Concrete Removal & Replacement In Wickliffe, Ohio

Wickliffe homeowners call us about removal and replacement jobs for the same handful of reasons: ruts in the lawn from equipment, new concrete failing on the old base, and old slabs left behind by a previous contractor. Wickliffe is the county's western gateway, a compact city of 1950s brick ranches and colonials on the ridge above I-90. Driveways here are often original to the house and shared or tight against the neighbor's line, so tear-out and forming need care. Ridge soil is clay and shale; it holds water and frost-heaves if the base is skipped. That is exactly why we do not pour on raw ground: every removal and replacement in Wickliffe gets a compacted stone base and a grade we check with a string line before the truck arrives.

We work on removal and replacement jobs around the Ridge Road neighborhoods, the streets off Lakeland Boulevard, and Bishop Road. Lot size and access vary across Wickliffe, so we look at the site before we price it and we protect the lawn and neighboring property with mats on every job. Wickliffe issues its own building and zoning permits (electrical goes through Lake County). Contractors must register with the city before pulling permits, and starting work without a permit doubles the fee under Ordinance 2011-75. We pull anything required and include the fee in your written quote.

On Wickliffe's clay, the old slab usually failed because it was poured on dirt, and the dirt is still there. We remove the concrete, cut the subgrade to depth, and build 6 inches of compacted stone before pouring, so the replacement is not just a new slab on the same problem.

Once the old concrete is out, we look at why it failed. Almost always it is the base: poured on uncompacted clay, no stone, no drainage. We cut to proper depth and compact a stone base before anything new goes down. Replacing a slab on the same bad base just resets the clock.