Breaking, loading, haulage and the tip fee — one line, one number
Concrete Removal in Frisco, TX
Concrete removal is where a cheap concrete quote hides. Ours prices the removal at $3 to $6 per square foot on the same page as whatever goes back in, with disposal inside the number rather than arriving afterwards.
- Haul-off and tip fees in the price, never added at the end
- Partial removal saw-cut to a square edge new concrete can dowel into
- No house demolition, no asphalt, no hazardous material
Tell us roughly how big the slab is and how a machine would reach it. Someone attends, checks the access, and you get the number in writing.
Breaking the slab is the cheap half of concrete removal. Hauling it is the other half
Breaking concrete is quick. What costs money is what happens next: loading it, hauling it, and paying to dispose of it — and none of those appear on a quote that says "demo included" and nothing else.
A 600 square foot driveway at 4 inches is about 200 cubic feet of concrete, which is roughly 15 tons once it is broken. That is a real haulage and disposal cost, and if it is not in the number you were given, it is going to be in a later one.
We price removal at $3 to $6 per square foot as its own line, with the breaking, the loading, the haulage and the tip fee inside it. It sits next to the price of the new concrete on the same page, so you can see both halves before you decide anything.
No fee, no obligation.
How we remove concrete in Frisco
Four jobs cover the category. Each one is quoted with the access, the disposal and the finished ground condition stated.
Full slab removal
Full removal is the job where a drive, patio, walk or pad is coming out completely. We break the slab down with a breaker or a machine depending on what can reach it, cut the reinforcement out with it rather than leaving steel in the ground, load and haul the material away, and dispose of it. Every full removal quote states the disposal as part of the price rather than as a variation added at the end.
Partial removal and saw cutting
Partial removal is what starts a panel replacement, a driveway widening or a patio extension. We saw-cut a clean straight line at the nearest existing joint or on the line you want, break out only what is inside it, and leave a square vertical edge that new concrete can be dowelled into. Every partial removal quote states where the cut line falls, agreed with you on the ground before the saw comes out.
Access, protection and the route out
Access decides the price of a removal more than the area does. We work out on the site visit whether a machine can reach the slab or whether it comes out by barrow through a side gate, protect the route and any surface it crosses, and say which it is on the quote. Every removal quote names the route the material takes off the property, because a back-yard slab behind a closed gate is a fundamentally different job from a driveway.
The ground you are left with
Once the concrete is gone you have bare, disturbed ground, and what happens to it is part of the job rather than an afterthought. We grade the area off, compact it where something is going back on it, and leave the site swept. Every quote says what condition the ground is left in — ready for a new pour, ready for topsoil, or simply level and clear — so nobody is surprised by what is there when the truck leaves.
Most removals are the first half of another job: a new concrete driveway, a concrete patio or a concrete slab. Where only part of a surface has failed, price concrete repair or concrete resurfacing before you price taking the whole thing out. On a retail, office or trade site the same work is on the commercial concrete page, and the rest of the trade is on the concrete services hub.
The spec goes on the quote before you decide anything.
What makes a removal in Frisco cost more than the square footage suggests
Four things move a demolition price, and only one of them is the size of the slab.
A back yard behind a closed gate
Frisco lots are fenced, and on a great many of them the only route from the back yard to the street is a side gate a machine cannot pass.
That turns a machine job into a barrow job, and it is a real line on the quote rather than a surprise on the invoice. It is also the single biggest reason two removals of the same area are priced differently.
What is buried under the slab
Irrigation lines, gas and electrical runs, sewer connections and cable are routinely trenched under drives and walks.
Utilities get located before anything is broken, and where something is found that changes the job, work stops and you get the facts before it continues rather than afterwards.
Heavy reinforcement in an older slab
Thickness and steel decide how long a slab takes to break, and a 5 or 6 inch slab with #4 rebar is a different day from a 4 inch slab with mesh.
Both are inside the same $3 to $6 range, but they are at opposite ends of it. The thickness on your quote is measured at the estimate, not assumed.
The ground underneath, once it is exposed
Frisco sits on Blackland Prairie clay, and the dominant Houston Black soil routinely tests at a plasticity index of 40 to 60, where the building code calls a soil expansive at 15.
A slab that failed because the base under it went will show that as soon as it is lifted. If concrete is going back in the same place, the base is rebuilt and compacted — otherwise the new slab inherits the old failure.
The site visit tells you which of these you actually have.
If concrete is going back in, here is the clock that follows
Removal itself is a one or two day job. What sets the rest of the timetable is the concrete that replaces it, and all three dates go on the same quote so you can plan around them from the start.
Cold weather extends every one of them. If that applies to your pour, you hear it before the truck is ordered rather than afterwards.
Curing guidance: NRMCA CIP 11, Curing In-Place Concrete.
Our removal quote against the typical removal quote
Same slab, same skip. The difference is whether haulage and disposal were inside the number you were given.
| On the page | DFW Concrete Co. | The typical quote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | One number for the job as scoped | A per-foot range that moves on the day |
| Slab thickness | Stated in inches | Not mentioned |
| Reinforcement | Rebar or mesh, size and spacing | "Reinforced" — the entire line |
| Joint spacing | Planned and written | Cut wherever, if at all |
| Haul-off and clean-up | In the price | Added at the end |
Take our quote to any other contractor and compare it line by line. That is what it is for.
Free. No obligation. Most quotes back the same day.
How much does concrete removal cost in Frisco, TX?
These are the 2026 market ranges with the specification each number assumes. Removal is quoted on the same page as whatever replaces it, so both halves of the job are visible before you decide.
| Work | What the number assumes | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| Taking it out | ||
| Demolition and haul-off | existing 4–5in reinforced slab broken out, hauled and disposed of | $3–$6 / sq ft |
| Partial removal, saw-cut | clean cut line, only the section inside it broken out and hauled | $3–$6 / sq ft |
| Putting something back | ||
| New flatwork on the same footprint | 4in slab, mesh or #3 rebar, over 4in of compacted base | $7–$12 / sq ft |
| Heavy-duty replacement | 5in slab, #4 rebar at 18in centres, thickened edge | $10–$16 / sq ft |
| Replace a single failed panel | saw-cut to the nearest joints, base rebuilt, dowelled and repoured | $8–$15 / sq ft |
What moves a number inside its range: the thickness and how heavily the slab is reinforced, whether a machine can reach it or the material comes out by barrow, how far the route to the truck runs, and what has to be protected along the way. Access is the factor people underestimate and the one we check first.
Free. No obligation. Most quotes back the same day.
How a removal actually runs
Four steps, and the site visit is mostly about how the material gets off the property.
The site visit
We measure the area, check the grade and the drainage, assess the soil, and confirm whether a truck can reach the pour.
The written quote
One fixed price, with the thickness, the reinforcement and the joint spacing stated — the same three items the City of Frisco asks for on the survey with a concrete and driveway permit application. Yours to keep and to compare.
Prep and pour
Utilities located, the route protected, the cut line sawn where the removal is partial, then the slab broken down, loaded, hauled away and disposed of.
The cure
Ground graded off and compacted where concrete is going back on it, the site swept, and the new pour booked against the dates on the same quote.
Ground left ready for the pour, topsoil, or simply clear
Step one costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
Concrete removal questions people ask before they book
Who are the best concrete removal contractors near me in Frisco, TX?
How much does concrete removal cost in Frisco?
Do you haul the concrete away, or leave it on site?
Can you remove just part of a slab?
What do you not remove?
Do I need a permit to remove concrete in Frisco?
Tell us what the job is. We'll price it in writing.
Tell us the rough size and what you want done. Someone comes out, measures, and you get one fixed number in writing — not a range that moves on the day. Nothing is owed if you don't go ahead.
On-site estimate is free · no obligation · most quotes back the same day.
- Free on-site estimate across the North DFW ring
- Fixed price in writing before we start
- Reinforcement and thickness stated on the quote
- Clean-up and haul-off included