Concrete Removal in Duncan, SC
Duncan is an old railroad town on the Middle Tyger with a lot of new neighbors, and both halves have concrete to get rid of: a garage slab on a town lot, a patio that cracked early on a new one. Jordan breaks it, hauls it and leaves the ground level.
Concrete Removal in Duncan
A railroad town that grew by a quarter
The railroad came through Duncan in 1873 and the town got its charter in 1889. It sits where Highways 290 and 292 cross, with its south edge on I-85, and it stayed small for a century. Then the plants came, several of them North American headquarters for German and Swiss companies, and the population went from 3,181 in 2010 to 4,041 in 2020.
That gives Duncan two kinds of lots. In the old town there are deep lots with a detached garage, a well house and a walk, all on concrete poured generations ago. In the subdivisions off 290 there are new houses whose patios and driveways went in on fill and have already cracked. Both come out the same way.
The garage slab on the old-town lot
The usual old-town job is a detached garage or shed that has been taken down, leaving a slab with a block footing around it. Sometimes there is a second, older slab under one corner. The hydraulic breaker on the mini track loader breaks it into pieces the grapple can lift, and the footing comes out with it so nothing is left below grade to find later.
If the building is still standing, the whole thing goes in one job through the demolition work in Duncan. Old outbuildings sometimes still have a live power feed, so the line is checked and disconnected first, and the pieces go out on the trailer rather than into a pile at the back.
New-subdivision patios that cracked early
A patio poured on a cut-and-fill lot in a new neighborhood can settle within a few years if the fill under it was never compacted. The slab cracks along the fill line and the far edge drops. It is a small removal, often one trailer load, but the fill underneath is the real problem and it is dealt with before anything goes back.
The void gets compacted material in lifts, not the loose spoil that caused the trouble. Since Jordan also pours patios and pads, the new slab goes on the same quote; the concrete services page shows the kind of work, and the guide to concrete slab removal explains the breaking and hauling.
Red clay ridges and the Middle Tyger bottom
Most of Duncan sits on Piedmont red clay, the Cecil soil that runs across the Upstate: sandy loam over kaolinite clay that packs hard and holds water in any hole left open. The ground where a slab was is shaped to fall away from the house before the job is called done.
The north side of town is different. The Middle Tyger River runs through it and forms part of the line with Lyman, and lots down toward the river are flatter, wetter and in some cases in the mapped floodplain. Taking concrete out there is fine. Bringing fill in may need a word with the county first, and a wet lot can get drainage work on the same visit.
Town hall, the county and SC811
Duncan has its own Planning and Zoning department at Town Hall, and that is the first call inside town limits when a building is coming down with the slab. Building permits in Spartanburg County run through the county's Building Codes office on North Church Street in Spartanburg. Land disturbance permits go through Public Works' Engineering Division on Fairforest Road. A bare slab or walk usually needs neither, but ask with the address before a date is fixed.
Underground lines are marked through SC811, which South Carolina law asks for three full working days before digging. A driveway often has the water lateral under it and a shop pad often has buried power, so the locate goes in on every job.
What the number covers
Two photos and your street in Duncan are usually enough for a figure. It includes breaking, loading, hauling and filling, with the dump run built in rather than added afterward. A long driveway or a lot with tight access gets a visit from Jordan before the number is final.
Duncan is on the way to Greer and Greenville from Tryon, so a removal here often shares a trip with another job on the same side of the county. A tear-out with a new pour behind it carries the drive easily, and so does a slab that comes out with a building under the wider demolition service.
Concrete Removal
Driveways, patios, slabs, sidewalks and footings broken out, loaded and hauled off, then graded back.
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Two photos of the slab and your street in Duncan. One figure comes back from Jordan with the hauling in it, and a site visit for the bigger jobs.
Call nowWhat that covers
- Garage and shed slabs. The slab and the block footing around it, out together.
- Cracked patios. Settled slabs on new lots broken out and the fill fixed underneath.
- Old driveways. Old drives broken up and hauled ahead of a new pour.
- Walks and steps. Front walks, stoops and poured steps that have heaved or split.
Duncan, SC
Duncan sits on I-85 between Greer and Spartanburg, with new neighborhoods around the old mill town and the Middle Tyger River.
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See the pageThe serviceConcrete Removal
Driveways, patios, slabs, sidewalks and footings broken out, loaded and hauled off, then graded back.
Main service pageDuncan and the towns nearby
Duncan sits in the middle of the Spartanburg County run from Tryon, with Lyman and Wellford next door. The Duncan page lists the other work done in town. The same breaker-and-trailer concrete removal is done in Greer, just down 290, and in Spartanburg to the east, and the service area page has the rest of the towns in both states.
You get Jordan. Not a crew he sent.
You call
You call or send two photos. Jordan looks at the job himself, on the ground or from your photos, rather than pricing it off a guess.
A number first
You get one figure before anything starts, with the hauling and the cleanup in it.
He runs the machine
Then he shows up with the machine and the trailer and does the work.
Ground left usable
Voids get filled and the ground gets graded back so you can pour, build, seed or just mow.
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 (828) 574-4474 and ask Jordan, or read the guides.
Do I need a permit to take out a slab in Duncan, SC?
For a bare slab, walk or patio, usually not. If a garage or shed is coming down with it, call Duncan's Planning and Zoning office at Town Hall and ask whether a demolition permit applies; building permits in the county run through Spartanburg County Building Codes. Either way, ask with the address before a date is set.
The old garage still has power running to it. Can you still take the slab?
Yes, after the line is disconnected. The power company or an electrician cuts the feed first, then the building and the slab come out. Old outbuildings in Duncan often have a feed nobody remembers, so it is checked even when the place looks dead.
My lot is down near the Middle Tyger. Does that change the job?
The removal, no. The filling, maybe. Lots near the river can be in the mapped floodplain, and bringing fill into a floodplain is regulated, so the county is asked before any goes in. The ground is still graded to shed water; it just may be shaped rather than built up.
How big a slab can one trip handle?
A patio or a single-car garage slab is usually one trailer load. A long driveway is several. The quote says how many loads are in it, and the price does not change if the breaking takes longer than expected.
Can you pour the new slab too?
Yes. Jordan pours driveways, pads and patios as well as removing them, so the tear-out and the new concrete go on one quote, and the base under the new pour gets compacted properly instead of the loose fill that cracked the old one.
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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Stumps ground below grade with a narrow tracked grinder, several at once, gated yards included.
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Sheds, barns, carports, decks and slabs taken down and hauled off.
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Pads cut, gravel drives built, wet yards regraded so they drain.
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Driveways, aprons, shed and shop pads and patio slabs on a proper base.
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