Millstadt is a small, established village just southwest of Belleville, and Village Park sits right in the heart of it — the ballfields and pavilion that host the town's ballgames and the Millstadt Homecoming crowd. The streets around the park are lined with older homes, and a lot of the concrete on them has been in the ground for decades: driveways, sidewalks, garage aprons, and patios poured on bases that weren't built to today's standards and worn down by generation after generation of Illinois winters.
When that concrete is cracked, heaved, or sinking past the point of a patch, the honest fix is to take it out and start over. We handle full removal and replacement throughout Millstadt, and because we own our own trucks and equipment, we do the whole thing — demo, haul-away, and repour — with one crew.
When It's Time to Replace, Not Patch
Cracks that keep coming back. Once a slab has cracked from an unstable base or years of freeze-thaw, patching buys a season or two at most. If the cracks keep returning, the base is the problem, and only tear-out and a properly prepped repour fixes it.
Heaved and settled sections. Older Millstadt driveways and walks often have slabs that have lifted or dropped, creating trip hazards and low spots that pool water. Grinding or mudjacking is a band-aid on a slab that's already failed.
Drainage running the wrong way. A lot of this older concrete was poured with little thought to slope, so water runs toward the house or foundation. Replacement is the chance to reset the grade and move water away from the structure — which matters more on an older home.
Spalling and surface breakup. When the top of a slab is flaking and crumbling, road salt and water have gotten into it. Once that's advanced, the surface won't come back, and replacement is the right money.
One Crew, Start to Finish — Trucks Included
This is the job our name was built for. The "Truck Service" is real: we own our dump trucks, our excavation equipment, and the crew that runs them. On a Millstadt tear-out that means one outfit demolishes the old concrete, loads it, and hauls it off — then preps the base and pours the new slab. You're not hiring a demolition company, then a hauler, then a concrete crew and hoping the schedules line up.
That control matters in a village like Millstadt, where lots run close together and there's often not much room to stage a pile of broken concrete. We clear the old slab and get it gone rather than leaving debris sitting in the yard between crews.
Our Process
1. Free on-site estimate. We come out, look at the existing concrete, check the base, the drainage, and the access, and measure. You get a written price before any work starts.
2. Tear-out and haul-away. We demolish the old concrete with our own crew and trucks and clear the debris off your property.
3. Base prep and grading. We regrade 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, sized to the driveway, walk, patio, or slab we're replacing.
5. Pour and finish. We pour and finish to match the job — broom finish, or a decorative finish if you're upgrading while it's open.
6. Curing. We tell you exactly how long to stay off it before foot and vehicle traffic.
Get a Free Estimate
If you've got cracked, heaved, or crumbling concrete near Millstadt Village Park — a driveway, walk, patio, or slab that's past patching — we'll come out, look at it, and give you a straight written price to tear it out and replace it. No pressure and no obligation.
Call us at 618-280-3200 or reach out through the contact page.
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