Concrete Driveway Replacement

[Brad T.]

Hi Everyone,

I have a signed purchase agreement on rental house #4 and had the home inspection today. One thing that is needed is about a 40' x 20' section of the concrete driveway needs to be replaced. I have no idea what this costs. Does anyone in south east Michigan have any advice on roughly what this should cost to be removed and new concrete poured?

Thanks!

[J Scott]

Just to add a little bit from my experience...

Typically, a poured driveway will be either 4" or 6" thick. Which means that a cubic yard of concrete will cover about 50-80 square feet of driveway. A cubic yard of concrete these days is about $100 in many areas (could be a little more or less in your area, and would be more for small jobs where you're just buying bags of mix-it-yourself stuff).

So, for a 40'x20' area (about 800 square feet), you're probably looking at 10-16 cubic yards of concrete, or about $1000-1600 in concrete alone ($1-2 per square foot in concrete is a good general rule). Typically (in many areas, though certainly not all), labor to install the forms, install the concrete and remove the forms is about $1-3 per square foot. And typically, demo and haul away of existing concrete is about $1-3 per square foot as well.

Based on that, in total, you're looking at between $3-8 per square foot for the job, or between $2400-6400. In Atlanta, I'm paying closer to the $3/sf. In Milwaukee, I'm paying closer to the $4/sf. In Maryland, I'm paying closer to the $5/sf.

I'm guessing Michigan is probably somewhere in the Milwaukee/Maryland, range, so probably about $3200-4000...which luckily compares well to what others have already said... :-)