Concrete Removal
Concrete removal around Pittsburgh for driveways, patios, sidewalks, slabs, steps and old footings. We break the concrete out with air jackhammers and machines, haul it off and leave the ground graded.
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Davis Demolition and Masonry pours concrete sidewalks and patios in Pittsburgh and about 40 miles around. Small concrete work is the lane: front walks, side walks, patios, small pads and slabs. Most calls start the same way. A slab has heaved at the joints, cracked through, or gone rough and flaky on top.
The old concrete comes out before anything new goes down, and demolition is our main line of work. We break the slab up, haul it off as concrete removal, then build the base and pour. Small concrete sits with the rest of our masonry work on brick, block and stone. Call or text (412) 720-1866 and we will come look at the job.
Tell us about the job. We will call or text you back.
In the city, the walk out front is the property owner's to look after. City Code 417.02 puts the care of the sidewalk and the curb on the owner of the abutting property. So a heaved or broken walk is the homeowner's bill, not the city's. Tree roots are the usual reason a slab lifts. Water sitting in a low spot does the rest.
Sidewalk work in the city also takes a permit from the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure. It covers a repair, a full replacement or a new walk and curb. DOMI inspects after the forms are set and before the pour, then again after the concrete sets. A street tree in the work area gets an extra review by the City Forester.
Outside the city the rules change town by town. Every borough and township runs its own code office and sets its own sidewalk rules. We go over what your municipality wants when we quote the job. We are licensed and insured, and the city requires right of way contractors to be registered with it.
The old concrete goes first. Air jackhammers and the skid steer break the slab up, and it gets hauled away. We are a demolition contractor in Pittsburgh first, so the tear out and the new pour stay with one company. Inside the city a repair runs to the nearest joint, even one past your property line.
Then the base gets built. We grade the dirt under the walk, compact it, and lay a stone base on top. The City standard detail for a sidewalk is a 4 inch reinforced slab over 4 inches of number 2A stone. Forms go in next, set to pitch water away from the house.
Joints are how you decide where the concrete cracks. The City standard scores control joints every 5 feet and puts expansion joints no more than 15 feet apart. Concrete moves with heat and cold, and the joints give it a line to move on. The surface gets a broom finish for grip in rain and ice.
Patios are the other half of this work. We pour small patios off a back door, pads beside a house, and slabs for a shed. A patio gets the same base and the same joints as a walk, with a slope that carries water off. On a bank it may need a retaining wall or a step down to hold the grade.
Pittsburgh winters decide how long flatwork lasts. Air entrained concrete is what holds up to them. The cement industry describes that air as billions of tiny chambers that give freezing water room to expand. Concrete without that air flakes and scales after a few winters.
New concrete also needs curing and a first winter without salt. Federal highway research calls deicing chemicals the harshest freeze and thaw exposure concrete faces. Surface scaling is what it leaves on flatwork, and sand gives traction without it. We do not pour driveways, garage floors, stamped concrete or large commercial flatwork.
We look at the job and give you a price before any work starts, across Pittsburgh, the South Hills, the eastern suburbs and about 40 miles around.
(412) 720-1866From the first call to a clean site at the end, here is how it goes.
Call or text (412) 720-1866, or send the form. Tell us what is coming down and where it sits.
We come out and go over what is being removed, what it is built of and the access. You get a price before any work starts.
We go over what your municipality requires and who handles each step. Utility shutoffs, One Call marking and any asbestos survey happen before demolition starts.
The teardown or the masonry repair gets done. We keep you posted during the job and handle added scope as it comes up.
Construction and demolition debris is loaded out and hauled away. On a teardown the lot can be graded, topsoiled and seeded.
Common questions about sidewalks and patios across Pittsburgh, the South Hills, the eastern suburbs and about 40 miles around. If yours is not here, call and ask.
Concrete removal around Pittsburgh for driveways, patios, sidewalks, slabs, steps and old footings. We break the concrete out with air jackhammers and machines, haul it off and leave the ground graded.
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We build and rebuild retaining walls in block, brick, stone, poured concrete and timber, including railroad ties. When a wall has failed, the tear out and the rebuild stay with one company.
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We do brick, block and stone work across Pittsburgh and about 40 miles around. Brick pointing and brick repair are the core, along with chimneys, stucco, retaining walls, small concrete work and foundation walls.
Learn MoreDemolition is the main line of work at Davis Demolition and Masonry. Houses, garages, sheds, interior gut outs, concrete and commercial interiors are the everyday jobs.
We hold the City of Pittsburgh general contractor license the city requires for demolition permits. We are an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm and a registered Pennsylvania home improvement contractor.
A building background sits behind the demolition work. On an interior job that decides what comes out and what gets left standing.
A failed wall or chimney can come down and go back up with the same company. Debris leaves with us, and the site is left clean at the end.
Tell us what is coming down, what it is built of and where it sits. Call or text (412) 720-1866, or send the form with what you need taken down.
Tell us about the job. We will call or text you back.