Break-out and repour
Concrete Driveways in Robbins Built for Daily Traffic
The old drive broken out and hauled off, a packed stone base, and a new slab thick enough for cars, with reinforcement where tires turn.
A Driveway Fails From the Bottom Up
When a driveway cracks into plates, sinks at the garage or crumbles where it meets the street, the surface is just showing what happened underneath. Usually the base was thin, the soil was soft or water had nowhere to go. Patching the top does not fix any of that, which is why most of our driveway work is full replacement. The old slab is broken up, loaded and hauled off. We look at the soil once it is exposed and dig out anything soft. Crushed stone is brought in and compacted in layers to a depth that suits the ground, and on the clay common around Robbins that often means more stone than people expect. Forms are set so the drive falls toward the street or to the sides, never back toward the garage. Because it carries vehicles, this slab goes in heavier than any walk or patio, and reinforcement goes where the load is heaviest: the apron, the turn and the area near the garage door. We finish it with a broom texture for traction, cut control joints in a pattern sized to the width, and keep the slab protected while it cures. You will be told how long to stay off it on foot and how long before you park on it, and the street and yard are left clean.
What Driveway Replacement Covers
These steps are part of nearly every driveway we pour.
Tear-out and haul-away
The old slab broken up, loaded and removed from the property.
Soil check
Soft or wet spots dug out once the old concrete is gone.
Deep stone base
Crushed stone compacted in layers, sized to the ground underneath.
Drainage pitch
Forms set so water runs to the street or the sides, away from the garage.
Slab thickness for cars
A thicker slab than walks or patios, chosen for daily vehicle weight.
Reinforced apron and turn
Steel placed where tires turn and the drive meets the street.
Broom finish and joints
A textured surface for traction and joints spaced to the width of the drive.
Cure time explained
You are told how long before foot traffic and how long before the car.
How Your Driveway Gets Replaced
Measure and price
We measure the drive, check grades and drainage and write a price listing removal, base, thickness, reinforcement and finish.
Break out and rebuild the base
The old drive is removed and hauled away, soft soil is dug out and stone is compacted. Forms are set to the pitch.
Pour, cure and clean
The slab is poured, broomed and jointed, then protected while it cures. Forms are pulled, edges backfilled and the street swept.
Why Robbins Homeowners Trust Us With Driveways
The base gets the time
Most of the effort goes into what sits under the concrete, because that is what fails.
Steel where cars turn
Reinforcement placed at the apron and turning area, where the load is heaviest.
Clean street at the end
Concrete chunks, forms and dirt all leave with the crew.
- Old slab hauled away
- Stone packed in layers
- Reinforced at the apron
- Pitched off the garage
Time to Replace a Tired Driveway?
Tell us the size and what is wrong with the old one. We will talk through base, thickness and timing on the phone, then come measure.