Concrete and asphalt don’t last forever. Years of sun, freeze and thaw, and traffic leave driveways cracked and heaved, slabs settled, and parking areas crumbling at the edges. Around Dinosaur, from homes on streets like Stegosaurus Freeway and Tyrannosaurus Trail to small commercial lots, there’s plenty of old pavement past the point of patching.
Our concrete and asphalt removal in Dinosaur breaks it all out and clears the way for what’s next. We saw cut clean edges where old pavement meets what stays, break up the material, and load and haul it off. The base underneath gets rough graded so the next step can start on firm ground, whether that’s new paving, landscaping, or a different use for the space.
We know the cracked driveways, settled slabs, and worn lots around Dinosaur, and we can tell repair work from true removal jobs.
Breakers, saws, a loader, and dump trucks let us break out and haul thick concrete and asphalt without dragging the job out.
If your pavement can be repaired instead of removed, we'll tell you, even if that means a smaller job for us.
We pick up broken chunks, rebar scraps, and dust so the site is clean and safe when we leave.
Not every crack means the whole slab has to go. Small cracks and isolated damage can often be fixed, and concrete repair is usually the smaller first step when the rest of the surface is sound. The same goes for asphalt with a few potholes in an otherwise solid lot.
Removal makes more sense when the damage is spread out. Slabs that have heaved or sunk in several places, driveways broken into a puzzle of pieces, and asphalt that’s crumbling down to the base are past the point of patching. Spending money on repairs there only delays the inevitable, so we’ll give you a straight answer about which category your pavement falls into.
Most removal jobs only take out part of the pavement. You might be replacing a driveway but keeping the garage slab, or tearing out one section of a parking area next to a sidewalk that’s in good shape. Where old meets new, we saw cut a straight line so the pieces that stay don’t crack or chip when the rest is broken out.
That clean edge also gives the next crew a solid joint to work against, which makes for a better finished look down the road. Skipping the saw cut is one of the most common reasons a neighboring slab ends up damaged during removal.
A typical removal day follows a simple order, though every site has its own quirks:
Thicker slabs, heavy rebar, and tight access all add time. We sort those out during the site visit, so the plan matches what’s actually under your feet.
Breaking out pavement doesn’t usually go deep, but the equipment does dig in at the edges, and pulling up an old slab sometimes exposes lines that were laid right under it. That’s why a Colorado 811 locate comes first. The law calls for at least two full business days of notice before digging, and the day you call doesn’t count toward that.
Sprinkler lines, buried wiring to a yard light, and old water lines to outbuildings usually aren’t marked by the utilities. Tell us about anything like that during the walkthrough so we can take extra care around it.
Once the old pavement is gone, you’ll see what’s been underneath. Sometimes the base is solid. Other times it’s soft, washed out, or heavy with clay, which is often why the pavement failed in the first place. Putting a new surface on a poor base just repeats the problem a few years later.
If you’re planning new pavement, driveway prep in Dinosaur gets the subgrade dug out, filled, compacted, and shaped for drainage. We don’t pour new concrete, but we can get the ground ready for the contractor who does, or for an asphalt surface.
Dinosaur is a planned trip for our crews, so we line up the breaker, loader, and trucks before heading out. Removal is heavy, loud work that goes fastest when the equipment and hauling are all in place from the start. Grouping a driveway with a back patio or an old sidewalk on the same visit makes the most of the trip, and dry weather in late spring through fall keeps the base workable.
If the pavement is part of a bigger teardown, demolition debris removal can clear out framing, roofing, and other material along with the concrete and asphalt.
We measure the area, check thickness and access, look for rebar, and mark edges where the pavement needs to stay.
Your free quote covers the removal area, saw cutting, hauling, and grading the exposed base after the pavement is out.
We saw cut the edges, break the concrete or asphalt into pieces, separate the rebar, and load everything for disposal.
We walk the site with you, check the edges and base, and talk through what comes next for the space.
