Concrete Slab Removal in Mandurah

Concrete outlives everything around it

The shed rusted away in 2005; its pad is still there. So is the cracked driveway from the previous owner, the path to a clothesline that's gone, and the odd mystery slab in the back corner. On Mandurah blocks being cleared for a rebuild, subdivision or a new shed, the concrete is often the last stubborn thing between "nearly done" and a genuinely clean block.

Slab removal is exactly what it sounds like: break it, load it, cart it, and leave the ground level.

How a slab comes out

1. Check what it is. Thickness, reinforcement, and what's underneath. Driveways at 100 mm with mesh are quick; old house slabs with footings and edge beams are a heavier dig. Anything with services still live underneath — water, power to a shed — gets located and dealt with first.
2. Break it. An excavator with a hydraulic hammer does the bulk of it. Where the slab butts a wall, fence or slab that's staying, the edge is saw-cut first so the break stops where the scope says it stops.
3. Load and sort. Concrete out, steel mesh and rebar separated for scrap. Keeping the loads clean is what keeps the tip fees down.
4. Recycle. Clean concrete goes to crushing yards and comes back into the world as road base — cheaper to tip and better all round than landfill.
5. Level the base. The exposed ground is graded and left ready: compacted for a new slab, or simply levelled if it's going back to lawn.

Mandurah's sandy ground is kind to this work — slabs tend to lift cleanly rather than clinging to clay — but the same sand means edges undermine easily, so breaking near retained paving or footings is done with some patience.

The jobs this usually belongs to

Rarely is a slab the whole story. Driveway out for a new crossover and double garage. Shed pad out after a shed or garage demolition, so the corner of the block is actually reusable. Old pool surrounds and bond beams out as part of a pool removal. House slab and footings out as the final stage of a knockdown. Pricing the concrete into the bigger job means one machine mobilisation — almost always cheaper than a separate visit later.

One flag for older blocks: sheet flooring or packing under old slabs and pads, and the fragments that turn up in fill, can be asbestos-era material. If anything suspect shows up, that part of the job stops for testing — licensed removal is a separate stage, covered on our asbestos removal page.

Priced by the break, not the guess

Concrete removal quotes turn on thickness, reinforcement, access for the machine and trucks, and cartage distance. Get it fixed, in writing, with tip fees included — typical Mandurah ranges are on the costs page.

Call (08) 9516 2266 with the rough dimensions and what's going in its place, and we'll connect you with contractors who'll quote the removal and leave the ground ready for it.