St. Paul, MN — Licensed & Insured | Family-Owned
St. Paul
Demolition
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Twin Cities Concrete Demolition serves Saint Paul with full-service demolition, concrete removal, and asphalt tear-out. From the older bungalows of Highland Park and Macalester-Groveland to the family homes around Como Park, we tear out aging driveways, garages, patios, and slabs across the entire city. One licensed crew, our own dump trailers, free on-site estimates.
St. Paul's housing stock is older than most of the metro — a lot of homes were built in the 1920s through 1950s, and the concrete out front has had decades to crack, heave, and turn into a liability. You can't pour new concrete over a failed slab and expect it to last. The old material has to come out clean so the new pour goes down on solid ground. That's our specialty.
We've worked across every St. Paul neighborhood — alley garage tear-outs in Mac-Groveland, driveway removal in Highland Park, full garage demos in Como, commercial strip-outs along University Avenue. Most residential jobs finish in a single day. We answer the phone live during business hours and get on-site fast.
Whatever the job is — driveway, garage, patio, slab, full site — we tear it out, haul it off, and leave you with a clean property. One call, one crew, done.
Saint Paul homes — especially in the older neighborhoods — present a few quirks worth knowing up front. A lot of garages sit on alleys with tight access. Many driveways were poured in the 1940s and '50s and have unknown thickness, hidden rebar, or stacked layers from previous patchwork. We come prepared.
Every job starts with a site walk. We check slab thickness where we can, look at access, decide whether the alley side or the street side is the better staging point, and figure out if any partial cuts are needed to preserve adjacent concrete. From there, a concrete saw scores any clean break lines, and a skid steer with a breaker attachment chunks the slab into liftable sections. Standard residential concrete comes out in 50–150 lb pieces straight into our dump trailer.
Once the slab is gone, we do a final sweep for stray chunks, rebar, and aggregate. If you need grading or subbase prep before the new pour, we level the area while we're on site. Minnesota's clay-heavy soils often hide soft spots under old St. Paul slabs — decades of frost heave shift the subgrade. We flag obvious base issues so your concrete contractor isn't surprised when they show up to pour.
Everything leaves with us in our own dump trailers. No dumpster sitting in your driveway for a week. Most residential St. Paul jobs are completely cleared in four to seven hours — you're left with a clean, empty site ready for the next phase.
Most residential concrete removal in Saint Paul runs $3–$8 per square foot for concrete and $2–$5 per square foot for asphalt. A standard two-car driveway typically falls between $1,200 and $2,500. A residential garage demolition runs $1,500–$3,500 depending on size and slab condition. Larger projects, foundation removal, or commercial concrete are priced per job after a site walk.
Thicker slabs cost more because they take longer to break out and produce more weight to haul. A typical St. Paul residential slab is 4 inches; some older driveways used as parking pads for trucks or commercial vehicles are 6 inches and push toward the higher end. Heavy rebar reinforcement adds time because every piece of steel has to be cut before the section can be lifted.
Access is the other big factor. Many St. Paul garages sit on alleys with limited room to maneuver equipment. A corner lot with open access from the street is fastest; a tight backyard with no skid steer path means more hand-tool work and a higher per-square-foot cost. We always walk the site before quoting so the price reflects actual conditions, not a guess.
For most concrete and asphalt removal on private property in Saint Paul, no permit is required. You're taking out something that's already there. The exception is anything that touches the public right-of-way — sidewalks the city maintains, driveway aprons, or the curb cut. Those typically require a Right-of-Way permit from St. Paul Public Works before any work begins.
If you're replacing the slab or surface, the permit usually attaches to the new construction, not the demo. The Saint Paul Department of Safety and Inspections (DSI) handles building permits for garages, additions, and major structural work. If your demo is the front half of a teardown-and-rebuild, your builder or general contractor handles that paperwork. We'll flag anything during the site walk that looks like it triggers a permit.
St. Paul also has specific requirements around historic districts — Summit Avenue, Dayton's Bluff, parts of West Side. Anything visible from the public way in those zones may need extra review through the Heritage Preservation Commission. If your property is in one of those areas, let us know up front and we'll work around the timeline.
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Our shop is in North Minneapolis. Drive time to most St. Paul addresses is 15–25 minutes. Same-day estimates, same-week scheduling.
St. Paul has more alley garages than any other Twin Cities suburb. Our skid steers and dump trailers are sized for residential access and we have hand-tool crews when alleys won't fit equipment.
Most residential St. Paul demolition jobs — driveways, patios, garage slabs — finish in one day. The right crew and equipment, no multi-visit drag.
No dumpster cluttering your alley or driveway for days. Concrete and asphalt go straight into our dump trailers and off-site the same day.
Fully licensed and insured for residential and commercial demolition in Minnesota. Your property is protected on every job.
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We respond to estimate requests the same day. Our shop is in North Minneapolis — a typical drive to Saint Paul is 15–25 minutes — so we're usually on-site within 24 hours of your call. Most residential demolition jobs are scheduled within the same week.
For most residential demolition on private property in St. Paul, no permit is required. Anything touching the public right-of-way (sidewalk, apron, curb cut) typically needs a Right-of-Way permit from St. Paul Public Works. Full garage demos may require a Saint Paul DSI permit depending on size and whether the structure is on a foundation. We advise you during the estimate.
Concrete removal runs $3–$8 per square foot. Asphalt runs $2–$5 per square foot. A standard two-car driveway lands between $1,200 and $2,500. A residential garage demolition typically runs $1,500–$3,500 depending on size and slab condition. We provide free on-site estimates with firm quotes — no ballparks.
Yes. A lot of older St. Paul garages sit on alleys with limited room to maneuver. Our skid steers and dump trailers are sized for residential access. If the alley is too tight for equipment, we have hand-tool crews who can break and load material the old-fashioned way. We'll see it during the site walk and plan accordingly.
Yes — every garage demolition we do includes full slab removal unless you specifically want it left in place. We tear down the structure, break out the slab, and haul everything off the same day. You're left with bare graded soil ready for whatever's next.
Yes, but anything visible from the public way in St. Paul's historic districts may require extra review through the city's Heritage Preservation Commission before work begins. We'll flag this during the estimate. The demo itself is the same — the timeline may just need a couple extra weeks if review is required.
We minimize impact on grass, gardens, and landscaping. Our skid steers run on rubber tracks that are gentler on turf than wheels. Some minor disturbance at the edges is normal — we leave the site as clean as possible and flag any concerns during the estimate walk-through.
Yes. We're open Saturday and Sunday 8AM–4PM. A lot of homeowners prefer weekend demo so they're not dealing with crews on a workday — we handle plenty of Saturday garage demos and Sunday driveway tear-outs in St. Paul.
Saint Paul is one of our primary service areas. We also work across the full Twin Cities metro for residential and commercial demolition, concrete removal, and asphalt tear-out.