Tearing Out Old Concrete — and Who Pours the New Slab

I’m Brandon Bange. Cracked, heaved, sinking concrete is one of those things people put off because it sounds like a headache — two contractors, two schedules, a gap in the middle where nothing happens. I’ve made it one call instead. Here’s how the whole thing works.

What concrete tear-out actually covers

Old concrete comes in a lot of forms, and I tear out all of it:

• Patios that have cracked, heaved, or settled
• Driveways broken up from years of freeze-thaw and clay movement
• Sidewalks and steps that have lifted, sunk, or crumbled
• Foundations and slabs from old structures that are coming out

Tear-out isn’t just breaking it up — it’s breaking it out, hauling it off, and then prepping the base underneath so whatever comes next sits right. That last part’s the part a lot of folks miss.

How the tear-out goes

We don’t just move dirt — we solve property problems, and bad concrete is a property problem like any other.

• Break it out — break up the old concrete and get it loose, whether it’s a thin sidewalk or a thick old slab.
• Haul it off — load it up and take it off your property. No pile left behind for you to deal with.
• Prep the base — once the old concrete’s gone, prep and grade the sub-base so the ground underneath is solid, level, and drained — ready for a new pour or whatever else is going there.

That base prep is where my side of the work really counts. Concrete’s only as good as the ground under it. Pour a new slab over a soft, poorly drained base and it cracks and heaves all over again. Get the dirt right first and the new concrete lasts.

And here’s the part that makes it easy: who pours the new slab

Most folks don’t want to tear out old concrete just to stare at bare dirt. They want new concrete. The problem is that’s usually a second contractor, a second round of scheduling, and a gap where your project stalls.

I’ve solved that. Through a premium partnership with Schultz Concrete, I coordinate and arrange the new pour for you. You make one call to me, and I handle the whole chain — tear-out, haul-off, base prep, and the finished concrete. Dirt to finished slab, one point of contact, one schedule that actually lines up.

You’re not playing middleman between an excavation crew and a concrete crew, hoping the base prep matches what the pour needs. I make sure the ground’s prepped exactly right for the concrete that’s going on it, because I’m the one arranging both sides.

What this means for your place

If you’ve got old concrete that needs to go and new concrete you want in its place, you don’t need two contractors and a headache. Concrete tear-out and removal plus a coordinated new pour through Schultz Concrete means one call gets you from cracked-and-crumbling to clean, finished concrete — with the base prepped and graded right in between. Plenty of established driveways and patios around Wentzville are due for exactly this.

Got concrete that needs to come out — and new concrete you want in? Book a bid and I’ll handle the whole thing, dirt to finished slab. Every call gets answered, day or night.