How Much Does It Cost to Remove 100 Sq Ft of Concrete in New Orleans?
What You Need to Know
Big Easy Demolition, a licensed and insured demolition contractor in New Orleans, Louisiana, quotes a 100 square foot concrete removal job after a site visit rather than from a flat rate. For larger work, the company publishes its ranges: a standard two-car driveway typically runs $1,200 to $2,500, and slab foundation removal runs $2,000 to $5,000 for most residential-scale jobs. A 100 square foot slab poured 4 inches thick weighs roughly 2.3 to 2.5 tons, so thickness, rebar, access, and the haul to a disposal or recycling site set the final price. Big Easy Demolition gives a firm estimate within 24 hours of the site visit.
Last Updated: September 2026
Table of Contents
- What Does 100 Square Feet of Concrete Weigh?
- Why Is a Small Concrete Job Quoted on Site?
- What Changes the Price of Removing a Small Slab?
- What Are Big Easy Demolition’s Published Concrete Prices?
- Why Do So Many New Orleans Slabs Need Removal?
- Do You Need a City Permit to Remove Concrete?
- Where Does Removed Concrete Go?
- Can You Remove 100 Square Feet of Concrete Yourself?
- How Do You Get an Accurate Quote?
- Frequently Asked Questions
Removing 100 square feet of concrete in New Orleans is a small job with a real weight problem. A 10 by 10 foot patio, walkway, or equipment pad poured 4 inches thick weighs roughly 2.3 to 2.5 tons, and all of it has to be broken, loaded, and hauled away to a facility that accepts it. Big Easy Demolition handles concrete work across Orleans Parish, Jefferson Parish, and St. Tammany Parish, and prices small slabs after a site visit because thickness and reinforcement cannot be judged from a photo.
Homeowners searching for concrete removal in NOLA usually want one number. The honest answer is that the per square foot cost of a 100 square foot slab depends on the same few factors every time: how thick the pour is, whether wire mesh or rebar runs through it, how close a truck can get, and where the broken concrete ends up. The published prices for concrete removal in New Orleans cover driveways and slab foundations, and this breakdown shows how a smaller job compares.
Please note: The prices in this article are estimates only, shared to help you plan. Your actual cost depends on your property, the materials and the size of the job. For pricing on your project, call Big Easy Demolition for a quote.
What Does 100 Square Feet of Concrete Weigh?
A 100 square foot concrete slab poured 4 inches thick contains about 33.3 cubic feet, or 1.23 cubic yards, of concrete. At the 140 to 150 pounds per cubic foot that the Iowa Department of Transportation lists for normal weight concrete, that slab weighs about 4,670 to 5,000 pounds before any rebar is counted.
Weight is the first thing a concrete removal quote has to account for, because weight decides how many trips a truck makes and how the load is handled at the other end. The density figure comes from the Iowa DOT guidance on concrete unit weight, and the table below applies it to three common thicknesses for a 100 square foot area.
| Slab Thickness | Volume (100 sq ft) | Approximate Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 4 inches | 33.3 cu ft (1.23 cu yd) | 4,670 to 5,000 lb (about 2.3 to 2.5 tons) |
| 5 inches | 41.7 cu ft (1.54 cu yd) | 5,830 to 6,250 lb (about 2.9 to 3.1 tons) |
| 6 inches | 50 cu ft (1.85 cu yd) | 7,000 to 7,500 lb (about 3.5 to 3.75 tons) |
The practical takeaway is that a 100 square foot slab does not leave a New Orleans property in the back of a car. Even at 4 inches, the minimum recommended for a driveway, it produces more than two tons of broken concrete, which is why the cost of removing a small patio in Mid-City or Gentilly depends as much on hauling as on breaking.
Why Is a Small Concrete Job Quoted on Site?
A 100 square foot concrete removal job in New Orleans is quoted on site because the fixed parts of the work barely shrink with the slab. The crew still has to bring a breaker, load the rubble, and haul it to a disposal or recycling facility, so thickness, reinforcement, and access decide the price more than square footage does.
Concrete removal prices are often quoted per square foot, and that math works poorly at the small end. A crew that breaks out a full driveway and a crew that breaks out a 100 square foot patio both travel to the property, both set up equipment, and both need a truck and a disposal run. The small job simply spreads those costs across fewer square feet, which is why the per square foot figure on a small slab tends to run higher than on a large one.
Hidden conditions are the second reason. A slab that looks like a plain 4 inch walkway can turn out to be 6 inches thick at one edge, poured over an older slab, or tied into a house footing. Those details only show up when someone measures an exposed edge, taps the surface, and looks at how the concrete meets the structure next to it.
What Changes the Price of Removing a Small Slab?
Five major factors shape the price of removing a small concrete slab in New Orleans: thickness, reinforcement, access for equipment, the slab’s connection to the house, and the destination for the broken concrete. Two slabs with the same 100 square foot footprint can land in very different places once those five details are measured on site.
- Thickness. Concrete Network, a concrete trade publication, recommends a minimum of 4 inches for driveways, and any given patio or carport pad may be thicker. Every extra inch on 100 square feet adds roughly 0.6 tons.
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