Concrete Removal
We break out cracked or sunken driveways, patios, walks and slabs and haul the rubble off. Where a new slab goes in, we grade the base and pour new concrete.
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The driveway is cracked and sinking at the street, or it is too small for the cars you own. RockSolid Contracting pours new concrete driveways and replaces worn-out ones for homes across Acadiana. We are a concrete contractor based in Lafayette. One driveway job can cover the tear-out, the base, the apron and the culvert.
We pour new driveways, full replacements, extensions, turnarounds and parking pads beside the house. Call or text (337) 520-8615, and send photos if you like. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Tell us about the driveway, slab, drainage problem or teardown and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
The ground under a driveway matters as much as the concrete. We dig out soft spots and topsoil, then compact the base so the whole slab has even support. An industry guide on concrete paving ranks uniform support above every other design concern.
Concrete shrinks as it dries, and that shrinking can crack it. Rebar or wire mesh holds those cracks tight, and control joints decide where they land. A National Ready Mixed Concrete Association guide puts joints about 10 feet apart on a 4-inch slab. Expansion joints go where the driveway meets the garage slab, a sidewalk or a curb.
The surface gets a broom finish for traction. Curing starts right after, and it holds water in the slab while the concrete hardens. Concrete left to dry out can lose as much as half its potential strength. In Louisiana heat, concrete also sets faster, so pour days follow the weather.
Much of Lafayette Parish sits on silt loams that federal soil surveys rate poorly or somewhat poorly drained. From December through April, the wettest of them is usually wet within 18 inches of the surface. The same paving guide notes that the ground under a slab is weakest when the water table is highest.
Along Bayou Teche, around Breaux Bridge and New Iberia, the survey maps heavy clays of the Sharkey and Iberia series. Those clays swell when wet and shrink when dry. The survey warns that this movement can damage roads and buildings.
The ready-mix industry traces most cracks to the work itself: a soft base, missing joints, extra water or skipped curing. We build for this ground with a compacted base and joints on a planned spacing. The slab is sloped so rain runs off. Where water has nowhere to go, a channel drain or a downspout line can carry it away.
The apron is the part of the driveway inside the public right-of-way, between your lot and the street. In the City of Lafayette and the parish outside town limits, the Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG) handles driveway permits. LCG's public works standards say every driveway is permitted, through a driveway permit or the building permit. The permit is sorted out before work starts.
A driveway that crosses a roadside ditch needs a culvert, a pipe that carries the ditch water under the driveway. LCG Public Works approves the pipe size and grade, and nothing goes in the ditch without its written approval. The smallest culvert pipe allowed is 15 inches, and one driveway crossing can take up to 32 feet of it.
We set the culvert as part of the driveway job, at the size the parish or city approves. Inside the right-of-way, the driveway must be the same material as the street or a more durable one. Where a public sidewalk crosses a home's driveway, LCG calls for that strip to be at least 6 inches thick. Other towns and parishes set their own rules, and Carencro and Baton Rouge each issue their own culvert permits.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about an hour around Lafayette, from the Acadiana towns to Baton Rouge.
(337) 520-8615From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (337) 520-8615 and tell us about the job and where it is. Send photos if you like.
We come out to look at the site and where the water runs. Clear photos can stand in for that first look.
You get the quote in writing, with the work spelled out. Once you say yes, we set a date, and pour days follow the weather.
First comes the tear-out, or the forms and rebar for new concrete. Then the ready-mix truck arrives, and we pour and finish the slab. On drainage jobs, we dig the trench and set the pipe.
We take a final look at the work with you, and the site is cleaned up. We also tell you when the new concrete can take foot traffic and when it can take a car.
Common questions about driveways around Lafayette and across Acadiana. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We break out cracked or sunken driveways, patios, walks and slabs and haul the rubble off. Where a new slab goes in, we grade the base and pour new concrete.
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Concrete patios, porch slabs, walkways and sidewalks with a broom finish. Each one slopes away from the house so rain runs off.
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Catch basins, channel drains, downspout lines, swales and driveway culverts for yards that hold water. We give rainwater a path away from the house and off the lot.
Learn MoreOne call covers the whole job. The teardown and the new pour come from the same company, and so can the drainage.
We pour each slab to the thickness its use calls for, on a compacted base. Driveways and slabs get rebar or wire mesh. Control joints go in so shrinkage cracks land where they belong.
We look at the job first, on site or from the photos you send. Then the quote comes to you in writing, with the work spelled out.
Our work reaches about an hour around Lafayette, from Opelousas down to Abbeville. Baton Rouge, to the east, is in our area too.
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Read more →Tell us about the job and the town it is in, and text us photos if you have them. Call or text (337) 520-8615 or use the form, and we will get back to you.
Tell us about the driveway, slab, drainage problem or teardown and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.