Demolition
We take down sheds, carports, patio covers, decks, fences, small garages and old slabs. The debris goes on the dump trailer and the ground is raked clean.
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Concrete removal and replacement is how a cracked or sunken slab becomes a new one. We tear out old driveways, patios, walks, steps, slabs and foundations at homes around Lafayette and across Acadiana. When only part of a slab has failed, we saw-cut the section so the sound concrete stays.
The old concrete breaks up under a hydraulic breaker on the excavator and leaves on the dump trailer. Then the base is graded and compacted for a new concrete driveway or a patio and a walkway. 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.
Buried lines get marked first. State law requires notice to Louisiana 811 at least 48 hours before any excavation or demolition. Weekends and holidays do not count toward those hours, and the law counts grading and backfilling as excavation too.
Then we saw-cut the section. A straight cut along a joint or a clean line leaves a square edge on the concrete that stays. The breaker on the excavator breaks the slab into pieces, and the bucket loads them onto the dump trailer.
Concrete demolition works the same way on steps and old foundations. When the last load leaves, the ground is graded for the new base.
Concrete shrinks as it dries, and a National Ready Mixed Concrete Association guide explains how that shrinkage cracks a slab. Those cracks typically show up within days to several weeks of the pour. Control joints give them a planned place to form. A thin crack with both sides still flush is usually shrinkage, and that slab can stay.
Replacement makes sense when the concrete shows the ground under it moved. Watch for a crack with one side higher than the other, or a panel sunk at the street. Water standing on the slab and pieces breaking loose point the same way. A patch fills the crack, but the soft or washed-out ground under the slab stays as it was.
Our side of concrete repair is replacement. We saw-cut out the bad section or the whole slab, then pour new concrete on a sound base. Crack patching and concrete leveling are other trades, and we will say so when a slab only needs that.
Much of the ground around Lafayette is silt loam that drains slowly, according to USDA soil surveys. The poorly drained ones are wet within 18 inches of the surface from December to April in most years. A base that stays wet or washes out lets a driveway sink and crack.
So a replacement driveway goes back on a graded, compacted base, with rebar or wire mesh in the slab. The new slab gets control joints and a broom finish. When water caused the failure, yard drainage or a French drain can go in before the pour. Pour days follow the weather.
Where a driveway crosses a roadside ditch, a new culvert pipe can go in while the old drive is out. The Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG) requires written approval from Public Works before any culvert goes in the ditch. Other towns and parishes set their own rules, and those questions are settled before work starts.
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 concrete removal around Lafayette and across Acadiana. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We take down sheds, carports, patio covers, decks, fences, small garages and old slabs. The debris goes on the dump trailer and the ground is raked clean.
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New concrete driveways, replacements, extensions and parking pads for homes across Acadiana. The apron and the culvert at the street are part of the job, and the quote comes in writing.
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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.
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.
What a concrete driveway costs in Louisiana in 2026, per square foot and for a two-car driveway. Tear-out and culvert costs, and why driveways crack here.
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Concrete patio cost in Louisiana for 2026, per square foot and by size. Ranges from published cost guides, plus what tear-out and stamped finishes add.
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.