stoops, garage and shop floors, and low concrete walls. HomeGuide's national removal figures give a sense of scale:

HomeGuide says reinforced concrete costs more to break out, and so does a patio attached to the house or built with masonry. Our price also depends on how close equipment can get. A backyard patio behind a fence takes more labor than a slab by the street.

Concrete removal: national cost by project (HomeGuide)
Project	Typical cost to remove
10' x 10' slab	$300 – $800
20' x 20' patio	$1,200 – $3,000
50-foot sidewalk	$750 – $1,250
Steps or stairs	$250 – $500
Two-car garage floor	$1,000 – $3,500

Haul-Off, Not Buried

Broken concrete leaves the property. We don't bury rubble under new grade, where it can cause settling and drainage problems later.

Compact track loader with a breaker removing an old cracked concrete driveway in front of a brick ranch house, with a pile of broken concrete beside it

Replace Some or All?

If only part of a slab has failed, we'll show you where the good concrete ends and quote just that section. Sometimes that's two panels of a walk or the half of a patio near the house where the downspout drains. Other times the whole thing is gone and partial work would be wasted money. We'll tell you which on the site visit.

New broom-finish concrete driveway with straight saw-cut joints leading to the two-car garage of a two-story home with tan siding and brick

Example illustration, not a photo of a completed project.

Example illustration: an old driveway broken into plates with heaved panels and weeds in front of a ranch house — Driveway replacement

Example illustration: the same driveway replaced with new broom-finish concrete and straight saw-cut joints — Driveway replacement

Fixing the Cause

The new slab will fail the same way if the cause stays. Before we pour, we deal with whatever broke the old one: soft or wet soil gets dug out and replaced with compacted stone, downspouts get extended away from the slab, tree roots get cut back where it's safe to do so, and grades get changed so water runs off rather than under.

Shoveled concrete driveway and sidewalk with sand for traction between snowbanks on a sunny winter morning

When Removal Isn't Needed

A sunken slab that's still in one piece can often be lifted. See concrete leveling and mudjacking. A sound slab with a flaking surface may only need concrete resurfacing. Driveways have their own page: concrete driveway replacement.

Worker pumping grout through a hose into a drilled hole to raise a sunken sidewalk panel

Get a Removal or Replacement Quote

Send the address and photos of what needs to go. Call (515) 585-4111 anytime or use the quote form.

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