cost to remove concrete

[Max Power]

anyone have a ballpark figure for tearing up a concrete driveway?

[hallerb]

how much a few yards or a few 100 feet?

have a convenient place to bury it? or must be hauled away?

if your replacing the driveway its likely included in costs

[Jim Elbrecht]

Shouldn't be too bad if you can afford it.

Jim

[pipedown]

Just tearing it up. Assume a 2 car 25'x15' pad 6" thick. thats 188 cubuc feet or about 7 yards. That will cost about $700 just to dispose of it in two 5 yard rock boxes. So add some jack hammers, a bobcat, a dump truck and about 5 guys if you want it done in a day. Now you should be up over $2k. More if it is thicker.

I'm just guessing since a contractor may be able to dispose more cheaply as clean fill or if they have their own trucks and debris boxes, you may get a break. Your local labor rate may be lower than others as well. Know anyone who wants to decommission a pool, a great place to dump it.

[<n>]

Properly cost more than a cheap electric jack hammer, a digging bar and a six pack of Bud, so I would DIY and keep the new tools and recycle the concrete.

Ok here is a wild ass guess:

Assume 2 car driveway, assume 600 sf or about 7.4 yard.

Dump fee: You will be charged for 10 yards at $60/yard dump fee or $600 - Bay Area charges, should be cheaper elsewhere.

Labor: One day for one legal Mexican or $200.

Tool rental: You supply $60/day for jack hammer.

Appr total: $860 or adjust for you area.

[hallerb]

=BDthats 188 cubuc

=EF=BF=BDKnow anyone

or use a backhoe. easy one day job, with little or no jackhammer work.

a dump truck, a backhoe, with operator and probably one laborer.

i did this and was the laborer, tiring but kinda fun

[Max Power]

thanks guys, didnt realize it would cost so much just to get rid of it. Must be why people are always on craigslist advertising broken concrete in the free section.

I dont have exact dimensions but its at a house I&#39;m considering buying. The current owner had a giant driveway put in that if I bought the house I&#39;d like to have a normal size driveway and get some grass back.

[hallerb]

any chance you could trim it with a concrete saw?

[Edwin Pawlowski]

$1256.80

[Big_Jake]

In WI, where I am, they "recycle" concrete into cheap gravel. It doesn&#39;t end up in a landfill, so it isn&#39;t really any more expensive to get rid of than anything else. I rented a 20 yard dumpster for concrete for around $300. YMMV

JK

[plonker]

Yes, look in your local yellow pages. alt.home.repair is NOT a place for price quotes.

PLONK

[Max Power]

why? I seemed to have gotten plenty of helpful responses. Thats what people do in discussion groups. I said ballpark, and now have an idea of what I&#39;m probably looking at.