Concrete Removal in Greenville, SC
Greenville is a city of small hills on the Reedy River, and it grew by a fifth in ten years. The concrete that needs to come out ranges from a mill-village walk to a nineties patio that has sunk. Jordan breaks it, hauls it and fills the hole, quoted from two photos.
Concrete Removal in Greenville
Old mill city, new suburbs, and concrete in both
Greenville counted 70,720 people in 2020, up from 58,409 ten years before. It was a textile city first, with as many as nineteen cotton mills at one point and mill villages around them, and those villages are now some of the most sought-after streets near downtown. Their concrete is eighty years old or more: narrow ribbon driveways, front walks, back stoops.
Out past the city line the suburbs went up from the seventies on, and their patios and driveways were poured on cut-and-fill lots. Fill settles. A patio that has dropped three inches at the far edge and a driveway with a slab tipped at the apron are the usual calls from that side of town.
Ribbon drives and the walk to the street
The single most common Greenville job is a pre-war driveway: two narrow strips or one slab, cracked into plates, with a walk beside it that no longer meets the steps. Jordan breaks it with the hydraulic breaker on the mini track loader, which works in a ten-foot-wide drive between two houses without touching either one.
The pieces are loaded with the grapple and hauled on the trailer. A city sidewalk at the street is a different matter. It belongs to the public right-of-way, and work touching it goes through the City of Greenville's engineering office, so the cut is made at the property line unless the city has signed off.
Patios that sank and pool decks that cracked
A patio poured on a filled lot in the eighties has had forty years to settle. The slab tilts, water runs under the door sill, and a step that was six inches is now nine. Breaking it out is quick. The part Jordan takes care over is what goes back: compacted fill, not loose spoil, so the next slab or the lawn does not drop the same way.
Pool decks come out the same way after a pool is filled in, often with a ring of footings around the old coping. If a shed or a screened room sits on the slab, the structure and the concrete go together; the demolition page covers the tear-down side.
Red clay, small hills and the next storm
Under the topsoil here is Cecil soil, the Piedmont's red clay: a sandy loam on top, kaolinite clay below. It is firm when dry, sticky and plastic when wet, and it recovers poorly from compaction. A hole left where a slab was holds water on it like a dish.
Greenville's hills mean nearly every lot has an uphill side and a downhill side. The ground where the concrete was is shaped so runoff follows the slope and not the foundation. Where a yard already holds water, yard drainage in Greenville can be done at the same time, with the same machine.
SC811, the city and the creeks
South Carolina law asks for a locate request through SC811 three full working days before digging, and a breaker counts. Water laterals and gas lines often run under or beside an old drive, and a slab can hide a power feed to a shop. Every job gets the call.
Inside the city, the Engineering department handles stormwater, floodplain management, land disturbance permits and encroachment permits for anything in a right-of-way. Outside the city line, Greenville County's floodplain office at County Square covers lots along the Reedy, the Enoree and creeks like Brushy, Rocky and Gilder, and it wants a permit for development in a regulated flood area. Taking concrete out is rarely the issue; filling and grading in a floodplain can be.
Getting a figure, and the new pour
Two photos and the street are usually enough. The number covers breaking, loading, hauling and filling, and the dump run is in it. For a long driveway or a lot with no machine access from the front, Jordan comes and walks it first, and the estimate is free either way.
He also pours concrete, so a tear-out and a new driveway, pad or patio go on one quote and one schedule. The concrete services page shows what he pours, and the guide to concrete slab removal explains the breaking and hauling in more detail.
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 concrete and your Greenville street are enough to start. One figure, hauling included, and a visit for the bigger jobs.
Call nowWhat that covers
- Driveways and ribbons. Pre-war strips and full slabs broken out between close-set houses.
- Patios and pool decks. Settled slabs and coping footings out, the hole filled firm.
- Walks and stoops. Front walks and poured steps that no longer meet the door.
- Pads and footings. Shed, shop and carport pads with the footing under them.
Greenville, SC
Greenville is the biggest city in Upstate SC, 45 minutes from Tryon, with pre-war neighborhoods near downtown and suburbs in every direction.
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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 pageGreenville and the towns nearby
Greenville is near the far end of the trip from Tryon, so a full driveway or a patio with a new pour behind it carries the drive best. The Greenville page lists the other work done in the city. The same concrete work runs up Wade Hampton to Taylors and Greer, and across the county line into Spartanburg County; the service area page has the full list 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.
Can you break out a driveway between two close-set houses in Greenville?
Yes. The mini track loader with the breaker works in a ten-foot ribbon drive without touching either house. The pieces go out the same way they were broken, to a trailer at the street. Where the drive is narrower than that, the pieces are broken smaller and carried.
Can you take out the city sidewalk at the street too?
Not without the city. The sidewalk sits in the public right-of-way, and anything built or removed there goes through the City of Greenville's Engineering department and its encroachment permit. The cut is usually made at the property line and the sidewalk left alone.
What does the ground look like after the slab is gone?
Filled and graded. Greenville sits on red clay that holds water in any hole, so the void gets compacted fill and the top is shaped to fall away from the house. If a new slab is going in, the base is left ready for it. If grass is going in, the top is left ready for soil and seed.
Do I need a permit to remove a patio in Greenville, SC?
Usually not for a bare slab on a normal lot. A slab under a shed or carport that is coming down may need a demolition permit from the city or, outside the city line, from Greenville County. A lot in a regulated flood area needs the floodplain office involved before fill goes in. Ask with the address before a date is set.
How is the removal priced?
One figure, from two photos and the street or a site visit. It covers breaking, loading, hauling and filling the hole. If a new drive or pad is going back in, that goes on the same quote, and the estimate is free either way.
Other work he takes on
Most jobs end up being two or three of these at once, and they get quoted together.
Concrete Removal in other towns
Stump Grinding
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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Brush, saplings and roots out, debris hauled, ground left workable.
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Driveways, aprons, shed and shop pads and patio slabs on a proper base.
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Roll-off dumpsters out of Tryon for cleanouts and tear-downs.
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Free estimate in Greenville.
Send the details and Jordan will come out and look at it. If it is easier to talk it through, call him directly.
Tryon, Polk County and the towns around it, down into Spartanburg and Greenville counties and up into Henderson and Rutherford counties.
Need concrete removal in Greenville?
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