Concrete Driveway Replacement in Lubbock

Signs a driveway needs replacing

• Cracks that keep widening or have one side higher than the other.
• The slab has broken into many separate pieces.
• Sections have sunk so water ponds against the garage or house.
• One edge heaves and drops with wet and dry seasons.
• Earlier patches and leveling did not hold.

One or two bad panels can often be cut out and replaced alone, or lifted. See concrete repair and concrete leveling.

How the job runs

1. Saw-cut the edges where new meets old (garage floor, sidewalk, approach).
2. Break out and haul off the old concrete.
3. Fix the base: remove soft soil, add and compact base material, regrade for drainage.
4. Set forms and any steel, pour, finish, cut joints and cure.
5. Rebuild the approach to city standard if it is included, under the city permit.

Replacement is also the chance to widen. City rules require a residential approach of at least 10 feet at the property line and allow one driveway in the first 100 feet of frontage.

Budget math

No Lubbock-specific price data was available, so here are national figures: removal runs about $2 to $6 per square foot, and a new plain driveway about $6 to $12. For a 20 by 24 foot driveway (480 square feet), that is roughly $960 to $2,880 to remove and $2,880 to $5,760 to re-pour, before the approach, any widening and the permit. Real numbers come from local quotes, and rebar in the old slab pushes removal toward the high end.

Fix what failed

A new driveway poured on the same bad base will fail the same way. Ask each bidder what they think caused the old one to break up: water from downspouts, a clay pocket near a playa, a thin slab, no joints, or trucks it was never designed for. A good answer tells you how the new one will be different.