Driveway replacement
Worth Concrete Driveways, Poured to Carry Weight
A frank opinion on your old driveway, and when it is time, a new one thick enough to handle daily traffic for many years.
Can Your Driveway Hang On, or Is It Done?
Not every cracked driveway needs to come out this year. A drive with a few hairline cracks that still sits flat and sheds water toward the street can often be lived with for a while. One that has sunk where the tires sit, broken into multiple pieces, lifted at the garage or lost its surface over large areas is telling you the base underneath has failed, and nothing short of replacement will fix that. We look at yours and tell you which it is. When it is time, we jackhammer the old drive into pieces and truck them off, dig past any soft or wet spots, and build a firm bed of crushed stone tamped in layers. The slab is generally poured around 5 inches thick for passenger vehicles and thicker for heavier trucks, with rebar or mesh, and the street end is tied into the apron cleanly. Joints are laid out so cracking follows planned lines, the surface gets a brushed finish for traction and the new concrete is protected while it cures. Many Worth driveways run back to a detached garage along a narrow lot, so we plan access carefully before pour day.
What a Driveway Replacement Includes
From the first saw cut to the day you park on it again.
An honest assessment
A clear opinion on whether replacement is needed now or can wait.
Tear-out and haul-away
The entire old driveway broken up and removed from the property.
Subgrade fixes
Soft or wet soil dug out so the new base sits on firm ground.
Stone base, packed in lifts
Crushed stone compacted in layers to support vehicle weight.
Depth for your vehicles
Slab thickness chosen for cars, pickups or heavier work trucks.
Steel reinforcement
Rebar or mesh placed to help hold the slab together over time.
Apron connection
A clean transition where the driveway meets the street apron.
Finish and joints
A brushed surface for grip and joints laid out on purpose.
How a Driveway Gets Replaced
Assess and price
We tape it out, watch how runoff heads for the street, give you a blunt verdict and, if it is time, put the cost on paper with tear-out, stone, depth, steel and surface each itemized.
Tear out and rebuild the base
Out comes the old slab, down goes the excavator bucket, in goes the stone, and then boards and rebar are set.
Pour and protect
The pour is struck off, brushed and saw-cut, then kept covered during the cure. We strip the boards, backfill the sides and give you a firm date for parking.
Why Homeowners Trust Us With Their Driveway
Advice you can act on
If your driveway can last a few more seasons, we tell you, even though it costs us the job.
Built thick enough
Thickness and reinforcement are chosen for your vehicles, not for the lowest number on paper.
Every chunk hauled away
No piles by the alley and no rubble buried in the yard.
- Replace only when needed
- Stone packed in layers
- Steel in the slab
- Old drive fully removed
Wondering How Much Life Your Driveway Has Left?
Describe what it is doing, or send us out to look. You will get a frank answer and, if replacement makes sense, a written price.