Concrete & Slab Removal in Palm HarborDriveways, Patios, Slabs & Footers
- Licensed C-11855 · CUC041521
- Family owned since 1978
- We own the transfer station
- Serving 4 Tampa Bay counties
Palm Harbor, FL
Concrete & Slab Removal in Palm Harbor
This is the job our whole operation is built around: break it out, haul it to our yard, crush it, and sell it back as base material. Our yard is about 20 minutes away, and we are licensed C-11855 and CUC041521.
Inland Palm Harbor is where the slab work is: 1970s–80s Highland Lakes and Innisbrook-corridor ranches losing a cracked driveway, a pool deck or the pad under a removed addition, permitted through Pinellas County when the apron at the right-of-way is involved. Twenty minutes down Alt 19 and the rubble is base material at our own yard.
The coastal villages generate cottage teardowns for elevated rebuilds, especially after the 2024 storm season pushed water through Ozona and Crystal Beach. Inland, the work is pool demolition, garage and addition removal, and the first wave of full teardowns as 1970s ranches on Lake Tarpon lots get replaced.
Driveways, patios, walkways, pads and footers all come out the same way — saw-cut where a clean edge matters, broken out with a machine, and loaded. The variables are thickness and reinforcement. A 4-inch unreinforced patio is quick work; an 8-inch commercial apron with rebar is a different day.
Rebar and wire mesh slow the breaking and add weight. Post-tension slabs are a different job entirely — the tendons are under load and have to be identified before anyone starts cutting. If you know what is in the slab, tell us; if you do not, we assess on site before quoting.
What it costs
What drives a Palm Harbor quote
| Scope of job | What drives the number |
|---|---|
| Patio or walkway, unreinforced | Area, thickness, and how far the machine has to travel |
| Residential driveway | Square footage, reinforcement, and saw-cutting at the street and garage |
| Reinforced slab or commercial apron | Thickness, rebar density, and access |
| Footers and stem walls | Depth and what sits beside them |
Every demolition is quoted on site, free. Access, structure and what has to be protected move the number more than square footage does, which is why we walk it rather than price it down the phone.
Twenty minutes up Alt 19 from the yard — in-county, no bridge, no toll. Concrete and block from a Palm Harbor teardown goes straight back to Keene Rd to be crushed into base material rather than paying gate fees somewhere else.
How it works
What a Palm Harbor job looks like
Assess and cut
Thickness and reinforcement checked; saw-cut where a clean edge is needed against something staying.
Break out
Slab broken with machine or breaker and loaded — sized to weight, not volume.
Haul and crush
Concrete returns to our transfer station and is crushed into base material.
Grade or rebase
The area is graded off, or crushed concrete base is placed and compacted ready for new paving.
Questions
Concrete Removal in Palm Harbor — FAQs
How much does concrete removal cost in Palm Harbor?
It comes down to the structure and the access, not the ZIP code. On patio or walkway, unreinforced, what moves the number is area, thickness, and how far the machine has to travel. What moves it in Palm Harbor is whether the cottage is a straight teardown or a storm-damaged elevate, and how tight the village streets are around it. We walk the site and quote it, free.
Do you recycle the concrete?
Yes — all of it. It goes to our own C&D transfer station and is crushed into road base, paver base and #57 rock, which we also sell back for the rebuild.
Can you remove a reinforced slab?
Yes. Rebar and mesh add time and weight but not drama. Post-tension slabs are the exception — they must be identified first, and we check before quoting.
Can you put down new base after removal?
Yes — crushed concrete road base from our own yard, placed and compacted on the same job, ready for pavers, asphalt or a new pour.