O'Fallon Community Park, off East Wesley Drive with its ballfields, lake, and pool, sits in the middle of one of the fastest-growing towns in the Metro East. But "fast-growing" has a history to it — the neighborhoods around the park include some of O'Fallon's established subdivisions, homes that went up as the town spread east of Scott Air Force Base. Those driveways have now been through decades of Illinois winters, and a lot of them are due.
We replace worn-out concrete driveways throughout O'Fallon. When a slab has cracked apart, dropped at the joints, or spalled and flaked across the surface, patching is a short-term fix. A full replacement — with the base rebuilt underneath — is what actually lasts.
Why Replacement Beats Patching Here
Settling on older subdivision ground. Many O'Fallon neighborhoods were built on cut-and-fill lots, and fill that wasn't fully compacted keeps settling for years. Driveways poured over it crack and drop as the ground moves. Patching the surface does nothing about the base underneath — we take the slab out and rebuild it.
Decades of freeze-thaw. The clay soil around O'Fallon swells wet, shrinks dry, and heaves with every freeze-thaw cycle. On a driveway that's already 20 or 30 years old, that cycle has usually won. Once cracking runs the full length of the slab, replacement costs less over time than chasing repairs year after year.
Surface breakdown. A lot of aging driveways here aren't just cracked — the top has started spalling and flaking from years of salt and freeze-thaw. You can't resurface your way out of that when the slab itself is failing. Replacement gives you a fresh, correctly poured surface.
A chance to fix drainage. If your old driveway has been draining toward the garage or foundation, a replacement is when we correct the grade and move water away from the house for good.
Tear-Out and Haul-Away with Our Own Trucks
This is where the "Truck Service" in our name earns its keep. On a driveway replacement, one crew handles the whole job — breaking out the old slab, loading it, and hauling it off with our own trucks, then prepping the base and pouring new. No separate demolition company, no waiting on an outside hauler to clear the old concrete before we can start.
That matters most on a replacement, where the demolition and haul-away are half the work. With one crew and our own equipment, the old driveway is gone and the base is being rebuilt the same day, not a week later.
Our Process
1. Free on-site estimate. We come out, look at the failing driveway, check the base, the fill, and the drainage, and measure. You get a written price before any work starts.
2. Tear-out and haul-away. We break out and remove the old driveway with our own crew and trucks and clear every piece of debris.
3. Base prep and grading. We rebuild and compact the sub-base and set the slope to drain water away from the house.
4. Forming and reinforcement. Forms and reinforcement go in, spec'd for the conditions on your lot.
5. Pour and finish. We pour, finish, and set the surface texture, timed to the weather.
6. Curing. We tell you exactly how long to stay off it before foot and vehicle traffic.
Get a Free Estimate
If your driveway near O'Fallon Community Park is cracked, settling, or flaking past the point of patching, we'll come out, look at the property, and give you a straight written price on a full replacement. No pressure and no obligation.
Call us at 618-280-3200 or reach out through the contact page.
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